'Imperial Nostalgia' (MUP, 2021) / I do @LortBurnSpecials.bsky.social and @thewhale1851.bsky.social and am bald and very handsomehttps://bsky.app/profile/pdkmitchell.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/pdkmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mly64pdhpk26Just met Joseph from @gamingdemocracy.bsky.social in the Coach and Horses and then paid eight quid for a pint of lager. God bless and keep you Soho16 May 2026 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:frbe3vsopfkrrraicnpufb3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mly64pdhpk26https://bsky.app/profile/pdkmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mlxzd64d3k2qwe're here16 May 2026 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:frbe3vsopfkrrraicnpufb3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxzd64d3k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/pdkmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mlr4dkoajc2lWe've made very little progress this time - obstructiveness, foot-dragging and institutional resistance keep piling up. Pretty disappointing to be honest, but we'll be back at it for the next court date in July. As ever, my email for coverage is pdkmitchell at gmail dot com. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 20:10 +0000at://did:plc:frbe3vsopfkrrraicnpufb3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlr4dkoajc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/pdkmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mlr4dkoajc2lWe've made very little progress this time - obstructiveness, foot-dragging and institutional resistance keep piling up. Pretty disappointing to be honest, but we'll be back at it for the next court date in July. As ever, my email for coverage is pdkmitchell at gmail dot com. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 20:10 +0000at://did:plc:frbe3vsopfkrrraicnpufb3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlr4dkoajc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/pdkmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mlnvhgfiok24The history of asylum and refuge in the UK for the past thirty years is such a blot on our national conscience, and such a powerful obstacle to all our aspirations to be a decent and humanitarian society [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:frbe3vsopfkrrraicnpufb3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnvhgfiok24https://bsky.app/profile/pdkmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mlnmnhcfcs2zyou have to admit that this is very, very funny12 May 2026 10:51 +0000at://did:plc:frbe3vsopfkrrraicnpufb3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnmnhcfcs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/pdkmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mlndxtvbyc23Once again I'm back in Nairobi for the ongoing and apparently endless inquest into my sister's death here four and a half years ago. BBC coverage here and more to come - any enquires feel free to DM or email me on pdkmitchell at gmail dot com https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgpqg07vvlo12 May 2026 08:16 +0000at://did:plc:frbe3vsopfkrrraicnpufb3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlndxtvbyc23https://bsky.app/profile/pdkmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mlly62a7sc23Read half of that quite hyped book about the Bund on the plane and can't decide to what extent my profound irritation with it is legitimate and to what extent it's just a product of me once again reading a book that is very much Not Aimed At Me11 May 2026 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:frbe3vsopfkrrraicnpufb3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlly62a7sc23https://bsky.app/profile/pdkmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mkvlhvnd422rI'll be back in Nairobi next week (May 11-15) for the third day of this inquest - Kenyan authorities have refused us consecutive court dates, so I have to go back and forth. As ever, any journalists interested can contact me via DM or email me at pdkmitchell at gmail dot com [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 May 2026 21:27 +0000at://did:plc:frbe3vsopfkrrraicnpufb3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvlhvnd422rhttps://bsky.app/profile/pdkmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mliiui37ek22John Brown sez happy birthday, from his toilet [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 May 2026 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:frbe3vsopfkrrraicnpufb3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mliiui37ek22https://bsky.app/profile/pdkmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mleija7ltc2wHeading across Newcastle from my house in the west end to the post-results party in Byker without at any point crossing a ward that has less than three green councillors. Lol, tbh08 May 2026 19:44 +0000at://did:plc:frbe3vsopfkrrraicnpufb3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mleija7ltc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/pdkmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mldesuqh5c2rI have never to my knowledge seen the term "data point" used by someone who wasn't either very stupid or very lying or very up to something nefarious08 May 2026 09:05 +0000at://did:plc:frbe3vsopfkrrraicnpufb3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldesuqh5c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/pdkmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mlc4mkzkhk2mJust spent five months, along with hundreds of other people, fighting one street and one vote at a time in order to hopefully draw about level in our city with another insurgent party who've done literally nothing, absolutely nothing, except be indulged by the entire UK establishemnt for 20 years07 May 2026 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:frbe3vsopfkrrraicnpufb3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlc4mkzkhk2m