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Faux Lord. Hyper. Local. Writer, Journalism course leader, sometime author and ghost. Founder, @TheBeestonian Occasionally known as mere Matt Turpin. lordmattbeestonia@gmail.com

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It's a word seeded by AI-philes as 'utterly madly wrong' tarnishes the brand somewhat.

06.03.2026 20:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Very strong statement from the First Lady of Iraq:

05.03.2026 18:11 πŸ‘ 9426 πŸ” 2878 πŸ’¬ 317 πŸ“Œ 168

Started out the working day with a pile of marking, finished the working day having a chat with the Secretary of State for Education in our TV studio.

05.03.2026 16:17 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I lived above a bar run by one of Holland's top drag artists and Bonnie Tyler was my landlady

05.03.2026 08:26 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is that from the archives? Or HMRC?

03.03.2026 21:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Nottingham Castle in spring sun

Nottingham Castle in spring sun

It's a week of marking for me, so I've found a spot in the college where I can gaze out at the Castle (and the rather more unlovely Arndale carpark) while I plow through 52 portfolios. Never the fanciest castle - or a true castle at all, yet still looks lovely in the spring sun.

03.03.2026 09:38 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Has to be Ange Postecoglou. He's ready with a team in the wings.

02.03.2026 22:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Manchester United fans unveiled a pro-immigration banner during Sunday’s fixture against Crystal Palace in response to comments from minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe.

More from @lauriewhitwell.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/athletic/707...

01.03.2026 15:23 πŸ‘ 853 πŸ” 186 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 31
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Delighted to have this in the new issue of @leftlion.bsky.social : a love letter to Beeston, starring Sir Paul Smith, Gandhi, apparitions of bananas and why we should be the UK's first Town of Culture in 2028.

Available everywhere in Notts now!

01.03.2026 07:31 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I still remember with far too much clarity a Radio 4 sketch in the late eighties, possibly featuring Steve Punt, which had the punchline 'Ayatollah Puddings"

28.02.2026 22:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

DHL Lawrence never delivered a book on time

28.02.2026 12:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

One of my students!

27.02.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Starmer to step down and let Ange Postecoglou have a crack at it

27.02.2026 07:51 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Spent 2-7 in a parent's evening tonight so I recorded my view of Nottingham hitting dusk

25.02.2026 21:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There's a similar one in Nottingham - actually in a room where I once had an office. I'll take you sometime...

24.02.2026 23:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That would be a beautiful thing

24.02.2026 15:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What are the odds of Forest winning the Championship AND the Champions League next season? Both in the realms of possibility...

22.02.2026 18:36 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
The 'sir a second airplane' meme but it's warning King Harold a second army has landed in England. The account it's from is medieval memories

The 'sir a second airplane' meme but it's warning King Harold a second army has landed in England. The account it's from is medieval memories

Sorry I saw this on insta and I had to share it

20.02.2026 21:14 πŸ‘ 76 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I'm 52, and one of my earliest memories was routinely having my nostrils vacuumed at a clinic , then forgetting about it for years, then realising I should do something about it

19.02.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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19.02.2026 19:59 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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19.02.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Edgelord Beestonia, apparently.

19.02.2026 12:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I blame Meghan.

19.02.2026 12:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Had a camera up my nostrils today. Apparently my septum isn't very good and the whole air is supposed to go into isn't there.on one side, which might explain why every trip to the dentist feels like a near death experience.

18.02.2026 22:46 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Kids are on the train to Lincoln with me. I've given them a pad and pens, and here's Masterpiece 1: "Angry Potato"

17.02.2026 10:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Ireton link is crazy, not just in relation to Cromwell but loads of other weird stuff

I really should write this down sometime

16.02.2026 21:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Two children with binoculars in a wet nature reserve

Two children with binoculars in a wet nature reserve

A beautiful display of crocuses outside the former residence of a regicide

A beautiful display of crocuses outside the former residence of a regicide

A rainbow over Attenborough Church/ Nature Reserve

A rainbow over Attenborough Church/ Nature Reserve

Turpins outside nature centre

Turpins outside nature centre

Took kids on a Signs of Spring walk. Chucked it down throughout, and the paths in the nature reserve were flooded, but a brilliant spread of crocuses outside the former home of regicide Henry Ireton, then a rainbow.
Not quite spring, but it's coming...

16.02.2026 15:42 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

All four self checkout machines in the Tesco Express outside Nottingham Station all just completed their transactions within a half second of each other, resulting in a magically harmonic "Thank you for shopping at Tesco". It was like a barbershop quartet, or a retail Beachboys

10.02.2026 08:15 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Last night's meeting to make Beeston the first Town of Culture was ace: well over 100 attendees made it through the howling rain to take part. Gathered loads of good ideas, and the enthusiasm was off the scale. Here's the organizing team looking... somewhere

09.02.2026 19:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Towns bid for Β£3m prize to boost local pride and happiness Bidders in one town said 'it's punching above its weight'

Me, wanging on again about why Beeston is the best town in The world (on certain metrics)
www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...

07.02.2026 16:22 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0