I would rather not.
January 1, 2026 at 1:31 PM
I would rather not.
My most fascinating, misunderstood read of 2025, written 67 years ago by Toby Young's dad. A science fiction novel masquerading (with the connivance of its publisher!) as sober sociological enquiry. It coins the term 'meritocracy' and then just savages its implications over 190 pages.
December 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
My most fascinating, misunderstood read of 2025, written 67 years ago by Toby Young's dad. A science fiction novel masquerading (with the connivance of its publisher!) as sober sociological enquiry. It coins the term 'meritocracy' and then just savages its implications over 190 pages.
Stressed lady working on her laptop in the swimming pool changing rooms.
December 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Stressed lady working on her laptop in the swimming pool changing rooms.
River Deben this morning
December 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
River Deben this morning
Ralph Waldo Emerson Fittipaldi!
I got Ralph Waldo Emerson Fittipaldi.
I got Ralph Waldo Emerson Fittipaldi.
December 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Ralph Waldo Emerson Fittipaldi!
I got Ralph Waldo Emerson Fittipaldi.
I got Ralph Waldo Emerson Fittipaldi.
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Behold the people of Redditch New Town!
December 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Behold the people of Redditch New Town!
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Martin Parr has died & this grimmest gloomiest greyest, Sundayest of Sundays is the perfect day to watch Signs of the Times.
All four extraordinary episodes are full of pathos, beauty & humour, life & love stories told through relationships with interiors & objects
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
All four extraordinary episodes are full of pathos, beauty & humour, life & love stories told through relationships with interiors & objects
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Signs of the Times - That Little Bit Different
Terry and Sue quite like Austrian blinds but feel they're common. And just why do Ray and Jane change their three-piece suite twice a year? (1992)
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December 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Martin Parr has died & this grimmest gloomiest greyest, Sundayest of Sundays is the perfect day to watch Signs of the Times.
All four extraordinary episodes are full of pathos, beauty & humour, life & love stories told through relationships with interiors & objects
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
All four extraordinary episodes are full of pathos, beauty & humour, life & love stories told through relationships with interiors & objects
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Day 3 of #Sketchpadvent High speed suburban hovercraft. About time. Peter Sullivan, 1961, from
The Story of Hovercraft
The Story of Hovercraft
December 3, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Day 3 of #Sketchpadvent High speed suburban hovercraft. About time. Peter Sullivan, 1961, from
The Story of Hovercraft
The Story of Hovercraft
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Day 2 of #sketchpadvent with this 1961 visualisation of Brixton by Kenneth Browne, complete with unbuilt motorway box thundering across it
December 2, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Day 2 of #sketchpadvent with this 1961 visualisation of Brixton by Kenneth Browne, complete with unbuilt motorway box thundering across it
Four pictures I took in Margate in 2006.
November 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Four pictures I took in Margate in 2006.
This travelled to me from 1965, complete with a pristine compliments slip from the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at Sussex University.
November 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
This travelled to me from 1965, complete with a pristine compliments slip from the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at Sussex University.
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A lot of commentators avoiding this, but by far the most logical explanation for UK Labour leadership's current behaviour is that they have been possessed by Satan.
November 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
A lot of commentators avoiding this, but by far the most logical explanation for UK Labour leadership's current behaviour is that they have been possessed by Satan.
"It's a room full of smart curmudgeons tonight!"
Overheard while waiting to take our seats for Stewart Lee.
Overheard while waiting to take our seats for Stewart Lee.
November 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
"It's a room full of smart curmudgeons tonight!"
Overheard while waiting to take our seats for Stewart Lee.
Overheard while waiting to take our seats for Stewart Lee.
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Good morning. Here's an antifascist anthem in case you need one. youtu.be/4QDLXZRhqAA?...
Fite Dem Back
YouTube video by Linton Kwesi Johnson - Topic
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Good morning. Here's an antifascist anthem in case you need one. youtu.be/4QDLXZRhqAA?...
Seemingly alone in my annual indifference to Halloween. One strugghouls on.
October 31, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Seemingly alone in my annual indifference to Halloween. One strugghouls on.
Noticed that the class in Unman, Wittering and Zigo uses the same Latin textbook that we had at my real-life toxic minor public school.
October 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Noticed that the class in Unman, Wittering and Zigo uses the same Latin textbook that we had at my real-life toxic minor public school.
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Should you be looking for bathroom design inspiration here are some colorful ideas from the late 70s. Couldn't resist picking up a catalogue of sanitary ware from a local bus stop/ book swap. I mean, just look at the colour chart 😍
October 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Should you be looking for bathroom design inspiration here are some colorful ideas from the late 70s. Couldn't resist picking up a catalogue of sanitary ware from a local bus stop/ book swap. I mean, just look at the colour chart 😍
Something from 90 years ago.
October 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Something from 90 years ago.
People doing their Duolingo out loud on the bus.
October 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
People doing their Duolingo out loud on the bus.
Seen at The Royal Academy.
By Leigh Clarke, 1986.
By Leigh Clarke, 1986.
September 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Seen at The Royal Academy.
By Leigh Clarke, 1986.
By Leigh Clarke, 1986.
Rhoda, Saxondale, George & Mildred, Ever Decreasing Circles, Colin from Accounts, Bewitched, The Odd Couple, Rising Damp, King of the Hill, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
September 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Rhoda, Saxondale, George & Mildred, Ever Decreasing Circles, Colin from Accounts, Bewitched, The Odd Couple, Rising Damp, King of the Hill, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
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The FA have announced that, with immediate effect, football matches will be just one second in duration. So now it's all kicking off.
September 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The FA have announced that, with immediate effect, football matches will be just one second in duration. So now it's all kicking off.
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Chuffed to have a long article in the FT magazine’s design special today: How To Make A New Town
September 6, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Chuffed to have a long article in the FT magazine’s design special today: How To Make A New Town