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Matt Leys
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· Oct 23
Episode 1. A stolen gong, a dead cockapoo and a cutout of Dirk Bogarde. If you like your comedy silly and full of jokes, step inside...
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Harold and Maude - Meeting Candy scene
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February 11, 2026 at 10:47 PM
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RIP Bud Cort. Harold and Maude is one of my favourite movies of all time and he’s spectacular in it. If you haven’t seen it, don’t find out anything about it. Just watch it.
February 11, 2026 at 10:37 PM
RIP Bud Cort. Harold and Maude is one of my favourite movies of all time and he’s spectacular in it. If you haven’t seen it, don’t find out anything about it. Just watch it.
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RIP Bud Cort. How else would you even pay tribute to him.
February 11, 2026 at 8:51 PM
RIP Bud Cort. How else would you even pay tribute to him.
Oh no
February 11, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Oh no
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I would like to politely remind anyone who can nominate that I had a novel out last year, The Heist Of Hollow London.
Nominations are now open for the 2026 Hugo Awards!
Emails are going out to eligible nominators (those who became a member of LAcon V by January 31, 2026, or were a member of the Seattle Worldcon 2025) about how to set up their LAcon V virtual convention account.
Emails are going out to eligible nominators (those who became a member of LAcon V by January 31, 2026, or were a member of the Seattle Worldcon 2025) about how to set up their LAcon V virtual convention account.
February 11, 2026 at 8:03 PM
I would like to politely remind anyone who can nominate that I had a novel out last year, The Heist Of Hollow London.
WhatsApp poll from daughter at uni. I have raised a sociopath
February 11, 2026 at 8:20 PM
WhatsApp poll from daughter at uni. I have raised a sociopath
Just found this photo of my dog during lockdown
February 10, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Just found this photo of my dog during lockdown
I agree, the BBC should not have covered the events in Westminster yesterday and should have gone to *checks notes* a school in Middlesbrough instead
February 10, 2026 at 4:59 PM
I agree, the BBC should not have covered the events in Westminster yesterday and should have gone to *checks notes* a school in Middlesbrough instead
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Infanta Margarita Teresa, drowning in her truly astonishing pink dress, 1665. By Juan Bautista Martinez del Mazo, whose day is today.
February 10, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Infanta Margarita Teresa, drowning in her truly astonishing pink dress, 1665. By Juan Bautista Martinez del Mazo, whose day is today.
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Oh thank god the Wuthering Heights reviews are terrible
February 10, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Oh thank god the Wuthering Heights reviews are terrible
Kids
This
Is
Not
Cool
This
Is
Not
Cool
February 10, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Kids
This
Is
Not
Cool
This
Is
Not
Cool
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A few years ago I got to direct an amazing cast led by Glenda Jackson in a radio adaptation of Alexander Mackendrick’s screenplay of this historic assassination. You can listen to it now on Audible. www.audible.co.uk/pd/Unmade-Mo...
February 10, 2026 at 8:08 AM
A few years ago I got to direct an amazing cast led by Glenda Jackson in a radio adaptation of Alexander Mackendrick’s screenplay of this historic assassination. You can listen to it now on Audible. www.audible.co.uk/pd/Unmade-Mo...
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Rejoice!
BREAKING NEWS: We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that the Southbank Centre - the Hayward Gallery, Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall and skaters undercroft - has finally been Grade II listed by DCMS after a 35 year long campaign.
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/southba...
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/southba...
February 10, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Rejoice!
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Read everything written and everything coming by Dan. I’m forever fucked off with Canongate. They were my favourite publishers once. *Were*.
I've put something on my website about why my new book isn't out yet. It includes appearances from a number of familiar faces.
Tunnel of Love: a downbeat update
So here we are, a few weeks into 2026, and what have I done so far? Not much, apart from working long hours in the sleet, coming home half dead, then lying in bed with the electric blanket on, drin…
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February 9, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Read everything written and everything coming by Dan. I’m forever fucked off with Canongate. They were my favourite publishers once. *Were*.
Ah, 9 February
Ah, 9 February. The 358th anniversary of Samuel Pepys reading a dirty book, and explaining to his diary that it’s all right for a gentleman to read something like that, but not for, you know, those common people with their filthy minds 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Ah, 9 February
See also Milosevic, Pol Pot, etc
February 8, 2026 at 11:06 PM
See also Milosevic, Pol Pot, etc
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Just saw a post with George Clinton citing the Beatles as his favorite band, which reminded me of this quote he once gave me
February 6, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Just saw a post with George Clinton citing the Beatles as his favorite band, which reminded me of this quote he once gave me
Not sure what I made of Lord of the Flies. Very...directed. Hmm.
February 8, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Not sure what I made of Lord of the Flies. Very...directed. Hmm.
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A Dutch family in the fabrics trade built this 1930 mansion in Schaerbeek. Pacifists and anti-fascists, they sheltered refugees from Germany & Spain. Then resistants during WW2. The father, Alex Eekman, was arrested in 1942 and murdered at the Mauthausen camp.
February 8, 2026 at 7:23 PM
A Dutch family in the fabrics trade built this 1930 mansion in Schaerbeek. Pacifists and anti-fascists, they sheltered refugees from Germany & Spain. Then resistants during WW2. The father, Alex Eekman, was arrested in 1942 and murdered at the Mauthausen camp.
Listening to the poetry programme on R4 and being reminded that the two groups of people who should never be allowed to read poetry aloud are actors and poets.
February 8, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Listening to the poetry programme on R4 and being reminded that the two groups of people who should never be allowed to read poetry aloud are actors and poets.
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‘No end in sight’ to Britain’s wet weather as dozens of flood warnings issued
‘No end in sight’ to Britain’s wet weather as dozens of flood warnings issued
Met Office forecasts more rainfall to continue UK’s 37-day run, and flooding expected especially in south-west England and Midlands
The unrelenting rain is expected to continue on Sunday and into next week with dozens of flood warnings in place across Great Britain.
The Environment Agency (EA) has issued 85 warnings for England, meaning flooding is expected, mainly concentrated in the south-west and Midlands. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:55 PM
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That splendid sign-off of the Queen Mother’s – “Tinkety tonk old fruit, & down with the Nazis” – celebrates its 85th anniversary today
February 7, 2026 at 10:50 AM
That splendid sign-off of the Queen Mother’s – “Tinkety tonk old fruit, & down with the Nazis” – celebrates its 85th anniversary today