Ben Atkins
@benatkins.bsky.social
Sometime freelance cycling journalist/World's Strongest PR Guy. Born again football fan. Remoaner.
Lighting notwithstanding, the sleeves look like a much nicer tone of yellow than this year’s.
December 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Lighting notwithstanding, the sleeves look like a much nicer tone of yellow than this year’s.
Force 10 from Casablanca
December 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Force 10 from Casablanca
Somebody must’ve said his name three times!
December 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Somebody must’ve said his name three times!
Assume the FDJ City kit is red then?
December 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Assume the FDJ City kit is red then?
It’s okay kids, we like your posts equally.
(In fact Marie did three posts and so gets three likes, so who’s laughing now Mr Succinct?)
(In fact Marie did three posts and so gets three likes, so who’s laughing now Mr Succinct?)
December 5, 2025 at 10:25 AM
It’s okay kids, we like your posts equally.
(In fact Marie did three posts and so gets three likes, so who’s laughing now Mr Succinct?)
(In fact Marie did three posts and so gets three likes, so who’s laughing now Mr Succinct?)
Now that you chaps have discovered Robert Newton it’s surely about time you did This Happy Breed!
Admittedly it’s set 1919-39, but this one DOES have John Mills in it. I also don’t think you’ve done anything with Stanley Holloway yet, which surely has to be rectified!
Also Celia Johnson!
Admittedly it’s set 1919-39, but this one DOES have John Mills in it. I also don’t think you’ve done anything with Stanley Holloway yet, which surely has to be rectified!
Also Celia Johnson!
December 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Now that you chaps have discovered Robert Newton it’s surely about time you did This Happy Breed!
Admittedly it’s set 1919-39, but this one DOES have John Mills in it. I also don’t think you’ve done anything with Stanley Holloway yet, which surely has to be rectified!
Also Celia Johnson!
Admittedly it’s set 1919-39, but this one DOES have John Mills in it. I also don’t think you’ve done anything with Stanley Holloway yet, which surely has to be rectified!
Also Celia Johnson!
After 14 years of people like Boris fucking Johnson and Michael fucking Gove they’re suddenly worried about politicians not being entirely straight with us.
December 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
After 14 years of people like Boris fucking Johnson and Michael fucking Gove they’re suddenly worried about politicians not being entirely straight with us.
“Yeah, so we were disastrously wrong about that thing. You should still listen to our half-baked opinions on this one.”
December 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
“Yeah, so we were disastrously wrong about that thing. You should still listen to our half-baked opinions on this one.”
The breakfast of kings who no longer have any skin on the roofs of their mouths. 🔥
November 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
The breakfast of kings who no longer have any skin on the roofs of their mouths. 🔥
Glad you mentioned Anzacs, which I stumbled upon by accident when I was off school in 1987 and there was an episode every afternoon for a week. Was pretty good in a made-for-TV kind of way.
Amazing what we had to put up with before they invented proper TV like Bargain Hunt!
Amazing what we had to put up with before they invented proper TV like Bargain Hunt!
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Glad you mentioned Anzacs, which I stumbled upon by accident when I was off school in 1987 and there was an episode every afternoon for a week. Was pretty good in a made-for-TV kind of way.
Amazing what we had to put up with before they invented proper TV like Bargain Hunt!
Amazing what we had to put up with before they invented proper TV like Bargain Hunt!
The Artificial Strength of that Artificial Kid’s Artificial Legs must be quite incredible though, to be able to Artificially Lean against that Artificial Bike like that!
Maybe that’s also how he got that frighteningly huge Artificial Thumb..?
Maybe that’s also how he got that frighteningly huge Artificial Thumb..?
November 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The Artificial Strength of that Artificial Kid’s Artificial Legs must be quite incredible though, to be able to Artificially Lean against that Artificial Bike like that!
Maybe that’s also how he got that frighteningly huge Artificial Thumb..?
Maybe that’s also how he got that frighteningly huge Artificial Thumb..?
Beautiful Naomi, and many congratulations! ❤️
November 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Beautiful Naomi, and many congratulations! ❤️
Maybe Thibau will never have to do any cleaning, but people who employ cleaners provide work for said cleaners. Similarly he’ll never have to do his own bricklaying, car mechanics, accountancy etc.
Pauwels make sauces. Nobody’s complaining that Michael Vth will never have to make his own mayo.
Pauwels make sauces. Nobody’s complaining that Michael Vth will never have to make his own mayo.
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Maybe Thibau will never have to do any cleaning, but people who employ cleaners provide work for said cleaners. Similarly he’ll never have to do his own bricklaying, car mechanics, accountancy etc.
Pauwels make sauces. Nobody’s complaining that Michael Vth will never have to make his own mayo.
Pauwels make sauces. Nobody’s complaining that Michael Vth will never have to make his own mayo.
If that was because finishing 4th was better than 5th, then great.
Whatever her motives though, I still think it was a stupid way to race.
Whatever her motives though, I still think it was a stupid way to race.
November 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
If that was because finishing 4th was better than 5th, then great.
Whatever her motives though, I still think it was a stupid way to race.
Whatever her motives though, I still think it was a stupid way to race.
Like the other Worlds, it’s also a race without radios and so left to either the individuals deciding what to do for themselves, or the road captain telling them. Still not sure which this was…
Kastelijn must’ve known she was pulling a group that she’d finish last in, even if she was fresh…
Kastelijn must’ve known she was pulling a group that she’d finish last in, even if she was fresh…
November 22, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Like the other Worlds, it’s also a race without radios and so left to either the individuals deciding what to do for themselves, or the road captain telling them. Still not sure which this was…
Kastelijn must’ve known she was pulling a group that she’d finish last in, even if she was fresh…
Kastelijn must’ve known she was pulling a group that she’d finish last in, even if she was fresh…
I suppose we have to be open to the possibility that van Anrooij and Kastelijn were riding as individuals, but Wiebes (and Vos) was riding as part of a team.
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I suppose we have to be open to the possibility that van Anrooij and Kastelijn were riding as individuals, but Wiebes (and Vos) was riding as part of a team.
That’s (often sadly) true. Which is how we end up with some teams chasing down breakaways on behalf of other teams’ sprinters so often.
November 22, 2025 at 10:49 AM
That’s (often sadly) true. Which is how we end up with some teams chasing down breakaways on behalf of other teams’ sprinters so often.
The racing as individuals argument would hold more water if Wiebes herself had chased down van Anrooij instead of getting Kastelijn to do it.
November 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
The racing as individuals argument would hold more water if Wiebes herself had chased down van Anrooij instead of getting Kastelijn to do it.
Thanks for this chaps. The masochist in me now quite fancies watching this again. Amazingly, despite much of it being set in 1917, it somehow manages to be possibly the most 80s film of all time!
I do wonder if the opportunity for making a serious Biggles film ended after they made Aces High.
I do wonder if the opportunity for making a serious Biggles film ended after they made Aces High.
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Thanks for this chaps. The masochist in me now quite fancies watching this again. Amazingly, despite much of it being set in 1917, it somehow manages to be possibly the most 80s film of all time!
I do wonder if the opportunity for making a serious Biggles film ended after they made Aces High.
I do wonder if the opportunity for making a serious Biggles film ended after they made Aces High.
Is it actually about the John Boy Walton version by mistake?
(Which is actually pretty good for what is An American TV Movie)
(Which is actually pretty good for what is An American TV Movie)
a man in a plaid shirt is talking to a woman
Alt: John Boy Walton in a plaid shirt is talking to a woman
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November 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Is it actually about the John Boy Walton version by mistake?
(Which is actually pretty good for what is An American TV Movie)
(Which is actually pretty good for what is An American TV Movie)
Surely, if it’s being consumed anywhere near corned beef, it should be referred to as an Avocado Pear.
November 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Surely, if it’s being consumed anywhere near corned beef, it should be referred to as an Avocado Pear.
And anyway, why didn’t he shoot Mark Strong or the angry Colonel in the car while they were stopped?
Surely much bigger prizes than just some squaddie.
Surely much bigger prizes than just some squaddie.
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
And anyway, why didn’t he shoot Mark Strong or the angry Colonel in the car while they were stopped?
Surely much bigger prizes than just some squaddie.
Surely much bigger prizes than just some squaddie.
Have watched again and I now have questions about the sniper by the bridge. It’s not the worst idea to post one there, but why didn’t they leave a bloke who could hit a barn door.
Schofield walks very slowly and deliberately across and the sniper misses him by an absolute mile!
Schofield walks very slowly and deliberately across and the sniper misses him by an absolute mile!
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Have watched again and I now have questions about the sniper by the bridge. It’s not the worst idea to post one there, but why didn’t they leave a bloke who could hit a barn door.
Schofield walks very slowly and deliberately across and the sniper misses him by an absolute mile!
Schofield walks very slowly and deliberately across and the sniper misses him by an absolute mile!
I don’t know how you chaps do it, but you’ve done it again!
Let’s hope you can do the same for Biggles!
Let’s hope you can do the same for Biggles!
November 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I don’t know how you chaps do it, but you’ve done it again!
Let’s hope you can do the same for Biggles!
Let’s hope you can do the same for Biggles!