Jamie Douglass
@jamesldouglass.bsky.social
PR chap, martial arts enthusiast, oenophile, occasional musician & fanatical book-lover. Tweed and corduroy are the original performance fabrics
"On A Wednesday"
Economic condition or Radiohead tribute band?
It's all about fiscal creep.
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"On A Wednesday"
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Clive James writes about how he tried to do the Paul Heinreid thing of lighting two cigarettes to give one to an attractive girl at a party, only for her to say she didn’t smoke, meaning he had to carry on smoking both simultaneously like a walrus.
You know how science invented vaping, for people who want the hit of smoking a cigarette while looking like an absolute dweeb? When will science invent a cigarette for people who don't want to smoke but do want to kid themselves that they are Paul Heinreid in 'Now Voyager'?
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Clive James writes about how he tried to do the Paul Heinreid thing of lighting two cigarettes to give one to an attractive girl at a party, only for her to say she didn’t smoke, meaning he had to carry on smoking both simultaneously like a walrus.
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The cat came back! #Calgary family’s missing feline returned after 8 years
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The cat came back! Calgary family’s missing feline returned after 8 years
A Calgary family got a phone call they weren’t expecting last week.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The cat came back! #Calgary family’s missing feline returned after 8 years
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I'm so pleased that the age-old barrier against gay men in fashion is finally crumbling.
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I'm so pleased that the age-old barrier against gay men in fashion is finally crumbling.
some of these are truly wonderful I also have questions
I just found this old picture of a poster that was on the wall at the school my friend taught at and there’s some incredible stuff in there
November 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
some of these are truly wonderful I also have questions
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AND I SAID
WHAT ABOUT...
AND I SAID
WHAT ABOUT...
bovril amphetemines
November 25, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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AND I SAID
WHAT ABOUT...
AND I SAID
WHAT ABOUT...
I read The Wolves to the girls two years ago and they LOVED it (Also, perfect winter reading). Now they are both reading it themselves.
You know what’s ripe for a comeback is the Wolves of Willoughby Chase series by Joan Aiken. Smart & non-condescending YA, fantastical without being fantasy, dark and Dickensian as hell, extremely lefty and anticapitalist, a full dozen sequels, amazing Edward Gorey covers.
November 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I read The Wolves to the girls two years ago and they LOVED it (Also, perfect winter reading). Now they are both reading it themselves.
yes. Petition to replace IHT with "IT" simply for the hilarity that would ensue.
"Will Labour raise IT?"
"Farmers protest about IT"
"Seven strategies you can use to avoid IT"
&c
"Will Labour raise IT?"
"Farmers protest about IT"
"Seven strategies you can use to avoid IT"
&c
My hot take is that IHT makes absolutely no sense. "Inheritance" is one word.
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
yes. Petition to replace IHT with "IT" simply for the hilarity that would ensue.
"Will Labour raise IT?"
"Farmers protest about IT"
"Seven strategies you can use to avoid IT"
&c
"Will Labour raise IT?"
"Farmers protest about IT"
"Seven strategies you can use to avoid IT"
&c
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Aw, Jimmy Cliff. First thing that popped into my head was his appearance on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, where he reduced the sometimes very abrasive Mark Lamaar to putty belting out 'Many Rivers to Cross'
November 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Aw, Jimmy Cliff. First thing that popped into my head was his appearance on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, where he reduced the sometimes very abrasive Mark Lamaar to putty belting out 'Many Rivers to Cross'
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originally read this as "brush pass" would would have been quite surprising but as you were.
BREAKING: Keir Starmer had a “brush by” with Chinese premier Li Qiang at G20 summit in Johannesburg at weekend - although reporters on trip were not told about this.
Understand this was a brief hello in leader’s lounge and nothing of substance was discussed.
Understand this was a brief hello in leader’s lounge and nothing of substance was discussed.
November 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
originally read this as "brush pass" would would have been quite surprising but as you were.
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Messages from school to my parents in the 90s: Fill in the slip at the bottom & bring in £2 for the trip to the zoo
Messages from school now: Your child's exam schedule is on Zoop, login via the LernPortal to access it, the results will be on HoneyTree, their homework is on Zappp & NumberHub
Messages from school now: Your child's exam schedule is on Zoop, login via the LernPortal to access it, the results will be on HoneyTree, their homework is on Zappp & NumberHub
November 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Messages from school to my parents in the 90s: Fill in the slip at the bottom & bring in £2 for the trip to the zoo
Messages from school now: Your child's exam schedule is on Zoop, login via the LernPortal to access it, the results will be on HoneyTree, their homework is on Zappp & NumberHub
Messages from school now: Your child's exam schedule is on Zoop, login via the LernPortal to access it, the results will be on HoneyTree, their homework is on Zappp & NumberHub
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Turning 40 didn't bother me, but then I interacted with some young people | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I can HEAR this
This week I am to be Uncle at a Wedding. Sounds a bit like a Smiths track to me.
“Oh Uncle, why must you dance as if you had no shame, like a matador in Cairo I hid by the canapés, Still you think you’ve ‘Got it’, whatever that means in a social club in Wythenshaw in November’
“Oh Uncle, why must you dance as if you had no shame, like a matador in Cairo I hid by the canapés, Still you think you’ve ‘Got it’, whatever that means in a social club in Wythenshaw in November’
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I can HEAR this
ah, my very favourite genre of article. "My advice for an institution I hate."
See also, Labour MPs on what the conservatives should do, Conservative MPs on what the government should do, atheists on how the church should modernise &c &c
See also, Labour MPs on what the conservatives should do, Conservative MPs on what the government should do, atheists on how the church should modernise &c &c
November 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM
ah, my very favourite genre of article. "My advice for an institution I hate."
See also, Labour MPs on what the conservatives should do, Conservative MPs on what the government should do, atheists on how the church should modernise &c &c
See also, Labour MPs on what the conservatives should do, Conservative MPs on what the government should do, atheists on how the church should modernise &c &c
Redux: Samuel Beckett, Salvadore Dali, and Emperor Hirohito all lived until 1989 and therefore could have been really into the Happy Mondays.
If any of them, my money’s on Hirohito.
If any of them, my money’s on Hirohito.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Redux: Samuel Beckett, Salvadore Dali, and Emperor Hirohito all lived until 1989 and therefore could have been really into the Happy Mondays.
If any of them, my money’s on Hirohito.
If any of them, my money’s on Hirohito.
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It's that time of year
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's that time of year
Bet it does
Two blocks of flats at Old Street, one with Gails at the bottom and the other with Greggs.
I wonder if that affects the house prices?
"Darling, I simply can't live above Greggs, lets pay £5k extra to live next door, that's above Gails"
I wonder if that affects the house prices?
"Darling, I simply can't live above Greggs, lets pay £5k extra to live next door, that's above Gails"
November 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Bet it does
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He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
If you see this, quote post with the energy you bring to bluesky
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
If you see this, quote post with the energy you bring to bluesky
I thought this was brilliant, but I'm biased. Simon Lewis and David Yelland thought so too. Read about political penguins
Delighted for the shout-out here re the London Aquarium penguins!
I was not expected to be radicalised by seeing 15 sad Gentoo penguins shuffling around a tiny basement enclosure. It might not be the most important issue in politics right now, but it does matter
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I was not expected to be radicalised by seeing 15 sad Gentoo penguins shuffling around a tiny basement enclosure. It might not be the most important issue in politics right now, but it does matter
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
When It Hits the Fan - The Secrets of the List: Putting Yourself in the Frame for a Top Job. - BBC Sounds
David Yelland and Simon Lewis reveal how to PR yourself onto the list for a top job.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I thought this was brilliant, but I'm biased. Simon Lewis and David Yelland thought so too. Read about political penguins
well, that was exciting
November 21, 2025 at 9:51 AM
well, that was exciting
state of my timeline is such I'm not sure if this is the cricket or the current state of the labour party
This is where we're missing a top class spinner.
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
state of my timeline is such I'm not sure if this is the cricket or the current state of the labour party
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"We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like "I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive...." And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats..."
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
"We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like "I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive...." And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats..."