Lord Beestonia
@beestonia.bsky.social
Faux Lord.
Hyper. Local. Writer, Journalism course leader, sometime author and ghost. Founder, @TheBeestonian Occasionally known as mere Matt Turpin. [email protected]
Hyper. Local. Writer, Journalism course leader, sometime author and ghost. Founder, @TheBeestonian Occasionally known as mere Matt Turpin. [email protected]
I've been asked to give a speech at very short notice at the Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature ten year anniversary gala tonight. I have a streaming cold and rheumy eyes, so boss level difficulty and apologies in advance.
December 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I've been asked to give a speech at very short notice at the Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature ten year anniversary gala tonight. I have a streaming cold and rheumy eyes, so boss level difficulty and apologies in advance.
People of Nottingham!
Watch this trailer of Krampus from a decade ago and spot the weird ...
youtu.be/h6cVyoMH4QE?...
Watch this trailer of Krampus from a decade ago and spot the weird ...
youtu.be/h6cVyoMH4QE?...
Krampus - Official Trailer (HD)
YouTube video by Legendary
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 11:24 AM
People of Nottingham!
Watch this trailer of Krampus from a decade ago and spot the weird ...
youtu.be/h6cVyoMH4QE?...
Watch this trailer of Krampus from a decade ago and spot the weird ...
youtu.be/h6cVyoMH4QE?...
Love this British version of the Van Halen M&M story (which I do a lecture on every year)
November 29, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Love this British version of the Van Halen M&M story (which I do a lecture on every year)
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Happy #Duckerday 🦆 @cornduck3.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Happy #Duckerday 🦆 @cornduck3.bsky.social
Emma Monk is a real force of good, debunking the swamp of poor quality propaganda passed off as journalism. Give her a follow (and a Ko-Fi tip!)
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
November 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Emma Monk is a real force of good, debunking the swamp of poor quality propaganda passed off as journalism. Give her a follow (and a Ko-Fi tip!)
Best £3.25+pp ever spent
November 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Best £3.25+pp ever spent
Teaching Reviews, and remembering the best line a student ever wrote, while considering a Jurassic Park movie.
November 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Teaching Reviews, and remembering the best line a student ever wrote, while considering a Jurassic Park movie.
My students are currently studying Review Journalism, where they develop their ability to critique. For this they choose something to review, usually a cultural product: a film, bit of music, book or so on.
One of my more interesting students has just asked if they can review...Mansfield.
One of my more interesting students has just asked if they can review...Mansfield.
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
My students are currently studying Review Journalism, where they develop their ability to critique. For this they choose something to review, usually a cultural product: a film, bit of music, book or so on.
One of my more interesting students has just asked if they can review...Mansfield.
One of my more interesting students has just asked if they can review...Mansfield.
This would at last displace Mull Of Kintyre. Make it happen
When is new Christmas C.D. "Dyche Sings Tom Waits" coming out Sir Beestonia ? ?
a man in a hat is sitting in a car at night
ALT: a man in a hat is sitting in a car at night
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This would at last displace Mull Of Kintyre. Make it happen
If you're an #NFFC fan with kids and you're not using a Sean Dyche gravel voice to encourage them when encouragement is required then you are missing a trick.
November 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
If you're an #NFFC fan with kids and you're not using a Sean Dyche gravel voice to encourage them when encouragement is required then you are missing a trick.
Kids party earlier, so missed the Forest match. Got home at 4.30, put the telly on and thought Final Score had messed up their graphics.
November 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Kids party earlier, so missed the Forest match. Got home at 4.30, put the telly on and thought Final Score had messed up their graphics.
I regularly get a new book about a Star Wars creature from the library.
Enjoying the Rancor edition right now, it's due back next week
Enjoying the Rancor edition right now, it's due back next week
George Lucas HATED the way these look but even after almost 50 years it looks a BILLION times better than the cgi slop that dates every 5 years.
November 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I regularly get a new book about a Star Wars creature from the library.
Enjoying the Rancor edition right now, it's due back next week
Enjoying the Rancor edition right now, it's due back next week
Despite being very Nottingham and very Beeston, I was actually born and spent my first few years growing up in Helensburgh, Scotland, so I'm delighted not to have to support England in the World Cup. Well, not until after the group matches.
November 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Despite being very Nottingham and very Beeston, I was actually born and spent my first few years growing up in Helensburgh, Scotland, so I'm delighted not to have to support England in the World Cup. Well, not until after the group matches.
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BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
Went all the way to Sheffield and back today to watch Forest women play out a 0-0 with Sheffield United and some would say that is a waste but I counter with: Bramall Lane has limitless free Henderson's Relish. Taking a flask and topping up next time.
November 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Went all the way to Sheffield and back today to watch Forest women play out a 0-0 with Sheffield United and some would say that is a waste but I counter with: Bramall Lane has limitless free Henderson's Relish. Taking a flask and topping up next time.
Monday tomorrow.
November 16, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Monday tomorrow.
One of the best things about running a magazine is the sheer weirdness of who it reaches. I've had messages from all over the world after people have stumbled on a copy, despite it being about a small yet very strange town. This week: a message from Hamelin, Germany, from the Pied Piper himself ..
November 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
One of the best things about running a magazine is the sheer weirdness of who it reaches. I've had messages from all over the world after people have stumbled on a copy, despite it being about a small yet very strange town. This week: a message from Hamelin, Germany, from the Pied Piper himself ..
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If the UK is on the brink of civil war, as Musk claims, it follows that in 300 years time there will be be a new generation of civil war re-enactment societies.
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."
November 15, 2025 at 9:12 AM
If the UK is on the brink of civil war, as Musk claims, it follows that in 300 years time there will be be a new generation of civil war re-enactment societies.
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."
Said hello to a guy I thought I recognized at Nottingham Station around 8am this morning. Spent the rest of the day trying to work out how I knew him.
Around 3pm I twigged it was someone on an Only Connect team a year or so ago. Sorry, that man.
Around 3pm I twigged it was someone on an Only Connect team a year or so ago. Sorry, that man.
November 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Said hello to a guy I thought I recognized at Nottingham Station around 8am this morning. Spent the rest of the day trying to work out how I knew him.
Around 3pm I twigged it was someone on an Only Connect team a year or so ago. Sorry, that man.
Around 3pm I twigged it was someone on an Only Connect team a year or so ago. Sorry, that man.
This, in the new @privateeyenews.bsky.social , is pretty much my lived reality right now
November 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This, in the new @privateeyenews.bsky.social , is pretty much my lived reality right now
Film premiere time...
November 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Film premiere time...
Got round to seeing Sinners and think there should be a British version called What We Do In Cliff Richard and The Shadows
November 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Got round to seeing Sinners and think there should be a British version called What We Do In Cliff Richard and The Shadows
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Set my students an assignment on media ownership.
Props to the student who clearly used AI and wrote a lengthy, totally hallucinated bio of a man called 'Scott Trust'.
Props to the student who clearly used AI and wrote a lengthy, totally hallucinated bio of a man called 'Scott Trust'.
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Set my students an assignment on media ownership.
Props to the student who clearly used AI and wrote a lengthy, totally hallucinated bio of a man called 'Scott Trust'.
Props to the student who clearly used AI and wrote a lengthy, totally hallucinated bio of a man called 'Scott Trust'.
Set my students an assignment on media ownership.
Props to the student who clearly used AI and wrote a lengthy, totally hallucinated bio of a man called 'Scott Trust'.
Props to the student who clearly used AI and wrote a lengthy, totally hallucinated bio of a man called 'Scott Trust'.
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Set my students an assignment on media ownership.
Props to the student who clearly used AI and wrote a lengthy, totally hallucinated bio of a man called 'Scott Trust'.
Props to the student who clearly used AI and wrote a lengthy, totally hallucinated bio of a man called 'Scott Trust'.
My son was born 9 years ago today, after a 54 hour labour which finally ended in a surgery after two forcep pulls, a crying child and, as I nearly collapsed in relief (and my wife in exhaustion) an anesthesiologist checking his phone and announcing to all "Fucking hell, Trump won".
November 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
My son was born 9 years ago today, after a 54 hour labour which finally ended in a surgery after two forcep pulls, a crying child and, as I nearly collapsed in relief (and my wife in exhaustion) an anesthesiologist checking his phone and announcing to all "Fucking hell, Trump won".