Wayne Connolly
@wayneconnolly.bsky.social
Still the luckiest person in the world. Living in NE England. Body failing, spirit soaring, walking with Gusto in Pontburn Wood. Plymouth Argyle supporter. Monument Maker. MD ANT!
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Home from my Helsinki holiday to some great bookpost today - my contributor's copy of Night Terrors from Acid Bath Publishing. I'm made up to be in the company of so many fine writers.
You can order your copy here: acidbathpublishing.com
You can order your copy here: acidbathpublishing.com
I asked my barber why he has a much higher price for mullets on his board than any other cut. He answered, “Because I hate them.”
November 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I asked my barber why he has a much higher price for mullets on his board than any other cut. He answered, “Because I hate them.”
I’m back home after a couple of days in Bradford, a place I really liked. It seems to be full of easy-going, friendly people of many backgrounds. Such a change from County Durham which is packed with miserable old white people like me.
November 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I’m back home after a couple of days in Bradford, a place I really liked. It seems to be full of easy-going, friendly people of many backgrounds. Such a change from County Durham which is packed with miserable old white people like me.
One for @ceefaxisbetter.bsky.social
The great Tina Weymouth is 75 today so it's an excuse to put up my favourite ever live in the studio TV band performance. Look at her face - just look at her face!
youtu.be/jzIuZ-mrIL0?...
youtu.be/jzIuZ-mrIL0?...
Talking Heads Psycho Killer Old Grey Whistle Test
YouTube video by William Throop
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
One for @ceefaxisbetter.bsky.social
I'm in that Bradford
November 22, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I'm in that Bradford
The Spanish Gallery in Bishop Auckland looks even better in the dark.
November 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The Spanish Gallery in Bishop Auckland looks even better in the dark.
I’ve just realised it’s only ten days to #Whamageddon. As I’m the undefeated five times world champion, I’d better start limbering up. I have a title to defend.
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I’ve just realised it’s only ten days to #Whamageddon. As I’m the undefeated five times world champion, I’d better start limbering up. I have a title to defend.
I’ve just read a comment about a radio station’s listenership, and I’m not sure whether it means its listeners or that there’s a new pirate radio vessel adrift in the North Sea.
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I’ve just read a comment about a radio station’s listenership, and I’m not sure whether it means its listeners or that there’s a new pirate radio vessel adrift in the North Sea.
Football, eh? Whew
November 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Football, eh? Whew
Especially for @ceefaxisbetter.bsky.social
I'm getting tired of saying this, but in times of global "someone else's computer" outages, Ceefax remains online from a noisy server in someone's attic.
nmsceefax.co.uk
nmsceefax.co.uk
NMS Ceefax
An up-to-date version of the BBC's teletext service, Ceefax.
Nmsceefax.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Especially for @ceefaxisbetter.bsky.social
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As a fiction writer, I am an advocate for fiction. My experience is that fiction has value as an expression of the imagination, a channel for mysterious inspiration. It has an uncanny way of carrying within it personal, societal & philosophical insights – like rocks carried by a glacier, but (contd)
November 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
As a fiction writer, I am an advocate for fiction. My experience is that fiction has value as an expression of the imagination, a channel for mysterious inspiration. It has an uncanny way of carrying within it personal, societal & philosophical insights – like rocks carried by a glacier, but (contd)
If "dark forces are stirring up anger" over immigration, you don't do the dark forces' work for them. Just saying...
November 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
If "dark forces are stirring up anger" over immigration, you don't do the dark forces' work for them. Just saying...
World Cup qualifiers are so much fun, aren’t they?
BBC: Wales crawled to an unimpressive win in Liechtenstein
BBC: Wales crawled to an unimpressive win in Liechtenstein
November 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
World Cup qualifiers are so much fun, aren’t they?
BBC: Wales crawled to an unimpressive win in Liechtenstein
BBC: Wales crawled to an unimpressive win in Liechtenstein
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Not a half-baked gesture at all. Tidal has much better quality and pays artists four times as much as Spotify.
I just switched from Spotify to Tidal as a half-baked ethical gesture and maybe this is some sort of aural placebo effect but the difference in sound quality is startling, as though Spotify plays everything through a sock. Or am I just imagining this
November 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Not a half-baked gesture at all. Tidal has much better quality and pays artists four times as much as Spotify.
Whenever I see adverts telling me to "refresh your rotation" or "level up your entertainment", I'm reminded of Leonard Cohen's lyric:
You say you want to change the way I make love
I want to leave it alone
You say you want to change the way I make love
I want to leave it alone
November 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Whenever I see adverts telling me to "refresh your rotation" or "level up your entertainment", I'm reminded of Leonard Cohen's lyric:
You say you want to change the way I make love
I want to leave it alone
You say you want to change the way I make love
I want to leave it alone
It’s clear that I will never understand the Guardian’s Blind Date because my first concern is the cut of the trousers the man is wearing (Alex’s are an inch or two too short), and I’ve no idea what friend-zoning over text is.
November 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
It’s clear that I will never understand the Guardian’s Blind Date because my first concern is the cut of the trousers the man is wearing (Alex’s are an inch or two too short), and I’ve no idea what friend-zoning over text is.
How do you celebrate Friday evenings?
November 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
How do you celebrate Friday evenings?
This government isn’t very good at being the government, is it?
November 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This government isn’t very good at being the government, is it?
Jaywalkers at the Cluny in Newcastle tonight performing an unexpected and brilliant version of Tainted Love.
November 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Jaywalkers at the Cluny in Newcastle tonight performing an unexpected and brilliant version of Tainted Love.
I had a strange experience seeing Train Dreams at the cinema yesterday. I was completely engrossed in the film and walked out thinking 'that was amazing'. Then ten minutes later it was completely gone from my head, insubstantial as wood smoke, drifted away.
November 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I had a strange experience seeing Train Dreams at the cinema yesterday. I was completely engrossed in the film and walked out thinking 'that was amazing'. Then ten minutes later it was completely gone from my head, insubstantial as wood smoke, drifted away.
I had a round of applause at the end of my tour of the Spanish Gallery in Bishop Auckland today so as a reward I get a golden key to unlock a lunch at Wetherspoons next door.
November 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I had a round of applause at the end of my tour of the Spanish Gallery in Bishop Auckland today so as a reward I get a golden key to unlock a lunch at Wetherspoons next door.
My silk paisley cravat has been seen
One thing people kind of tell you, but not really, about middle age:
One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing
And then you'll say. Wait a second.
Fuck 'em
One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing
And then you'll say. Wait a second.
Fuck 'em
Darn Tough turned me on to Cute Socks and I've never looked back
November 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
My silk paisley cravat has been seen
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Fiction, Poetry, Film, Music, Art, Live Creative Writing, Photography, Books, Magazines, T-Shirts, Totes, Badges, Community, Glasgow, thi wurd, So What If It's The End, Sat 22 Nov: thi-wurd.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Fiction, Poetry, Film, Music, Art, Live Creative Writing, Photography, Books, Magazines, T-Shirts, Totes, Badges, Community, Glasgow, thi wurd, So What If It's The End, Sat 22 Nov: thi-wurd.com
Gusto chastened after being caught trying to help himself to a banana from the fruit bowl
November 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Gusto chastened after being caught trying to help himself to a banana from the fruit bowl
Just finished another shift in the Oxfam bookshop, and I can't tell you how good it feels to be out in the world again after too many years of illness and inertia.
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Just finished another shift in the Oxfam bookshop, and I can't tell you how good it feels to be out in the world again after too many years of illness and inertia.