Ian Martin
@ianmartin.bsky.social
Old hack. Coming live from the north of the heart. (Lancaster)
Every time a face is reconstructed from an ancient skull the person looks so familiar. I swear she works in Lancaster Greggs.
Kendal woman recreated from her 900-year-old skull is named Agnes after public vote. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kendal woman reconstructed from 900-year-old remains named
The woman, whose skull was found in Kendal, is named Agnes after a public vote.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Every time a face is reconstructed from an ancient skull the person looks so familiar. I swear she works in Lancaster Greggs.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Tory front benches equally furious at a tax on mansions and hundreds of thousands of kids being pulled out of poverty. Shameful stuff.
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Tory front benches equally furious at a tax on mansions and hundreds of thousands of kids being pulled out of poverty. Shameful stuff.
Whatever else this government do (and there's plenty of issues with this budget) ministers will always be able to point to this as an incredible important contribution to the country's future. Almost half a million kids taken out of poverty.
Scrapping the two-child limit in full is a monumental decision. Well done to all involved in the Child Poverty Strategy, and everyone who has made the case against the policy.
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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In reflection, these leaves fallen across a puddle, have found a way back into their parents’ arms.
November 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
In reflection, these leaves fallen across a puddle, have found a way back into their parents’ arms.
I wish the media were as obsessed with Farage's Clacton House as they are with what a racist shit he was at school.
November 26, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I wish the media were as obsessed with Farage's Clacton House as they are with what a racist shit he was at school.
thanks all for mbv recs, love love love xxx
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
thanks all for mbv recs, love love love xxx
more interested in the middle words of this post than anything else atm
If you ever wonder why people say "slippery as an eel" I can confirm that one time we had to hold an eel for a vet to do a blood draw and that eel ended up on the floor 47 times out of 48 attempts
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
more interested in the middle words of this post than anything else atm
saw him in 78 doing this. Adrian Belew, fuck he knew what was what, didn't he?
David Bowie – Station To Station (Live 1978)
Station To Station (1976)
Video of the Day
Station To Station (1976)
Video of the Day
David Bowie – Station To Station (Live 1978)
David Bowie – Station To Station – Live 1978 (A Nacho video) Station To Station was originally the opening track from David Bowie’s album, Station To Station, released in January 1976. The audio of…
www.davidbowienews.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
saw him in 78 doing this. Adrian Belew, fuck he knew what was what, didn't he?
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*playing guess who with werner herzog*
werner herzog: does your person have the demented soul of a trapped demon, held infinitely against his will in a universe with no time, his pointless despair flaying his mind into shards
me: yes
werner herzog: is it clive
werner herzog: does your person have the demented soul of a trapped demon, held infinitely against his will in a universe with no time, his pointless despair flaying his mind into shards
me: yes
werner herzog: is it clive
November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
*playing guess who with werner herzog*
werner herzog: does your person have the demented soul of a trapped demon, held infinitely against his will in a universe with no time, his pointless despair flaying his mind into shards
me: yes
werner herzog: is it clive
werner herzog: does your person have the demented soul of a trapped demon, held infinitely against his will in a universe with no time, his pointless despair flaying his mind into shards
me: yes
werner herzog: is it clive
New series of Whatever Happened To Baby Jane Austen? by Quantick.
Come for French and Saunders obviously, but stay for Alistair McGowan's arsey, hilarious David Hockney.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Come for French and Saunders obviously, but stay for Alistair McGowan's arsey, hilarious David Hockney.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane Austen? - Series 3 - Episode 1 – A Portrait of Florence - BBC Sounds
Florence is immortalised by David Hockney - or is it Alan Bennett?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
New series of Whatever Happened To Baby Jane Austen? by Quantick.
Come for French and Saunders obviously, but stay for Alistair McGowan's arsey, hilarious David Hockney.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Come for French and Saunders obviously, but stay for Alistair McGowan's arsey, hilarious David Hockney.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Take a minute.
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Take a minute.
Bang on, this, by Gideon Haigh.
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
‘England’s lackadaisical air is endearing them to nobody’ | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Bang on, this, by Gideon Haigh.
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
As usual, panic-reading the last Private Eye before the next one arrives. I am 100% using the phrase “creative choice” the next time I fuck up with anything.
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
As usual, panic-reading the last Private Eye before the next one arrives. I am 100% using the phrase “creative choice” the next time I fuck up with anything.
Let me warn Rachel Reeves in no uncertain terms: if the Budget measures include any that directly affect me in any way at all I shall leave the front room and relocate to the kitchen.
November 25, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Let me warn Rachel Reeves in no uncertain terms: if the Budget measures include any that directly affect me in any way at all I shall leave the front room and relocate to the kitchen.
Hey John, got a text from Hessey asking if you were OK?
1824: Recievd a letter from Hessey I have not answerd his last & know not when I shall the worlds friendships are counterfeits & forgeries on that principle I have provd it & my affections are sickened unto death my memories are broken while my confidence is grown to a shadow in the bringing out...
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Hey John, got a text from Hessey asking if you were OK?
oh just deck your internal organs with boughs of holly you click fuck
As computer-generated music floods the charts, our music critic used his laptop to make a soulful, festive crowdpleaser. Listen to his alter ego, Al Ingrams — would you buy it or bin it?
I made a song in minutes with AI — can it get to Christmas No 1?
As computer-generated music floods the charts, our music critic used his laptop to make a soulful, festive crowdpleaser. Listen to his alter ego, Al Ingrams — would you buy it or bin it?
www.thetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
oh just deck your internal organs with boughs of holly you click fuck
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You simply will not believe how many people have now tried, and failed, to find my stopcock.
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
You simply will not believe how many people have now tried, and failed, to find my stopcock.
Never mind that they're paying a shitload just to come to welcoming, progressive, Global Britain to study. They're keeping universities afloat, helping local economies. But yeah, paint your fucking red cross all over education. Keep them all out. Extinguish the idea of 'students' while you're at it.
With Rachel Reeves reportedly set to apply a new tax on tuition fees paid by overseas students, most Britons support such a move at the previously mooted level of 6%
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Never mind that they're paying a shitload just to come to welcoming, progressive, Global Britain to study. They're keeping universities afloat, helping local economies. But yeah, paint your fucking red cross all over education. Keep them all out. Extinguish the idea of 'students' while you're at it.
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If you’re looking for a Christmas present for a relative who spends far too much time believing what the newspapers say, my book is half-price on Amazon* right now www.amazon.co.uk/Breaking-Med...
Breaking: How the Media Works, When it Doesn't and Why it Matters
Buy Breaking: How the Media Works, When it Doesn't and Why it Matters by Wright, Mic (ISBN: 9781785121364) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
www.amazon.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 8:14 AM
If you’re looking for a Christmas present for a relative who spends far too much time believing what the newspapers say, my book is half-price on Amazon* right now www.amazon.co.uk/Breaking-Med...
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WHERE IS DEATH OF STALIN YOU CLATTERING FANNIES
It is imposdible to make a Top 100 list everyone agrees with…
BUT THIS LIST IS SO WRONG!!!!
variety.com/lists/best-c...
BUT THIS LIST IS SO WRONG!!!!
variety.com/lists/best-c...
The 100 Best Comedy Movies of All Time
Variety's list of the 100 best comedy movies of all time includes 'Annie Hall,' 'Pretty Woman,' 'Waiting for Guffman' and 'Young Frankenstein.'
variety.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
WHERE IS DEATH OF STALIN YOU CLATTERING FANNIES
@stevedoherty.bsky.social Popping along to this tonight?
Farage is speaking at Venue Cymru tonight.
Last revamped in 2018 with £1.8 million of EU development money and another £1 million in business development cash.
Original development also received significant EU funding.
Farage, by contrast, will give Llandudno nothing but hot air and lies.
Last revamped in 2018 with £1.8 million of EU development money and another £1 million in business development cash.
Original development also received significant EU funding.
Farage, by contrast, will give Llandudno nothing but hot air and lies.
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
@stevedoherty.bsky.social Popping along to this tonight?