@patrick_kidd

Scribbler for whoever will pay me. Author of The Weak Are A Long Time In Politics: https://xitter.cf/t.co/zg1eoouBh6. Also churchwarden at @asblackheath

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Hero to zero: justice catches up with Odysseus after 3,000 years A mock trial in the supreme court held by the education charity Classics for All found Homer’s protagonist guilty of gross negligence for losing his entire fleet ✍️ @patrick_kidd bit.ly/4dUIOI5

Hero to zero: justice catches up with Odysseus after 3,00...

A mock trial in the supreme court held by the education charity Classics for All found Homer’s protagonist guilty of gross negligence for losing his entire fleet

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Justice catches up with Odysseus after 3,000 years. Supreme Court finds careless Greek mariner too cunning for his own good and convicts him for loss of entire fleet and crew. Wrote this for @ObserverUK on the annual @classicsforall moot trial observer.co.uk/news/national…

Hero to zero: justice catches up with Odysseus after 3,00...

A mock trial in the supreme court held by the education charity Classics for All found Homer’s protagonist guilty of gross negligence for losing his entire fleet

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He might also have noticed these:
A.A.Milne@A_AMilneOct 22
Piglet felt so Foolish and Uncomfortable that he had almost decided to run away to Sea. “Well done, Piglet,” said Christopher Robin. And at these encouraging words Piglet felt happy again, and decided not to be a Sailor after all. ~A.A.Milne #encouragement
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In the latest episode of The Common Sense Revolution podcast we admit that Andy Burnham won the week with small but popular policy announcements. With @gavinmegaw, @patrick_kidd and me. Links below👇
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Patrick Kidd retweeted
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@ObserverUKOct 22
Ronald Lancaster: the ‘Master Blaster Pastor’ who lit the skies with fireworks bit.ly/4BiA34F

Ronald Lancaster: the ‘Master Blaster Pastor’ who lit the...

Enchanted by pyrotechnics since watching the coronation of George VI in 1937, the clergyman chemist provided displays for the handover of Hong Kong and the 2012 London Olympics

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History made at Flamingo Park tonight. Cray Wanderers, London’s oldest club, win a penalty shootout vs Bedford to reach the first round of the FA Cup for the first time in their 166-year history. Stockport County next up
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People Who Make The Club: No 2 Albert Patrick, General Manager In the second instalment of his new series for Blackheath Rugby, @patrick_kidd interviews Albert Patrick. Read the article on our website: blackheathrugby.co.uk/people… #blackheathrugby #blackheathfc #club #clubpeople
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The sad thing is they then take them down before New Year. I guess my campaign to honour Candlemas will have to begin earlier this year. (Actually, I’ll allow decorations to go up with Advent but they must stay up to February 2nd.)
Sam Munnery@SamMunneryOct 13
They are putting up *Christmas lights* on the trees outside the office and under the Shard. It is October 13th. This is why we can't have nice things.
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This may reflect what it has learnt from my interest in politics rather than my French accent but my lousy voice recognition software just transcribed Paris Saint-Germain as “Parris [presumably it means Matthew] Sam Gyimah”
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This week on the Common Sense Revolution podcast, @gavinmegaw, @patrick_kidd and I look at the Conservative post-conference bounce and a week of Andy Burnham blunders. Links below 👇
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Now we are 100. AA Milne's bear of very little brain hits his centenary. I look at some of his controversies for @Telegraph, from President Xi's social media ban to a slasher film via Dorothy Parker's acid wit. Paddington doesn't have to put up with this. telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10…

How Winnie-the-Pooh became the world’s most controversial bear

AA Milne’s amiable honey-lover is celebrating his centenary, but even his sweet demeanour couldn’t stop him being cancelled

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Yep, I’m a pretentious traitor. Always suspected it but never realised it was how I write my sevens that gives it away
Peter Hitchens
@ClarkeMicahOct 10
The Germans are caught because they cross their sevens, a thing that no British person did then but millions of pretentious English people do now, to be more European’.
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This evening’s Words and Music on @BBCRadio3, always a great programme, is simply divine. Some brilliant selections to celebrate the parish church. Highly recommend if you want 75 minutes of peace in a noisy week bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0032fz…
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Features extracts from the excellent new books by @MorleyRA @BijanOmrani as well as some Wodehouse, Betjeman, Hardy, Larkin, Pepys, Sayers, Pym… and some superb music. With Test Match Special and Soul Music, Words and Music is what the BBC does so well. Hope they avoid the cuts
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The Lord is My Shepherd played by a brass band! This is worth the licence fee alone
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This week on The Common Sense Revolution podcast, @gavinmegaw, @patrick_kidd and I unpick the Conservative Party conference. We got the clearest picture yet of the party’s electoral strategy, but will it work? open.spotify.com/episode/13t…
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Sam Jackson@classicjackoOct 8
A typically compelling clarion call from @RichmoMusic in @thetimes. As Richard says, the audience for Choral Evensong @BBCRadio3 is "roughly the same number of people who attend all the West End’s theatres in any week". Here's to its next 100 years on-air. thetimes.com/culture/music/a…

Let’s pray the BBC doesn’t ditch this long-running marvel

Choral Evensong, the world’s oldest live outside broadcast programme, turned 100 this week. Will it survive charter renewal?

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Patrick Kidd retweeted
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@ObserverUKOct 7
#JeffreyArcher: scandal-plagued Tory grandee and bestselling author The former Conservative deputy chairman conquered the bestseller charts but was jailed for perjuring himself after a dalliance with a prostitute ✍️ @patrick_kidd bit.ly/4rT6IcD

Jeffrey Archer: scandal-plagued Tory grandee and bestsell...

The former Conservative deputy chairman conquered the bestseller charts but was jailed for perjuring himself after a dalliance with a prostitute

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Patrick Kidd retweeted
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@wallacemeOct 5
It’s a little known fact that all the words associated with paying to see the Bayeux Tapestry are derived from Anglo-Saxon while all the words for being invited to see it by a corporate sponsor derive from French.
Matthew Fraser 🇪🇺@frasermatthewOct 5
The Bayeux Tapestry has sparked a class war in England. Brits who want to see the 11th-century relic say they’re being treated like Taylor Swift fans on Ticketmaster, while American billionaires, luxury hotel guests, and museum sponsors jump the queue. wsj.com/world/uk/bayeux-tape…

Brits Are Arguing Over Who Gets to See a 230-Foot Long Embroidered Cloth

The arrival of the Bayeux Tapestry from France has sparked a class war in England.

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Wrote this for @thetimes on the gorgeous @LeadenhallMkt and plans to attract tourists to it at weekends. Features the remnants of what was once the biggest Roman basilica north of the Alps, now hidden in the basement of a shop selling empanadas thetimes.com/uk/london/artic…
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