Paula
@deadseacaptains.bsky.social
Lectures in English. Dances in French. Scowls in German.
Naff trophy & ugly Red Bull insignia aside, our no9 is a gazillion times more beautiful than any other no9.
January 7, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Naff trophy & ugly Red Bull insignia aside, our no9 is a gazillion times more beautiful than any other no9.
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Apropos of nothing, Andrew Scott’s reading of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man on BBC Sounds is magnificent www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...
BBC Sounds - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Apropos of nothing, Andrew Scott’s reading of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man on BBC Sounds is magnificent www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...
Also lovingly crafted & gifted, a new hearth for my study’s fireplace. When we moved here in the spring, it bore the indignity of this horrific crime against beauty.
December 25, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Also lovingly crafted & gifted, a new hearth for my study’s fireplace. When we moved here in the spring, it bore the indignity of this horrific crime against beauty.
When your Christmas gift request was ‘you know that print of Kafka that David Lynch put in Agent Gordon Cole’s office in Twin Peaks: The Return?’ And then the man you love goes on a heroic quest to source it … ❤️
December 25, 2025 at 10:24 AM
When your Christmas gift request was ‘you know that print of Kafka that David Lynch put in Agent Gordon Cole’s office in Twin Peaks: The Return?’ And then the man you love goes on a heroic quest to source it … ❤️
First day of my Christmas leave starts strong with an episode of In Our Time. Might have an After Eight later; might not. Such unregulated freedom.
December 18, 2025 at 9:14 AM
First day of my Christmas leave starts strong with an episode of In Our Time. Might have an After Eight later; might not. Such unregulated freedom.
Quite alarmed at how much I like this. A Bella Freud dupe for we suffering, unfortunate types. In 120% acrylic.
November 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Quite alarmed at how much I like this. A Bella Freud dupe for we suffering, unfortunate types. In 120% acrylic.
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To the people letting off the fireworks that are terrifying my dog, I wish you a lifetime of having to wash up bowls that have had Weetabix in them but haven’t been put into soak.
November 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
To the people letting off the fireworks that are terrifying my dog, I wish you a lifetime of having to wash up bowls that have had Weetabix in them but haven’t been put into soak.
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Looking forward to seeing in which direction Amol Rajan takes Strictly
October 23, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Looking forward to seeing in which direction Amol Rajan takes Strictly
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The bloke who got removed to France and then returned on another boat should be given immediate British citizenship. And an OBE. And the Turner Prize. Outstanding stuff.
October 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The bloke who got removed to France and then returned on another boat should be given immediate British citizenship. And an OBE. And the Turner Prize. Outstanding stuff.
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"Hi... I got a tape I want to play."
📻 #OTD in #Film #History 19 October 1984, #JonathanDemme's ingenious #TALKINGHEADS concert movie STOP MAKING SENSE opened in cinemas across the 🇺🇸
▶️ youtu.be/rdu8VOWk3pg
📻 #OTD in #Film #History 19 October 1984, #JonathanDemme's ingenious #TALKINGHEADS concert movie STOP MAKING SENSE opened in cinemas across the 🇺🇸
▶️ youtu.be/rdu8VOWk3pg
a man is singing into a microphone while dancing on a stage
ALT: a man is singing into a microphone while dancing on a stage
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October 19, 2025 at 3:32 AM
"Hi... I got a tape I want to play."
📻 #OTD in #Film #History 19 October 1984, #JonathanDemme's ingenious #TALKINGHEADS concert movie STOP MAKING SENSE opened in cinemas across the 🇺🇸
▶️ youtu.be/rdu8VOWk3pg
📻 #OTD in #Film #History 19 October 1984, #JonathanDemme's ingenious #TALKINGHEADS concert movie STOP MAKING SENSE opened in cinemas across the 🇺🇸
▶️ youtu.be/rdu8VOWk3pg
We have grocers like this in Sth Yorkshire. We call it Iceland. My local one is very experiential.
October 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
We have grocers like this in Sth Yorkshire. We call it Iceland. My local one is very experiential.
Jesus, Daily Telegraph, at least pretend to care about us poor unfortunates in the migrainous hypochondriac community.
October 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Jesus, Daily Telegraph, at least pretend to care about us poor unfortunates in the migrainous hypochondriac community.
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I didn't know until we buried my mother, so probably most people here don't know: Jewish cemeteries strongly recommend that you get insurance for the headstone.
Because the cemeteries are so often desecrated, the gravestones smashed.
Because the cemeteries are so often desecrated, the gravestones smashed.
October 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I didn't know until we buried my mother, so probably most people here don't know: Jewish cemeteries strongly recommend that you get insurance for the headstone.
Because the cemeteries are so often desecrated, the gravestones smashed.
Because the cemeteries are so often desecrated, the gravestones smashed.
Nah. Though this is *exactly* as Burnham imagines himself.
Guys, Andy Burnham is the guy you fancied in school who you almost got together with at the sixth form disco but then you didn’t and every single school reunion while you are married to the boring guy you met at your first job, he gives you the chat and you briefly consider running away with him.
September 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Nah. Though this is *exactly* as Burnham imagines himself.
Deaf for 2 days afterwards. Glorious.
September 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Deaf for 2 days afterwards. Glorious.
Geordies in call centres: finally, a mass movement against this.
September 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Geordies in call centres: finally, a mass movement against this.
What if you just don’t like her mid century colourful graphic designs though? What if you’re sick of seeing them endlessly RTd into your timeline? Huh, huh?
September 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
What if you just don’t like her mid century colourful graphic designs though? What if you’re sick of seeing them endlessly RTd into your timeline? Huh, huh?
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I feel it’s important to once again remind everyone that the greatest movie ever made was released in 1908 and everything else is just battling for distant second
youtu.be/qApoxM41NGQ
youtu.be/qApoxM41NGQ
The Dog Outwits the Kidnapper (1908)
YouTube video by BFI
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September 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I feel it’s important to once again remind everyone that the greatest movie ever made was released in 1908 and everything else is just battling for distant second
youtu.be/qApoxM41NGQ
youtu.be/qApoxM41NGQ
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If you've not read one of the prof's literary reviews before you are in for a rare treat
My review of Sir Nicholas Clegg's new book, 'How to Save the Internet', in today's @thetimes.com. Unpaywalled link. www.thetimes.com/article/b68c...
Nick Clegg’s new book — cringeworthy, derivative and ill-informed
The former Lib Dem leader left politics behind to work for Facebook. In How to Save the Internet, he stands up for Zuckerberg and big tech
www.thetimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:06 AM
If you've not read one of the prof's literary reviews before you are in for a rare treat
Read these pretty much back to back & I do hope they’ve met & like/hate each other intensely because the similarities are striking.
August 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Read these pretty much back to back & I do hope they’ve met & like/hate each other intensely because the similarities are striking.
Oh. It’s a sports one with songs which match the platitudes. #desertislanddiscs
August 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Oh. It’s a sports one with songs which match the platitudes. #desertislanddiscs
Re-watching Twin Peaks. Discovering I can’t hum the theme tune without veering into The Adventures of Black Beauty. I figure my old age dotage will be characterised by a total surrender to the limitless 70s/80s’ cultural references stalking my head. 1990+? There’ll be nothing.
August 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Re-watching Twin Peaks. Discovering I can’t hum the theme tune without veering into The Adventures of Black Beauty. I figure my old age dotage will be characterised by a total surrender to the limitless 70s/80s’ cultural references stalking my head. 1990+? There’ll be nothing.
5 mos in a new house & I’m still surprised delighted to be able to hear Sunday morning church bells from any room I’m in. It’s the same unfathomable bit of me that also likes The Archers & some other odd Ye Olden Days Middle England stuff. Beautiful church though, no?
August 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
5 mos in a new house & I’m still surprised delighted to be able to hear Sunday morning church bells from any room I’m in. It’s the same unfathomable bit of me that also likes The Archers & some other odd Ye Olden Days Middle England stuff. Beautiful church though, no?