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Jim Hawkins
@jimallthetime.bsky.social
Podcaster at Hello You the Shropshire Podcast (jimallthetime.substack.com). Charity worker. Ex BBC radio presenter/journo

Also a photographer, musician, MC at Shrewsbury Folk Festival. Good listener, empath, creative. He/him. Say hello?
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Thrilled and honoured by this appreciative comment on the most recent episode of Hello You the Shropshire podcast - The Lost Art of Noticing - by the super-noticer herself, @mirandakeeling.com 🥰

Hope you enjoy it as much as Miranda did!

jimallthetime.substack.com/p/hello-you-...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
‘“Local pressure” is a vague, journalistic term to describe what is actually the vivid passion of local people who care about where they live’

What it takes to save a community lifeline

More great work from @manchestermill.bsky.social!

manchestermill.co.uk/what-it-take...
What it takes to save a community lifeline
'I think they just thought we’d calm down and do a petition'
manchestermill.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Beyond beer and bratwurst, what do Christmas markets bring to Brum?

Birmingham and Frankfurt have a decades-old relationship. But is it mutual?

www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/beyond-beer-...
Beyond beer and bratwurst, what do Christmas markets bring to Brum?
Birmingham and Frankfurt have a decades-old relationship. But is it mutual?
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A roadmap for ending plastic pollution, the Antarctic’s shrinking ozone hole, and London’s falling crime rate, plus more good news

www.positive.news/society/good...
What went right this week: the good news that matters
A roadmap for ending plastic pollution, Antarctic’s shrinking ozone hole, and London’s falling crime rate, plus more good news
www.positive.news
December 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Will West Coast jazz finally get some respect?

open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia...
Will West Coast Jazz Finally Get Some Respect?
I intend to find out
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Oh no … this is such sad news

I was honoured to host a Q&A with him at Ludlow Assembly Rooms some years back

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Photographer Martin Parr dies aged 73
Photographer Martin Parr, whose colourful images captured British life, has died at the age of 73.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Good. That tosser’s level of cultural (or ‘religious’) appropriation for his own ends renders him a massive fucking hypocrite.
December 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The Church of England is to launch a poster campaign aimed at challenging the anti-migrant message of Tommy Robinson, whose “Unite the Kingdom” movement has urged its supporters to join a carols event next weekend to “put the Christ back into Christmas”

👏👏👏👏👏

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
C of E to challenge Tommy Robinson’s ‘put Christ back into Christmas’ message
Church leaders respond to far-right appropriation of Christian symbols with ‘Outsiders welcome’ message
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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On Wenlock Edge the wood’s in trouble.
December 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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As Christmas draws near, why not dive into the rich folk traditions that make this time of year so special? In my article, I explore the customs and charm of celebrating a true Shropshire Christmas!

nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-ve...

#Shropshire #Christmas #Folklore
December 7, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Mountain paths, towpaths, bridleway paths, wooden paths - we love them all.
December 7, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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#SundayThoughts ~ Flashback to Friyay ~ Jinkxie enjoying her chicken 😻🐾🍗🎄 #inthecompanyofcats #seniorcats #villagecats #catrescue
December 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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PERFECT FUCKIT LISTS (art prints and wipe clean ones) LIVE HERE - if you’re looking for the perfect present for our, um, present!?

dippyfishcards.etsy.com/listing/9143...

#fuck #swear #profanity #gift #bsnm #smallbusiness
November 28, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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bugs bunny was literally the first guy in drag i ever saw but ok
December 6, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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… and he SERVED ✨
December 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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FWOG
Bullfrog of the day!
Saturday, 6 Dec 2025
December 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Really enjoying the Piano Concerto 👍
IT’S HERE IT’S HERE IT’S HERE!!!! The very first album ever dedicated to Avril Coleridge-Taylor. This has been such a labour of love - please do listen to it, her music deserves to be heard @jkaconductor.bsky.social @tomedney.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/6EroQD...
Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works
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November 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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"We recently announced that Netflix will acquire William Shakespeare, including his plays, sonnets, narrative poems and indeed also his biography and everything he ever said. This unites our leading entertainment service with William Shakespeare's iconic stories. 'All the world's a Netflix!'"
December 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Woman on the tube: We see old people and we make all these assumptions but they are just us, and sooner than will feel possible.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Woman in Camden: Unicorns exist.
Her friend: No they don't.
Woman: Yes they do.
Friend: No they don't.
Woman: Yes they do!
Friend: You're drunk Susan,
Woman: That's how I know.
December 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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When I see myself in the bathroom mirror first thing in the morning.
December 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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🎄 Day 7 of our #Shropshire advent calendar is a wintry morning at Ironbridge, with the trees covered in a hoar frost. I spent about three hours walking up and down the gorge making the best of the conditions until the sun started to melt it all away. ☃️
December 7, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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The Sixth Window. The Feast of Saint Nicholas. Well-wrapped up in an enormous rose-coloured muffler, carrying a sturdy wicker basket in paw, Babcia had taken the early bus into Dorchester to do some Christmas shopping on her own.
December 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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December 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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December 7, 2025 at 7:51 AM