DaveB
@daveblackhurst.bsky.social
An Englishman is someone who can fly the Union Jack but chooses not to do so in order to disassociate himself from knuckle-dragging racist gammons who shout at hotels.
September 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
An Englishman is someone who can fly the Union Jack but chooses not to do so in order to disassociate himself from knuckle-dragging racist gammons who shout at hotels.
One of the rare occasions when hitting the ‘n’ instead of the intended ‘m’ on your keyboard doesn’t piss you off.
Global Warning
Global Warning
April 26, 2025 at 12:04 AM
One of the rare occasions when hitting the ‘n’ instead of the intended ‘m’ on your keyboard doesn’t piss you off.
Global Warning
Global Warning
I can’t help but think that Shakespeare missed a trick by not including “safety wee” in both the first and seventh ages.
February 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I can’t help but think that Shakespeare missed a trick by not including “safety wee” in both the first and seventh ages.
“It Is The Best Of Times, It Is The Worst Of Times, Strange Days Indeed” is the opening track from my forthcoming Dickens/Lennon mash-up album "A Tale of Two Cynics”.
February 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
“It Is The Best Of Times, It Is The Worst Of Times, Strange Days Indeed” is the opening track from my forthcoming Dickens/Lennon mash-up album "A Tale of Two Cynics”.
BREAKING
Google Planet Maps to change Planet Earth to Planet America for US app users.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Google Planet Maps to change Planet Earth to Planet America for US app users.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
BREAKING
Google Planet Maps to change Planet Earth to Planet America for US app users.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Google Planet Maps to change Planet Earth to Planet America for US app users.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Football fans: VAR is fucking rubbish.
Football fans: Why the fuck don't they use VAR until the 5th round of the FA Cup?
Football fans: Why the fuck don't they use VAR until the 5th round of the FA Cup?
February 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Football fans: VAR is fucking rubbish.
Football fans: Why the fuck don't they use VAR until the 5th round of the FA Cup?
Football fans: Why the fuck don't they use VAR until the 5th round of the FA Cup?
BREAKING
Trump pledges to part the Red Sea ‘any time soon’ to facilitate a safe passage for Palestinians en route to Egypt.
Trump pledges to part the Red Sea ‘any time soon’ to facilitate a safe passage for Palestinians en route to Egypt.
February 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM
BREAKING
Trump pledges to part the Red Sea ‘any time soon’ to facilitate a safe passage for Palestinians en route to Egypt.
Trump pledges to part the Red Sea ‘any time soon’ to facilitate a safe passage for Palestinians en route to Egypt.
John Adams' body lies a-spinnin' in the grave.
January 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
John Adams' body lies a-spinnin' in the grave.
It appears that Trump is abandoning checks and balances in the federal system in favour of cheques and vanities.
January 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
It appears that Trump is abandoning checks and balances in the federal system in favour of cheques and vanities.
Turns out that there may be something in that Chinese astrology malarkey.
January 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Turns out that there may be something in that Chinese astrology malarkey.
Donald Trump: Making America Grate Again.
January 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Donald Trump: Making America Grate Again.
Don't forget to turn your clocks back 100 years at 12pm ET tomorrow.
January 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Don't forget to turn your clocks back 100 years at 12pm ET tomorrow.
I'm all for free speech, but when did shouting 'fire' in a crowded theatre become acceptable?
January 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I'm all for free speech, but when did shouting 'fire' in a crowded theatre become acceptable?
Anyone up for a crowd funder to buy X and then shut It down?
January 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Anyone up for a crowd funder to buy X and then shut It down?
Marvellous.
Our editor @jonawils.bsky.social's perfect football match - a comfortable win for Sunderland on a smoky day at Roker Park
(via the excellent Mundial Magazine)
Read: www.goal.com/mundial/jona...
(via the excellent Mundial Magazine)
Read: www.goal.com/mundial/jona...
This is Jonathan Wilson's dream football match
It’s a comfortable win for Sunderland on a smoky day at Roker Park…
www.goal.com
January 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Marvellous.
How about a national enquiry into the previous UK government’s lack of the implementation of the recommendations of the national enquiry carried out on their watch?
January 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
How about a national enquiry into the previous UK government’s lack of the implementation of the recommendations of the national enquiry carried out on their watch?
Albeit that time is a social construct, I wish you all a happy 31,536,000 seconds.
January 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Albeit that time is a social construct, I wish you all a happy 31,536,000 seconds.
What’s with all this ‘out with the old in with the new’ business when my new is getting outer and my inner is getting older?
December 31, 2024 at 10:42 PM
What’s with all this ‘out with the old in with the new’ business when my new is getting outer and my inner is getting older?
Next on Radio 4, Book at Bedetime: Jacob Rees-Mogg reads Ecclesiastical History of the English People.
December 7, 2024 at 12:44 AM
Next on Radio 4, Book at Bedetime: Jacob Rees-Mogg reads Ecclesiastical History of the English People.
December 6, 2024 at 4:21 PM