Cliff Williamson
@drcliffy.bsky.social
Historian, food aficionado, football fan. Currently writing about Ramsay MacDonald, also a book about the Mellotron. Cat is called Dexter.
Are you going to do a Jam Tomorrow on Berni Inn? That would be excellent. I have been on a forlorn search for a copy of the recipe book all Berni Inns cooked from for years.
January 19, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Are you going to do a Jam Tomorrow on Berni Inn? That would be excellent. I have been on a forlorn search for a copy of the recipe book all Berni Inns cooked from for years.
I enjoyed this very much. The point you made about the depiction of the experience of conscription during WW2 is a good one and how this film offers an interesting perspective. The film Privates Progress 1956 takes a comedic approach to the topic. Seen it? Also Christopher Lee has a cameo.
January 15, 2026 at 2:29 PM
I enjoyed this very much. The point you made about the depiction of the experience of conscription during WW2 is a good one and how this film offers an interesting perspective. The film Privates Progress 1956 takes a comedic approach to the topic. Seen it? Also Christopher Lee has a cameo.
The BBC are bigging up the Defection but missed the word: Disgraced from the headline. Just more grist to the mill that Reform are the turquoise Tories.
January 12, 2026 at 11:59 AM
The BBC are bigging up the Defection but missed the word: Disgraced from the headline. Just more grist to the mill that Reform are the turquoise Tories.
No one not even the rain has such small hands.
E E Cummings.
E E Cummings.
January 9, 2026 at 6:55 PM
No one not even the rain has such small hands.
E E Cummings.
E E Cummings.
Guinness is superb but Tinker Tailor is better.
January 3, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Guinness is superb but Tinker Tailor is better.
I was wondering too here in mulberry park.
January 3, 2026 at 7:46 PM
I was wondering too here in mulberry park.
This seems more on par with the ouster of Noriega, or Arbenz. Very 1950s and 1980s.
January 3, 2026 at 9:57 AM
This seems more on par with the ouster of Noriega, or Arbenz. Very 1950s and 1980s.
Totally they gave due respect to those that had the skills to pay the bills, especially the B-Boys.
December 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Totally they gave due respect to those that had the skills to pay the bills, especially the B-Boys.
Absolutely the best. The Beavis and Butthead watch along of it is priceless.
December 31, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Absolutely the best. The Beavis and Butthead watch along of it is priceless.
You can expect them to be all gold.
December 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM
You can expect them to be all gold.
Congratulations on an amazing initiative that has been improving the quality of life in Bath so much.
December 23, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Congratulations on an amazing initiative that has been improving the quality of life in Bath so much.
It was right up there as funniest with ‘Enemy at the gates’ for sure. There was a track on the 1981 Simple Minds album sons and Fascination called ‘Boys from Brazil’
December 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
It was right up there as funniest with ‘Enemy at the gates’ for sure. There was a track on the 1981 Simple Minds album sons and Fascination called ‘Boys from Brazil’
Congratulations, I got some Lego with my 20 year long service award.
December 16, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Congratulations, I got some Lego with my 20 year long service award.
I saw his retrospective at the Hirshhorn in Washington a while back. It was something else. So much blue. It even had one of the flame machines used in the performances
December 13, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I saw his retrospective at the Hirshhorn in Washington a while back. It was something else. So much blue. It even had one of the flame machines used in the performances
Peak, in every way 80s hair gel and hairspray overkill.
December 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Peak, in every way 80s hair gel and hairspray overkill.
I looked a lot different then!!!
December 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I looked a lot different then!!!
I studied there in mid 80s we were in the basement of the Mac before they turned it into a cafe.
December 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I studied there in mid 80s we were in the basement of the Mac before they turned it into a cafe.