#Maplin
Every Trump tweet always comes across like a letter from Joe Maplin
June 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
"I have a letter here from Joe Maplin"
January 20, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Reminds me of the retro sci-fi art by Rod Brown et al on the Maplin catalogues of the 80s
70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/1980s-maplin...
1980s Maplin Catalogues
Maplin Electronics, an electronics retailer in the UK and Ireland, has a storied history of print publications, operating its own magazine from 1980-2002, alongside various projects, handbooks, and in...
70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io
March 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"I received a letter from Joe Maplin this morning, in his own words as usual, so I'll read it out."
April 28, 2026 at 7:37 PM
High street names in the UK you don't see any more - number 9

Maplin
March 25, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I've had this letter from Joe Maplin...he says, 'Alright you lot..'
May 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Big Joe Maplin vibes at Trago Mills
July 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Sunrise over the Maplin Sands in Essex - Happy Easter
#Easter #sunrise #sun
April 5, 2026 at 11:23 AM
"I received a letter from Joe Maplin this morning, in his own words as usual, so I'll read it out."
July 19, 2026 at 6:57 PM
"I received a letter from Joe Maplin this morning, in his own words as usual, so I'll read it out."
May 13, 2026 at 10:46 AM
"I received a letter from Joe Maplin this morning, in his own words as usual, so I'll read it out."
June 22, 2026 at 8:41 AM
"It's from Joe Maplin, it's in his own words as usual, so I'll read it out."
October 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"Now, I've got a letter here from Jong Maplin..."
June 26, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Hi-De-Hi! - A Matter of Conscience (13th November 1982). Jeff has another letter from Joe Maplin.
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
It's from Joe Maplin. It's in his own words, as usual, so I'll read it out. "The Reform Party needs a new leader. Farage doesn’t have what it takes."
January 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Port of London Survey vessel MAPLIN at work on Lambeth Reach this morning.
February 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Maplin! Ah, for the days when electronics catalogues would inexplicably include sci fi lore.

Courtesy of @70sscifiart.bsky.social
August 28, 2024 at 9:40 PM
From 1979, electronics retailer MAPLIN published yearly catalogues of electronic, computer, and synthesiser parts and software. The cover art looked like a cross between pulp sci-fi novels and White Dwarf magazine. Argos should have retaliated with Conan the Barbarian covers.
July 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Faun Maplin.
Sapphire Pontings.
September 21, 2026 at 12:14 PM
"I received a letter from Joe Maplin this morning, let me read it to you. It's in his own words..."
April 28, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Wait till Joe Maplin hears about this.
rudy looks like his mouth is about to fall out of his mouth
January 30, 2026 at 11:24 PM
"I received a letter from Joe Maplin this morning, in his own words as usual, so I'll read it out."
April 9, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Private Equity has devoured

Bernard Matthews
Body Shop
Casual Dining
Cath Kidson
Comet
Debenhams
Flybe
Four Seasons Health Care
Maplin
Monarch Airlines
Paperchase
Poundworld
Southern Cross
Thames Water
Toys R Us

With further deregulation of finance, what next?
leftfootforward.org/2024/11/exce...
Excessive deregulation means that the UK is hurtling towards the next crash
Deregulation creates opportunities for bankers to take reckless risks with other people’s money, collect bonuses and destabilise economies.
leftfootforward.org
November 24, 2024 at 8:07 AM
JOE MAPLIN
January 21, 2026 at 6:05 PM
“i’ve got a message here from Joe Maplin, and these are his words not mine…”
September 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM