Bruce Wilkinson

My article about the Thomas Hart rope making co and RE Hart's donations to Blackburn Museum and Cambridge University Library:
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YouTube video by Salvage Operation South Bank Show - Sly & Robbie

RIP Sly Dunbar. Here's a lovely edition of the South Bank Show all about the wonderful Sly and Robbie. A few people were asking to see it, so I've uploaded it to YouTube and I'll leave it there until Monday. Hopefully it'll get a proper repeat soon.
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The battle between Crib [Cribb] and Molineaux. Hand coloured engraving, taken from Wiki. It shows two shirtless muscular boxers in knee length tights, a black man to the left, white to the right. The Black man is Molineaux, backed by Richmond in red waistcoat. A large crowd looks on at the scene.

Join us for a night of discussion about Black American boxer Tom Molineaux (1784-1818) - a man who came close to being English Champ - and boxer turned business owner Bill Richmond. Plus, true histories behind Bridgerton and #AThousandBlows! 15 April. UCL. Free:

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UK govt public consultation on #BBC's #future 👇. Pls consider reading+click on #HaveYourSay link to complete the survey+give govt your views on #BBC's funding, purposes, independence, programming, accountability, complaints, news+current affairs, #BBCWorldService, #AI etc. Vital for supporters.

Threads post from Channel 4: @channel4 Because we did not win the BAFTA for best TV channel ever we have decided to try and claim ITV as ours.

Not for the first time, it looks like Channel 4 just handed the keys to their socials to an evil genius:

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life fighting for equity and justice. He taught us that even in the face of intimidation and discrimination, we must never stop working towards a better future – a lesson that feels especially relevant today.

Hot off the press: EFL Championship Round Up - 27

Matchday 27 Summarised

https://www.brfcs.com/articles/efl-championship-round-up-27

The latest from BRFCS: 101 GREAT GOALS: TONY FIELD AND THE MARK OF GENIUS

A tribute to a special moment after Tony’s passing this week

https://www.brfcs.com/articles/101-great-goals-tony-field

Many Blackburn Rovers fans have become fed up with the way that the club is being run but supporters are far from united about the proposed boycott or any other form of protest.

Maresca's Chelsea Departure: Revolting Fans at Blackburn and Leicester City Podcast Episode · Where's The Money Gone? · 06/01/2026 · 34m

⚽️ 'Dysfuctional' Chelsea

⚽️ #brfc supporter boycott

⚽️ #LCFC ownership problem.

The pod that takes you inside the football boardroom with me & Charlie Methven.

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One of my favourite albums

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Just published: EFL Championship Round Up - 15

Matchday 15 Summarised

https://www.brfcs.com/articles/efl-championship-round-up-15

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...

Home - Bluemoose Books The Guardian - ‘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.

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

Few originals available
Anyone interested in them can DM me.

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

Clare Youngs, contemporary graphic and collage artist #womensart

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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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 — while it would boost growth and productivity — would be “a 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.

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.

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

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

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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

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

This year is beginning to seem endless.

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

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