Andy
@furnessandy.bsky.social
I don't post much/anything... I prefer just listening to others who say things much better than I could.
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Hi! If you enjoy my podcast, you might like my books — and ASK A HISTORIAN is only 99p on Kindle during February
February 1, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Hi! If you enjoy my podcast, you might like my books — and ASK A HISTORIAN is only 99p on Kindle during February
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When so many of our elected officials have, with years of practice, perfected their shoulder shug or even their applause at road designs that put people without cars in harm's way, someone like @carolinerussell.bsky.social really does stand out.
Here in Birmingham, we really notice it!
Here in Birmingham, we really notice it!
Just saying @carolinerussell.bsky.social is ace. The effort & genuine care she shows in horrific circumstances like these...
Compare to the endemic inaction at roads like this, the shrugged shoulders at junctions like the ones that bookend this road, despite clear patterns of collisions, the idea...
Compare to the endemic inaction at roads like this, the shrugged shoulders at junctions like the ones that bookend this road, despite clear patterns of collisions, the idea...
I met people in Hackney who are calling for safer streets.
Kenworthy Road is a place where people live and children go to school but the roads are still hostile and filled with fast traffic.
Mrs Murphy died here in 2009 and Harry Webb was killed in 2023, and yet nothing has really changed.
Kenworthy Road is a place where people live and children go to school but the roads are still hostile and filled with fast traffic.
Mrs Murphy died here in 2009 and Harry Webb was killed in 2023, and yet nothing has really changed.
January 27, 2026 at 6:08 PM
When so many of our elected officials have, with years of practice, perfected their shoulder shug or even their applause at road designs that put people without cars in harm's way, someone like @carolinerussell.bsky.social really does stand out.
Here in Birmingham, we really notice it!
Here in Birmingham, we really notice it!
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Just saying @carolinerussell.bsky.social is ace. The effort & genuine care she shows in horrific circumstances like these...
Compare to the endemic inaction at roads like this, the shrugged shoulders at junctions like the ones that bookend this road, despite clear patterns of collisions, the idea...
Compare to the endemic inaction at roads like this, the shrugged shoulders at junctions like the ones that bookend this road, despite clear patterns of collisions, the idea...
I met people in Hackney who are calling for safer streets.
Kenworthy Road is a place where people live and children go to school but the roads are still hostile and filled with fast traffic.
Mrs Murphy died here in 2009 and Harry Webb was killed in 2023, and yet nothing has really changed.
Kenworthy Road is a place where people live and children go to school but the roads are still hostile and filled with fast traffic.
Mrs Murphy died here in 2009 and Harry Webb was killed in 2023, and yet nothing has really changed.
January 27, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Just saying @carolinerussell.bsky.social is ace. The effort & genuine care she shows in horrific circumstances like these...
Compare to the endemic inaction at roads like this, the shrugged shoulders at junctions like the ones that bookend this road, despite clear patterns of collisions, the idea...
Compare to the endemic inaction at roads like this, the shrugged shoulders at junctions like the ones that bookend this road, despite clear patterns of collisions, the idea...
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I met people in Hackney who are calling for safer streets.
Kenworthy Road is a place where people live and children go to school but the roads are still hostile and filled with fast traffic.
Mrs Murphy died here in 2009 and Harry Webb was killed in 2023, and yet nothing has really changed.
Kenworthy Road is a place where people live and children go to school but the roads are still hostile and filled with fast traffic.
Mrs Murphy died here in 2009 and Harry Webb was killed in 2023, and yet nothing has really changed.
January 27, 2026 at 11:33 AM
I met people in Hackney who are calling for safer streets.
Kenworthy Road is a place where people live and children go to school but the roads are still hostile and filled with fast traffic.
Mrs Murphy died here in 2009 and Harry Webb was killed in 2023, and yet nothing has really changed.
Kenworthy Road is a place where people live and children go to school but the roads are still hostile and filled with fast traffic.
Mrs Murphy died here in 2009 and Harry Webb was killed in 2023, and yet nothing has really changed.
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Listen to Derek Clifford, 50 year longstanding resident of Bethnal Green, talk about the transformative effect of the LTN residents just saved from being ripped out. #LTNs #StreetsForPeople
January 23, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Listen to Derek Clifford, 50 year longstanding resident of Bethnal Green, talk about the transformative effect of the LTN residents just saved from being ripped out. #LTNs #StreetsForPeople
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What the United States has done this week is as devastating for the cosy Atlanticist world view, as the Credit Crunch was for those who comfortably believed that left to themselves markets tended towards equilibrium.
In other words: a serious conceptual rupture.
A world view has died this week.
In other words: a serious conceptual rupture.
A world view has died this week.
January 18, 2026 at 11:51 PM
What the United States has done this week is as devastating for the cosy Atlanticist world view, as the Credit Crunch was for those who comfortably believed that left to themselves markets tended towards equilibrium.
In other words: a serious conceptual rupture.
A world view has died this week.
In other words: a serious conceptual rupture.
A world view has died this week.
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The casual acceptance of risk from driving cars is utterly bemusing.
If this many people were being killed on trains the rail system would be shut down until the risks could be eliminated.
Why is it seen as normal that so many people are killed and injured while people drive vehicles?
If this many people were being killed on trains the rail system would be shut down until the risks could be eliminated.
Why is it seen as normal that so many people are killed and injured while people drive vehicles?
In 2024, more than 1,600 people died on UK roads. Yet a major new road safety strategy has passed largely unnoticed. This reflects media acceptance of road danger and a societal complacency—an “it won’t happen to me” mindset. Sadly, it can, and by then it is too late. How do we change this?
January 9, 2026 at 8:32 AM
The casual acceptance of risk from driving cars is utterly bemusing.
If this many people were being killed on trains the rail system would be shut down until the risks could be eliminated.
Why is it seen as normal that so many people are killed and injured while people drive vehicles?
If this many people were being killed on trains the rail system would be shut down until the risks could be eliminated.
Why is it seen as normal that so many people are killed and injured while people drive vehicles?
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No one should be forced to sleep rough in our capital.
If you see someone sleeping rough, you can help get them out of the cold.
Contact StreetLink to connect them with local support:
thestreetlink.org.uk
If you see someone sleeping rough, you can help get them out of the cold.
Contact StreetLink to connect them with local support:
thestreetlink.org.uk
December 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
No one should be forced to sleep rough in our capital.
If you see someone sleeping rough, you can help get them out of the cold.
Contact StreetLink to connect them with local support:
thestreetlink.org.uk
If you see someone sleeping rough, you can help get them out of the cold.
Contact StreetLink to connect them with local support:
thestreetlink.org.uk
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Love and solidarity to Robin. I reckon that now would be an excellent time to support him by buying his books for example.
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Love and solidarity to Robin. I reckon that now would be an excellent time to support him by buying his books for example.
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*cough* If you're gift shopping for anyone interested in how the world works, do consider these. Storm in a Teacup is all about the physics of everyday life and Blue Machine is all about how the ocean works - the water itself, which is the biggest story on Earth. Share the joy of nature & science!
December 7, 2025 at 11:38 AM
*cough* If you're gift shopping for anyone interested in how the world works, do consider these. Storm in a Teacup is all about the physics of everyday life and Blue Machine is all about how the ocean works - the water itself, which is the biggest story on Earth. Share the joy of nature & science!
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In the last 24hours the @CalaisAppeal fundraiser total has increased THREE TIMES OVER.
Like the Grinch, my heart is growing 3 sizes today ❤️❤️🥹🥹
Thank you so much to the good people sharing & donating - please keep passing it on! Love wins!!
Like the Grinch, my heart is growing 3 sizes today ❤️❤️🥹🥹
Thank you so much to the good people sharing & donating - please keep passing it on! Love wins!!
This year I’m doing something different - I’m only going to talk about this one appeal.
Please donate at the link here if you possibly can, or share this to beat the far right vigilante groups 👉 www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
Please donate at the link here if you possibly can, or share this to beat the far right vigilante groups 👉 www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
December 7, 2025 at 11:57 AM
In the last 24hours the @CalaisAppeal fundraiser total has increased THREE TIMES OVER.
Like the Grinch, my heart is growing 3 sizes today ❤️❤️🥹🥹
Thank you so much to the good people sharing & donating - please keep passing it on! Love wins!!
Like the Grinch, my heart is growing 3 sizes today ❤️❤️🥹🥹
Thank you so much to the good people sharing & donating - please keep passing it on! Love wins!!
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This year I’m doing something different - I’m only going to talk about this one appeal.
Please donate at the link here if you possibly can, or share this to beat the far right vigilante groups 👉 www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
Please donate at the link here if you possibly can, or share this to beat the far right vigilante groups 👉 www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
December 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This year I’m doing something different - I’m only going to talk about this one appeal.
Please donate at the link here if you possibly can, or share this to beat the far right vigilante groups 👉 www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
Please donate at the link here if you possibly can, or share this to beat the far right vigilante groups 👉 www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
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DEAD FUNNY HISTORY! Coming very soon to BBC Radio 4 & Sounds, it’s a funny history podcast for kids and families to enjoy — 15 episodes, each 14 minutes long, and a lovely combo of narration and radio sketch comedy
Written & produced by @scriblit.bsky.social & Dr Emma Nagouse, plus… (scroll down)
Written & produced by @scriblit.bsky.social & Dr Emma Nagouse, plus… (scroll down)
December 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
DEAD FUNNY HISTORY! Coming very soon to BBC Radio 4 & Sounds, it’s a funny history podcast for kids and families to enjoy — 15 episodes, each 14 minutes long, and a lovely combo of narration and radio sketch comedy
Written & produced by @scriblit.bsky.social & Dr Emma Nagouse, plus… (scroll down)
Written & produced by @scriblit.bsky.social & Dr Emma Nagouse, plus… (scroll down)
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On our YouTube page, we share videos about the history of Auschwitz, footage of commemoration events, educational materials, webinars, and podcasts.
Join us and subscribe: https://t.co/fP1wB5WizJ
Amplify our voice. We remember together.
Join us and subscribe: https://t.co/fP1wB5WizJ
Amplify our voice. We remember together.
December 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
On our YouTube page, we share videos about the history of Auschwitz, footage of commemoration events, educational materials, webinars, and podcasts.
Join us and subscribe: https://t.co/fP1wB5WizJ
Amplify our voice. We remember together.
Join us and subscribe: https://t.co/fP1wB5WizJ
Amplify our voice. We remember together.
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Posts about urban biking in Dutch cities are routinely replied to with comments like “well, they have the big advantage of being relatively flat.”
The Dutch also have the big advantage of not constantly making excuses about why they can’t make clearly smarter city-making decisions. #Leadership
The Dutch also have the big advantage of not constantly making excuses about why they can’t make clearly smarter city-making decisions. #Leadership
November 29, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Posts about urban biking in Dutch cities are routinely replied to with comments like “well, they have the big advantage of being relatively flat.”
The Dutch also have the big advantage of not constantly making excuses about why they can’t make clearly smarter city-making decisions. #Leadership
The Dutch also have the big advantage of not constantly making excuses about why they can’t make clearly smarter city-making decisions. #Leadership
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Hard-hitting truth-telling from UCL Prof Anthony Costello….
“The Covid Public Inquiry is a devastating critique of medical advisers, civil servants and politicians who led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century. More than 230,000 deaths.”
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...
“The Covid Public Inquiry is a devastating critique of medical advisers, civil servants and politicians who led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century. More than 230,000 deaths.”
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...
230,000 Deaths and the ‘Calculated Silence’ of the Medical Establishment About the COVID Inquiry
The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Hard-hitting truth-telling from UCL Prof Anthony Costello….
“The Covid Public Inquiry is a devastating critique of medical advisers, civil servants and politicians who led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century. More than 230,000 deaths.”
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...
“The Covid Public Inquiry is a devastating critique of medical advisers, civil servants and politicians who led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century. More than 230,000 deaths.”
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...
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Just sent out this free piece. When the stories of the 28-point plan were first written, too many people went into overdrive to try and make excuses for Trump (He was not informed! He was not involved!). open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
We Seem Intent On Making Excuses For Trump Until He Destroys Us
Phillips’s Newsletter is a reader-supported publication.
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Just sent out this free piece. When the stories of the 28-point plan were first written, too many people went into overdrive to try and make excuses for Trump (He was not informed! He was not involved!). open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”
Aldous Huxley, English writer, author of Brave New World, died #OTD 1963.
Photo by Charles Sheeler, Michener Art Museum
Aldous Huxley, English writer, author of Brave New World, died #OTD 1963.
Photo by Charles Sheeler, Michener Art Museum
November 22, 2025 at 6:06 AM
“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”
Aldous Huxley, English writer, author of Brave New World, died #OTD 1963.
Photo by Charles Sheeler, Michener Art Museum
Aldous Huxley, English writer, author of Brave New World, died #OTD 1963.
Photo by Charles Sheeler, Michener Art Museum
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Farage et al really mustn't be allowed to walk away from this scandal, and its wider implications:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Reform in Wales leader Nathan Gill jailed for pro-Russian bribery
Nathan Gill, 52, is sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison after admitting taking bribes while an MEP.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Farage et al really mustn't be allowed to walk away from this scandal, and its wider implications:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
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Big Phony Schmuck! - Randy Rainbow Song Parody
YouTube video by Randy Rainbow
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November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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If you’re media covering bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re a downtown business association discussing bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re anyone hearing the LIE that bike-lanes are bad for business, watch this story.
And please SHARE THIS STORY so others can watch it too.
If you’re a downtown business association discussing bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re anyone hearing the LIE that bike-lanes are bad for business, watch this story.
And please SHARE THIS STORY so others can watch it too.
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
If you’re media covering bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re a downtown business association discussing bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re anyone hearing the LIE that bike-lanes are bad for business, watch this story.
And please SHARE THIS STORY so others can watch it too.
If you’re a downtown business association discussing bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re anyone hearing the LIE that bike-lanes are bad for business, watch this story.
And please SHARE THIS STORY so others can watch it too.
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Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.
October 25, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.