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Aelred John

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Bit of Politics, bit of Art, bit of Real Ale, bit of Opera, bit of Reading, bit of Poetry, bit of Swimming, bit of Cycling. You know the sort of thing. Oh, and the Beautiful Game. Odds and sods.

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A whirlwind few days in Sussex. After the
@thealbionroar.bsky.social last Tuesday it was Lancing on Friday for the official club podcast. Then it was the Amex and
BBC Sussex Sport, followed by an unbelievable game of football. All to promote my book. Buy it at seagullsprogrammes.co.uk #BHAFC

24.11.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Definitely.

24.11.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats. Sounds lovely.

23.11.2025 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you are based in Brighton/Bevendean and want something warm on this cold evening, go and try a delicious spud from my brother in law's new van. Details and more info here: www.rathergoodspud.co.uk/new-page

Please share (and enjoy).

21.11.2025 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Hmmm. Could it be improved? May be worth asking the question.

19.11.2025 09:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Four from the Trow family. How would you recover from that.

17.11.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.

I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.

Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.

A thread 🧡 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

15.11.2025 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1435    πŸ” 657    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 69
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If you’re in the UK, you won’t want to miss this tonight!

12.11.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We’re just innocent men

11.11.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 637    πŸ” 226    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 18

No one in their right mind would tell that fraud anyway.

11.11.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Great Silence ALWYN TURNER tells the story of the first commemoration of Armistice Day in 1919.

"Absolute stillness descended upon the vast crowds at the Cenotaph, a hush so total that the chimes of Big Ben were heard for miles around, in places never before reached in daylight hours. At the centre of the greatest city on Earth, all human activity ceased"
thelionandunicorn.com/2017/11/06/t...

09.11.2025 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It blows my mind that there are real people who see a post like this and actually believe the whole β€œChristmas is being cancelled by Muslims” BS πŸ™„

Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!πŸ˜†

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08.11.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 693    πŸ” 340    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 69
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

09.11.2025 09:23 β€” πŸ‘ 11064    πŸ” 7332    πŸ’¬ 883    πŸ“Œ 1761

Cough *sunderland team*

07.11.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Who is on the cover? I thought it might be Alan Duffy.

07.11.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That was a shocking moment. It was an assault.

07.11.2025 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No idea tbh. Looking forward to your thoughts.

07.11.2025 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was there for that one. It had lowest crowd ever written all over it.

05.11.2025 11:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and thank you for your attention to this matter.

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Wow.

31.10.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hmmm. Looks like someone’s not believing hard enough.

30.10.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Peter Sayer playing for Cardiff.

29.10.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Twenty six images of differdnt trees in black on a white background

Twenty six images of differdnt trees in black on a white background

Irish artist, based in New York, Katie Holten created a New York City Tree Alphabet, each letter of the Latin alphabet is assigned a drawing of a tree from the NYC Parks #womensart

28.10.2025 05:31 β€” πŸ‘ 644    πŸ” 128    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 15

Good.

27.10.2025 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dominic Johnson-Fisher played for Steyning Town in the SCFL.

26.10.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Robert Jenrick ? Ha ha. I’d take his view as an endorsement.

24.10.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sally Rooney on the psychological toll of renting:

22.10.2025 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 94    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 5

Ha ha. I read the first word and immediately thought it must be about Boris Johnson.

23.10.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely no surprise. Thank you for covering it.

23.10.2025 11:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Geoff Hurst pulled me a pint once in his pub just outside Stoke (back in the day). Thinking about it as did Bobby Stokes, in a Portsmouth pub.

22.10.2025 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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