Angus Main
@angusmain.bsky.social
Technology / Creativity / Experience - Lecturer and Researcher - Cambridge and London, UK
I’m fairly convinced that early film producers hired the false beards and moustaches first, then hired an actor to wear them in scenes.
The first film adaptation of #WutheringHeights (A.V. Bramble, UK, 1920) is now sadly lost.
"It is a credit to the British film industry that the screen version of the book... should be so good. In many ways it is as fine." - Manchester Guardian, 7 August 1920 www.theguardian.com/books/2019/a...
"It is a credit to the British film industry that the screen version of the book... should be so good. In many ways it is as fine." - Manchester Guardian, 7 August 1920 www.theguardian.com/books/2019/a...
February 7, 2026 at 10:00 AM
I’m fairly convinced that early film producers hired the false beards and moustaches first, then hired an actor to wear them in scenes.
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Ah, I see what they did there..!
February 7, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Ah, I see what they did there..!
To speed up building Ikea furniture, I only bother to assemble the parts you can see from the front. It’s a plan with no drawer backs.
February 7, 2026 at 8:51 AM
To speed up building Ikea furniture, I only bother to assemble the parts you can see from the front. It’s a plan with no drawer backs.
Just as I thought my parents grew up in black and white, I’m pretty sure my kids think I’m from a time when everything was fuzzy.
Very late nineties, I did occasional spot illos for a big Fleet Street newspaper, and they would take the actual artwork by fax. As in: I’d go to the newsagent, pay 50p, and fax it over. Not roughs. The art. That was it. It would be reprinted in one of the biggest selling papers. From a FAX.
I was thinking about when I left art college and first started doing illustrations for a magazine. They would send me the brief by fax, but I didn’t have a fax, so they’d send it to the post office fax machine, and I’d walk over there. I’d then walk back to fax them my roughs. FAXING. CAN U IMAGINE
February 7, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Just as I thought my parents grew up in black and white, I’m pretty sure my kids think I’m from a time when everything was fuzzy.
Catch up on ALL the important British news on the BBC News front page.
February 7, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Catch up on ALL the important British news on the BBC News front page.
I’m convinced that if It Happens during #totp, no one on UK BlueSky would realise til Saturday morning.
My timeline:
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops
KEIR STARMER
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops
Winter Olympics
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops
KEIR STARMER
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops
KEIR STARMER
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops
Winter Olympics
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops
KEIR STARMER
Top of the Pops
February 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
I’m convinced that if It Happens during #totp, no one on UK BlueSky would realise til Saturday morning.
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A SKUBB is a GYYE that’s really wide. It’s also known as BUSTÅ
February 6, 2026 at 9:39 PM
A SKUBB is a GYYE that’s really wide. It’s also known as BUSTÅ
Winter Olympic Fashion > Summer Olympic Fashion
February 6, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Winter Olympic Fashion > Summer Olympic Fashion
I’m looking to do an oral history about the time when it wasn’t constantly raining. If you have any elderly relatives who can recall sunny weather, or remember the sky not being relentlessly grey, then hmu.
February 6, 2026 at 6:50 PM
I’m looking to do an oral history about the time when it wasn’t constantly raining. If you have any elderly relatives who can recall sunny weather, or remember the sky not being relentlessly grey, then hmu.
Footage released of the Mandelson vetting process.
February 6, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Footage released of the Mandelson vetting process.
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Me: “Just the one leek this week, please.”
Tesco: “Will this one that was blocking the entrance to the tent at the county show do?”
Tesco: “Will this one that was blocking the entrance to the tent at the county show do?”
February 6, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Me: “Just the one leek this week, please.”
Tesco: “Will this one that was blocking the entrance to the tent at the county show do?”
Tesco: “Will this one that was blocking the entrance to the tent at the county show do?”
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Oof.
“The combined tuition fees of the entire Question Time panel would not cover my cost for 1 year of uni. Is that fair?”
Oli Dugmore
It’s absolutely NOT fair. This outrageous scandal must end
Oli Dugmore
It’s absolutely NOT fair. This outrageous scandal must end
February 6, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Oof.
8 channel buttons in 1982. That second row isn’t seeing a lot of use.
Feb 1982: Granadacolour TV ad from Granada
(+Free Remote Control and Multi-Action remote control facility)
«A Great Deal from Granada.
Free Remote Control»
(+Free Remote Control and Multi-Action remote control facility)
«A Great Deal from Granada.
Free Remote Control»
February 5, 2026 at 11:01 PM
8 channel buttons in 1982. That second row isn’t seeing a lot of use.
36p per 100 whatnow?
February 5, 2026 at 10:26 PM
36p per 100 whatnow?
Dear France,
Thanks for the visual metaphor.
All the best,
The UK Monarchy.
Thanks for the visual metaphor.
All the best,
The UK Monarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Dear France,
Thanks for the visual metaphor.
All the best,
The UK Monarchy.
Thanks for the visual metaphor.
All the best,
The UK Monarchy.
Starting to wonder if they outsourced redaction to Captcha tests
Starting to think these weren’t really applied with the consideration required by law
February 5, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Starting to wonder if they outsourced redaction to Captcha tests
Farage to hold press conference with Badenoch’s mouse at 4pm
You tell me.
February 5, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Farage to hold press conference with Badenoch’s mouse at 4pm
This may sound ridiculous, but not when you find out Noel wrote the Pepto Bismol “diarr-hea!” jingle.
Noel Gallagher to Receive 2026 BRIT Awards’ Songwriter of the Year Following Oasis’ Reunion Success
Noel Gallagher to Receive 2026 BRIT Awards’ Songwriter of the Year Following Oasis’ Reunion Success
Oasis' Noel Gallagher has been named the BRIT Awards' songwriter of the year for 2026.
bit.ly
February 5, 2026 at 7:52 AM
This may sound ridiculous, but not when you find out Noel wrote the Pepto Bismol “diarr-hea!” jingle.
Peter Mandelbrot. It’s just infinite scandals the more you zoom in.
February 4, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Peter Mandelbrot. It’s just infinite scandals the more you zoom in.
Obviously it’s Master & Commander. But failing that Apollo 13.
What’s everyone’s favorite dad movie
Trying to do a daily dumb little prompt to not think about The Horrors
February 4, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Obviously it’s Master & Commander. But failing that Apollo 13.
Comedians seem to be the AI of TV formats. They‘re going to be added to shows whether you like it or not.
February 4, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Comedians seem to be the AI of TV formats. They‘re going to be added to shows whether you like it or not.
Reform really cherry picked the brightest and best from the Tory front bench.
You couldn’t make this stuff up. Robert Jenrick and Suella Braverman accidentally voted with Labour to abolish the two-child benefit cap tonight after entering the wrong lobby!
February 4, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Reform really cherry picked the brightest and best from the Tory front bench.