Simon Craven
@simoncraven.bsky.social
Writer/ editor/ photographer/ filmmaker
Producer and general behind-scenes at https://www.youtube.com/@CatherineWarr/videos
Currently no access to DMs on here
Producer and general behind-scenes at https://www.youtube.com/@CatherineWarr/videos
Currently no access to DMs on here
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A Village Remembers
YouTube video by Catherine Warr
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Made a little documentary with @cathwarr.bsky.social to mark the recent memorial plaques unveiled in the Yorkshire village of Cawthorne, remembering the lives and accomplishments of two of its finest m.youtube.com/watch?v=bNpY...
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Current situation appears to be that Shabana Mahmood has made life hell for any Labour canvassers meeting voters to the left of the far right between now and May, in exchange for gaining zero votes because no Faragist is ever going to vote for the Labour party
less than six months to the May elections lads
Shabana Mahmood tells Sunday Times it should take 20 years for somebody granted refugee status in UK to secure permanent status (ie, reapply 6 times) if came without permission.
Paper says Denmark has toughest settlement timeline (8 years) but UK govt wants longer
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Paper says Denmark has toughest settlement timeline (8 years) but UK govt wants longer
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
November 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Current situation appears to be that Shabana Mahmood has made life hell for any Labour canvassers meeting voters to the left of the far right between now and May, in exchange for gaining zero votes because no Faragist is ever going to vote for the Labour party
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To save money, they wiped the archivists.
'After the Covid shutdown, the number of BBC archivists was reduced to a skeleton crew. Expert staff who took early retirement were not replaced.'
J. E. Smyth: The BBC is restricting access to its archives
J. E. Smyth: The BBC is restricting access to its archives
Who controls the past
www.the-tls.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:56 AM
To save money, they wiped the archivists.
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Made a little documentary with @cathwarr.bsky.social to mark the recent memorial plaques unveiled in the Yorkshire village of Cawthorne, remembering the lives and accomplishments of two of its finest m.youtube.com/watch?v=bNpY...
A Village Remembers
YouTube video by Catherine Warr
m.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Made a little documentary with @cathwarr.bsky.social to mark the recent memorial plaques unveiled in the Yorkshire village of Cawthorne, remembering the lives and accomplishments of two of its finest m.youtube.com/watch?v=bNpY...
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Pilot Officer Thake, one of the 'Official Artists' listed there, was my cousin three times removed
A war artist in the family
The war artist is Eric Thake (1904-1982), and the family is mine, although only in the extended sense: Thake's grandparents, John and Sarah (née Prentice) Thake, were my great-great-grandparents. It w...
airminded.org
November 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Pilot Officer Thake, one of the 'Official Artists' listed there, was my cousin three times removed
what fictional creature / villain traumatised you as a child?
November 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
what fictional creature / villain traumatised you as a child?
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Wild how GB News can spend years screaming about grooming gangs and demanding total transparency on child sexual abuse…but the moment Trump sits down with them, its all smiles
It doesn't count when it's rich white men, have I got that right?
www.gbnews.com/politics/us/...
It doesn't count when it's rich white men, have I got that right?
www.gbnews.com/politics/us/...
READ IN FULL: The full transcript from Bev Turner's interview with Donald Trump
The President sat down with Bev for GB News's US programme The Late Show Live
www.gbnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Wild how GB News can spend years screaming about grooming gangs and demanding total transparency on child sexual abuse…but the moment Trump sits down with them, its all smiles
It doesn't count when it's rich white men, have I got that right?
www.gbnews.com/politics/us/...
It doesn't count when it's rich white men, have I got that right?
www.gbnews.com/politics/us/...
Made a little documentary with @cathwarr.bsky.social to mark the recent memorial plaques unveiled in the Yorkshire village of Cawthorne, remembering the lives and accomplishments of two of its finest m.youtube.com/watch?v=bNpY...
A Village Remembers
YouTube video by Catherine Warr
m.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Made a little documentary with @cathwarr.bsky.social to mark the recent memorial plaques unveiled in the Yorkshire village of Cawthorne, remembering the lives and accomplishments of two of its finest m.youtube.com/watch?v=bNpY...
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Save a shark!
Are you located in the DC-Baltimore-Philadelphia-New York corridor?
Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark?
Now available for free!
Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!
Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!
Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark?
Now available for free!
Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!
Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!
November 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Save a shark!
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
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ABBA are basically a musical Rorschach test - I find almost all of them unbearably moving; even surrounded by people who seem to find them uncomplicated cheerful…
Abba were so brilliant at writing songs about utter devastation #totp
November 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
ABBA are basically a musical Rorschach test - I find almost all of them unbearably moving; even surrounded by people who seem to find them uncomplicated cheerful…
Not wishing to be morbid but this is going to be very useful at times when usefulness is at a premium
I cannot offer you a big Black Friday deal (though if my inbox is anything to go by, nobody can - up to 20% off, ooh) but my forthcoming book has a small discount and a pre-order hugely helps with it getting stocked come release day🙏
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/get-...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/get-...
Get Ahead of Being Dead: Your Handy Planner for the End of Life
Your Handy Planner for the End of Life
uk.bookshop.org
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Not wishing to be morbid but this is going to be very useful at times when usefulness is at a premium
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And for international listeners! There's no escaping from the ole Martian murders!
Murder on Mars: Episode 1
Podcast Episode · Limelight · 11/14/2025 · 29m
podcasts.apple.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:02 AM
And for international listeners! There's no escaping from the ole Martian murders!
Abiut to give this a try!
MURDER ON MARS! All episodes just dropped on BBC Sounds.
Or, you can tune in today at 14:15 on BBC Radio 4.
I’d love it if you gave it a listen!
Or, you can tune in today at 14:15 on BBC Radio 4.
I’d love it if you gave it a listen!
Limelight - Murder on Mars - Episode 1 - BBC Sounds
Mars, 2048. The first settlers. And the first unexplained death.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Abiut to give this a try!
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While this budget psychodrama is playing out, my LinkedIn feed is full of heat pump engineers worrying their business is doomed because of an HMT briefing yesterday, and there’s a prominent story about the imminent collapse of the SEND system.
Bad fiscal policy has real world consequences
Bad fiscal policy has real world consequences
November 14, 2025 at 8:38 AM
While this budget psychodrama is playing out, my LinkedIn feed is full of heat pump engineers worrying their business is doomed because of an HMT briefing yesterday, and there’s a prominent story about the imminent collapse of the SEND system.
Bad fiscal policy has real world consequences
Bad fiscal policy has real world consequences
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You can disagree and argue as much as you like but the point of evaluating something scientifically is that not every statement should be given equal credence because evidence matters
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
You can disagree and argue as much as you like but the point of evaluating something scientifically is that not every statement should be given equal credence because evidence matters
NGL, didn’t think it was going to be this funny
Watching 1987 Arnie Running Man before seeing the Edgar Wright version, and, boy, subtlety sure takes second place to kiss-off lines. Also: this must be the least convincing gunfire foley in cinema history
November 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
NGL, didn’t think it was going to be this funny
Watching 1987 Arnie Running Man before seeing the Edgar Wright version, and, boy, subtlety sure takes second place to kiss-off lines. Also: this must be the least convincing gunfire foley in cinema history
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Watching 1987 Arnie Running Man before seeing the Edgar Wright version, and, boy, subtlety sure takes second place to kiss-off lines. Also: this must be the least convincing gunfire foley in cinema history
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Author wrote best book he's ever written.
Publisher disintegrated/fucked off with author's earnings.
Book was finally published by new publisher.
Author has bought two hardbacks, for full price, to give away, signed.
Please repost/reply if you'd like a chance to win one..
bsky.app/profile/zygo...
Publisher disintegrated/fucked off with author's earnings.
Book was finally published by new publisher.
Author has bought two hardbacks, for full price, to give away, signed.
Please repost/reply if you'd like a chance to win one..
bsky.app/profile/zygo...
November 13, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Author wrote best book he's ever written.
Publisher disintegrated/fucked off with author's earnings.
Book was finally published by new publisher.
Author has bought two hardbacks, for full price, to give away, signed.
Please repost/reply if you'd like a chance to win one..
bsky.app/profile/zygo...
Publisher disintegrated/fucked off with author's earnings.
Book was finally published by new publisher.
Author has bought two hardbacks, for full price, to give away, signed.
Please repost/reply if you'd like a chance to win one..
bsky.app/profile/zygo...
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
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Translation: He’s weighing a pardon
JUST IN: Trump not weighing pardon for Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, White House says
Trump not weighing pardon for Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell
A petition to release the Epstein files is expected to have enough signatures Wednesday evening.
trib.al
November 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Translation: He’s weighing a pardon
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"DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT"
I am dying.
I am dying.
November 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT"
I am dying.
I am dying.
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Every element of this is comedic perfection.
Russia presented its human-like AI robot. It fell down as it walked onto the stage.
November 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Every element of this is comedic perfection.
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Trump is incredibly unpopular here! including amongst Tory voters. What are they doing?
Conservative Shadow Culture Secretary Nigel Huddleston tells GB News that the BBC should "grovel" to Trump.
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
November 11, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Trump is incredibly unpopular here! including amongst Tory voters. What are they doing?
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Columbo in his first episode looks like a dog that's just come back from the groomer
October 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Columbo in his first episode looks like a dog that's just come back from the groomer