Claire Marshall
@clairemarshall.bsky.social
‘80s culture obsessed recovering Um Bongo addict, comedy enthusiast, proud leftie, secret writer. Cumbria via Liverpool
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Marti Pellow there, floating a cheeky SBD in the lift.
November 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Marti Pellow there, floating a cheeky SBD in the lift.
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In six days god created heaven and earth. On the seventh day, in the interests of BBC balance and impartiality, Laura Kuenssberg interviewed satan.
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
In six days god created heaven and earth. On the seventh day, in the interests of BBC balance and impartiality, Laura Kuenssberg interviewed satan.
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I bet Zoomers haven't even done TWO of these things
November 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I bet Zoomers haven't even done TWO of these things
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![[Scene is a high school classroom. A teacher is writing on the whiteboard 'ACT 2 SCENE 3'.]
TEACHER:
OK class - open up Macbeth to Act 2 Scene 3...
TEACHER:
So - does anybody have any ideas on Shakespeares meaning behind the character of 'the Porter' in this scene?
[A voice comes from off-scene, behind the teacher's back[.
VOICE:
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
TEACHER [turning round]:
Sorry….. who are you?
[We see a wider scene that shows it is the GHOST OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, hovering over the heads of the startled students]
SHAKESPEARE:
I'm the Ghost of Shakespeare and I've come back to say: this scene means *absolutely nothing*.
The Porter is a funny drunk bloke I lobbed in to cover a costume change!
I mean like, not everything I did was genius OK? Stop giving me the ick.
TEACHER:
So um...what do you suggest we study?
SHAKESPEARE:
The most important text in British culture!
TEACHER:
Which is...?
SHAKESPEARE:
'Bollocks People Say on the Internet.'
TEACHER:
You think we should study... bollocks people say on the internet?
SHAKESPEARE:
Yes.
TEACHER:
But Mr Shakespeare... your Porter scene was a question in a past GCSE paper...
We need to analyse it so the kids don't end up failing their exams...
SHAKESPEARE:
Yes, and I'm just suggesting you should analyse Bollocks People Say on the Internet instead, so they don't end up painting flags on roundabouts.
[Silent pause]
TEACHER:
OK class - open up your phones to X...
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2 October 1925
John Logie Baird demonstrates the world's first television receiver in London, using greyscale technology.
First, a ventriloquist dummy head, Stooky Bill, then a human being, William Edward Taynton, the first person to be televised in a full tonal range.
John Logie Baird demonstrates the world's first television receiver in London, using greyscale technology.
First, a ventriloquist dummy head, Stooky Bill, then a human being, William Edward Taynton, the first person to be televised in a full tonal range.
October 3, 2025 at 6:31 AM
2 October 1925
John Logie Baird demonstrates the world's first television receiver in London, using greyscale technology.
First, a ventriloquist dummy head, Stooky Bill, then a human being, William Edward Taynton, the first person to be televised in a full tonal range.
John Logie Baird demonstrates the world's first television receiver in London, using greyscale technology.
First, a ventriloquist dummy head, Stooky Bill, then a human being, William Edward Taynton, the first person to be televised in a full tonal range.
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One week till Public Works and Utilities! I’m really excited for this one!
October 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
One week till Public Works and Utilities! I’m really excited for this one!
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Jo Cox’s family would like a word.
Sir Keir Starmer 'responsible' if anything happens to Nigel Farage, claims Reform UK policy chief
Sir Keir Starmer 'responsible' if anything happens to Nigel Farage, claims Reform UK policy chief
Reform UK has accused Sir Keir Starmer of "inciting violence" against Nigel Farage in his speech to the Labour Party conference on Tuesday, and said the prime minister will be "responsible" if anything happens to him.
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October 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Jo Cox’s family would like a word.
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One or two details from a page of This Slavery graphic novel (including the fun stuff you aren’t even supposed to notice)
September 30, 2025 at 7:07 AM
One or two details from a page of This Slavery graphic novel (including the fun stuff you aren’t even supposed to notice)
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Oh I just googled what the hell tylenol is and, lol. it’s paracetamol. Here in the UK every child under 6 is about 5% calpol between October and march so i guess we’re just going to beat the shit out of the US at chess for years to come
September 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Oh I just googled what the hell tylenol is and, lol. it’s paracetamol. Here in the UK every child under 6 is about 5% calpol between October and march so i guess we’re just going to beat the shit out of the US at chess for years to come
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Roses are red
Washing up liquid foams
Washing up liquid foams
Bull's bid to scratch 'itchy bum' cuts off power to 800 homes
Four-year-old Ron left three villages without power after knocking a transformer box off an electricity pole.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Roses are red
Washing up liquid foams
Washing up liquid foams
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Goodnight from Morecambe - I will be on at midday in Kings Arms
September 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Goodnight from Morecambe - I will be on at midday in Kings Arms
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“Read it & join a union”
We love this ✊
We love this ✊
Wow! This is hard-hitting. A real "Marxist-Feminist thunderclap" as the creators of the graphic novel adaptation put it.
'This Slavery' by Ethel Carnie Holdsworth was first published in 1925. The @rickardsisters.com version is just out, published by @selfmadehero.bsky.social
Read it & #JoinAUnion
'This Slavery' by Ethel Carnie Holdsworth was first published in 1925. The @rickardsisters.com version is just out, published by @selfmadehero.bsky.social
Read it & #JoinAUnion
September 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
“Read it & join a union”
We love this ✊
We love this ✊
August 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Back tonight at 8pm with summer clips, oddness and music from the likes of Silver Sun, Talking Heads, Airhead, Dario G, Less Than Jake, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Spearmint, Jimmy Cliff, Midget, Rico and loads more. Only up your @noiseboxradio.com
August 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Back tonight at 8pm with summer clips, oddness and music from the likes of Silver Sun, Talking Heads, Airhead, Dario G, Less Than Jake, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Spearmint, Jimmy Cliff, Midget, Rico and loads more. Only up your @noiseboxradio.com
I know it’s like looking under a particularly slimy stone, but I’ve just been having a quick gander at G Beebies and it is comedy gold right now. Martin Daubney (tit) in a working men’s club in Sunderland, everyone arseholed and reflecting the standards, language and attitudes of Jim Davidson.
August 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I know it’s like looking under a particularly slimy stone, but I’ve just been having a quick gander at G Beebies and it is comedy gold right now. Martin Daubney (tit) in a working men’s club in Sunderland, everyone arseholed and reflecting the standards, language and attitudes of Jim Davidson.
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Which TV theme tune was ripped off by Madonna? Who was embarrassingly caught by their teacher in the middle of a "jaunt"? What's Bertrand Russell doing on mid-morning ITV? Who will be Husband of the Year? All this and very slightly more in week 43!
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Week 43: 23rd – 29th July, 1975
“My name is Johnson. I seem to have been bungled.”
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July 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Which TV theme tune was ripped off by Madonna? Who was embarrassingly caught by their teacher in the middle of a "jaunt"? What's Bertrand Russell doing on mid-morning ITV? Who will be Husband of the Year? All this and very slightly more in week 43!
open.substack.com/pub/historyo...
open.substack.com/pub/historyo...
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Three months, give or take a day, until the publication of my new book celebrating, month-by-month, the extraordinary musical range of the 1980s. It's called INTO THE GROOVE, and it's out on 2 October. A must, I hope, for #forgotten80s devotees. eandtbooks.com/books/into-t...
Elliott & Thompson | Into the Groove
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June 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Three months, give or take a day, until the publication of my new book celebrating, month-by-month, the extraordinary musical range of the 1980s. It's called INTO THE GROOVE, and it's out on 2 October. A must, I hope, for #forgotten80s devotees. eandtbooks.com/books/into-t...
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Janice is correct! Join me Monday - Thursday from 7pm-10pm on @lbc.co.uk while the legendary @iaindale.bsky.social enjoys a well-deserved holiday. This week and next week. We'll do Cross Question and everything.
@simonmarksfsn.bsky.social
Ah excellent news
I see that the wonderful Simon is covering @iaindale.bsky.social on #LBC *ALL* this week
Brilliant 🤩
Ah excellent news
I see that the wonderful Simon is covering @iaindale.bsky.social on #LBC *ALL* this week
Brilliant 🤩
June 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Janice is correct! Join me Monday - Thursday from 7pm-10pm on @lbc.co.uk while the legendary @iaindale.bsky.social enjoys a well-deserved holiday. This week and next week. We'll do Cross Question and everything.
Why Don't You just switch off your television set and go out and run a council instead.
June 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Why Don't You just switch off your television set and go out and run a council instead.
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Nigel Blackwell should be Poet Laureate.
June 9, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Nigel Blackwell should be Poet Laureate.