Phil Hackett Artist

NASA @NASA have recorded the sound of a black hole and it sounds like one of my Soundscapes paintings, landscapes you can hear as well as see. tumblr.com/philhackettart…

114 years on, Belfast witnesses a full-scale drone Titanic depart into the night...a powerful tribute. #titanic #rmstitanic

@constantwhine I went for @Kaiser_Philhelm in the end

@constantwhine Love it, portmanteau of King and Caesar

I have only gone and got myself a new job, this time next month I become the General Manager of the King Richard III Visitor Centre, VisitLeicester the Tourist Information Centre and Jewry Wall the Roman Centre of Britain. Not sure though whether to adopt a Royal or Roman title?

This #EnglishTourismWeek26 I’m reflecting on the dedicated people that work hard to exceed visitors expectations, every week, proud to work/to have worked with so many of you. I also found this from the inaugural British Tourism Week back in 2007 @bernarddonoghue @backborwick

I loved my time being responsible for Acton Burnell Castle tumblr.com/careerinruins/…

I do love Moreton Corbet Castle

District Heating Blues Collection of lovely tunes that I have been listening too while sorting out my district heating connection, fortunately it has been a mild few weeks. March 2026 Apple - music.apple.com/gb/playlist/di… Spotify - open.spotify.com/playlist/7mwSS…

@Boldyboy1975 They asked the public what they wanted to be on the new bank notes back in July 2025 - British Wildlife came top of the public polls…

Many people will shrug off the news that Winston Churchill and other historical figures are being removed from British banknotes. They’ll say it’s just money, just design, no big deal. But it is a big deal. Because this isn’t really about banknotes. It’s about something deeper and more serious: a quiet, steady dismantling of our shared national story, our culture, and our sense of who we are. As sociologist Frank Furedi has described it, we are living through a **War Against the Past**. Across the West, a loose alliance of activists, diversity officials, and institutions that should know better is working to discredit our history, tear down its symbols, and replace them with something deliberately empty. The pattern is now routine. Statues come down. Streets and buildings get renamed. School curricula are “decolonised.” Heroes are recast as villains or “problematic.” And the everyday reminders of who we once honoured — the faces on our coins and notes — are quietly erased. What fills the gap? Not new national heroes, not figures who built or defended the country, but safe, neutral images: animals, landscapes, abstract patterns. Things that carry no real story, no triumphs, no struggles, no meaning that might make anyone feel proud of their inheritance. On the surface it looks harmless. But symbols are never trivial. For generations, those portraits on our currency acted as quiet anchors — constant, everyday reminders of the people, events and values that forged this nation. Take them away and the past begins to feel remote, then controversial, then irrelevant. Slowly the nation’s memory is hollowed out. In its place we’re offered a new, deliberately lightweight identity: Britain defined not by its history or traditions, but simply by how diverse it has become. The message is clear — the only acceptable thing to celebrate is that we no longer have anything distinctive to celebrate. The end result isn’t greater inclusion. It’s cultural amnesia. A people cut off from their own past, unsure what holds them together, and increasingly unable to answer the basic question: who are “we”? Sir Roger Scruton put it simply: a society that loses its memory loses its identity. That loss doesn’t arrive in one dramatic moment. It happens through a thousand small, bureaucratic decisions — one statue quietly removed, one reading list altered, one historical figure airbrushed from the currency. The officials at the Bank of England probably see this as a minor administrative update, nothing more. But consequences matter more than intentions. Every time we erase another symbol of our past, we weaken the threads that connect us to who we are and where we came from. George Orwell understood the danger. The surest way to break a people is to deny them a true understanding of their own history. This is why the banknote decision isn’t trivial. It’s another small step in a much larger cultural shift — one that is accelerating all around us. And that is exactly why it matters.

Latest mix tape - Chinonknee Imaginary place where my dog is Lord of the manor, mix tape for February 2026 Apple - music.apple.com/gb/playlist/ch… Spotify - open.spotify.com/playlist/6IasL…

Watching the Speed Skating #Olympics2026 and every time they finish the race and remove their hoods, I hear ‘Oh, It’s You!’

5,000/10 Years Ago Eclectic Mix Tape for February 2026 Ten years after LCFC’s Iconic Premiership Champion Season Apple - music.apple.com/gb/playlist/5-… Spotify - open.spotify.com/playlist/0sb5B…

This Monday is supposedly the most depressing day of the year… Blue Monday an Uplifting Mix Tape for January 2026 Apple - music.apple.com/gb/playlist/bl… Spotify - open.spotify.com/playlist/2zOBH…

@punt_rd Stargazer by Rainbow with Cozy Powell on drums youtu.be/rVXy1OhaERY

What do you think is the best drum intro to a song, ever!? ‘Painkiller’ by Judas Priest for me! What’s your favourite!? If someone doesn’t say ‘Hot For Teacher’ by Van Halen I’ll be very disappointed!🥁😀

@JVMonte2 Genius of Love by The Tom Tom Clib

Name a song that mentions another song or artist in the lyrics.

Tenner 2025 2.0 Second Mix Tape for December 2025 Apple - music.apple.com/gb/playlist/te… Spotify - open.spotify.com/playlist/6OBg7…

It’s that time of year again… The best Christmas Playlist in the World ever… over 1.4K songs. To listen to the classics just press play (unless you’re playing Whamageddon, then press shuffle, and good luck!). Apple - music.apple.com/gb/playlist/ex… Spotify - open.spotify.com/playlist/41LJh…

Kafeeklatsch - Coffee, Cake & Chat, lovely mix tape of songs I’ve been enjoying - November 2025 Apple - music.apple.com/gb/playlist/ka… Spotify - open.spotify.com/playlist/3oW60…

@MmisterNobody Yes

Trying to prove a point Have you ever had to work more than 60 hours in a week

What a great story!!! 😃🚘 In 1966, 22-year-old Kathleen bought a VW Beetle she named “Annie.” 57 years and 400k miles later, Kathleen (now 78) still drives her to work every day. When VW heard her story, they fully restored Annie for free. When Kathleen saw her again, she said, “She’s my family. She’s just old, not useless.”

@Rainmaker1973 No one has mentioned a comedy yet…

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