David Quainton
@dqstuff.bsky.social
Writer, relentless witterer, the only me I know. Exuberance, LFC, cycling, and the surprisingly bearable lightness of being.
Me looking at my fantasy team…
December 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Me looking at my fantasy team…
What always, always bothered me about The Radio Times was the lack of a space between ‘Radio’ and ‘Times’, and yet when they refer to the magazine inside and on the website there is always a space.
December 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
What always, always bothered me about The Radio Times was the lack of a space between ‘Radio’ and ‘Times’, and yet when they refer to the magazine inside and on the website there is always a space.
Shoutout as well to the Anthems
albums, which introduced a young teenage me to The Verve and Cast. Played these until they bled.
albums, which introduced a young teenage me to The Verve and Cast. Played these until they bled.
December 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Shoutout as well to the Anthems
albums, which introduced a young teenage me to The Verve and Cast. Played these until they bled.
albums, which introduced a young teenage me to The Verve and Cast. Played these until they bled.
This all seems pretty accurate. The rating is generous tbh.
December 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This all seems pretty accurate. The rating is generous tbh.
Happy Michael Caine dances with happy abandon month!
December 1, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Happy Michael Caine dances with happy abandon month!
Didi Hamann lacing-up his opinions again
November 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Didi Hamann lacing-up his opinions again
Sexy green skin: can the Wicked sequel make Grotbags alluring?
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Sexy green skin: can the Wicked sequel make Grotbags alluring?
Absolutely made-up that the community WhatsApp group featured a complaint about a weevil infestation today, meaning that I could use a gag I’ve had in the back pocket since watching (the excellent) Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World [checks notes] 22 years ago:
November 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Absolutely made-up that the community WhatsApp group featured a complaint about a weevil infestation today, meaning that I could use a gag I’ve had in the back pocket since watching (the excellent) Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World [checks notes] 22 years ago:
BBC getting into Easter, a bit late perhaps but spreading the good word.
November 7, 2025 at 11:25 AM
BBC getting into Easter, a bit late perhaps but spreading the good word.
Go with friends as the full team, surely!
October 30, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Go with friends as the full team, surely!
Not quite Hadji Hadda Eggen Chippo, but this is good
October 28, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Not quite Hadji Hadda Eggen Chippo, but this is good
Squires’ greatest work - and it’s a high, high bar - becomes more prescient every year
October 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Squires’ greatest work - and it’s a high, high bar - becomes more prescient every year
Climb up to Mizoen is pretty sharp, then evens-off through the village, followed by a pretty grind up to the top past a house built into the to side of an enormous boulder. The road surface for the last few kms is horrendous - there’s a reason pros never descend it (or did and all complained).
October 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Climb up to Mizoen is pretty sharp, then evens-off through the village, followed by a pretty grind up to the top past a house built into the to side of an enormous boulder. The road surface for the last few kms is horrendous - there’s a reason pros never descend it (or did and all complained).
