In the first of a two-part special report, we reveal results of our survey of rail passengers about the state of services from Folkestone...
04.03.2026 07:32
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In the first of a two-part special report, we reveal results of our survey of rail passengers about the state of services from Folkestone...
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Watching #StripLaw with my partner. Loved episode 1
“Kibblesmith?” She says over the end credits.
Yeah. @kibblesmith.com writes those comics you liked, for example Lockjaw and
“It’s not that, how do you smith kibble?”
Protecting the environment and pursuing green policies is so baked into how the public views the Greens that they don't need to make a huge effort to convince people that they are strongest in this field.
That gives them the freedom to pursue other issues
A Green win must mean that "left behind" voters forgotten by Westminster want open borders and legalised class A drugs. That's how it works right?
Our February Culture Review is out. Live music across Medway, theatre that enjoys messing with your head, and the return of our food reviews.
Index of Discarded First Lines Also, I am bleeding profusely so please stay for a while…………… 8 Carter called again today, enquiring of his ladder …………………. 22 For that was the winter we listened to Enya ……………………….. 31 her eyes were a question mark, her mouth a semi-colon …………… 36 I am a bowl, chipped at the rim …………………………………….. 43 I remembered Newport Pagnell and wept ……………………….. 5 I see you forgot the fabric softener again …….…………………… 25 In the vacuum between when and how, I squat …………………….. 3 Me and you in matching tank tops ……………………………….... 39 Oi Oi! …………………………………….………………………... 78 Our love is a broken oatcake ……………………………………….. 61 Please don’t do that, it’s disgusting. ………..……………………… 27 She loved his unfinished similes like ………………………………. 52 That, my dear, is a diphthong ………………………………………. 73 The sky is darkening and yet the dove …………………………….. 11 Today, we shall make strudel ……………………………………….. 4 Whither the hair tongs? I have seen them not ……………………... 19 Brian Bilston
Having a clear out of first lines for poems I shall never write. Please help yourself to any of these.
No cheating; your last saved picture of a celebrity is your therapist.
And the quote bodes well…
This is stenography, not news reporting. The BBC ought to provide some context, such as putting the scale of the changes which Reform claim are possible into context. This omits the major policy of revoking ILR and deporting legal migrants at unprecedented scale.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Reading Shelf
#Shelfie
@medwaylibraries.bsky.social
#BookVirtueSignalling
#BookSky
Hard mode, eh?)
10 Authors I've read 10 books or more from:
Stephen King
Terry Pratchett
Lee Child
Colin Dexter
Agatha Christie
Charles Dickens
Ben Aaronovitch
Bill Bryson
Neil Gaiman
George RR Martin
5 authors I’ve read at least 5 books by, not the usual suspects edition:
David Mitchell
Iain Banks
Agatha Christie
Richard Osman
Bill Bryson
Seems an odd punishment for the crime...
'Salems Lot is a reread, almost ten years ago I set myself the challenge of reading all of King in Publication order.
They have started re-releasing them in new 50th anniversary editions. Hence this pretty version. Throughly enjoying.
The Reading Shelf
#Shelfie
#BookVirtueSignal
#BookSky
The Reading Shelf
#Shelfie
#BookVirtueSignal
🔧📚 I’ve written an article for this week’s New Statesman about the challenges and opportunities of reforming our skills sector. Skills are at the heart of so many of the ambitious changes we need to rebuild our economy and country.
Read the full article here:
*pleasure
Was a please to meet @sundersays.bsky.social and talk about @britishfuture.bsky.social
We met @sundersays.bsky.social in a Dartford café for a thoughtful, wide-ranging conversation where we talked about identity, immigration, free speech and the 'anxious middle'...
Can the Greens finally win in Medway?
We met Grace Duffy, the party’s new local chair, to talk about unity after AGM tensions, defence policy differences, and why she believes next year could be the breakthrough.
Help @melissaschuh.bsky.social have a better day and help yourself to a great free book because her recommendations are 👨🍳😘
More like can anybody get past the post #AmIRight …
NEW: Dear Washington Post journalists, I’ve written this for you.
Last year @theguardian.com gave away our news title & binned 100+ journalists. It sucked!
But we fought back & you can too. First a strike, then a new masthead @thenerve.news Fuck Bezos. There is another way 👊👊👊
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The Reading Shelf
#BookVirtueSignalling
#Shelfie
#BookSky
#BooksVirtueSignalling #BookSky
What is the point of Keir Starmer staying as prime minister?
Thanks so much x
Could I have a copy of the new Neil Jordan “The Library of Traumatic Memory”?
#PrettyPlease
Could I have a copy of the new Neil Jordan “The Library of Traumatic Memory”?
#PrettyPlease
Hoping this becomes a regular monthly piece