Matthew Willis (Naval Air History)
@navalairhistory.com
Writer naval/aviation history. Words. Art. Photography. Silken Windhounds. He/him. Free Palestine. Cannot receive DMs
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I have 2026 calendars! £12+p&p, nice quality prints of cars, boats, aviation etc which can be separated and displayed when the year is over #DigitalArt #MarineArt #AutomitiveArt
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Maybe when, after completing my deed poll, the solicitor shook my hand and said "congratulations Ciara", a tiny thing but it meant so much to me
17. What’s a 'little thing' someone did for you that meant the world?
November 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Maybe when, after completing my deed poll, the solicitor shook my hand and said "congratulations Ciara", a tiny thing but it meant so much to me
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Like we’re all clear this is as dangerous as it is farcical right
The lengths the British government will go to please the Israeli government.
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
Sally Rooney books may be pulled from UK, court told
Normal People author Sally Rooney's books may have to be withdrawn from sale and none of her new works published in the UK due to "uncertainty" caused by the ban on Palestine Action, the British High ...
www.rte.ie
November 27, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Like we’re all clear this is as dangerous as it is farcical right
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FUCK YEAH
Ejae all like:
"Yeah. Not only can i hit all those notes. I can hit them LIVE."
Ejae all like:
"Yeah. Not only can i hit all those notes. I can hit them LIVE."
Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
November 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
FUCK YEAH
Ejae all like:
"Yeah. Not only can i hit all those notes. I can hit them LIVE."
Ejae all like:
"Yeah. Not only can i hit all those notes. I can hit them LIVE."
What’s the situation with Flavio Briatore? I thought he was ‘de facto’ TP of Alpine, news reports earlier this year suggesting that he could not occupy that role formally as he was not an employee and didn’t hold the requisite licence. But #F1 apparently regarding him publicly as TP
November 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
What’s the situation with Flavio Briatore? I thought he was ‘de facto’ TP of Alpine, news reports earlier this year suggesting that he could not occupy that role formally as he was not an employee and didn’t hold the requisite licence. But #F1 apparently regarding him publicly as TP
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ELMS given you were claiming 110,000 at Silverstone that total attendance figure is somewhat revealing
November 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
ELMS given you were claiming 110,000 at Silverstone that total attendance figure is somewhat revealing
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unlike SOME people, i don’t subskeet
November 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
unlike SOME people, i don’t subskeet
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It looks like you’re commenting on the first tweet in a thread without reading the rest. Would you like some fucking help with that?
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It looks like you’re commenting on the first tweet in a thread without reading the rest. Would you like some fucking help with that?
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Our remix of Dancing on Volcanoes by @gwennosaunders.bsky.social is out now on digital platforms from @heavenlyrecordings.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/track/51JeNb...
open.spotify.com/track/51JeNb...
November 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Our remix of Dancing on Volcanoes by @gwennosaunders.bsky.social is out now on digital platforms from @heavenlyrecordings.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/track/51JeNb...
open.spotify.com/track/51JeNb...
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A solicitor, Andrew Milne has been bullying leaseholders across Sheffield into paying him extraordinary sums, with no legal basis.
Why hasn't the SRA stopped him? Because he's conducted an extraordinary campaign against the SRA. 180 complaints. Two judicial reviews.
More here: buff.ly/LmLVegM
Why hasn't the SRA stopped him? Because he's conducted an extraordinary campaign against the SRA. 180 complaints. Two judicial reviews.
More here: buff.ly/LmLVegM
SRA urged to take action as we reveal solicitor has ‘purposely frustrated’ investigation
Solicitor Andrew Jonathan Milne delayed an official investigation into his alleged professional misconduct by overwhelming the regulator with complaints and threatening them with two injunctions se…
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November 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
A solicitor, Andrew Milne has been bullying leaseholders across Sheffield into paying him extraordinary sums, with no legal basis.
Why hasn't the SRA stopped him? Because he's conducted an extraordinary campaign against the SRA. 180 complaints. Two judicial reviews.
More here: buff.ly/LmLVegM
Why hasn't the SRA stopped him? Because he's conducted an extraordinary campaign against the SRA. 180 complaints. Two judicial reviews.
More here: buff.ly/LmLVegM
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What is the ‘labour’ party?
November 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
What is the ‘labour’ party?
*loading a pistol and getting back on the ship*
‘Orkney’s haunted’
‘Orkney’s haunted’
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
*loading a pistol and getting back on the ship*
‘Orkney’s haunted’
‘Orkney’s haunted’
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I made 2 trips to photograph Ratcliffe power station from a number of vantage points. ⚡️
99% of the photos are digital for my assignment, which I'm still working on.
These are the only two film shots from East Midlands Parkway. 🚉
📷 Ricoh 500g
🎞 XP2
#believeinfilm #filmphotography #filmisnotdead
99% of the photos are digital for my assignment, which I'm still working on.
These are the only two film shots from East Midlands Parkway. 🚉
📷 Ricoh 500g
🎞 XP2
#believeinfilm #filmphotography #filmisnotdead
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I made 2 trips to photograph Ratcliffe power station from a number of vantage points. ⚡️
99% of the photos are digital for my assignment, which I'm still working on.
These are the only two film shots from East Midlands Parkway. 🚉
📷 Ricoh 500g
🎞 XP2
#believeinfilm #filmphotography #filmisnotdead
99% of the photos are digital for my assignment, which I'm still working on.
These are the only two film shots from East Midlands Parkway. 🚉
📷 Ricoh 500g
🎞 XP2
#believeinfilm #filmphotography #filmisnotdead
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The "Cannon" fallacy ruins so much enjoyment of stuff these days.
I like the idea of the James Bond 007 just being a name and number for a given agent that changes, I may have posted about this before, but just do a thing! Do the thing good!
Fan service is of the devil.
Time for a cup of tea.
The "Cannon" fallacy ruins so much enjoyment of stuff these days.
I like the idea of the James Bond 007 just being a name and number for a given agent that changes, I may have posted about this before, but just do a thing! Do the thing good!
Fan service is of the devil.
Time for a cup of tea.
No. The correct way to understand this is to stop trying to make things fit together. You can watch different people playing Sherlock Holmes, in entirely different stories, without trying to make it add up. Stories are a dressing up box, not a jigsaw.
November 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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The "Cannon" fallacy ruins so much enjoyment of stuff these days.
I like the idea of the James Bond 007 just being a name and number for a given agent that changes, I may have posted about this before, but just do a thing! Do the thing good!
Fan service is of the devil.
Time for a cup of tea.
The "Cannon" fallacy ruins so much enjoyment of stuff these days.
I like the idea of the James Bond 007 just being a name and number for a given agent that changes, I may have posted about this before, but just do a thing! Do the thing good!
Fan service is of the devil.
Time for a cup of tea.
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Elliott Erwitt, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. New York City, USA. 1988.
November 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Elliott Erwitt, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. New York City, USA. 1988.
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No. The correct way to understand this is to stop trying to make things fit together. You can watch different people playing Sherlock Holmes, in entirely different stories, without trying to make it add up. Stories are a dressing up box, not a jigsaw.
November 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
No. The correct way to understand this is to stop trying to make things fit together. You can watch different people playing Sherlock Holmes, in entirely different stories, without trying to make it add up. Stories are a dressing up box, not a jigsaw.
It interests me that the idea of Chekhov’s Gun has become a trope about foreshadowing when he meant the comment as a lesson in economy. I.e. ‘don’t waste time talking about a gun if it isn’t relevant to the story’. But now cinema in particular has developed a whole language of introducing the gun
November 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
It interests me that the idea of Chekhov’s Gun has become a trope about foreshadowing when he meant the comment as a lesson in economy. I.e. ‘don’t waste time talking about a gun if it isn’t relevant to the story’. But now cinema in particular has developed a whole language of introducing the gun
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Update: happened again. Today it invented someone called Brian. There is no Brian.
Was in a a Teams meeting where someone turned on an AI transription thing - the summary we got at the end has made up a person who doesn't exist that apaprently I need talk to about my actions...
November 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Update: happened again. Today it invented someone called Brian. There is no Brian.
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I hate this world
November 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I hate this world
’cyber expert’ Jesus, it was literally circulated a couple of hours early, this is such a non issue
OBR calls in cyber expert over botched release of Budget analysis
OBR calls in cyber expert over botched release of Budget analysis
Rachel Reeves's statement was thrown into chaos after journalists were able to access the document early.
www.bbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
’cyber expert’ Jesus, it was literally circulated a couple of hours early, this is such a non issue
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“Labour said education would drive economic growth.
Yesterday we saw nothing for FE, and a dog’s dinner for HE.
With 15,000 HE jobs at risk and staff leaving FE, we don’t have the mechanisms needed to deliver growth.” @drjogrady.bsky.social yesterday.
Yesterday we saw nothing for FE, and a dog’s dinner for HE.
With 15,000 HE jobs at risk and staff leaving FE, we don’t have the mechanisms needed to deliver growth.” @drjogrady.bsky.social yesterday.
November 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM
“Labour said education would drive economic growth.
Yesterday we saw nothing for FE, and a dog’s dinner for HE.
With 15,000 HE jobs at risk and staff leaving FE, we don’t have the mechanisms needed to deliver growth.” @drjogrady.bsky.social yesterday.
Yesterday we saw nothing for FE, and a dog’s dinner for HE.
With 15,000 HE jobs at risk and staff leaving FE, we don’t have the mechanisms needed to deliver growth.” @drjogrady.bsky.social yesterday.
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If anyone knows of any cool / interesting red wine things, please let me know, Colin's dad is so hard to buy for! Last year we got him this bonkers barnacle-y red wine that's made under the sea and he loved it.
Vino submarino! underwaterwine.com/en-eu/collec...
Vino submarino! underwaterwine.com/en-eu/collec...
Underwater Wine - Crusoe Treasure, Underwater Winery
Discover underwater wine, aged in our underwater winery. A unique winemaking experience with flavors and aromas enhanced by the ocean.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
If anyone knows of any cool / interesting red wine things, please let me know, Colin's dad is so hard to buy for! Last year we got him this bonkers barnacle-y red wine that's made under the sea and he loved it.
Vino submarino! underwaterwine.com/en-eu/collec...
Vino submarino! underwaterwine.com/en-eu/collec...
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It is IMO not possible to operate any kind of meaningful democracy when your national press is a joke and a travesty, but your mileage on that may vary. I think it’s incontestable that it is impossible to govern well and effectively, while being in hock to these pantomime clowns.
November 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
It is IMO not possible to operate any kind of meaningful democracy when your national press is a joke and a travesty, but your mileage on that may vary. I think it’s incontestable that it is impossible to govern well and effectively, while being in hock to these pantomime clowns.
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PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
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gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
www.versobooks.com/products/303...
November 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
www.versobooks.com/products/303...
gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
www.versobooks.com/products/303...
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I wrote a story for my chronic pain and disability pals.
It would be cool if you gave it a listen.
podcastle.org/2025/07/29/p...
It would be cool if you gave it a listen.
podcastle.org/2025/07/29/p...
PodCastle 902: Godzilla as a Young Man Named Mike - PodCastle
Godzilla as a Young Man Named Mike E.M. Faulds I remember your mum telling me, after it all went down, that during the lockdowns you washed your hands so often your skin cracked and turned scaly and...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I wrote a story for my chronic pain and disability pals.
It would be cool if you gave it a listen.
podcastle.org/2025/07/29/p...
It would be cool if you gave it a listen.
podcastle.org/2025/07/29/p...
It may sound like a weird thing to say, that I was in a documentary and didn't even know for sure that it was finished and broadcast. But so much of TV is like this now - the team that made it has long since split up and moved on to different things, and nobody's left to tell you what's happening
Apparently I’m on Wrecks that Changed the World (Episode 4) on PBS this evening, talking about HMS Prince of Wales, Pearl Harbor etc. I wasn’t even sure they’d ever made the programme (I did a day of interviews at FAAM between lockdowns and never heard any more from them)
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
It may sound like a weird thing to say, that I was in a documentary and didn't even know for sure that it was finished and broadcast. But so much of TV is like this now - the team that made it has long since split up and moved on to different things, and nobody's left to tell you what's happening