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.https://bsky.app/profile/lordbonkers.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lordbonkers.bsky.social/post/3mkzeiduuk22zCaroline Lucas makes the case for rejoining the EU; the Mandelson affair and leadership; Trump's coming Götterdämmerung period; treating poverty as a within-child problem; Joan Eardley exhibition in Edinburgh; Richard Carpenter's contribution to children's TV https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-joy-of-six-1513.html04 May 2026 09:32 +0000at://did:plc:f7rcts6weirrtndiekiuuiy7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzeiduuk22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/lordbonkers.bsky.social/post/3ml2kvltc7k2nLiberal England... Maggie Smith: "I led a perfectly normal life until Downton Abbey" https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/05/maggie-smith-i-led-perfectly-normal.html04 May 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:f7rcts6weirrtndiekiuuiy7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2kvltc7k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/lordbonkers.bsky.social/post/3ml2hzvqmb22tLiberal England: The Alcopops panic and other booze of the Nineties https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-alcopops-panic-and-other-booze-of.html04 May 2026 20:08 +0000at://did:plc:f7rcts6weirrtndiekiuuiy7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2hzvqmb22thttps://bsky.app/profile/lordbonkers.bsky.social/post/3mkya65aqgs2cLiberal England: Karl Popper, Ludwig Wittgenstein and a wicked reggae beat #philsky https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/05/karl-popper-ludwig-wittgenstein-and.html03 May 2026 22:42 +0000at://did:plc:f7rcts6weirrtndiekiuuiy7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkya65aqgs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/lordbonkers.bsky.social/post/3ml2kvltc7k2nLiberal England... Maggie Smith: "I led a perfectly normal life until Downton Abbey" https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/05/maggie-smith-i-led-perfectly-normal.html04 May 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:f7rcts6weirrtndiekiuuiy7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2kvltc7k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/lordbonkers.bsky.social/post/3ml2hzvqmb22tLiberal England: The Alcopops panic and other booze of the Nineties https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-alcopops-panic-and-other-booze-of.html04 May 2026 20:08 +0000at://did:plc:f7rcts6weirrtndiekiuuiy7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2hzvqmb22thttps://bsky.app/profile/lordbonkers.bsky.social/post/3mkzyvp6esk2fTudor Rickards, who wrote the words to the reggae song about the clash between Karl Popper and Ludwig Wittgenstein I posted yesterday, has some sound advice for Thursday: Vote to keep the weirdos out. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1945222/episodes/1911996004 May 2026 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:f7rcts6weirrtndiekiuuiy7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzyvp6esk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/lordbonkers.bsky.social/post/3mkwtro3ikc2fLiberal England... Nina Simone: Wild Is the Wind https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/05/nina-simone-wild-is-wind.html03 May 2026 09:28 +0000at://did:plc:f7rcts6weirrtndiekiuuiy7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkwtro3ikc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/lordbonkers.bsky.social/post/3mky4kkeuv22wLiberal England: Andrew Wakefield, autism and MMR: A forgotten aspect of the affair I've written this, not to heap blame on anyone, but to recapture a surprising and largely forgotten aspect of the affair. https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/05/andrew-wakefield-autism-and-mmr.html03 May 2026 21:38 +0000at://did:plc:f7rcts6weirrtndiekiuuiy7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mky4kkeuv22w