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Bruce Wilkinson

@bwilky23.bsky.social

P/T Librarian, Freelance Researcher, writer and author of Hidden Culture Forgotten History. Music, Literature and Culture. Blackburn Rovers FC and Lancashire CCC.

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Hooray, have been looking for an image of this Hawkwind piece for a while, from short-lived monthly inky Album Tracking. Chas de Whalley was your typical 70s hack, but Calvert is more than a match for him. Don't think I've seen this version of the Atomhenge promo pics before...

04.11.2025 14:07 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Home - Bluemoose Books The Guardian - β€˜Bluemoose Books is a small but mighty literary hit factory’ Welcome to Bluemoose Books - We’re a multi award winning independent publisher based in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, ...

Good morning and doesn't this look grand.

We have a new website.

Many thanks to designer Graham Shackleton.

Marvelous.

bluemoosebooks.com

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If this isn’t fascism I don’t know what is.

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Few originals available
Anyone interested in them can DM me.

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Photo of three birds as if flying left created with fast pieces of patterned paper

Photo of three birds as if flying left created with fast pieces of patterned paper

Clare Youngs, contemporary graphic and collage artist #womensart

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Where's The Money Gone?: Sheffield Wednesday - The Regulator's First Big Test; Ange At Forest Adrian and Charlie discuss Dejphon Chansiri at Sheffield Wednesday - the new Football Regulator's first big test.Plus - what happens when manager is immediately unpopular with fans, Ange Postecoglo...

"The Regulator has the power to do something which the Premier League and Football League did not have - to remove a licence from somebody who's already there."

Could the new Football Regulator come for #chansiri #swfc

With me & Charlie Methven

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09.10.2025 06:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Should stamp duty be scrapped in the UK? Conservative party says property tax deters people from moving house and stifles productivity

Leunig, a former gov adviser, said scrapping it β€” while it would boost growth and productivity β€” would be β€œa very, very big tax cut for rich people”. One effect would be to boost house prices, making the main beneficiaries the existing owners of expensive properties in the south-east of England.

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It's tonight folks....

Come on down and join the conversation about my new book, 'Where's The Money Gone? The Battle For The Soul Of English Football.'

6.30pm, Armfield Club with Blackpool Supporters Trust.

09.10.2025 06:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Britons could be banned from holiday homes under EU’s 90-day rule Brussels has warned that new biometric checks, which come into place on Sunday, will identify those overstaying on the continent

Brexit - the gift that keeps on taking bit.ly/48ZnxLs

08.10.2025 06:19 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 2
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Where's The Money Gone?: Sheffield Wednesday - The Regulator's First Big Test; Ange At Forest Adrian and Charlie discuss Dejphon Chansiri at Sheffield Wednesday - the new Football Regulator's first big test.Plus - what happens when manager is immediately unpopular with fans, Ange Postecoglo...

"It's quite clear that the regulator has the power to remove the licence to operate of an owner..."

Will the Independent Football Regulator try to kick out #Chansiri from #swfc ???

With me and Charlie Methven

podfollow.com/wheres-the-m...

08.10.2025 06:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The UAE is an authoritarian autocracy, a petro-state with no income tax for citizens, to bribe them for the lack of democratic voice or free speech

It is 85% migrant, a segregated society with a ban on integration in principle and practice, few rights, equal opportunities, nor voice for incomers

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Entain boss warns Reeves not to raise gambling taxes Stella David said hitting the industry in next month’s budget could make the company reconsider its investment in the UK and close shops

Don’t tax us we’re too rich and too important, part 94 bit.ly/4o3C7pD gambling firm joins the list of the untaxables

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This year is beginning to seem endless.

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Bewdley Festival Ticket Booking | Bewdley Festival Ticket Booking,

I'll be talking about my new book, 'Where's The Money Gone? The Battle For The Soul Of English Football' on Thursday 16 Oct at 2pm @bewdleyfestival.bsky.social

All welcome #khfc #wba #wolves #AVFC #bcfc

Interviewed by radio legend Malcolm Boyden

events.bewdleyfestival.org.uk/index.php?cP...

06.10.2025 06:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is how every journalist should be questioning Farage and Reform politicians.

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Where's The Money Gone?: VAR; 'Where's The Money Gone' Book'; Como 50; Superleague Adrian and Charlie discuss VAR, 'Where's The Money Gone?' - the book; the Como 50 Conference and the prospects for a new European Superleague.

"It's destroying one of the key spectator friendly elements of the game, which is the adrenaline rush of scoring..."

Me and Charlie Methven slate #VAR on the podcast that takes you inside the football boardroom.

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27.09.2025 06:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Indeed.

26.09.2025 06:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1824    πŸ” 674    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 23
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I've a dead cushy job giving away sports equipment to campers 4 till 10pm are my hours and its worth Β£5.10 to me plus my keep. How are you getting on at the canning factory?

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Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.

One of the unexpected things I've learned from my advocacy for trans people is how malignant parts of the State can be, how it can misuse data for positively evil purposes. It's taught me people can't be safe with a digital ID card and so I've signed this. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

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Where's The Money Gone?: VAR; 'Where's The Money Gone' Book'; Como 50; Superleague Adrian and Charlie discuss VAR, 'Where's The Money Gone?' - the book; the Como 50 Conference and the prospects for a new European Superleague.

Great new episode of the podcast that takes you inside the football boardroom...

Me and Charlie Methven talk #VAR, 'Where's The Money Gone' book, Como 50 conference, and Euro Superleague.

podfollow.com/wheres-the-m...

26.09.2025 06:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Get rid of VAR - it breaks up the natural flow of the game and removes the spontaneity of goal celebrations for supporters.

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It’s a classic!

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Ed Davey, "Who was it who campaigned to rip up 27 return agreements, where, in the EU, the UK could legally and fairly return asylum seekers who had no right to be here"

"Yes it was Boris Johnson and the Conservatives, but it was also Nigel Farage"

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I spy strangers But that does not mean I can prosecute them

Reports in the Sunday Times and in The Times on Saturday that the speaker of the House of Commons was β€œweighing up” initiating a private prosecution of two men who were suspected by MPs of spying for China strike me as bizarre.

rozenberg.substack.com/p/i-spy-stra...

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Brum Radio - The Alternative Sound of Birmingham Brum Radio is Birmingham’s independent radio station broadcasting 24/7 online with a fresh mix of Music, Arts and Conversation.

Hope you can join me at 10 @brumradio.com ....

A chance to listen again to my recent interview with Joe Hicklin from the brilliant Big Special.

brumradio.com

20.09.2025 06:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A thought crime?

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🚨 A genocide is happening, but the Labour government is supplying weapons, intelligence and diplomatic cover to the perpetrator. Protesting this is not terrorism.

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Barry Adamson. 67 yrs old today, born 11 June 1958, grew up Moss Side, Manchester. Musician, film-maker. Original bassist in Magazine and then with Visage, the Birthday Party, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and many others, as well as creating amazing solo work.

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