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Full time dad and part time railway author. Winner of Third Prize Non-Fiction at the 2025 Isle of Wight Book Awards for “Upgrading the Isle of Wight’s Railway”. https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/rclong

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Richard Long @rclongauthor.bsky.social · 5d

Looking for an early Christmas present? This month - until 31 October - you can save 30% off both of my Pen & Sword titles in the @penandswordbooks.bsky.social Autumn Sale!

www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Richard-C-Lo...

#IslandLine #IsleofWight #StIves #StIvesCornwall #StIvesBranchLine #StIvesBranch

Upgrading the Isle of Wight’s Railway book cover

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Richard Long @rclongauthor.bsky.social · 2h

After I dug the last one up.

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Sophie Petzal @sonicscrewup.bsky.social · 2h

Celebrity Traitors

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 15h

King Charles may be planning to send Prince Andrew to a castle in the Scottish Highlands, according to reports 👀

Prince Andrew faces exile to Highland town amid pressure to give up mansion

www.thenational.scot

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Richard Long @rclongauthor.bsky.social · 3h

Seen it before but I love that clip! The way Emu just chucks Rod into the freezer is incredible.

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Tim - Missing Episodes Podcast @missingepisodespod.bsky.social · 3h

It's Episode 17 of The Doctor Who Missing Episodes Podcast - THE HIGHLANDERS

With the brilliant Gav Rymill and Rhys Williams. New info and our best to date!

All shares much appreciated. Links below 👇

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Arthur Seaton #FBPE #Wessex @southsaxon.bsky.social · 6d

Isle of Wight Railway 24 at Haven Street, 4.8.1977

#IsleOfWight #IsleOfWightRailway #HeritageRailway #SteamLocomotive #24Loco #1970s #1977Images #HavenStreet

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Richard Long @rclongauthor.bsky.social · 6h

That’s where they buried the body.

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UK Parliament @ukparliament.parliament.uk · 9h

Did you know the Commons Chamber was destroyed in the Blitz?

A black and white photo of Winston Churchill wearing a coat and hat, standing in the rubble of the House of Commons chamber, with another figure facing away from the camera in on the right hand side of the image

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Mollie Goodfellow @hansmollman.bsky.social · 11h

Oh yeah I hadn’t thought of that

A headline that reads “want to gather your own firewood? Why owning a woodland might be the answer”.

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Richard Long @rclongauthor.bsky.social · 8h

Presumably the original was inspired by the Crystal Palace?

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 14h

The London Business School might want to rethink the name of this course.

www.london.edu/executive-ed...

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Modern Railways @modernrailways.keypublishing.com · 16h

BREAKING NEWS - NO PAYWALL: Eurostar orders 30 double-deck Eurostar Celestia trains from Alstom with options for 20 more and service entry from 2031. www.modernrailways.com/article/euro...

Eurostar orders 30 double-deck ‘Celestia’ trains

New Alstom trains to replace e300s and expand capacity

www.modernrailways.com

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Richard Long @rclongauthor.bsky.social · 1d

a man in a suit and tie says " barrowman "

Alt: David Tennant shakes his fist and says " barrowman "

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Richard Long @rclongauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Here he is with one of our top interviewers. youtu.be/sqrg_VCPgAQ?...

Parkinson BBC Rod Hull & Emu 70s

YouTube video by tvinsider1

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Richard Long @rclongauthor.bsky.social · 1d

To be fair, you do seem to have seen *all* the celebrities in that panto.

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Terrible Maps @terriblemapshq.bsky.social · 1d

Countries where a woman’s testimony is not equal to a man’s

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Richard Long @rclongauthor.bsky.social · 1d

This is rapidly turning into a Craig David song.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 1d

I guess it saves us coming back and burning it again.

Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 1d

Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped

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Ant Dawson @railwayhobbit.bsky.social · 1d

Close the coal house door lad,
There's bairns inside.
Bairns upon the mountain side,
Bairns who saw the blackness slide,
Bairns who had no time to hide.
Close the coalhouse door lad, there's bairns inside.

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 1d

PHOTO OF THE DAY: A mine rescue worker silently contemplates the Aberfan Disaster (1966). 📷 Getty images

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Richard Long @rclongauthor.bsky.social · 1d

She makes a right song and dance about it.

Richard Long @rclongauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Tuesday we do the Hokey Cokey.

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Richard Long @rclongauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly, because it was originally meant to go on the solebar. Classes that didn’t have a solebar didn’t need it and looked better with just a red buffer beam.

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Moley𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕄𝕠𝕝𝕖 @moleymole.bsky.social · 1d

Braquage! #Louvre

Feathers McGraw wanted poster - ‘have you seen this chicken?’ Translated into school French “recherché - avez vous vu ce poulet?” [spoiler- we know the ‘chicken’ is really a penguin with a rubber glove on its head in disguise]

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Richard Long @rclongauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Paignton!

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Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 2d

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

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