Richard Smyth
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Richard Smyth
@rsmythfreelance.bsky.social
Writer.
That's me. 🫡
December 16, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Haha! ✊ I did consider ending the thread like "anyway, looking forward to our once in a lifetime family trip to Disneyland next week!".
December 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
You can, yeah! It's got a little museum as well as an art gallery full of David Hockneys (he was from near here). It's called Saltaire: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltaire
Saltaire - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The wool mill here was one of the biggest in Europe once. The building is all shops now (but no yarn shop!).
December 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Hello from the English mill village built on imported alpaca wool.
December 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I mean you can technically argue forever over whether he's a cunt or not. But the fact that he's fucking batshit mental, that feels to me like a bipartisan concern!
December 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Reposted by Richard Smyth
This is what I'm working on next: fascism and the environment. Hoping to finish it before the world burns and/or the fascists take charge. Fingers crossed. Do ask me about it, if you're curious. www.thebookseller.com/rights/manch...
Manchester University Press signs Richard Smyth’s ‘vital’ book on fascism and the environment
Manchester University Press has acquired Richard Smyth’s Greenshirts, a new book that uncovers the "deep, often obscured entanglements between fascist ideologies and environmental thought" over the la...
www.thebookseller.com
September 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Oh yeah you'd need the other password for the premium stuff.
December 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Have your researches led you to Ann Frichley yet?
December 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Aw, thanks man.
December 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
What we have, we hold.
December 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Real commitment would have been just scrawling urgently on your phone screen with a sharpie.
December 15, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Incredible work!
December 15, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Not a racist slur.
December 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Haha. Perhaps you would be more comfortable in the sandpit.
December 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I AM VERY CUTE
December 15, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Oh my god, I hadn't heard. That's horrendous.
December 15, 2025 at 6:52 AM