Howard Hollingsbee
@hhbee.bsky.social
Ancient Mariner
Aged heavy helicopter pilot
Long ago company director
Avid Europhile
Centre left politics
Philosophy and Hispanic studies.
Despairing of the world’s most powerful country and person.
Aged heavy helicopter pilot
Long ago company director
Avid Europhile
Centre left politics
Philosophy and Hispanic studies.
Despairing of the world’s most powerful country and person.
What a day for mid-October in Cornwall!! Calm, sunny and warm. One to lift the heart and be thankful, for who we are and where we are. Look around, though….. Need to do what we can….
October 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
What a day for mid-October in Cornwall!! Calm, sunny and warm. One to lift the heart and be thankful, for who we are and where we are. Look around, though….. Need to do what we can….
I wrote this two years ago, sad and angry. Nothings changed.
October 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I wrote this two years ago, sad and angry. Nothings changed.
Slightly obvious analogous poke here but none the less apposite for that.
October 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Slightly obvious analogous poke here but none the less apposite for that.
One close to me reckons that operating theatres must be dull places these days…….
October 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
One close to me reckons that operating theatres must be dull places these days…….
One of the most considered and pertinent comments on last week’s disgusting manifestation of the Worst of Britain.
September 19, 2025 at 7:40 AM
One of the most considered and pertinent comments on last week’s disgusting manifestation of the Worst of Britain.
Not her best , I think, much though I admire her. But it’s right in the button.
September 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Not her best , I think, much though I admire her. But it’s right in the button.
Yesterday?: “Ooh, ‘ello darlin’…….
September 5, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Yesterday?: “Ooh, ‘ello darlin’…….
Damn…. There I was, looking forward to my morning shave cream shot…..
August 23, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Damn…. There I was, looking forward to my morning shave cream shot…..
Welcome to our garden, you beautiful thing….
August 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Welcome to our garden, you beautiful thing….
Timeless. The wonderful Carol Ann Duffy.
August 13, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Timeless. The wonderful Carol Ann Duffy.
Great plan and would win in the long run. Short term difficulty, when the most powerful countries in the world are run by arseholes.
June 19, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Great plan and would win in the long run. Short term difficulty, when the most powerful countries in the world are run by arseholes.
Anyone identify this blue-ish fungus (from a large camellia bush)?
May 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Anyone identify this blue-ish fungus (from a large camellia bush)?
Unbelievable BS from the FOF, whose plans-not-plans are making Americans poorer.
April 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Unbelievable BS from the FOF, whose plans-not-plans are making Americans poorer.
Oh well, the first few days of March were lovely……..
March 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Oh well, the first few days of March were lovely……..
They’re lovely anywhere, massed in the bulb fields, carefully planted in gardens or wherever, but it’s so nice to stumble across the feral ones in the hedgerow
February 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
They’re lovely anywhere, massed in the bulb fields, carefully planted in gardens or wherever, but it’s so nice to stumble across the feral ones in the hedgerow
If ever anyone doubted the insanity or absence of probity in this man….. Truly alarming. The Guardian yesterday.
February 23, 2025 at 10:54 AM
If ever anyone doubted the insanity or absence of probity in this man….. Truly alarming. The Guardian yesterday.
