Nic Brownlie
@nicbrownlie.bsky.social
Research into the effects of candlelight illumination on the form and content of Shakespeare's late Romances (Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham). Former theatre practitioner, currently a Retreat Centre owner in North Wales.
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❌ Being outside of the EU has proved to be disastrous for our steel industry in a more protectionist world economic order.
Britain is isolated on the world stage and Brexit is to blame.
Britain is isolated on the world stage and Brexit is to blame.
UK has two months to save its steel industry, says Tata exec
U.K. urged to follow the EU in imposing higher tariffs on imported products.
www.politico.eu
February 11, 2026 at 2:00 PM
❌ Being outside of the EU has proved to be disastrous for our steel industry in a more protectionist world economic order.
Britain is isolated on the world stage and Brexit is to blame.
Britain is isolated on the world stage and Brexit is to blame.
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Incandescent. One of the best pieces I've read about what university means to people and their communities - and what will happen to a city and people after one closes. The *Labour* government and Jaqui Smith in particular should be ashamed of themselves and shamed into doing something. Deplorable.
‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?
When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Incandescent. One of the best pieces I've read about what university means to people and their communities - and what will happen to a city and people after one closes. The *Labour* government and Jaqui Smith in particular should be ashamed of themselves and shamed into doing something. Deplorable.
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja... Great Review for Melania... A must read
February 2, 2026 at 10:00 PM
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja... Great Review for Melania... A must read
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Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power
January 24, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power
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He pretends to be outraged when war memorials are disrespected during marches that pass by them but the actual denigration of British war dead?
“Not quite fair.”
What an irredeemable shitbag.
“Not quite fair.”
What an irredeemable shitbag.
January 24, 2026 at 1:42 PM
He pretends to be outraged when war memorials are disrespected during marches that pass by them but the actual denigration of British war dead?
“Not quite fair.”
What an irredeemable shitbag.
“Not quite fair.”
What an irredeemable shitbag.
What would game theory say about all of this?
January 17, 2026 at 9:01 PM
What would game theory say about all of this?
Morality faces an existential crisis: judges pre-warned to make the 'right' judgement; countries terrified of retribution if they tell the truth; no-one daring to sanction or simply shut down a company facilitating child porn. Meanwhile too many Americans are beaming, thinking 'this is great'.
January 7, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Morality faces an existential crisis: judges pre-warned to make the 'right' judgement; countries terrified of retribution if they tell the truth; no-one daring to sanction or simply shut down a company facilitating child porn. Meanwhile too many Americans are beaming, thinking 'this is great'.
So... any self-respecting judge would throw out the case against Maduro on account of its nonsensically spurious grounds for arrest. Which would make Trump's team look dumb. So a guilty outcome in a show trial is certain. Which makes the USA a corrupt backward country like Venezuela, no?
January 5, 2026 at 7:53 AM
So... any self-respecting judge would throw out the case against Maduro on account of its nonsensically spurious grounds for arrest. Which would make Trump's team look dumb. So a guilty outcome in a show trial is certain. Which makes the USA a corrupt backward country like Venezuela, no?
Americans, what have you done? And what will you do about it now? Nothing, presumably.
January 3, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Americans, what have you done? And what will you do about it now? Nothing, presumably.
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Amazing, the @dailymail.co.uk manages to publish an entire lengthy feature bewailing (!!!!) the exodus of Poles from Britain without once mentioning Brexit. Apparently this outcome (which is surely exactly what they campaigned for in 2016) is all the fault of Keir Starmer.
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The great exodus: How Poles are ditching UK for their booming homeland
New statistics reveal that while 7,000 Poles arrived in the year ending last June, 25,000 returned home: a net outflow of 18,000. The UK's total Polish population has shrunk to 750,000.
mol.im
December 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Amazing, the @dailymail.co.uk manages to publish an entire lengthy feature bewailing (!!!!) the exodus of Poles from Britain without once mentioning Brexit. Apparently this outcome (which is surely exactly what they campaigned for in 2016) is all the fault of Keir Starmer.
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mol.im/a/15379789
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Nothing says "smash the political establishment" quite like begging the Prime Minister to put your mates in the unelected House of Lords.
December 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Nothing says "smash the political establishment" quite like begging the Prime Minister to put your mates in the unelected House of Lords.
The EU and Oz are doing a fantastic job reviewing the unfettered practices of social media and other internet operators. It's wholly to be expected that Google etc will scream and shout about 'stifling innovation' but I'm delighted that the industry is facing some much-needed controls at last.
December 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The EU and Oz are doing a fantastic job reviewing the unfettered practices of social media and other internet operators. It's wholly to be expected that Google etc will scream and shout about 'stifling innovation' but I'm delighted that the industry is facing some much-needed controls at last.
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Nigel Farage won't apologise for his history of racism because "if he apologised, he would be turning to his own support base and saying, ‘You’re all guilty too,'" a Reform source tells the Times.
So essentially he was a racist and he believes his supporters are racists too
So essentially he was a racist and he believes his supporters are racists too
December 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Nigel Farage won't apologise for his history of racism because "if he apologised, he would be turning to his own support base and saying, ‘You’re all guilty too,'" a Reform source tells the Times.
So essentially he was a racist and he believes his supporters are racists too
So essentially he was a racist and he believes his supporters are racists too
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So tell me again how Nigel Farage, who just took the largest ever political donation, from a Tory mega-donor, and another donation from the Viscountess wife of the non-dom owner of the Daily Mail, is planning to "take on the establishment"
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
So tell me again how Nigel Farage, who just took the largest ever political donation, from a Tory mega-donor, and another donation from the Viscountess wife of the non-dom owner of the Daily Mail, is planning to "take on the establishment"
Just putting it out there: I hang up the moment an AI voice reveals itself. I also make a mental note of the business that doesn't care enough about people to use AI in this way.
December 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Just putting it out there: I hang up the moment an AI voice reveals itself. I also make a mental note of the business that doesn't care enough about people to use AI in this way.
Now that the OBR has backed Rachel Reeves, I see the 'discussion', according to the BBC, must turn to whether the affair has done her and Starmer damage. In other news, I am now trying to work out whether my failure to go for a walk this morning has caused the blister on my foot which isn't there.
December 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Now that the OBR has backed Rachel Reeves, I see the 'discussion', according to the BBC, must turn to whether the affair has done her and Starmer damage. In other news, I am now trying to work out whether my failure to go for a walk this morning has caused the blister on my foot which isn't there.
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I mean there's plenty the leader of the opposition could have used to attack the Chancellor's handling of the Budget and yet she chooses... the one thing that Reeves had absolutely nothing to do with.
Mind-boggling
Mind-boggling
December 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I mean there's plenty the leader of the opposition could have used to attack the Chancellor's handling of the Budget and yet she chooses... the one thing that Reeves had absolutely nothing to do with.
Mind-boggling
Mind-boggling
@skysportpl.bsky.social can you enquire why, when play was stopped for 5 mins 30 secs for the Red Card incident (from whistle to whistle) and there were at least two other injury stoppages and numerous yellow cards, the ref only added on 5 mins and 10 seconds? Fans have been cheated.
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
@skysportpl.bsky.social can you enquire why, when play was stopped for 5 mins 30 secs for the Red Card incident (from whistle to whistle) and there were at least two other injury stoppages and numerous yellow cards, the ref only added on 5 mins and 10 seconds? Fans have been cheated.
Is it time for native Americans to start telling everyone non-native to get the hell out of their country? White aliens should go first, I think (after orange ones, of course).
November 27, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Is it time for native Americans to start telling everyone non-native to get the hell out of their country? White aliens should go first, I think (after orange ones, of course).
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Those who do not remember history are doomed to be tried by it.
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Those who do not remember history are doomed to be tried by it.
Cigarette industry coverups all over again?
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Cigarette industry coverups all over again?
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Tory culture spox demanding the BBC "grovel" to Trump is baffling. Who is this supposed to chime with?
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Tory culture spox demanding the BBC "grovel" to Trump is baffling. Who is this supposed to chime with?
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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Nigel Farage now says that any suggestion he's been soft on Putin is "just nonsense".
Here's a quick reminder of what he's said in the past
Here's a quick reminder of what he's said in the past
October 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Nigel Farage now says that any suggestion he's been soft on Putin is "just nonsense".
Here's a quick reminder of what he's said in the past
Here's a quick reminder of what he's said in the past
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“Why aren’t you celebrating?”
( @krystalball.bsky.social with a counterpoint to Speaker Johnson’s push for Trump to get a prize after enabling the carnage in Gaza)
( @krystalball.bsky.social with a counterpoint to Speaker Johnson’s push for Trump to get a prize after enabling the carnage in Gaza)
October 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
“Why aren’t you celebrating?”
( @krystalball.bsky.social with a counterpoint to Speaker Johnson’s push for Trump to get a prize after enabling the carnage in Gaza)
( @krystalball.bsky.social with a counterpoint to Speaker Johnson’s push for Trump to get a prize after enabling the carnage in Gaza)