mattypenny
@mattypenny.bsky.social
Bloke from Salisbury
Pop and folk and reggae music, Chelsea FC, podcasts, slow af running, Powershell, a bit of politics
Posting mainly from my micro.blog account. When I go on a bit it renders as a link on here - sorry about that.
Pop and folk and reggae music, Chelsea FC, podcasts, slow af running, Powershell, a bit of politics
Posting mainly from my micro.blog account. When I go on a bit it renders as a link on here - sorry about that.
My crucial tracks over the last few days - Sylvia Tella, The Clash, The Pogues, The Creatures, The Beach Boys and Madness: https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/12/05/my-crucial-tracks-over-the.html
December 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
My crucial tracks over the last few days - Sylvia Tella, The Clash, The Pogues, The Creatures, The Beach Boys and Madness: https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/12/05/my-crucial-tracks-over-the.html
Putin ‘morally responsible’ for ‘unsurvivable’ Novichok poisoning of Dawn Sturgess, inquiry finds - BBC News
December 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Putin ‘morally responsible’ for ‘unsurvivable’ Novichok poisoning of Dawn Sturgess, inquiry finds - BBC News
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December 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Simon Schama on Downton Abbey
"‘a steaming, silvered tureen of snobbery … servicing the instincts of cultural necrophilia'"
I don’t think he liked it very much :)
Currently reading: The Great British Dream Factory by Dominic Sandbrook 📚
"‘a steaming, silvered tureen of snobbery … servicing the instincts of cultural necrophilia'"
I don’t think he liked it very much :)
Currently reading: The Great British Dream Factory by Dominic Sandbrook 📚
December 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Simon Schama on Downton Abbey
"‘a steaming, silvered tureen of snobbery … servicing the instincts of cultural necrophilia'"
I don’t think he liked it very much :)
Currently reading: The Great British Dream Factory by Dominic Sandbrook 📚
"‘a steaming, silvered tureen of snobbery … servicing the instincts of cultural necrophilia'"
I don’t think he liked it very much :)
Currently reading: The Great British Dream Factory by Dominic Sandbrook 📚
I got a new old Salisbury postcard. Interesting bits are:
the people queuing up for a bus, presumably not knowing that they are going to be stars of both postcard and micro.blog
the designation of the Blue Boar Row as the A30 - befor... https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/12/03/i-got-a-new-old.html
the people queuing up for a bus, presumably not knowing that they are going to be stars of both postcard and micro.blog
the designation of the Blue Boar Row as the A30 - befor... https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/12/03/i-got-a-new-old.html
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I got a new old Salisbury postcard. Interesting bits are:
the people queuing up for a bus, presumably not knowing that they are going to be stars of both postcard and micro.blog
the designation of the Blue Boar Row as the A30 - befor... https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/12/03/i-got-a-new-old.html
the people queuing up for a bus, presumably not knowing that they are going to be stars of both postcard and micro.blog
the designation of the Blue Boar Row as the A30 - befor... https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/12/03/i-got-a-new-old.html
There isn’t a “right side of history”. History has many sides.
That’s what I think, anyway.
That’s what I think, anyway.
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
There isn’t a “right side of history”. History has many sides.
That’s what I think, anyway.
That’s what I think, anyway.
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The Bard Erstwhile Recognised as Marquess
December 3, 2025 at 8:40 AM
The Bard Erstwhile Recognised as Marquess
Listening to Richard and Marina on The Rest is Entertainment and Marina mentioned that this advert came out in 1973
A couple of thoughts…
I can’t believe it’s that old
I don’t know how much TV I remember from 1973, b... https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/12/03/listening-to-richard-and-marina.html
A couple of thoughts…
I can’t believe it’s that old
I don’t know how much TV I remember from 1973, b... https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/12/03/listening-to-richard-and-marina.html
December 3, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Listening to Richard and Marina on The Rest is Entertainment and Marina mentioned that this advert came out in 1973
A couple of thoughts…
I can’t believe it’s that old
I don’t know how much TV I remember from 1973, b... https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/12/03/listening-to-richard-and-marina.html
A couple of thoughts…
I can’t believe it’s that old
I don’t know how much TV I remember from 1973, b... https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/12/03/listening-to-richard-and-marina.html
I found this pink-y, purple backlight on my keyboard. It makes me feel like Prince…while I’m turning things off and on again
December 3, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I found this pink-y, purple backlight on my keyboard. It makes me feel like Prince…while I’m turning things off and on again
December 3, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
Podcast episodes I enjoyed in November - Alex Salmond, Miriam Margolyes on Charles Dickens, The Labour Party, Brief Encounter, Bob Marley in Dublin, Druids, Santa, King Arthur, JG Ballard, Marx, Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin, and Shirley Ballas on Nirvana: mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/12/01/p...
Podcast episodes I enjoyed in November - Alex Salmond, Miriam Margolyes on Charles Dickens, The Labour Party, Brief Encounter, Bob Marley in Dublin, , Druids, Santa, King Arthur, JG Ballard, Marx, Len...
These are the podcast episodes that I particularly enjoyed last month.
Episodes I’ve enjoyed previously are on the podcast pages for this year, for 2024, 2023, and for 2022
The Hated and the Dead - Al...
mattypenny.micro.blog
December 1, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Podcast episodes I enjoyed in November - Alex Salmond, Miriam Margolyes on Charles Dickens, The Labour Party, Brief Encounter, Bob Marley in Dublin, Druids, Santa, King Arthur, JG Ballard, Marx, Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin, and Shirley Ballas on Nirvana: mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/12/01/p...
In honour of it being December, the Goth-iest Christmas record ever
The marvellous Il est né, le divin enfant by Siouxsie and the Banshees
youtu.be/J_2QaNWQs…
The marvellous Il est né, le divin enfant by Siouxsie and the Banshees
youtu.be/J_2QaNWQs…
December 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
In honour of it being December, the Goth-iest Christmas record ever
The marvellous Il est né, le divin enfant by Siouxsie and the Banshees
youtu.be/J_2QaNWQs…
The marvellous Il est né, le divin enfant by Siouxsie and the Banshees
youtu.be/J_2QaNWQs…
The end of my plod/jog around Salisbury is brightened up by Christmas
December 1, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The end of my plod/jog around Salisbury is brightened up by Christmas
I very much enjoyed this film. It feels like a properly grown-up film….in a good way
A new favourite Christmas film
Watched: The Holdovers 🍿
A new favourite Christmas film
Watched: The Holdovers 🍿
November 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I very much enjoyed this film. It feels like a properly grown-up film….in a good way
A new favourite Christmas film
Watched: The Holdovers 🍿
A new favourite Christmas film
Watched: The Holdovers 🍿
Watching Final Score or listening to Sports Report always calls to mind the people I’ve known who supported, or particularly disliked, each club
People I haven’t seen for years, who may even not still be with us live on in my memory through Walsall, or West Brom, Bournemouth or Tranmere Rovers
People I haven’t seen for years, who may even not still be with us live on in my memory through Walsall, or West Brom, Bournemouth or Tranmere Rovers
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Watching Final Score or listening to Sports Report always calls to mind the people I’ve known who supported, or particularly disliked, each club
People I haven’t seen for years, who may even not still be with us live on in my memory through Walsall, or West Brom, Bournemouth or Tranmere Rovers
People I haven’t seen for years, who may even not still be with us live on in my memory through Walsall, or West Brom, Bournemouth or Tranmere Rovers
I hate to see our flag abused by the far right, and it was good to see the bloke from the Council taking them down.
November 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I hate to see our flag abused by the far right, and it was good to see the bloke from the Council taking them down.
Thirty odd years ago, I was working on the Strand. One lunchtime I wandered into a bookshop, and found someone I vaguely recognised talking to a handful of people about Charles Dickens.
She did a couple of readings, and was ver... https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/11/25/thirty-odd-years-ago-i.html
She did a couple of readings, and was ver... https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/11/25/thirty-odd-years-ago-i.html
November 25, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Thirty odd years ago, I was working on the Strand. One lunchtime I wandered into a bookshop, and found someone I vaguely recognised talking to a handful of people about Charles Dickens.
She did a couple of readings, and was ver... https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/11/25/thirty-odd-years-ago-i.html
She did a couple of readings, and was ver... https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/11/25/thirty-odd-years-ago-i.html
I thought this was a fantastic film. It was fascinating in the way that DJT has a dark fascination.
From a political point of view…. the shocking think about it was that it wasn’t that shocking.
Tmdb link
From a political point of view…. the shocking think about it was that it wasn’t that shocking.
Tmdb link
November 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I thought this was a fantastic film. It was fascinating in the way that DJT has a dark fascination.
From a political point of view…. the shocking think about it was that it wasn’t that shocking.
Tmdb link
From a political point of view…. the shocking think about it was that it wasn’t that shocking.
Tmdb link
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This Ashes series is perfect for people that don't have the patience for T20s
November 22, 2025 at 6:51 AM
This Ashes series is perfect for people that don't have the patience for T20s
My crucial tracks for the last week - The Fall, Nick Cave, June Tabor, Cypress Hill, Prince, and Ini Kamoze: https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/11/21/my-crucial-tracks-for-the.html
November 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
My crucial tracks for the last week - The Fall, Nick Cave, June Tabor, Cypress Hill, Prince, and Ini Kamoze: https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/11/21/my-crucial-tracks-for-the.html
Marvellous news. ‘The job of a lifetime’: Line of Duty to return for seventh season
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Marvellous news. ‘The job of a lifetime’: Line of Duty to return for seventh season
England and Scotland….both got ex-Chelsea guys as managers. Both top of their groups. Just saying.
⚽ #ChelseaFC #cfc
⚽ #ChelseaFC #cfc
November 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
England and Scotland….both got ex-Chelsea guys as managers. Both top of their groups. Just saying.
⚽ #ChelseaFC #cfc
⚽ #ChelseaFC #cfc
It’s very Beckham-esque the way that Rashford only needs half a yard to whip a cross over
It is, clearly, coming home. ⚽
It is, clearly, coming home. ⚽
November 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
It’s very Beckham-esque the way that Rashford only needs half a yard to whip a cross over
It is, clearly, coming home. ⚽
It is, clearly, coming home. ⚽