The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

The latest Elitist Britain Report shows UK top jobs are still dominated by private school alumni.

Join me in supporting one another to address this imbalance.
#StateSchoolProud

@the93percentclub.bsky.social
@suttontrust.bsky.social

elitistbritain.suttontrust.com

Had such fun at @herts-pride.bsky.social this weekend with @proudwatford.bsky.social

#loveislove
#transrightsarehumanrights

This place is so cool!
Toddlers love it.

What the hell has happened to US politics and the spine of commercial companies like Google. Within days of taking over, that bully has already erased the Gulf of Mexico from Google maps (when searching from USA), & events highlighting prejudice and suffering from the world's largest calendar app.

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Wonderful Reddit thread about things people love about the UK. Made me smile, hope it does you too ❤️😍. www.reddit.com/r/AskUK/s/h9...

I do wonder (hope?) if/that social media is broken and will become irredeemably fragmented and ignored for both users and advertisers.

Meta abandoning fact checking, TikTok with a US ban, X more hate-fuelled by the minute, AI bots masking genuine interactions (I'm looking at you LinkedIn & Reddit!)

Here's our own Ian talking us through his piece of art.

If you haven't already, you can still enter your art here: www.proudwatford.com/artworks
Enter by Saturday 18th.
Exhibition: 25th January - St Mary's Church 11.30am-4.30pm.

Everyone welcome. Absolutely everyone.

#watford
#lgbtqiaplus🏳️‍🌈
#art

Application deadline is this weekend - if you're arty at all (not like me with my 'stick men' level of skill) give it a go! (You still have till the 25th to finish the piece).

‘Biceps curls while you cook!’ 101 ways to get healthier and happier – in just five minutes Open all your windows! Sing a song! Have a hot chocolate! Guardian writers and readers reveal simple ways to lift your mood in 300 seconds or fewer

Small and simple ways to make your day (and other people's) better.

Grab a few you like and give them a go.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Glorious day for the annual daft-santa-hat-wearing Jingle Ride with the Breeze Watford gang from @watfordcyclehub.bsky.social .

‘A rapist can be in the family’: how Dominique Pelicot became one of the worst sexual predators in history Gisèle Pelicot had no idea her husband of 50 years had been drugging her and inviting dozens of men to rape her. As one of the most horrific trials France has ever seen comes to a close, the world is ...

My god. The more details that come out about this trial, the more my faith in mankind is broken. Not just the rapists, but the enablers - NOT ONE of the men who refused, ever raised concerns. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

WICKED - Official Trailer 2 (Universal Pictures) - HD YouTube video by Universal Pictures UK

Saw Wicked the movie last night.
Three things to note:
a) Cynthia Erivo is a bloody legend
b) I have new found respect for Ariana Grande
c) if you like singing like me, it will take ALL your strength not to burst into song during Defying Gravity.

Bloody marvellous
💚🎶🧹🧙🏾🧹🎶💚

youtu.be/5omDWGdDmJ8?...

The Proud Watford Christmas karaoke is tonight, at the River Rooms at the Pump House Theatre.

You can still buy your tickets on our website proudwatford.com - look under events, or turn up and pay on the door

❤️😘🎶🎄🏳️‍🌈🎅🏳️‍⚧️🌲🎶😍❤️

This is pretty marvellous.

Please donate any toys to the @watfordfc.bsky.social toy drive www.watfordfc.com/news/2024/no...

Bryan is now 91, and one of the most hilarious and erudite men who I've ever met.

Truly one of the greats. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

So far Bluesky has been a friendly place - so relieved to not feel sad/angry or worried within minutes of logging on. Don't understand followers who don't have *anything* in their bio though - if you say nothing at all, I assume you're a bot, I need to either know you or have a *reason* to follow.

Impressed with my cunning decision to visit friends and family in Scotland this weekend.

❄️😂🥶🌨️

I'm actually in a cold sweat even contemplating that many 😬.

I find Vinted a gazillion times easier than listing on eBay though.. far less complex (although seem to make less money per item, so swings and roundabouts 🤷).

Welcome! It's a refreshingly friendly and argument-free space so far. And only the one random DM from a bloke that I don't know, so beating other social channels at this stage 💪. Watch this space I guess!

Oh I'm a feminist to the core, but we can't ignore the fact that men are also sometimes victims of the same system that we hate. Trying to spread the love around.

This #InternationalMensDay remember that the expectations of patriarchy have real disadvantages for men along with women, and when struggling, being expected to bottle it up is the last thing you need.

We don't control the system we're born into, only our response to it.

A view of the sea glinting in the sun, taken from a covered patio and showing the photographers legs and a few empty chairs

I feel you. This was me last week 😭😭😭😭

A picture of an urban garden with a patio table and different coloured chairs in the foreground, and a pergola on the background. Snow is falling and starting to lay on the table and the plants.

Obligatory snow photo ❄️

Quite a contrast to being in the Caribbean only last week, but it's definitely getting me in the festive mood ☃️ 🎄 🎅

A picture of a black cat curled up on the sofa, next to a cream blanket

Obligatory #cat photo.

Meet Darth Vader. Jedi Master. Dark Lord. Father to Luke and Leia. Bed Hogger. Purrer. Messy Food Eater.

In an attempt to summarise the mood of my rants from *shudder* the bad place, this is a thread I did after visiting an ex colleague in Downing Street. Naturally I took a photo in front of Number 10 and proclaimed what I would do, if only I was in charge: threadreaderapp.com/thread/15831...
Enjoy!

What could be more fun than a Christmas Karaoke singalong?? Only a fabulously gay Christmas Karaoke could hope to be better and more sparkly.

Come and join me and the Proud Watford team having fun on 4th December, at the River Rooms in the wonderful Pumphouse theatre.

This time last week I was on a beach in Antigua. I do love where I live but it's sometimes a bit trying 🤔😜.