Bridge player by day; Archers listener by night. Wore green in the 80s.

Shrivenham, Oxon. UK
Joined February 2012
Oh gosh - just realised I am the ageing poorly parent in UK that my son in Berlin is trying to visit! 👵🏻👵🏻👵🏻
Replying to @fedupofSuffolk
It's not so "the grass is greener living in the EU" simple. There are so many prople desperate to get to UK to visit ageing poorly parents after so long.
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I told you a million times. I am Egyptian, I know what happened to the Jews of Egypt. I know what it looks like when a Jewish community is systematically targeted, excluded, and demonized until they have no choice but to flee with their suitcases in hand. I told you, what is happening to Jewish communities across Europe and America today is a chilling echo of what happened in Egypt. And just as Western leaders stood by in the 1950s and watched the ethnic cleansing of Jews from the Arab world, they are standing by now, offering little more than silence. It is a profound, isolating despair to shout this warning and be met with the same global indifference. I have been warning of this since at least 2019. Everything that once happened is happening all over again, this time in the West. We are repeating one of history's darkest patterns, and my faith is crumbling because of it. One day, we will point to cities like London and New York and say, "There was once a thriving Jewish community here", just as we now speak of the lost Jewish world of Alexandria and Cairo. What a tragic and shameful failure.
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Hey @GWRHelp Why are you not doing anything for #Railway200?
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FFS @GWRHelp!! Yet again, 10 carriages down to five on one of the first (and therefore busiest) super off-peak trains out of Paddington!!
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Help @RachelRileyRR @WIZOuk I can't make it Wednesday!!
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In October @AuschwitzMuseum account lost 7,279 followers. We can commemorate the victims of Auschwitz and educate people on social media thanks to your overwhelming support. Every RT matters. Share our posts and amplify our voice. We remember together.
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Good morning - I hope you slept like an amphipod-stuffed sea horse - I'm starting with ‘Barbury Castle’, Anna Dillon, oil on board, 2023. Available as a single card, or as part of the Wessex Airscapes Collection (No. 2). rathergoodart.co.uk/product/…
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Quiz time for @militaryhistori and his pals. Picked these up this morning on a tour. (Yes, we put them back.) Where am I?
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I know I keep banging on about my designs but it’s not easy being a small business at the moment. Take a look at my wares and please retweet. gailmyerscough.co.uk Thanks!
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Chocolate strawberry sculpture 🍓🍓 watch to the end 📹 Amaury Guichon
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Fantastic evening with Rachel Kolsky at the Sold Out event London's South Bank in 50 Buildings: exploring the history of this fascinating stretch of the city through a selection of its most interesting buildings and structures. Find out more at this link stanfords.co.uk/Londons-Sout…
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It's Friday! 😀 Once again, I'm asking my dear followers to please retweet this photo if you see it! 🙏 This is to help my account be seen by the people who actually follow me.🐦 To make it worth sharing, here are a pair of bickering Goldfinches!😊♥️ #FridayRetweetPlease ♥️
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The best bit about winter is the Scottish releasing the names of their gritters.
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Volle Solidarität mit Israel! Berlin trauert um die Opfer dieses feigen und verbrecherischen Terrorangriffs und bangt um die entführten Menschen. Unsere Stadt steht fest an der Seite Israels!
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Dear @British_Airways Please can you explain your approach to customer service? I was booked on the 08:20 BA885 from Bucharest to LHR this morning. I arrived early at the airport with my cello, with my two confirmed tickets, one for me and one for the cello. The bookings were
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As we all know, Parky was from Yorkshire, as was David Bowie's dad. This is a corker 👊
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Did someone mention cycling? I've recently discovered this photo of my great grandmother with her bicycle.
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A small thread for catharsis if nothing else regarding owning a bike on a council estate. The other day some very formal notices were stuck on all bikes being stored in internal corridors on my estate (Nye Bevan in @hackneycouncil) announcing they all had to be removed.
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High-key obsessed with this obit in my parents' parish newsletter (it's worth your time - what a life!)
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