Richard Smyth
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This is what I'm working on next: fascism and the environment. Hoping to finish it before the world burns and/or the fascists take charge. Fingers crossed. Do ask me about it, if you're curious.
www.thebookseller.com/rights/manch...
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Manchester University Press signs Richard Smyth’s ‘vital’ book on fascism and the environment
Manchester University Press has acquired Richard Smyth’s Greenshirts, a new book that uncovers the "deep, often obscured entanglements between fascist ideologies and environmental thought" over the la...
https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/manchester-university-press-signs-richard-smyths-vital-book-on-fascism-and-the-environment
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Here we go again.
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David Higgins
about 11 hours ago
I'd be most grateful if anyone in possession of a field guide to British birds from the 1950s/1960s could provide me with a photo of the relevant page featuring the turtle dove, along with the bibliographical reference. In return, I'm happy to make a Christmas donation to a charity of your choice.
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Kevin Parry
about 7 hours ago
Happy holidays! Probably my favorite stop-motion from the past few years. Really enjoyed creating this one.
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🎶 What can I give Him, poor as I am If I were a shepherd, I would give a lamb If I were a wise man - but then again, no Or a man who makes potions in a travellin' show 🎶
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If you're feeling helpful this Christmas, pals, drop Rodney here a line. He's on the level and working miracles with literally nothing in Uganda. Forget geography. These are your neighbours.
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New Humanist
2 days ago
Are you reflecting on the year that's been? Catch up on our top reads of 2025 to help make sense of it all - from politics to culture and science - featuring contributions from
@jamesrball.com
@shappikhorsandi.bsky.social
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social
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Our top 15 stories of 2025
Catch up on these must-read stories of the year
https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/6490
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Kicking back with a G&T and a cured herring.
2 days ago
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Morning.
3 days ago
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STOP PRETENDING TO GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THE FUCKING SOLSTICE
3 days ago
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*cracks knuckles*
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3 days ago
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More amateur musicians should post their playing on here, but only if they are quite shit.
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3 days ago
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I often wish more amateur musicians would post their playing on here. But then they do and they're so good that all that remains is for me to smash my guitar into pieces with a hammer.
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3 days ago
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change of plan lads, the big man's in the slammer
4 days ago
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Morning. Fffucking hell.
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Uniformbooks
4 days ago
Still ringing.
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Simon Pegg
5 days ago
A gentle reminder if you've received an invoice from a Freelancer/Self employed person which is due before Christmas. Be a love, and pay it today.
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Still shopping? BUY MY BOOKS. Buy this one for anyone who likes the world and was once a kid.
www.hive.co.uk/Product/Rich...
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https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Richard-Smyth/The-Jay-The-Beech-and-the-Limpetshell--Finding-Wild-Things-With-My-Kids/29637168
5 days ago
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Morning.
5 days ago
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The absolute iron balls on Chris de Burgh lining up his chorus as the divine music of god and then going with that.
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It is once again that time of year when every Books Dad gets absolutely bodied by Molesworth.
about 1 year ago
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It would be Northumberland Cheviot but the cheesers discontinued it because the world does not deserve beautiful things.
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6 days ago
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Startled by how readily the Continuity FBPE sorts on here have embraced LOL-some AI slop.
6 days ago
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Sal Cap0ne
8 days ago
My closest IRL people are all completely offline and say things like "yes but they're not really your friends, are they" THEY ARE SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT, YOU WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND
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Tough few weeks here so my mum brought me a care package, and by care package I mean an entire shepherd's pie and a thermos flask of mince gravy.
6 days ago
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Lucy Fishwife 🥐
6 days ago
We had a v posh male customer who would stride up to the till and bellow WHERRRE IS YOUR EROTICAAA like Matt Berry
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Do you hear? You ought to be ASHAMED. YOU'RE A DISGRACE.
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7 days ago
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I ALSO EARN NOTHING ✊
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7 days ago
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Morning.
7 days ago
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Sometimes a guy gets in after a long hard day and just has to pour himself a large neat glass of an episode of Agatha Christine's Poirot.
7 days ago
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Unsolicited drive-by niceness.
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7 days ago
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Morning. 😐
8 days ago
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Important I think not to get too hung up on the fact that the President is a disgusting pig and to try to hold focus on the fact that the President is completely out of his fucking mind.
8 days ago
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Owen Booth
9 days ago
Given the *the state of everything* - not least the publishing industry - it feels like a miracle that really good books still manage to sometimes make it into the world, so I’m flagging this again and demanding that you read it
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This is what I'm working on next: fascism and the environment. Hoping to finish it before the world burns and/or the fascists take charge. Fingers crossed. Do ask me about it, if you're curious.
www.thebookseller.com/rights/manch...
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Manchester University Press signs Richard Smyth’s ‘vital’ book on fascism and the environment
Manchester University Press has acquired Richard Smyth’s Greenshirts, a new book that uncovers the "deep, often obscured entanglements between fascist ideologies and environmental thought" over the la...
https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/manchester-university-press-signs-richard-smyths-vital-book-on-fascism-and-the-environment
3 months ago
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Uniformbooks
9 days ago
A surprise seeing this popping up in Michael Caines’ column in the latest TLS
@thetls.bsky.social
following his discussion of this year’s *wordoftheyear* according to the usual authorities on the matter.
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I love this. Yes. Always get settled.
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8 days ago
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He looks like if David Gower was a sasquatch somehow.
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Alom Shaha
10 days ago
Vegetarians! Vegans! Anyone who enjoys cooking! Here's a thread of recipes for the veggie / vegan dishes I cook regularly and which have helped me massively cut down on the amount of meat I eat these days. First, a cheap, easy., quick dal which *everyone* should be able to cook:
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Cheap, Easy, Quick Dal
This is my basic recipe for dal – it’s the one I cook when I need a fresh pot of dal quickly. Ingredients: 300g split red lentils 900 ml water 1 medium / large white onion diced 6 ̵…
https://alomshaha.com/cheap-easy-quick-dal/
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It's like if me and
@derbren.bsky.social
were on OnlyFans and you are all our subscribers and also everyone is a dweeb.
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9 days ago
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Morning.
9 days ago
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Brussels sprout bhajis.
9 days ago
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My small son just jive-walked into the room singing DA-AD, CAN YOU SO-OLVE MY PRO-OH-OH-OBLEM and I think we have the germ here of Parenting: The Musical.
11 days ago
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I'm in the bumper Christmas
@litreview.bsky.social
, talking mostly about pickles.
#pickles
11 days ago
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Morning.
12 days ago
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Rick Burin
12 days ago
What actor’s facial expression in a movie will stay with you for the rest of your life?
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London Review of Books
12 days ago
‘A sound archivist told me he and his colleagues could earn more in the private sector but they work here for less pay because “we believe in what we do.”’ Anna Aslanyan on the picket line at the British Library, from the blog.
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Anna Aslanyan | On the Picket Line
On Monday morning, more than a hundred people formed a picket line outside one of the entrances to the British Library...
https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/december/on-the-picket-line
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12 days ago
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Christmassy library.
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Pub absolutely rammed to the rafters at 11.58 on a Thursday. God bless this stupid country.
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