Feats for the Daily Mail plus blather about cricket, tennis, shooting, fishing, real tennis, Welsh rugby, malt whisky, @herefordfc, @worcsccc etc
Apr 29, 2023 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
Who’s *really* behind the hugely contentious decision to rename the Brecon Beacons national park? Let’s take a look… 🧵
It turns out to be the brainchild of one Jordan Thorne, creative director of a Cardiff based branding agency called Creo (which like many a business in the basket case Welsh economy does loads of work for the Government). bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-…
Jan 28, 2023 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
Our trip to the @rollsroycecars showroom in central Moscow this week threw up a few surprises 🧵
First: they have brand new cars! Lots of them! £4m worth in fact! All made in Sussex last year and shipped to this terrorist state during the Autumn.
Jan 28, 2023 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
A quick 🧵on @PaulSmithDesign and its morally-wonky presence in Vladimir Putin's Russia
Sir Paul's stores in this corrupt gangster state are operated under some sort of partnership/franchise arrangement with Mikhail Kusnirovich, a gazillionaire chum and political ally of Mr Putin. Here are Sir Paul and Mikhail at a party a few years back
Jan 28, 2023 • 16 tweets • 5 min read
We went shopping in Vladimir Putin's Moscow this week. Here's what we found 🧵
Right next to the Kremlin, shelves fully stocked, all the latest gear, a branch of @PaulSmithDesign
