Giles MacDonogh
@gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social
British-Austrian Historian, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, author, occasional artist, linguist, food, wine and cooking.
#TrumpyPumpy will 'permanently pause' immigration from the Third World. That is an example of what Private Eye used to call #Colemanballs. Maybe we can call it #Trumpyballs now?
November 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
#TrumpyPumpy will 'permanently pause' immigration from the Third World. That is an example of what Private Eye used to call #Colemanballs. Maybe we can call it #Trumpyballs now?
«Я никогда не получал денег из Москвы.»
“Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he’d ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners”
Just FFS investigate the whole dodgy traitorous lot of them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just FFS investigate the whole dodgy traitorous lot of them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
«Я никогда не получал денег из Москвы.»
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I’ve spent the week working on some new pieces in time for my one and only Christmas fair at Barnstaple Pannier Market on 7th December.
This new linocut of St. John the Evangelist, Countisbury will be available alongside a range of my other work.
If you’re in the area why not come along? #art
This new linocut of St. John the Evangelist, Countisbury will be available alongside a range of my other work.
If you’re in the area why not come along? #art
November 28, 2025 at 9:12 AM
I’ve spent the week working on some new pieces in time for my one and only Christmas fair at Barnstaple Pannier Market on 7th December.
This new linocut of St. John the Evangelist, Countisbury will be available alongside a range of my other work.
If you’re in the area why not come along? #art
This new linocut of St. John the Evangelist, Countisbury will be available alongside a range of my other work.
If you’re in the area why not come along? #art
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🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy is now within touching distance of 80,000 signatures!
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 8:34 AM
🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy is now within touching distance of 80,000 signatures!
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Philip Hammond, the foreign secretary, had made a speech at Chatham House a few days earlier. A speech in which he noted that “the only country who would like us to leave the EU is Russia”. “
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018...
Arron Banks, Brexit and the Russia connection
An 18-month investigation leads to a trail of new evidence showing the ‘bad boys of Brexit’ had closer links to Russia and its ambassador than they have disclosed
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Philip Hammond, the foreign secretary, had made a speech at Chatham House a few days earlier. A speech in which he noted that “the only country who would like us to leave the EU is Russia”. “
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018...
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Auguste Breitzke kämpft in der „Sozialistischen Front“ gegen die NS-Diktatur. Die sozialdemokratische Widerstandsgruppe ist im Raum Hannover aktiv und klärt mit Flugblättern über die Gefahren des Nationalsozialismus auf. Mehr Infos: t1p.de/qwle9 #FrauenImWiderstand
November 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Auguste Breitzke kämpft in der „Sozialistischen Front“ gegen die NS-Diktatur. Die sozialdemokratische Widerstandsgruppe ist im Raum Hannover aktiv und klärt mit Flugblättern über die Gefahren des Nationalsozialismus auf. Mehr Infos: t1p.de/qwle9 #FrauenImWiderstand
Leo meets the Great Turk on Thanksgiving Day: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 28, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Leo meets the Great Turk on Thanksgiving Day: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
An earthquake in Chile, a coup in Guinea-Bissau... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Guinea-Bissau’s ousted President Umaro Sissoco Embaló flees to Senegal after coup
Sissoco Embaló has arrived in Senegal
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:34 AM
An earthquake in Chile, a coup in Guinea-Bissau... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Who stole the snails?
if you steal a cell phone or wallet in paris they kick you out of the french thieve's guild for insufficient whimsy
Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Who stole the snails?
Neil Kinnock lives in a similar house, five minutes away.
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Neil Kinnock lives in a similar house, five minutes away.
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For our Rach, this is a mansion (and a half)! www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
Check out this 5 bedroom terraced house for sale on Rightmove
5 bedroom terraced house for sale in Lady Somerset Road, Kentish Town, NW5 for £3,250,000. Marketed by Dexters, Dartmouth Park and Tufnell Park
www.rightmove.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
For our Rach, this is a mansion (and a half)! www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
Archaeologists behaving like Rachel Reeves: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Extraordinary discovery' at Orkney's Ness of Brodgar Neolithic site
Archaeologists are to resume digging at the site after 3D radar technology uncovered a mystery find.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Archaeologists behaving like Rachel Reeves: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'If this plan from Comrade Witloof does not succeed, we may need to get out the Ritz Carlton picture collection?'
November 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
'If this plan from Comrade Witloof does not succeed, we may need to get out the Ritz Carlton picture collection?'
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Castle of the day: Iznajar.
First built by the Muslims in the 8th century, it was held by the rebels during the rebellion of Ibn Hafsun around the turn of the 10th C, and then stood on the frontier of the Taifa of Granada (11 C) and the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada 13-15 C).
First built by the Muslims in the 8th century, it was held by the rebels during the rebellion of Ibn Hafsun around the turn of the 10th C, and then stood on the frontier of the Taifa of Granada (11 C) and the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada 13-15 C).
November 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Castle of the day: Iznajar.
First built by the Muslims in the 8th century, it was held by the rebels during the rebellion of Ibn Hafsun around the turn of the 10th C, and then stood on the frontier of the Taifa of Granada (11 C) and the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada 13-15 C).
First built by the Muslims in the 8th century, it was held by the rebels during the rebellion of Ibn Hafsun around the turn of the 10th C, and then stood on the frontier of the Taifa of Granada (11 C) and the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada 13-15 C).
The Russians make an offer:
« Si les troupes ukrainiennes quittent les territoires occupés, nous cesserons les hostilités. Si elles ne partent pas, nous les chasserons par la force militaire. »
What could be fairer than that?
« Si les troupes ukrainiennes quittent les territoires occupés, nous cesserons les hostilités. Si elles ne partent pas, nous les chasserons par la force militaire. »
What could be fairer than that?
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The Russians make an offer:
« Si les troupes ukrainiennes quittent les territoires occupés, nous cesserons les hostilités. Si elles ne partent pas, nous les chasserons par la force militaire. »
What could be fairer than that?
« Si les troupes ukrainiennes quittent les territoires occupés, nous cesserons les hostilités. Si elles ne partent pas, nous les chasserons par la force militaire. »
What could be fairer than that?
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27 Nov 1628: John Felton, assassin of the Duke of Buckingham, convicted #otd after a long attempt to get him to name co-conspirators, which he did not do.
(Buckingham did like his pearls as you can see here)
(Buckingham did like his pearls as you can see here)
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
27 Nov 1628: John Felton, assassin of the Duke of Buckingham, convicted #otd after a long attempt to get him to name co-conspirators, which he did not do.
(Buckingham did like his pearls as you can see here)
(Buckingham did like his pearls as you can see here)
«Разве я стал бы тебе лгать?»
November 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
«Разве я стал бы тебе лгать?»
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Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
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'The package you asked for is just round the corner in the third bin on the right.'
November 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
'The package you asked for is just round the corner in the third bin on the right.'
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This is why a con man shouldn’t have been allowed to become President!
This 👇
This 👇
November 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This is why a con man shouldn’t have been allowed to become President!
This 👇
This 👇