My big brother got his first record player in decades, so I’m getting him some vinyl for his birthday. In tribute to all our childhood rows, I will make sure each one has a solitary scratch.
February 8, 2026 at 11:14 PM
My big brother got his first record player in decades, so I’m getting him some vinyl for his birthday. In tribute to all our childhood rows, I will make sure each one has a solitary scratch.
Do not think about all the Smiths records you left at your ex’s place Do not think about all the Smiths records you left at your ex’s place Do not think about all the Smiths records you left at your ex’s place Do not think about all the Smiths records you left at your ex’s place Do not think about
February 8, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Do not think about all the Smiths records you left at your ex’s place Do not think about all the Smiths records you left at your ex’s place Do not think about all the Smiths records you left at your ex’s place Do not think about all the Smiths records you left at your ex’s place Do not think about
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Tori Amos in 1994:
February 7, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Tori Amos in 1994:
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Time for McSweeney to move to the phase of his career where he writes the same column monthly saying that the Govt’s woes are a consequence of them having failed to stay the course he charted for them.
February 8, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Time for McSweeney to move to the phase of his career where he writes the same column monthly saying that the Govt’s woes are a consequence of them having failed to stay the course he charted for them.
I use FB for work but I think I need to delete it. My blood pressure can’t cope.
February 8, 2026 at 7:26 AM
I use FB for work but I think I need to delete it. My blood pressure can’t cope.
I’ve gone nocturnal and the cats are thrilled. Suddenly they’re allowed out in the middle of the night. For the first time in my life, I am the cool parent.
February 8, 2026 at 4:38 AM
I’ve gone nocturnal and the cats are thrilled. Suddenly they’re allowed out in the middle of the night. For the first time in my life, I am the cool parent.
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The video for the first single "But I'm Getting Used To It" is live now
February 6, 2026 at 9:06 AM
The video for the first single "But I'm Getting Used To It" is live now
This is SO FUCKING GOOD. I am obsessed.
It was my extreme honour to step in for Philip Larkin, who was unavailable, and speak a key line from This Be The Verse on the GREAT new single from @simonloverules.bsky.social. Preorder his new album safe in the knowledge that I appear only on one track. @backlisted.bsky.social
You’re on the audio only version but the director thought it was too much for the video. What with the piss xylophone.
hurrahmusica.bandcamp.com/track/feels-...
hurrahmusica.bandcamp.com/track/feels-...
February 8, 2026 at 4:35 AM
This is SO FUCKING GOOD. I am obsessed.
We’ve been to see Bridget Christie in Lancaster and I have never seen so many fair isle yoke jumpers together in one place.
February 7, 2026 at 11:27 PM
We’ve been to see Bridget Christie in Lancaster and I have never seen so many fair isle yoke jumpers together in one place.
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First time I've ever borrowed a library book solely because I liked the dedication. Let's see if this strategy pays off.
February 3, 2026 at 8:59 PM
First time I've ever borrowed a library book solely because I liked the dedication. Let's see if this strategy pays off.
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Custard
Gertrude Stein, from ‘Tender Buttons’
Gertrude Stein, from ‘Tender Buttons’
February 3, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Custard
Gertrude Stein, from ‘Tender Buttons’
Gertrude Stein, from ‘Tender Buttons’
‘She’s on my head again’ to the tune of Falling in Love Again
February 3, 2026 at 6:36 PM
‘She’s on my head again’ to the tune of Falling in Love Again
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fenris is watching the sleet
February 3, 2026 at 12:45 PM
fenris is watching the sleet
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Jill McDonald in Puffin Post absolutely rinsing the poets & I include myself in those being absolutely beautifully bodied here
February 3, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Jill McDonald in Puffin Post absolutely rinsing the poets & I include myself in those being absolutely beautifully bodied here
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February 3, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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And get Michelle Mone’s peerage gone whilst we’re at it.
February 2, 2026 at 5:14 PM
And get Michelle Mone’s peerage gone whilst we’re at it.
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Currently editing my first YouTube video. Taking out all the umms... but it seems a shame to waste them, so here they are.
(with a sneak glimpse at some of the books I'll be talking about)
(with a sneak glimpse at some of the books I'll be talking about)
February 2, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Currently editing my first YouTube video. Taking out all the umms... but it seems a shame to waste them, so here they are.
(with a sneak glimpse at some of the books I'll be talking about)
(with a sneak glimpse at some of the books I'll be talking about)
I’m sorry, I cannot return to work at the library as I now have a full-time job trying to work out which brand and flavour of cat food is acceptable to their majesties today.
February 2, 2026 at 11:08 AM
I’m sorry, I cannot return to work at the library as I now have a full-time job trying to work out which brand and flavour of cat food is acceptable to their majesties today.
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Yes, this will help midlife women deal with the pressure
February 2, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Yes, this will help midlife women deal with the pressure
I have only just resolved to be better, nicer, kinder, yet am currently HOPPING that an old pal on FB has uploaded 100 photos so indistinguishable they might as well be a flip book.
JUST. PICK. THE. BEST. FEW.
JUST. PICK. THE. BEST. FEW.
February 2, 2026 at 1:46 AM
I have only just resolved to be better, nicer, kinder, yet am currently HOPPING that an old pal on FB has uploaded 100 photos so indistinguishable they might as well be a flip book.
JUST. PICK. THE. BEST. FEW.
JUST. PICK. THE. BEST. FEW.
Whenever I hear Richard Onslow Roper I think of Onslow from Keeping Up Appearances. Every time. #TheNightManager
February 1, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Whenever I hear Richard Onslow Roper I think of Onslow from Keeping Up Appearances. Every time. #TheNightManager
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do not go piggly into that good wiggly
February 1, 2026 at 6:44 PM
do not go piggly into that good wiggly
CANDLEMAS. I suppose I’d better take my Christmas decorations down then.
February 1, 2026 at 7:31 PM
CANDLEMAS. I suppose I’d better take my Christmas decorations down then.
I wonder if Jonathan Pryce is using his own accent in Under Salt Marsh.
February 1, 2026 at 5:39 PM
I wonder if Jonathan Pryce is using his own accent in Under Salt Marsh.