David McGaughey
@davidmcgaughey.bsky.social
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Ah, joyous football
November 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Ah, joyous football
The damage this government is doing to the future of the Labour Party is just incalculable. I really think a lot of people won't vote for them again. That grudging trust that, whatever else, they'll be the least inhumane & least incompetent option is gone. Why believe it again?
November 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The damage this government is doing to the future of the Labour Party is just incalculable. I really think a lot of people won't vote for them again. That grudging trust that, whatever else, they'll be the least inhumane & least incompetent option is gone. Why believe it again?
Ireland beating Portugal 2-0? Ronaldo sent off? I'm not a massive fan of enjoying things, but ...
November 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Ireland beating Portugal 2-0? Ronaldo sent off? I'm not a massive fan of enjoying things, but ...
Reposting this. Most beautiful, timely, moving thing i've heard all year
This is just the most magnificent thing. As if Cohen wrote the song specifically for her, for now www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDc0...
Mavis Staples - "Anthem" (Full Album Stream)
YouTube video by ANTI- Records
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November 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Reposting this. Most beautiful, timely, moving thing i've heard all year
This is just the most magnificent thing. As if Cohen wrote the song specifically for her, for now www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDc0...
Mavis Staples - "Anthem" (Full Album Stream)
YouTube video by ANTI- Records
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This is just the most magnificent thing. As if Cohen wrote the song specifically for her, for now www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDc0...
Watching Van der Ven, hoping, on the one hand, he stays fit, but knowing if his hamstring holds up for a couple more months, someone like Real Madrid will buy him for 100m in January
November 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Watching Van der Ven, hoping, on the one hand, he stays fit, but knowing if his hamstring holds up for a couple more months, someone like Real Madrid will buy him for 100m in January
Postecoglou's Tottenham, you felt they didn't practice defending crosses, Frank's Tottenham, it looks like they don't practice striking crosses ... absolute U11 level ...
November 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Postecoglou's Tottenham, you felt they didn't practice defending crosses, Frank's Tottenham, it looks like they don't practice striking crosses ... absolute U11 level ...
Have just been imagining the album ‘Michael Buble Sings Joanna Newsom’ in quite frightening detail
November 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Have just been imagining the album ‘Michael Buble Sings Joanna Newsom’ in quite frightening detail
Hoping Roy Keane will have plenty to say about the interim manager at Celtic, because, really, there are few things better in this life than listening to Roy Keane repeatedly say the name "Martin"
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www.youtube.com/shorts/X8uGb...
When Roy worked with Marinakis! 🎇
YouTube video by The Overlap
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October 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Hoping Roy Keane will have plenty to say about the interim manager at Celtic, because, really, there are few things better in this life than listening to Roy Keane repeatedly say the name "Martin"
www.youtube.com/shorts/X8uGb...
www.youtube.com/shorts/X8uGb...
Highlight of many highlights so far in 'Mr Scorsese' is his mum going "I was in the Mean Streets" ...
October 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Highlight of many highlights so far in 'Mr Scorsese' is his mum going "I was in the Mean Streets" ...
Feels like Spurs' fate now hangs as much on Micky VDV as it did on Kane for years
October 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Feels like Spurs' fate now hangs as much on Micky VDV as it did on Kane for years
10 years ... too long. These songs are just so good. They are really just the best songs
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
Where’s her Pulitzer already? Joanna Newsom’s 20 best songs – ranked!
Ten years on from the release of her rococo masterpiece, Divers, we count down the singer-songwriter-harpist’s most beautiful and devastating tracks
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October 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
10 years ... too long. These songs are just so good. They are really just the best songs
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
This women's CWC is, so far, a great tournament. Nearly every match has threatened a surprise/been competitive
October 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
This women's CWC is, so far, a great tournament. Nearly every match has threatened a surprise/been competitive
All chapters should be between 7 and 14 pages long, and should have titles.
Also, there should be at least one little piece of dialogue on every page, to make it more welcoming
Also, there should be at least one little piece of dialogue on every page, to make it more welcoming
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
All chapters should be between 7 and 14 pages long, and should have titles.
Also, there should be at least one little piece of dialogue on every page, to make it more welcoming
Also, there should be at least one little piece of dialogue on every page, to make it more welcoming
Good news - managed to beat my age in a 10k this morning. Less good news, I'm not 27 so that doesn't make me a world class runner...
October 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Good news - managed to beat my age in a 10k this morning. Less good news, I'm not 27 so that doesn't make me a world class runner...
Went to see this last night (good), so reposting this as i think it is one of the best extremely laboured puns, requiring specific knowledge, that i've ever made
I'm looking forward to the new Paul Thomas Anderson film about the Barcelona and Spain footballer seeking to add to her tally of two international goals - 'Ona Batlle After Another'
October 9, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Went to see this last night (good), so reposting this as i think it is one of the best extremely laboured puns, requiring specific knowledge, that i've ever made
Seems like this guy Hojlund’s got all the ingredients of a great striker. Just the kind of player a struggling big club in England should sign
October 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Seems like this guy Hojlund’s got all the ingredients of a great striker. Just the kind of player a struggling big club in England should sign
No one has ever looked more like a British self-made millionaire www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
AO boss: We're a British success story – the UK should be turbocharging us
John Roberts, the founder of AO and so-called kitchen king, says tax rises are putting
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October 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
No one has ever looked more like a British self-made millionaire www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's funny that the Rubicon has been crossed of the most obviously true, defining thing of British politics in the 21st century being said out loud, and seeing how people react
October 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It's funny that the Rubicon has been crossed of the most obviously true, defining thing of British politics in the 21st century being said out loud, and seeing how people react
With a heavy cold, watching Spurs being totally overpowered by Bodo/Glimt, who are not themselves playing particularly well, on a plastic pitch, with Sam Matterface on commentary. Just don't think it's possible to imagine a less enjoyable football-watching experience ....
September 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
With a heavy cold, watching Spurs being totally overpowered by Bodo/Glimt, who are not themselves playing particularly well, on a plastic pitch, with Sam Matterface on commentary. Just don't think it's possible to imagine a less enjoyable football-watching experience ....
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... I often hope SFA will make a new album, especially now Suede, Blur & Pulp have shown bands of that era can reunite to make great new music. But, really, the first 10 years of the Furries is just too perfect, there's no more to add; if it's just live shows, so be it
Super Furry Animals to play first tour in a decade
The Welsh rock band will play a six-date tour next May starting in Dublin.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... I often hope SFA will make a new album, especially now Suede, Blur & Pulp have shown bands of that era can reunite to make great new music. But, really, the first 10 years of the Furries is just too perfect, there's no more to add; if it's just live shows, so be it
Aah, man, I loved Tony Harrison. In particular, I thank him for the most enjoyable permitted swearing of my school days. Taking turns to read a verse from 'v' and hoping you got a good one ...
September 27, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Aah, man, I loved Tony Harrison. In particular, I thank him for the most enjoyable permitted swearing of my school days. Taking turns to read a verse from 'v' and hoping you got a good one ...
New quiz book out today, if you like that sort of thing ...
www.amazon.co.uk/Daily-Quiz-B...
www.amazon.co.uk/Daily-Quiz-B...
The Daily Quiz Book: A quiz for every day of the year
Buy The Daily Quiz Book: A quiz for every day of the year by McGaughey, David, Waley-Cohen, Jack, Richardson Puzzles and Games (ISBN: 9781913602475) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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September 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM
New quiz book out today, if you like that sort of thing ...
www.amazon.co.uk/Daily-Quiz-B...
www.amazon.co.uk/Daily-Quiz-B...
Hadn't noticed Erik Lamela had retired. One of my favourites ...
September 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Hadn't noticed Erik Lamela had retired. One of my favourites ...
Thought it was quite a slow start to music this year, but in the last few weeks there have been loads of really good albums released
September 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Thought it was quite a slow start to music this year, but in the last few weeks there have been loads of really good albums released