Brian Mcleish

@bmcleish.bsky.social

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Public sector public affairs bod, charity trustee and minirugby coach. I post about economic development, social mobility, rugby, TTRPGs and anything else that comes to mind.

A sign advertising a seminar for "inheritance preservation".
Lewis chess piece - shield-biting berserker
Statue of Caesar Augustus and an artist's impression of what he looked like in reality.
Picture of a rugby lineout. One team in white, the other in light blue. Two players are jumping to compete for the ball.
Plain yellow cover with the title on little black squares like an old school departure board. The subtitle "Ideas for a grown up economy" sits below it.
Cover features two young girls (presumably the protagonists) crouching beside a car. One is smiling at the camera and the other is being shy.
Plain cover with author and title, along with subtitle "Making and taking in the global economy"
Book cover with sketchlike depictions of the doomed lovers and a longboat.
Includes subtitle "Fifteen a side rugny for player and coach" and a still from an England vs Wales match (think its Wales - can't see the shirt logo!)
Cover depicts the paper cup of the title. Part of it near the base is torn, making it look like a house. Seabirds fly overhead.
Book cover with a jumble of national flags seen through a blue filter.
Novel cover featuring three of the characters (presumably Rand, Matt and Egwene?) sitting on a peddler's wagon somewhere in the Aiel Waste.
Sparse cover with title, author name and the inequality sign (the parallel bar 'equals' sign with a diagonal score through it)
Book cover featuring a battle scene with humans fighting draconians and a red dragon breathing fire in the background.
Book cover featuring the full title "The Clash of Civilisations and the remaking of world order", various religious symbols denoting different cultural groupings and an endorsement of the book by Henry Kissinger.
Green book cover with lots of pictures, pencil sketches, and a compass laid on it like a pinboard. The title and author name is on a white background.
Cover featuring a portrait of Niccolo Machiavelli wearing black and red robes.
Book cover with the two-headed axe Snaga in the centre, rising out of the title "Legend"
Book cover featuring Tony Blair's face seen through a red filter. Title in yellow and author in white.
Stylised novel cover with a red soldier and black priest.
Sparse Penguin book cover with author and title.
Novel cover featuring a set of matryoshka dolls
Book cover of The state we're in. It is a blurry shot of the palace of Westminster Victoria Tower with an ochre sky in the background.