Nigel Leach
@nigelleach.com
Eventually Consistent.
Pretending to be a Northerner, stealthily seeking asylum in Cumbria.
Soft left socialist bookworm, still occasionally hobbling over the fells and around a squash court.
Very very happily partnered btw.
Pretending to be a Northerner, stealthily seeking asylum in Cumbria.
Soft left socialist bookworm, still occasionally hobbling over the fells and around a squash court.
Very very happily partnered btw.
Pinned
Nigel Leach
@nigelleach.com
· Nov 19
Douglas!
A sausage filled with love (only 5% bark).
Stubborn, proud, plucky, and a bit scared of the big wide world (and who wouldn't be).
A sausage filled with love (only 5% bark).
Stubborn, proud, plucky, and a bit scared of the big wide world (and who wouldn't be).
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Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
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David Dimbleby has raised an uncomfortable question: is it just possible that our royal family is....plain greedy ? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/monarc...
The King and Prince William must open the books on their enormous riches
The senior royals have amassed a great fortune without any scrutiny. For most of their subjects, these are testing financial times—we must have transp...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
David Dimbleby has raised an uncomfortable question: is it just possible that our royal family is....plain greedy ? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/monarc...
It really does look like him
December 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
It really does look like him
The Environment Agency appears underfunded and completely dysfunctional.
Of course just a coincidence that illegal rubbish will be cleared in Kidlington, Oxfordshire but left to catch fire in Bickershaw, Wigan.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Of course just a coincidence that illegal rubbish will be cleared in Kidlington, Oxfordshire but left to catch fire in Bickershaw, Wigan.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
EA to spend millions clearing Oxfordshire illegal waste mountain in break with policy
Announcement draws anger from Labour MP over refusal to remove tonnes of rubbish dumped near school in Wigan
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The Environment Agency appears underfunded and completely dysfunctional.
Of course just a coincidence that illegal rubbish will be cleared in Kidlington, Oxfordshire but left to catch fire in Bickershaw, Wigan.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Of course just a coincidence that illegal rubbish will be cleared in Kidlington, Oxfordshire but left to catch fire in Bickershaw, Wigan.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Lonely postbox, Isle of Yell, Shetland, 2004, photo by Martin Parr (Magnum).
December 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Lonely postbox, Isle of Yell, Shetland, 2004, photo by Martin Parr (Magnum).
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Furness Book Fair, 2026
Open to an indie authors and indie bookshops in the South Lakes area. Contact me for more details.
Open to an indie authors and indie bookshops in the South Lakes area. Contact me for more details.
December 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Furness Book Fair, 2026
Open to an indie authors and indie bookshops in the South Lakes area. Contact me for more details.
Open to an indie authors and indie bookshops in the South Lakes area. Contact me for more details.
Just received a high priority email – “When does our Boxing Day sale start?”
December 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Just received a high priority email – “When does our Boxing Day sale start?”
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“Oh, Frog,” said Toad, “I am so glad to be spending Christmas with you.”
December 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
“Oh, Frog,” said Toad, “I am so glad to be spending Christmas with you.”
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Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
December 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
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You won't believe who James Corden's next Carpool Karaoke guest is.
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
You won't believe who James Corden's next Carpool Karaoke guest is.
Bethlehem’s Christmas tree lights up after two years of darkness
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
“We wanted to revive hope for the people of Bethlehem and all Palestinians, and to send that hope to Gaza and to the world"
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
“We wanted to revive hope for the people of Bethlehem and all Palestinians, and to send that hope to Gaza and to the world"
Bethlehem’s Christmas tree lights up after two years of darkness
Bethlehem lights tree after two years, mixing hope with sorrow amid Gaza war and economic hardship from Israeli siege.
www.aljazeera.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Bethlehem’s Christmas tree lights up after two years of darkness
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
“We wanted to revive hope for the people of Bethlehem and all Palestinians, and to send that hope to Gaza and to the world"
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
“We wanted to revive hope for the people of Bethlehem and all Palestinians, and to send that hope to Gaza and to the world"
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Welcome to Britain, a country so short of dentists that an MP's 87-year-old mum pulled her teeth out with pliers. Also a country with thousands of foreign-qualified dentists who can’t work until they pass an exam so oversubscribed it’s like trying to book Glasto tickets. www.ft.com/content/f4e5...
December 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Welcome to Britain, a country so short of dentists that an MP's 87-year-old mum pulled her teeth out with pliers. Also a country with thousands of foreign-qualified dentists who can’t work until they pass an exam so oversubscribed it’s like trying to book Glasto tickets. www.ft.com/content/f4e5...
youu couldn't make this stuff up....
Reform UK councillor Andrew Harrison's business was fined £40,000 for hiring an "illegal immigrant."
Almost like these people are shameless, two faced hypocrites isn't it
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Almost like these people are shameless, two faced hypocrites isn't it
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Seaham Reform councillor's firm fined over illegal worker
Durham councillor Andrew Harrison says the worker was legal and he is appealing against the fine.
www.bbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
youu couldn't make this stuff up....
December 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Ten years ago, a very unhappy time
BBC News - Storm Desmond anniversary: Memories of the night that caused Cumbria chaos - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Storm Desmond anniversary: Memories of the night that caused Cumbria chaos - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Storm Desmond anniversary: Memories of the night that caused Cumbria chaos
Ten years ago, massive floods struck Cumbria. What has the impact been?
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Ten years ago, a very unhappy time
BBC News - Storm Desmond anniversary: Memories of the night that caused Cumbria chaos - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Storm Desmond anniversary: Memories of the night that caused Cumbria chaos - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Martin Parr has died & this grimmest gloomiest greyest, Sundayest of Sundays is the perfect day to watch Signs of the Times.
All four extraordinary episodes are full of pathos, beauty & humour, life & love stories told through relationships with interiors & objects
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
All four extraordinary episodes are full of pathos, beauty & humour, life & love stories told through relationships with interiors & objects
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Signs of the Times - That Little Bit Different
Terry and Sue quite like Austrian blinds but feel they're common. And just why do Ray and Jane change their three-piece suite twice a year? (1992)
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Martin Parr has died & this grimmest gloomiest greyest, Sundayest of Sundays is the perfect day to watch Signs of the Times.
All four extraordinary episodes are full of pathos, beauty & humour, life & love stories told through relationships with interiors & objects
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
All four extraordinary episodes are full of pathos, beauty & humour, life & love stories told through relationships with interiors & objects
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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Prime Minister of Poland. 🇵🇱
December 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Prime Minister of Poland. 🇵🇱
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Hopefully not, but probably so
"Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment"
"Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment"
December 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Hopefully not, but probably so
"Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment"
"Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment"
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If Russia is banned for its war of aggression and atrocities against civilians in Ukraine, Israel should be banned for its genocide in Gaza.
This should not be hard for anyone with a shred of moral/intellectual integrity.
www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
This should not be hard for anyone with a shred of moral/intellectual integrity.
www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
RTÉ to boycott Eurovision Song Contest over Israel
Ireland will not participate in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, and it will not be broadcast by RTÉ, after the European Broadcasting Union confirmed today that Israel will be allowed to take part...
www.rte.ie
December 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
If Russia is banned for its war of aggression and atrocities against civilians in Ukraine, Israel should be banned for its genocide in Gaza.
This should not be hard for anyone with a shred of moral/intellectual integrity.
www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
This should not be hard for anyone with a shred of moral/intellectual integrity.
www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
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Avoid Amazon. Shop Small!
Tomorrow is Small Business Saturday. We hope you can get down to a brilliant local indie bookshop. If not, snap up a book and support indie booksellers with us - and you're in with the chance of winning a £250 Bookshop.org gift card.
Support bookshops, not billionaires.
Tomorrow is Small Business Saturday. We hope you can get down to a brilliant local indie bookshop. If not, snap up a book and support indie booksellers with us - and you're in with the chance of winning a £250 Bookshop.org gift card.
Support bookshops, not billionaires.
December 5, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Avoid Amazon. Shop Small!
Tomorrow is Small Business Saturday. We hope you can get down to a brilliant local indie bookshop. If not, snap up a book and support indie booksellers with us - and you're in with the chance of winning a £250 Bookshop.org gift card.
Support bookshops, not billionaires.
Tomorrow is Small Business Saturday. We hope you can get down to a brilliant local indie bookshop. If not, snap up a book and support indie booksellers with us - and you're in with the chance of winning a £250 Bookshop.org gift card.
Support bookshops, not billionaires.