Peter Counsell
@counsellpeter.bsky.social
I never was the man I used to be.
Infectious. Best Beat.
Happy 45th birthday to The Beat's Too Nice to Talk To, released on this day in 1980. Does anyone know the locations used in this video - the studio, pressing plant or shop?
youtu.be/gqFVggBJGlc
youtu.be/gqFVggBJGlc
December 5, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Infectious. Best Beat.
Titty Gajillions.
December 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Titty Gajillions.
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🎁 Please forget the mug, and ditch the novelty tat which ends up in landfill. This year, put your money where the music is. A £10 Secret Santa budget is a gig ticket. A real night out, and an experience that somebody might not have had.
December 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
🎁 Please forget the mug, and ditch the novelty tat which ends up in landfill. This year, put your money where the music is. A £10 Secret Santa budget is a gig ticket. A real night out, and an experience that somebody might not have had.
Very possibly the finest pop song of all time.
December 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Very possibly the finest pop song of all time.
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We love Joe Root
December 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
We love Joe Root
Latest news from South East Water #tunbridgewells
December 4, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Latest news from South East Water #tunbridgewells
Oh there’s some quality footwear on view here.
Spot Alan Moore in his 6th form Northampton Grammar School photo, taken two days before he was expelled
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Oh there’s some quality footwear on view here.
This is very silly and done with considerable love. Thanks @quantick.bsky.social and @christhebarker.bsky.social
I’m chuffed to be on Askwith’s backside.
I’m chuffed to be on Askwith’s backside.
December 2, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This is very silly and done with considerable love. Thanks @quantick.bsky.social and @christhebarker.bsky.social
I’m chuffed to be on Askwith’s backside.
I’m chuffed to be on Askwith’s backside.
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Friend who shops in Primark said, "it’s like a jumble sale sometimes." I asked if it made her wonder how she keeps from going under.
Nothing.
Nothing.
November 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Friend who shops in Primark said, "it’s like a jumble sale sometimes." I asked if it made her wonder how she keeps from going under.
Nothing.
Nothing.
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RIP the great Billy Bonds. Fantastic lionheart, maybe the best ever uncapped English player. I once told him how much I wished he'd played for Spurs. Gave me a very old-fashioned look. What a man.
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
RIP the great Billy Bonds. Fantastic lionheart, maybe the best ever uncapped English player. I once told him how much I wished he'd played for Spurs. Gave me a very old-fashioned look. What a man.
youtube.com/watch?v=CpKc... l know I’m late to the party but, my god, this track is utterly outstanding.
RAYE - Where The Hell Is My Husband? (Glastonbury 2025)
YouTube video by BBC Music
youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:21 PM
youtube.com/watch?v=CpKc... l know I’m late to the party but, my god, this track is utterly outstanding.
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THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
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This BBC kids tv advert from 1998 is still very impressive and very lovely
November 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
This BBC kids tv advert from 1998 is still very impressive and very lovely
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I’m 56. Not quite as old as Farage, but not so far behind. I remember stuff happening at school. Some of it like it was yesterday. Him suggesting people can’t remember accurately is simply bullshit.
November 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I’m 56. Not quite as old as Farage, but not so far behind. I remember stuff happening at school. Some of it like it was yesterday. Him suggesting people can’t remember accurately is simply bullshit.
A treat.
The whole of this looks great, but the first two minutes especially is an absolutely sublime piece of comedy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMTM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMTM...
Bob Monkhouse Hilarious One-Liners! | Des O' Connor Show
YouTube video by Des O'Connor Tonight
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
A treat.
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December. December is the month for Christmas. Go for your life, but in December.
November 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
December. December is the month for Christmas. Go for your life, but in December.
These are some warm and well-considered words, as you might expect given both the author and the subject of his eulogy.
I (JW) wrote some words about Mani over on the Patreon page - free to read, if you're interested in this kind of thing.
www.patreon.com/posts/144285...
www.patreon.com/posts/144285...
In memoriam - Mani | J. Willgoose, Esq. / Public Service Broadcasting
Get more from J. Willgoose, Esq. / Public Service Broadcasting on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
These are some warm and well-considered words, as you might expect given both the author and the subject of his eulogy.
Marvellous letter.
45 years ago I made a pitch for the Director-General job. Didn’t get it – mind you, I was only 13. But I did get a reply from Ian Trethowan, who was DG at the time. All these years later I’m proud to work for the BBC.
November 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Marvellous letter.
Orange Alert.
Why is someone ALWAYS trying to reboot The Prisoner when we've already got Stephen Fry and Jools Holland??
timworthington.org/2021/11/09/l...
timworthington.org/2021/11/09/l...
November 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Orange Alert.
Not as revered as Rattlesnakes but, for me, every bit as lovely. Perfect Blue.
November 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Not as revered as Rattlesnakes but, for me, every bit as lovely. Perfect Blue.
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Morning everybody, England electing to bat are 1-1 or if you’re in Australia, 1-1.
November 21, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Morning everybody, England electing to bat are 1-1 or if you’re in Australia, 1-1.
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Worth remembering that when you’re humming the greatest Stone Roses songs - Resurrection, Fools Gold, I Wanna Be Adored - you are humming Mani’s bass melody. Not Squire, not Brown, but the bass line
Terrible news
#RIPMani
Terrible news
#RIPMani
November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Worth remembering that when you’re humming the greatest Stone Roses songs - Resurrection, Fools Gold, I Wanna Be Adored - you are humming Mani’s bass melody. Not Squire, not Brown, but the bass line
Terrible news
#RIPMani
Terrible news
#RIPMani
I have a great deal of like for this tune. Arguably the most 80s song and video possible. Either that or Obsession by Animotion.
Imagination by 'Belouis' 'Some' - wine bar art-funk tail-end of New Romantic stray hit for Smash Hits-derided oddly-monickered Max Headroom-alike, propelled chartwards by famously 'banned' nude-deploying video. Follow-up Some People only appealed to some people.
timworthington.org/2025/11/19/l...
timworthington.org/2025/11/19/l...
November 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I have a great deal of like for this tune. Arguably the most 80s song and video possible. Either that or Obsession by Animotion.
Good grief. Mani.
Mani once told me I was the best bass player in the world. "That's a lot of bollocks" I told him. "You were in the Stone Roses & came up with I Am The Resurrection and loads of other amazing bass parts, and now you're in Primal Scream". "Yeah", he said. "But you're playing with Weller!" -
November 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Good grief. Mani.
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Here are my top 10 Labrador Retrievers of all time!
November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Here are my top 10 Labrador Retrievers of all time!