<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:42:43 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@simonreed/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Isles of Scilly Naval Disasater]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 1707 the Isles of Scilly off the coast of Cornwall witnessed one of the worse naval disasters known in British history. 4 Royal Navy ships were sunk following catastrophic navigation errors which led]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/history/@simonreed/the-isles-of-scilly-naval-disasater</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/history/@simonreed/the-isles-of-scilly-naval-disasater</guid><category><![CDATA[history]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[simonreed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2018 12:44:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pEPvDbJDzhdNXM7mjt1tbr2kM3X28F6SraZf7zh5Sw6PZRn6hXmuAtb6SnRkoHiJ7sz2karhA3k3BDgoG99zhNCyoszvLAPy5SVjuvZk9j4RF4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monument painting]]></title><description><![CDATA[I haven't posted one of my paintings for a few day's...so here we are!]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@simonreed/monument-painting</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@simonreed/monument-painting</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[simonreed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2018 15:49:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc18GVREvvsnAjfLwLF5qHHFduNHKinpy1V2N4CwQZ2q3GcNwMypaFpxK9Gu7sJzoWTzFg8zXJyxPBRXxEBfejdBB4J2KYGHUj6CGTdHWMbnsyoVMne?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stupid local news]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the UK we have a long tradition of local newspapers who often report on some really boring stuff. Over the past few years however I have been hunting down some of the most ridiculous, funny and mad]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@simonreed/stupid-local-news</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@simonreed/stupid-local-news</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[simonreed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2018 15:16:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pQYiuVvgYiUBP16WHGGN7UNn1BCdGdWYdxECpPBwNsy4Zn2CLB5qr5aZx8m8A6Db3nWmFTw3myXXEj9RzxUBWfvnfeJWZpj8tam4oLbfR7SRKk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disturbing 80s kids TV]]></title><description><![CDATA[During the 1970s the makers of British TV shows for children were obsessed with providing content for children that was often spine tingly scary for no reason what so ever. Where in the rest of the world]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/history/@simonreed/disturbing-80s-kids-tv</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/history/@simonreed/disturbing-80s-kids-tv</guid><category><![CDATA[history]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[simonreed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2018 10:21:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eHZ4JjYS57ubJBfqzLphtetnpLwJkGHvabg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protect and survive]]></title><description><![CDATA[During the 1970s the UK government started to prepare for the events of a nuclear war should it happen. Part of that preparation was the production of a series of public information films that were meant]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/history/@simonreed/protect-and-survive</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/history/@simonreed/protect-and-survive</guid><category><![CDATA[history]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[simonreed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2018 09:46:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP5xqHVTtgzxr9jRnPYTxeDK7ZMexdNvD8836dQNyftt6u9YJhtcXUwnnT72xKxrkwAetPpVBdAwMyKyFP6RPYq43HPcXDQZNbATiVk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Real King of England]]></title><description><![CDATA[Royal wedding fever has taken over the weekend and with that in mind I thought I would right an article on the British Royalfamily. Despite how the British monarchy is presented in British society there]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/history/@simonreed/the-real-king-of-england</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/history/@simonreed/the-real-king-of-england</guid><category><![CDATA[history]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[simonreed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2018 09:49:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89vw2NaGCoyqZ95bYqBBSZ7HhZwKho9qjnjcPitURvKoNVYp4iWW9UhBFBaVC6PHhaWiDBUDVbvai?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fire tree]]></title><description><![CDATA[More of my paintings.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@simonreed/fire-tree</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@simonreed/fire-tree</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[simonreed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2018 12:52:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVeg55SGTdBoDUtX5XTpettQtvMatdJasNsFwmQSN8EXN4DZD3NLKVw3xFmbBvVB6JeU5H4Y8RqS4KLA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cornish fields]]></title><description><![CDATA[This an acrylic painting I created celebrating the Cornish landscape around harvest time.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@simonreed/cornish-fields</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@simonreed/cornish-fields</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[simonreed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2018 05:50:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVZ5NRzV2o8MyJEzowAL6rjbt8w3dTH8EkUU8jkgLfi2HfgtnQACtYMeupvD3qSmuBCQvgDNb9cgm9EBqPCFAFwST3Dom3uk2ZpwhtjgaKTFdTW1LtW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Living with Bipolar Disorder]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have suffered from depression since I was 16, it's deeply unpleasant. In 2007 something strange happened to me. Following a particularly enjoyable event I started to feel uncontrollably euphoric this]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@simonreed/living-with-bipolar-disorder</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@simonreed/living-with-bipolar-disorder</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[simonreed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2018 19:15:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UondJxcjVaienfhVaNb7LJVWG6e787gaSHRJLQeEj1g5DgwLMC9AetUBCwahf6FSWEFj2PuDd9M9TkANGfqGwjL8KUk2MvFdCw7p3thCWnr2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Admiral Benbow]]></title><description><![CDATA[John Benbow was a legendary English naval hero best known for an engagement with the French near the West Indies in 1702 where the majority of his captains turn tail and abandoned him. 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If you are in a relationship with a narcissist this is particularly acute. Narcissists exhibit the follow traits.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@simonreed/are-you-living-with-a-narcissist</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@simonreed/are-you-living-with-a-narcissist</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[simonreed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2018 11:59:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP5xqHVTtgzxr9jRnPYTxeDK7ZMexdNgDpdgU6y4n2RHHkb3pKp95V3ZrkguWBMcbn5VCAzNUfpKbE67tsL1BVQB6xDKH7nrL2dR8CE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Real King Arthur]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most people in the English speaking world have heard of King Arthur legendary King of Britain and leader of the Knights of the Round Table. The stories of King Arthur were made famous by two great works]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/history/@simonreed/the-real-king-arthur</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/history/@simonreed/the-real-king-arthur</guid><category><![CDATA[history]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[simonreed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2018 11:03:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89ryL9hEgBcEpUMzPBbQMWaEfBVUj4PozvwciMeSw2ary8J1BoLvchEs54MZvdExQSYR9Ckj9r6vA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Penlee Point Sunset]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is another one of my paintings this time of Penlee Point near Penzance UK.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@simonreed/penlee-point-sunset</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@simonreed/penlee-point-sunset</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[simonreed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2018 12:05:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56yqUbvo2DTJv1i6qm8z4ixTabBTrjod8p4tzyd8uxZ5LCtpSLc9yibxp3VVQbPbxjN7wJcWtUwhrSNTeU2q5HKuZ99EqqYcmBRY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sunset painting]]></title><description><![CDATA[Another one of my oil paintings.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@simonreed/sunset-painting</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@simonreed/sunset-painting</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[simonreed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2018 14:16:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89pAi1iguAKibp4MUivzaYuLJaCW77SYKBmXEQUYgSkkr3FmPHjcZM48AmoryUEe8vjnFNv3EruWE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another painting]]></title><description><![CDATA[This a rather large canvas this time of a contorted disembodied head.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@simonreed/3jk1t9-another-painting</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@simonreed/3jk1t9-another-painting</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[simonreed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2018 14:07:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVeZQkJPwGdUjEth1JEd7PbueambdM8JLjSdCQbc6yFRtH2qbhpiGtyS8rngTPRM2S21u3YR5pPkmpMt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Morning Star: A new poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[A short poem I have recently written. Brighter than the morning star. More graceful that a bird in flight. Warmer than a midsummer's day. Brave beyond comparison. Kind, compassionate, strong. And so out]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@simonreed/the-morning-star-a-new-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@simonreed/the-morning-star-a-new-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[simonreed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2018 12:28:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZobkVo8z9ZRCo8hc2au47GcoYPvBprSFoVb1qJVfEX1ynotyRxE9m5Eo2YEJzZn4EFrcyJ42oG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Travellers guide: St Ives Cornwall.]]></title><description><![CDATA[St Ives is a town in the West of Cornwall UK and one of the most beautiful places in Britain. Situated on the North coast of Cornwall it is surrounded by sandy beaches and dramatic coastal scenery. 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