Andrew Havis
@andrewhavis.bsky.social
Probably the most prosaic Blueskyer in the world. Currently testing the water here after 16 years on Twitter (@AndrewHavis). Based in Hertfordshire and London. He/him/his.
https://www.andrew-havis.co.uk
https://www.andrew-havis.co.uk
Bill Bryson is one of my favourite authors, and The Guardian have done a good interview with him here. His books come highly recommended by me if you haven’t read them already. 👍
Bill Bryson: ‘Ever since I was a little boy, I have pretended to be able to vaporise people I don’t like’
Bill Bryson: ‘Ever since I was a little boy, I have pretended to be able to vaporise people I don’t like’
The American British author on pet peeves, the perils of fantasy dinner parties, and revisiting The Short History of Everything two decades later
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Bill Bryson is one of my favourite authors, and The Guardian have done a good interview with him here. His books come highly recommended by me if you haven’t read them already. 👍
What about whether the treat known as a scone should rhyme with “cone” or “gone”?
Surely the correct pronunciation is the former.
Surely the correct pronunciation is the former.
Forget about politics and religion, nothing divides the nation like who wants the heating on or off, or whether a window should be open or closed, in a shared office.
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
What about whether the treat known as a scone should rhyme with “cone” or “gone”?
Surely the correct pronunciation is the former.
Surely the correct pronunciation is the former.
Ruin a film by slightly changing one word:
Gone With The Wine
Gone With The Wine
Ruin a film by slightly changing one word
Star Worms
Star Worms
Ruin a movie by slightly changing one word
Shellboy
Shellboy
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Ruin a film by slightly changing one word:
Gone With The Wine
Gone With The Wine
“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.” — Robert Laurence Binyon. #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.” — Robert Laurence Binyon. #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget
November 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.” — Robert Laurence Binyon. #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.” — Robert Laurence Binyon. #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget
Friday: Named October's Player of the Month 🏆
Saturday: Scores the opener against Spurs 🎯
Not a bad couple of days for @ManUtd's Bryan Mbeumo 👏
Saturday: Scores the opener against Spurs 🎯
Not a bad couple of days for @ManUtd's Bryan Mbeumo 👏
November 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Surely it has to be Alan Carr who will win the #CelebrityTraitors. He’s been very good, and rather devious!
The Round Table is bound to be interesting. 🤔
The Round Table is bound to be interesting. 🤔
November 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Surely it has to be Alan Carr who will win the #CelebrityTraitors. He’s been very good, and rather devious!
The Round Table is bound to be interesting. 🤔
The Round Table is bound to be interesting. 🤔
What is it with this whole 67 business? Do young people think it’s the meaning of life or something?
Surely they must realise that The Answer is actually 42? 😂 #SixSeven
Surely they must realise that The Answer is actually 42? 😂 #SixSeven
November 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
What is it with this whole 67 business? Do young people think it’s the meaning of life or something?
Surely they must realise that The Answer is actually 42? 😂 #SixSeven
Surely they must realise that The Answer is actually 42? 😂 #SixSeven
Vivec is looking hauntingly impressive in this screenshot. #Morrowind
November 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Vivec is looking hauntingly impressive in this screenshot. #Morrowind
This was a thankfully and impressively rapid response by the railway staff and the emergency services. As I mentioned in my previous post, the speed of this response saved lives.
The train driver and first responders should be honoured for their bravery in this frightening situation. #Huntingdon
The train driver and first responders should be honoured for their bravery in this frightening situation. #Huntingdon
This cd all have been so much worse if an LNER driver hadn't quickly stopped his train at #Huntingdon (a stn I often use), only 0.5 mile from Cambs Police HQ & a major hospital. A superb police response: suspects arrested only *8 minutes* after the first 999 call. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...
Cambridgeshire train stabbing: suspects both British and ‘nothing to suggest’ attack was terrorism, say police – latest updates
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder as two people remain in a life-threatening condition
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This was a thankfully and impressively rapid response by the railway staff and the emergency services. As I mentioned in my previous post, the speed of this response saved lives.
The train driver and first responders should be honoured for their bravery in this frightening situation. #Huntingdon
The train driver and first responders should be honoured for their bravery in this frightening situation. #Huntingdon
My thoughts are with the victims and witnesses of the #Huntingdon train attack yesterday. What they went through must surely have been terrifying.
The driver’s quick decision to divert the train into Huntingdon station saved lives. He and the first responders deserve medals for their bravery.
The driver’s quick decision to divert the train into Huntingdon station saved lives. He and the first responders deserve medals for their bravery.
November 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
My thoughts are with the victims and witnesses of the #Huntingdon train attack yesterday. What they went through must surely have been terrifying.
The driver’s quick decision to divert the train into Huntingdon station saved lives. He and the first responders deserve medals for their bravery.
The driver’s quick decision to divert the train into Huntingdon station saved lives. He and the first responders deserve medals for their bravery.
Happy #Halloween everyone! 🎃💀👻 #Halloween2025
October 31, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Happy #Halloween everyone! 🎃💀👻 #Halloween2025
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And thou no more art prince than she is queen.
October 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
And thou no more art prince than she is queen.
The thing is that you could say this about many other activities. Finishing a long book, completing a large jigsaw puzzle, watching an epic TV series. Yes, you may not learn anything tangible, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t worthwhile. Why shouldn’t people engage in hobbies in their spare time?
Completing famously difficult video games shouldn't give you a sense of accomplishment. You should just feel embarrassed you've spent 9 hours learning a completely useless and niche skill of beating that one boss.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The thing is that you could say this about many other activities. Finishing a long book, completing a large jigsaw puzzle, watching an epic TV series. Yes, you may not learn anything tangible, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t worthwhile. Why shouldn’t people engage in hobbies in their spare time?
My name is Andrew, and I am not a prince. Therefore, I now have as much of a claim to the title of Prince Andrew as the ex-Prince Andrew does. 😄
Andrew stripped of 'prince' title and will move out of Royal Lodge
He will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor - Buckingham Palace says
www.bbc.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
My name is Andrew, and I am not a prince. Therefore, I now have as much of a claim to the title of Prince Andrew as the ex-Prince Andrew does. 😄
I would like to offer my sympathies to the people in Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti and across the Caribbean who have lost friends and loved ones in #HurricaneMelissa.
At least 40 dead in Haiti as Hurricane Melissa leaves nearly 80% of Jamaica without power — LBC
At least 40 people have died on the island of Haiti as Hurricane Melissa continues to cause devastation in the Caribbean.
apple.news
October 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I would like to offer my sympathies to the people in Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti and across the Caribbean who have lost friends and loved ones in #HurricaneMelissa.
GTA Vice City is a fantastic game, and the soundtrack was indeed splendid.
The scary thing is that the game’s release is now much closer in time to the year it was set (1986, if I remember correctly) than it is to now!
The scary thing is that the game’s release is now much closer in time to the year it was set (1986, if I remember correctly) than it is to now!
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City officially released 23 years ago, October 29, 2002.
This is my personal favorite game in the franchise. It took everything that made GTA3 amazing and expanded on it, threw it all back to a Miami Vice style 80s, and had one of the BEST licensed soundtracks EVER.
This is my personal favorite game in the franchise. It took everything that made GTA3 amazing and expanded on it, threw it all back to a Miami Vice style 80s, and had one of the BEST licensed soundtracks EVER.
October 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
GTA Vice City is a fantastic game, and the soundtrack was indeed splendid.
The scary thing is that the game’s release is now much closer in time to the year it was set (1986, if I remember correctly) than it is to now!
The scary thing is that the game’s release is now much closer in time to the year it was set (1986, if I remember correctly) than it is to now!
I spent many hours of my teenage years playing on my #PS2. It had fantastic games and was a very powerful console for its day.
It was indeed legendary, without a doubt.
It was indeed legendary, without a doubt.
SONY PlayStation 2 released 25 years ago today, October 26th 2000 in North America.
What else can I say other than the PS2 is one of the greatest and most important consoles in the history of video games. There's simply no debating that.
The PS2 is legendary. Period.
What else can I say other than the PS2 is one of the greatest and most important consoles in the history of video games. There's simply no debating that.
The PS2 is legendary. Period.
October 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I spent many hours of my teenage years playing on my #PS2. It had fantastic games and was a very powerful console for its day.
It was indeed legendary, without a doubt.
It was indeed legendary, without a doubt.
This is a lovely word that we should reintroduce into English. I think we could all do with some apricity at the moment! 😀
There is a moment at this time of year when the word ‘apricity’ really comes into view. For those who don’t know it, it was recorded only once, in 1623, before slipping out of view. Apricity is the warmth of the sun on a chilly day.
October 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
This is a lovely word that we should reintroduce into English. I think we could all do with some apricity at the moment! 😀
I’m amused by the fact that Trump is even beaten by William Henry Harrison, who was only president for a month (and was ill for much of that month too!). 😄
October 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I’m amused by the fact that Trump is even beaten by William Henry Harrison, who was only president for a month (and was ill for much of that month too!). 😄
What #Trump is doing to the #WhiteHouse is obscene. I’m imagining the uproar that would occur here in the UK if, let’s say, King Charles decided to demolish half of Buckingham Palace to build a bizarre ballroom extension.
See White House demolition in East Wing to build new ballroom
Construction workers demolished the facade of the East Wing of the White House on Monday, Oct. 20. Photos captured the historic scene.
eu.usatoday.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
What #Trump is doing to the #WhiteHouse is obscene. I’m imagining the uproar that would occur here in the UK if, let’s say, King Charles decided to demolish half of Buckingham Palace to build a bizarre ballroom extension.
The ‘future’ day in Back to the Future Part II was ten years ago today. 🤯
Oct 21st 2015 - Doc, Marty & Jennifer arrived in 2015 to prevent Marty McFly Jr. from getting arrested.
📽️📅 Back to the Future Part II (1989)
📽️📅 Back to the Future Part II (1989)
October 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The ‘future’ day in Back to the Future Part II was ten years ago today. 🤯
Does anyone else think that the thefts from the #Louvre are a mixture of Ocean’s Eleven and The Thomas Crown Affair?
The Louvre heist wasn’t really art crime, a former leader of the London police force’s art squad said, but “commodity theft.” The robbery could be the latest example of thieves targeting museums for jewels and precious metals to break down and sell on.
Why Steal From the Louvre? It May Have More to Do With Stones Than Art.
Sunday’s robbery at the Paris museum could be the latest example of thieves targeting museums for jewels and precious metals to break down and sell on.
nyti.ms
October 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Does anyone else think that the thefts from the #Louvre are a mixture of Ocean’s Eleven and The Thomas Crown Affair?
Why abandon the paperless office principle? Personally, I’d dust off the old Acorn Archimedes and use that. 😉
Then: the office of the future will be paperless
Now: keep paper records
Now: keep paper records
Have plans on paper in case of cyber-attack, firms told
Prepare to switch to offline systems in the event of a cyber-attack, firms are being advised.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Why abandon the paperless office principle? Personally, I’d dust off the old Acorn Archimedes and use that. 😉
I’m coming back from a short social media break to ask this: are there any words in the English language that need an accented letter more than segue? Surely it should be spelt segué? 🤔
Indeed, the way that word is pronounced makes it homophonic with Segway, the two-wheeled mobility device.
Indeed, the way that word is pronounced makes it homophonic with Segway, the two-wheeled mobility device.
October 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I’m coming back from a short social media break to ask this: are there any words in the English language that need an accented letter more than segue? Surely it should be spelt segué? 🤔
Indeed, the way that word is pronounced makes it homophonic with Segway, the two-wheeled mobility device.
Indeed, the way that word is pronounced makes it homophonic with Segway, the two-wheeled mobility device.