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Mark @peelacres.bsky.social · 12h

Missed this article at the time but a lovely read about JDB's favourite pub.

Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · Aug 6

The Vulcan was just an ordinary pub...until it became a historic monument to pubs of old within a museum.

What's authenticity, anyway?

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Stay Beautiful — The Vulcan Hotel: A Pub, A Museum — Pellicle

With its magnificent green tiled exterior blending with the restored ironmongers and sweet shop in the recreated village at St Fagans Museum in Cardiff, the Vulcan Hotel appears unchanged since 1915.

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Mark @peelacres.bsky.social · 17h

An unviable parish ward

Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 1d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“The tapes wouldn’t start”

Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 1d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“Translate 'yoroshiku onegai shimasu'”.

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Mark @peelacres.bsky.social · 1d

That's what happens when you let a 96 year old drive a train.

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Mark @peelacres.bsky.social · 1d

Day 10.2

My ★★★★½ review of House on Letterboxd boxd.it/bkgJJl

A ★★★★½ review of House (1977)

Spooktober 10.2. I knew nothing about this film and oh boy, that it the way to watch it. What on earth just happened?

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Mark @peelacres.bsky.social · 1d

Day 10.1

My ★★½ review of Good Boy on Letterboxd boxd.it/bkgxWd

A ★★½ review of Good Boy (2025)

Spooktober 10.1 Indy was a very good boy. The best of all boys. Everyone else was not a good boy. 5/5 for Indy. 1/5 otherwise.

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Mark @peelacres.bsky.social · 1d

NYT mini won't let me finish. Do Americans have a different answer? 😱

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Mark @peelacres.bsky.social · 3d

Day 9.

My ★★★½ review of Hands of the Ripper on Letterboxd boxd.it/bjJEC9

A ★★★½ review of Hands of the Ripper (1971)

Spooktober #9. Nicely effective and surprisingly violent Hammer Horror.

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Mark @peelacres.bsky.social · 3d

Sadly this is an escalator in Liverpool One. The main street is an absolute death trap of them.

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Mark @peelacres.bsky.social · 3d

I know they are earning a pittance and are working on the clock but this dickhead actually hit me a glancing blow then blocked the bloody escalator. Absolute menace to those less steady on their feet.

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Mark @peelacres.bsky.social · 3d

Day 8.

My ★★★★ review of The Appointment on Letterboxd boxd.it/bjbHRt

A ★★★★ review of The Appointment (1982)

Spooktober #8. What a weird film. You can see how it nearly became lost, the film itself feels lost. It starts spookily enough with the disappearance of the young girl in a plot thread that turns out ...

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Mark @peelacres.bsky.social · 3d

Day 7.

My ★★ review of HIM on Letterboxd boxd.it/biu5bt

A ★★ review of HIM (2025)

Spooktober #7 Nowhere near as profound as it smugly thinks it is.

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Mark @peelacres.bsky.social · 3d

Day 6.

My ★★ review of Let It Snow on Letterboxd boxd.it/bi2F2V

A ★★ review of Let It Snow (2020)

Spooktober #6. Looked glorious but a seriously undercooked plot. Two nice scenes raised a smile of appreciation but overall not remote scary.

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Mark @peelacres.bsky.social · 3d

Day 5.

My ★★★½ review of The Entity on Letterboxd boxd.it/bhoOlH

A ★★★½ review of The Entity (1982)

Spooktober #5. A difficult film to "like". A classic piece of 80s horror cinema that's difficult to watch as you see the evil men, and entities, do.

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Mark @peelacres.bsky.social · 3d

Day 4.

My ★★★ review of Urban Legend on Letterboxd boxd.it/bgTZaD

A ★★★ review of Urban Legend (1998)

Spooktober #4. Silly and nonsensical but enjoyable nonetheless.

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Mark @peelacres.bsky.social · 3d

Day 3.

My ★★ review of The Butterfly Effect on Letterboxd boxd.it/bfMRq1

A ★★ review of The Butterfly Effect (2004)

Spooktober #3. Pretty sure I've seen it before. Turns out Alex had only seen the absolute batshit directors cut ending before 😂

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Mark @peelacres.bsky.social · 3d

Day 2.

My ★★★ review of The Curse of the Cat People on Letterboxd boxd.it/bfiJ5T

A ★★★ review of The Curse of the Cat People (1944)

This review may contain spoilers. Visit the page to bypass this warning and read the review.

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Mark @peelacres.bsky.social · 3d

Spooktober Day 1 from 1st October. Will catch up and then add them daily.

My ★★★★ review of Cat People on Letterboxd boxd.it/bf2PIZ

A ★★★★ review of Cat People (1942)

Film #1 of Spooktober. Of its time but entertaining.

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Mark @peelacres.bsky.social · 3d

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 3d

An image of three cool tories under the header "Meet the Young Tories deaming of a bright blue future" but I've replaced their portraits with images of Eddie, Spudgun and Dave Hedgehog from Bottom

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Mark @peelacres.bsky.social · 3d

Aigburth, Gateacre, Hilbre, Meols. Using the full name of Kenny.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 4d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Mark @peelacres.bsky.social · 3d

Hard agree. Not a pub, nor even an area of London I visited in my capital residing year but Will has a way with words that makes you immediately feel at home in the venues he writes about. Watching the documentary mentioned within right now, great piece of social history.

Matthew Curtis @totalcurtis.bsky.social · 3d

Yesterday's @pelliclemag.com piece was great, you should read it.

www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/9/...

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out — The Dog and Bell in Deptford, London — Pellicle

On a Friday night in early December, Deptford’s Dog and Bell is Christmas as imagined by a Haribo-addled toddler.  A huge resin Santa, grinning merrily in his sleigh, squats in Prince Street out...

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Mark @peelacres.bsky.social · 3d

I follow the Beeraholic and Beer & Beer People feeds hich have a good selection of posts about beer, including yours. I also find that the word filters work better on here that most social media so you can hid that man, and that man, and that one.

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LeithMotive @leithmotive.bsky.social · 3d

Charles Amos is the legalise incest guy. Insane they didn't do due diligence. www.thetimes.com/article/8c9a...

Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future

The Conservatives know they have a problem with Gen Z voters. At the party conference, The Times met a new breed of activists who are embracing the challenge

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Mark @peelacres.bsky.social · 3d

A recent low of 19 on this machine. Plus 22 on my phone and 27 on my Chromebook.

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 4d

How many browsing tabs do you typically have open?*

1: 6%
2-5: 54%
6-10: 14%
11-20: 8%
21-30: 2%
More than 30: 3%

*across all windows, on desktop/laptop

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Viz Comic @vizcomic.bsky.social · 4d

Subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz349bs

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 14d

Every time I come across this photo it completely stops me in my tracks. Crude oil supertanker Esso Hibernia under construction at Swan Hunter shipyard, Wallsend, during 1970. The scale and spectacle of this thing is incomprehensible. (📸 Harriet Berney)

Black and white photo looking down a street of terraced brick houses. Several cars line each side of the street, with many people gathered at the far end. Beyond this the bow of a large oil tanker can be seen, towering above the end of the street and the rows of houses.

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