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Tim F

@culturalsnow.bsky.social

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Teacher, writer, occasional quizzer. Never knowingly relevant

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Tim F @culturalsnow.bsky.social · 5h

On a train heading into the SW London burbs. Full of golfers. Ugh.

Tim F @culturalsnow.bsky.social · 18h

It's a specific variety of kale, with a bit more flavour. I shred it roughly, cook it over a low heat with anchovies, chilli and butter, then toss it with spaghetti. Niiice.

Tim F @culturalsnow.bsky.social · 18h

Ah, "the exceedingly wide-chinned Nick Berry", as NME dubbed him.
#totp

Tim F @culturalsnow.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, *that* Laszlo [checks notes] Kraszna- [checks notes again] -horkai.

Tim F @culturalsnow.bsky.social · 2d

Are we approaching the Chris-and-Fallon-nearly-snog-then-pull-away-and-refuse-do-admit-it-happened moment?
#TheArchers

Tim F @culturalsnow.bsky.social · 2d

Drop something skeletal

Tim F @culturalsnow.bsky.social · 3d

Lessons in advanced theoretical epaulette-wearing, maybe?

Tim F @culturalsnow.bsky.social · 3d

I mean, George *has* to be a crap shag, right?
#TheArchers

Tim F @culturalsnow.bsky.social · 5d

It is just gone 7 a.m. and already I have written to The Guardian to correct an egregious error in their article about The Wicker Man.

Tim F @culturalsnow.bsky.social · 5d

Watching Butch and Sundance for the first time in maybe 25 years and I can still remember huge chunks of it, right down to the exact point it shifts from sepia to colour.
"Rules? In a knife fight?"

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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 6d

“Select all squares containing J D Salinger books” - CAPTCHA in the Rye.

Tim F @culturalsnow.bsky.social · 6d

"Brad looked after me."

Another Grundy love triangle beckons.

#thearchers

Tim F @culturalsnow.bsky.social · 6d

I used to work as a restaurant critic. We can spot that sort of special treatment a mile off. #thearchers

Tim F @culturalsnow.bsky.social · 6d

"Who knows what muck it had on its antlers?" is straight out of Victoria Wood. #TheArchers

Tim F @culturalsnow.bsky.social · 6d

Thousands of baffled, elderly #thearchers fans frantically Googling Slipknot.

Tim F @culturalsnow.bsky.social · 6d

Neil Kinnock currently on Radio 4. Damn, we need some righteous fury like his today.

Tim F @culturalsnow.bsky.social · 6d

Absolutely no mention of rampant shagging. Students today, eh? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Freshers' flu: Why is it so hard for students to dodge?

It's not the actual flu, and it's rarely serious, but when thousands of students arrive on campus they bring a cocktail of viruses.

Tim F @culturalsnow.bsky.social · 6d

Every August he announces proudly that he arsed up his A-levels and didn't go to university.

Tim F @culturalsnow.bsky.social · 6d

Cisheteropatriarchy is my third favourite Cure album.

Tim F @culturalsnow.bsky.social · 6d

This is funny.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Performative male contest London: Best crowned after Soho Square event

Competitors with tote bags full of sanitary pads and feminist literature faced off in central London.

Tim F @culturalsnow.bsky.social · 6d

They're even doing it on Gardener's Question Time. Weird.

Tim F @culturalsnow.bsky.social · 7d

When did Radio 4 live audiences start to whoop? I'm sure it wasn't a thing, say, 20 years ago.

Tim F @culturalsnow.bsky.social · 7d

I've had to sign piles of books. Is dull and you get a bit sloppy towards the end. But come on...

Tim F @culturalsnow.bsky.social · 8d

Is it just me or is it all getting a bit 2016 at the moment? www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Keeping Up Appearances actor Patricia Routledge dies aged 96

The actor was best known for her role as the pretentious housewife Hyacinth Bucket, and for the series Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

www.theguardian.com

Tim F @culturalsnow.bsky.social · 8d

Noticing a great many restaurant/pub Christmas menus appearing, none of them offering Christmas pudding. Is it just not A Thing any more?