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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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WHY IS IT STILL RAINING, STARMER?
February 12, 2026 at 6:56 PM
WHY IS IT STILL RAINING, STARMER?
We're fucked, let's just give up
Tim Davie sets out need to save 10% of costs in three years
BBC eyes further cuts
www.broadcastnow.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 4:22 PM
We're fucked, let's just give up
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Thanks to all the charlatans, quacks and fools who've allowed measles to reach my child's secondary school in London
February 12, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Thanks to all the charlatans, quacks and fools who've allowed measles to reach my child's secondary school in London
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Jim Ratcliffe: I'm sorry if YOUR MUM
February 12, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Jim Ratcliffe: I'm sorry if YOUR MUM
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winstonsdad.blog/2011/06/28/c... sad news of the passing of Cees Nooteboom the greatest Dutch writer of his generation he gave an interview to the blog 15 years ago
February 12, 2026 at 9:08 AM
winstonsdad.blog/2011/06/28/c... sad news of the passing of Cees Nooteboom the greatest Dutch writer of his generation he gave an interview to the blog 15 years ago
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He sounds exactly like a Smiths song.
Let's celebrate #DarwinDay by reminding ourselves that everyone has moments when they feel worse for wear.
Darwin wrote to Charles Lyell in 1861:
"But I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything."
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/DCP-L...
So, hang in there, #academicsky!
🧪🌏🐵
Darwin wrote to Charles Lyell in 1861:
"But I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything."
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/DCP-L...
So, hang in there, #academicsky!
🧪🌏🐵
February 12, 2026 at 10:05 AM
He sounds exactly like a Smiths song.
Rod Stewart. Sorry.
Who's the most famous alum of your high school?
I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
guys i just found out i went to the same high school as howard lutnick. please respect my privacy at this time.
February 12, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Rod Stewart. Sorry.
Harold and Maude - Meeting Candy scene
YouTube video by 00Unchained00
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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…
danrhodes.co.uk
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