Matthew Redhead
@matthewrr.bsky.social
National & financial security. Former UK civil servant and financial intelligence professional. Senior Associate Fellow @rusi.bsky.social CFS. Loves ideas, cult fiction, anomalous stuff and landscapes.
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November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Saw this in Liverpool yesterday. IT. WAS. FABULOUS.
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Saw this in Liverpool yesterday. IT. WAS. FABULOUS.
Is Adrian Chiles in charge of the BBC News website?
November 22, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Is Adrian Chiles in charge of the BBC News website?
Night all. See you for more lunacy in the morning.
November 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Night all. See you for more lunacy in the morning.
Be very careful what you say next, Mr Pwesident.
November 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Be very careful what you say next, Mr Pwesident.
What? What? What?
November 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
What? What? What?
Am I missing the European leaders sticking their heads above the parapet and standing by Ukraine?
Macron? Merz? Starmer? Anyone?
Macron? Merz? Starmer? Anyone?
November 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Am I missing the European leaders sticking their heads above the parapet and standing by Ukraine?
Macron? Merz? Starmer? Anyone?
Macron? Merz? Starmer? Anyone?
I have in my hand a piece of paper.
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I have in my hand a piece of paper.
Right. Bed and a book. Night all. Schlaf gut.
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Right. Bed and a book. Night all. Schlaf gut.
Can someone Photoshop-in "Jeff" for "Jim"?
November 13, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Can someone Photoshop-in "Jeff" for "Jim"?
Tell me you haven't seen a film without telling me you haven't seen a film.
November 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Tell me you haven't seen a film without telling me you haven't seen a film.
This picture makes me think a middle-aged Peter Vaughan would have done a good turn as Starmer.
November 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This picture makes me think a middle-aged Peter Vaughan would have done a good turn as Starmer.
Putin reaches his ‘Ever Decreasing Circles’ period.
November 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Putin reaches his ‘Ever Decreasing Circles’ period.
Warsaw. Great city, great people. But cheese Louise - my Warsaw Frédéric Chopin Airport experience made me pine for JFK, it was that poor.
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Warsaw. Great city, great people. But cheese Louise - my Warsaw Frédéric Chopin Airport experience made me pine for JFK, it was that poor.
Alec Leamas in "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold":
'I reserve the right to be ignorant. That's the Western way of life.'
'I reserve the right to be ignorant. That's the Western way of life.'
October 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Alec Leamas in "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold":
'I reserve the right to be ignorant. That's the Western way of life.'
'I reserve the right to be ignorant. That's the Western way of life.'
You hope this early success reflects her extraordinary talent, rather than her previous profile. Unless there’s a dearth of out-of-work Scottish actors at the moment.
October 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
You hope this early success reflects her extraordinary talent, rather than her previous profile. Unless there’s a dearth of out-of-work Scottish actors at the moment.
Disappointed they didn’t get Morrissey the Consumer Monkey.
October 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Disappointed they didn’t get Morrissey the Consumer Monkey.
Don't tell me....is it because it's a hurricane?
October 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Don't tell me....is it because it's a hurricane?
It’s Sunday night. It’s cold and ruddy dark. Preparing myself for Monday with…
October 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
It’s Sunday night. It’s cold and ruddy dark. Preparing myself for Monday with…
What it’s like inside your head.
October 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
What it’s like inside your head.
Without downloading any new pictures, what's it like dating you?
October 23, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Without downloading any new pictures, what's it like dating you?