Jonathan Calder
@lordbonkers.bsky.social
Blogger at Liberal England. Expect Dickens, politics, Steve Winwood, canals, British films, Richard Jefferies, Shropshire, Englishness, chess, social history, Malcolm Saville, philosophy, Leicestershire and Rutland, comedy, railways... That sort of thing.
What fresh hell is this? #PostboxSaturday
November 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
What fresh hell is this? #PostboxSaturday
I've published a couple of articles on the death of Dennis O'Neill in 1945. Look what I found underneath a news story I had saved.
November 21, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I've published a couple of articles on the death of Dennis O'Neill in 1945. Look what I found underneath a news story I had saved.
#FingerpostFriday Pitsford in Northamptonshire
November 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
#FingerpostFriday Pitsford in Northamptonshire
Nevertheless...
November 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Nevertheless...
Apparently today is Beaujolais Nouveau Day. It used to be huge in the Eighties, along with Adam Ant, the SDP and Rubik's Cube.
As I recall, Le Beaujolais Nouveau tastes like bubble gum.
As I recall, Le Beaujolais Nouveau tastes like bubble gum.
November 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Apparently today is Beaujolais Nouveau Day. It used to be huge in the Eighties, along with Adam Ant, the SDP and Rubik's Cube.
As I recall, Le Beaujolais Nouveau tastes like bubble gum.
As I recall, Le Beaujolais Nouveau tastes like bubble gum.
St George's Church at Pontesbury in Shropshire. #AdoorableThursday
November 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
St George's Church at Pontesbury in Shropshire. #AdoorableThursday
Liberal England: No, Pope Leo XIV did not mail dead rats to American radio stations to promote The Boomtown Rats
The claim was made in a recent Word in Your Ear podcast. I'm afraid it turns out to be a case of close, but no cigar. liberalengland.blogspot.com/2025/11/no-p...
The claim was made in a recent Word in Your Ear podcast. I'm afraid it turns out to be a case of close, but no cigar. liberalengland.blogspot.com/2025/11/no-p...
November 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Liberal England: No, Pope Leo XIV did not mail dead rats to American radio stations to promote The Boomtown Rats
The claim was made in a recent Word in Your Ear podcast. I'm afraid it turns out to be a case of close, but no cigar. liberalengland.blogspot.com/2025/11/no-p...
The claim was made in a recent Word in Your Ear podcast. I'm afraid it turns out to be a case of close, but no cigar. liberalengland.blogspot.com/2025/11/no-p...
Market Harborough afternoon.
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Market Harborough afternoon.
Richmond Station, 1983.
November 19, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Richmond Station, 1983.
Market Harborough lunchtime.
November 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Market Harborough lunchtime.
Market Harborough lunchtime.
November 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Market Harborough lunchtime.
I took this photo at the excavation of Roman remains by Great Central Street in Leicester in 2017. #MosaicMonday
November 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I took this photo at the excavation of Roman remains by Great Central Street in Leicester in 2017. #MosaicMonday
I've just seen my first person posting that The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) is the best film adaptation of the book like they're saying something brave and original.
It gets earlier every year.
It gets earlier every year.
November 16, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I've just seen my first person posting that The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) is the best film adaptation of the book like they're saying something brave and original.
It gets earlier every year.
It gets earlier every year.
Colonel Cheney, who fought at Waterloo and survived, is now in Gaddesby Church in Leicestershire. His statue used to be at the nearby Gaddesby Hall, but was moved in 1917. The horse's teeth are blackened because children put an apple in its mouth each year for harvest festival. #ChurchMonuments
November 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Colonel Cheney, who fought at Waterloo and survived, is now in Gaddesby Church in Leicestershire. His statue used to be at the nearby Gaddesby Hall, but was moved in 1917. The horse's teeth are blackened because children put an apple in its mouth each year for harvest festival. #ChurchMonuments
Market Harborough lunchtime.
November 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Market Harborough lunchtime.
I've just had the Great God Pan on the phone asking if we can reopen today's Headline of the Day contest.
November 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I've just had the Great God Pan on the phone asking if we can reopen today's Headline of the Day contest.
Crown Court Gold... Miss Marple tangles with Vera Duckworth.
November 13, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Crown Court Gold... Miss Marple tangles with Vera Duckworth.
Market Harborough afternoon.
November 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Market Harborough afternoon.
#AdoorableThursday St Mary and St Bardulph's, Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire
November 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
#AdoorableThursday St Mary and St Bardulph's, Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire
Blue Labour are celebrating already.
November 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Blue Labour are celebrating already.
"Pot and kettle" is neither as cutting nor as funny as Ian Hislop thinks.
November 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"Pot and kettle" is neither as cutting nor as funny as Ian Hislop thinks.
Market Harborough afternoon.
With all the rain forecast, the Welland's in for a busy time.
With all the rain forecast, the Welland's in for a busy time.
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Market Harborough afternoon.
With all the rain forecast, the Welland's in for a busy time.
With all the rain forecast, the Welland's in for a busy time.
I worry about this establishment more.
November 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I worry about this establishment more.
"He could have been good, but his own pawns got in the way." #chess #chesspunks
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"He could have been good, but his own pawns got in the way." #chess #chesspunks
Yes, he's been left to his own Devizes.
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Yes, he's been left to his own Devizes.