Christopher Weir
@christopherweir.bsky.social
scribbler+noisemaker+thingbuilder+purveyor
oh, to be even half as cool as this feller
December 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
oh, to be even half as cool as this feller
a beautiful christmas eve morning topped off by a visit from a gaggle of Ibis…
December 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
a beautiful christmas eve morning topped off by a visit from a gaggle of Ibis…
Let fury have the hour, anger can be power, d’you know that you can use it?
Remembering Joe Strummer. The most important voice of my generation left the stage forever on this day in 2002.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Ym...
Remembering Joe Strummer. The most important voice of my generation left the stage forever on this day in 2002.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Ym...
The Clash - Clampdown (Live at the Lewisham Odeon)
YouTube video by theclashVEVO
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Let fury have the hour, anger can be power, d’you know that you can use it?
Remembering Joe Strummer. The most important voice of my generation left the stage forever on this day in 2002.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Ym...
Remembering Joe Strummer. The most important voice of my generation left the stage forever on this day in 2002.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Ym...
It almost happens, but then thins and fails, withdrawing into a faraway nothing. At some diabolical instant, it is pulled apart by an unnamed elsewhere until it, and all it has touched, tilts back towards an original instigating thought.
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
It almost happens, but then thins and fails, withdrawing into a faraway nothing. At some diabolical instant, it is pulled apart by an unnamed elsewhere until it, and all it has touched, tilts back towards an original instigating thought.
TCM really wants us to watch The Venetian Affair…
December 2, 2025 at 12:27 AM
TCM really wants us to watch The Venetian Affair…
“What a fine persecution—to be kept intrigued without ever quite being enlightened.”
- Tom Stoppard, RIP
- Tom Stoppard, RIP
November 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
“What a fine persecution—to be kept intrigued without ever quite being enlightened.”
- Tom Stoppard, RIP
- Tom Stoppard, RIP
because putting a bit of cheese between two slices of bread is just too much work…
November 19, 2025 at 2:11 AM
because putting a bit of cheese between two slices of bread is just too much work…
A ventricular murmur interrupts the dream. A bilious humming, or an arm in a sling of vapour, collapsing like a forgotten intention. Better yet, a warm breath spitting love letters of despair.
November 19, 2025 at 1:28 AM
A ventricular murmur interrupts the dream. A bilious humming, or an arm in a sling of vapour, collapsing like a forgotten intention. Better yet, a warm breath spitting love letters of despair.
Nothing waits here but a polite gesture of wind; insistent yet patient, stubbornly refusing to believe in the efficacy of walls.
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Nothing waits here but a polite gesture of wind; insistent yet patient, stubbornly refusing to believe in the efficacy of walls.
Burrowing owls on our golf course…
November 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Burrowing owls on our golf course…
A thought not remembered - or a shape unformed between silence and motion - folds into itself and dreams of becoming air.
Valley Road, Scarborough, October 2025
Valley Road, Scarborough, October 2025
October 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
A thought not remembered - or a shape unformed between silence and motion - folds into itself and dreams of becoming air.
Valley Road, Scarborough, October 2025
Valley Road, Scarborough, October 2025
It’s Friday, that means wine and a feisty Bananagrams tournament
September 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
It’s Friday, that means wine and a feisty Bananagrams tournament
Grimsby Town.
August 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Grimsby Town.
Reposted by Christopher Weir
Those Reform nutjobs reminded me:
"Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, grabbing an Indian curry or Turkish kebab takeaway, then going home to sit on Swedish furniture & watch American shows on a Japanese TV, while being suspicious of anything foreign."
"Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, grabbing an Indian curry or Turkish kebab takeaway, then going home to sit on Swedish furniture & watch American shows on a Japanese TV, while being suspicious of anything foreign."
August 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Those Reform nutjobs reminded me:
"Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, grabbing an Indian curry or Turkish kebab takeaway, then going home to sit on Swedish furniture & watch American shows on a Japanese TV, while being suspicious of anything foreign."
"Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, grabbing an Indian curry or Turkish kebab takeaway, then going home to sit on Swedish furniture & watch American shows on a Japanese TV, while being suspicious of anything foreign."
a spectacular Knight Anole on my staircase this morning.
August 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
a spectacular Knight Anole on my staircase this morning.
our raft on the Kennebec, right before losing 4 of our party!
August 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
our raft on the Kennebec, right before losing 4 of our party!
July 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
last day in paradise ☹️
July 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
last day in paradise ☹️
July 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Insecte du jour.
Zelus luridus - or the splendidly named pale green assassin bug.
Zelus luridus - or the splendidly named pale green assassin bug.
July 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Insecte du jour.
Zelus luridus - or the splendidly named pale green assassin bug.
Zelus luridus - or the splendidly named pale green assassin bug.
There's a new Substack thing from me. It should take you no more than 9 minutes to read. Perfect for the toilet.
retrospectacles.substack.com/p/big-house-...
retrospectacles.substack.com/p/big-house-...
Big House for Bad Boys, said Mum
Throxenby Hall, a proper des res, and why it freaks me out
retrospectacles.substack.com
July 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
There's a new Substack thing from me. It should take you no more than 9 minutes to read. Perfect for the toilet.
retrospectacles.substack.com/p/big-house-...
retrospectacles.substack.com/p/big-house-...