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Mike Hall
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Composer/producer. Slightly hairy. Massive nerd for films and games and little boxes with flashing lights on. Hate the Tories, pro LGBTQ+ and still pissed off at Brexit. Hot Donkey on Spotify, Apple, bandcamp etc.
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Morning lovely people! Monday again. Distract yourself momentarily with these alien looking trees down by the river in Worcester.
Weird knobbly trees along the riverside in Worcester. I don’t know what they are… photo by Chris Bright.
November 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Morning lovely people. Sheffield yesterday was a lot of fun, if a little exhausting. Now I need levering out of bed and pointed in the direction of my office… ta.
My dad and me trying to look like we don’t need a nap after the open day yesterday. My dad and a few of his famous customers. Paul Daniels, Ken Dodd and Wayne Dobson shown here.
November 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Morning Fiona. It did, thanks. Nice to see some old faces. Absolutely wiped out today… need more coffee!
Thanks for the thoughts. Always gratefully received. Here’s my dad and me with one of his “cabinets of curiosities”. Happy Monday! ☕️☕️xx
November 17, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Hello lovely people. Extra busy at the moment helping my dad with magic business stuff as he closes his shop and ramps up his publishing company. Sad to see the shop go. It’s a fab place. Ah well.
November 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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A little splash of colour in my garden. Have a lovely weekend everyone. 🥳
A small group of purple flowers with an autumnal weeping birch in the background.
November 1, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Can you put a price on human life?
A sign in a bookshop that says “adults fifty pence each or two pounds for five”
October 28, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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Looking nice and autumnal out of my bedroom window. Was thinking about raking some leaves up but then I remembered that the outside is cold and there’s no wifi... Happy Wednesday!
A view of my garden showing the different colours of autumn leaves either side of the dark green monkey puzzle tree.
October 22, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Morning lovely people! The last dregs of the long lurgy has finally gone, just in time for a new client meeting today. Here’s a shot my friend sent me of the cathedral looking all autumnal. Happy Monday!
Worcester cathedral on the bank of the river Severn. The trees are shades of green and yellow and red. One swan trundles past.
October 13, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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My sister, who’s had a rough time recently, has a new kitten! This is Peter, a rescue. Like most tuxedo cats, he’s very friendly and playful and soppy. They formed an instant bond and he’s made such a difference in just a few days.
Animals are amazing.
A very fluffy and cute black and white tuxedo kitten perched on the back of a green sofa.
September 24, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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Just had a huge brunch at Kyndfolk in Gheluvelt Park, Worcester. Absolutely delicious food in a really beautiful setting. Big fat recommend from me!
A bandstand in Gheluvelt Park in the middle of the duck pond. Kyndfolk cafe located in a nicely renovated pump house in Gheluvelt Park. Amazing menu, friendly and relaxed staff, really tasty food. Highly recommended!
September 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Happy Friday lovely people! If you want me, I’ll be getting my car repeatedly serviced.
A yellow sign with red letters proclaims “mechanic on duty struts and shocks”, which sounds fabulous but probably isn’t.
September 19, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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Well, the end of a busy week has finally arrived! And I’ve spent at least ten minutes of it giggling at this. Happy Friday, lovely people.
A sign outside a church that says “best sausage supper in St Louis come and eat pastor Thomas Ressler”
September 5, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Red squirrels have a hard enough time without this kind of public shaming. Tut etc.
Happy Wednesday!
A road sign that says “Red Squirrels Drive Slowly”
August 20, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Morning, lovely people. Friday! 🥳
It’s been a busy week and I think my brain has melted so here is a nice photo from BBC Hereford and Worcester that someone sent me. Squirrels!
A photo of a red squirrel in Herefordshire. Not many of them left but apparently a few are using a new enclosure on a farm and lots of people are, rightly, very happy about this.
August 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Slightly damaged, no returns, several billion careless owners…
A mug on sale somewhere in America that says The Future Is… and then the price tag is immediately below and says reduced for quick sale, two dollars.
August 4, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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Happy Caturday, lovely people. This is a photo of Pops, a legend here in Worcester. He spends all day outside Sainsbury’s greeting people, getting fussed and napping.
A photo of a ginger and white cat, napping in the child seat of a shopping trolley.
August 2, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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I mean, it isn’t… but I kinda wish it was. Happy Tuesday, lovely people!
A news clipping from the Daily Mirror that says, “mystery object spotted in space ‘may be alien spacecraft coming to attack Earth’”
July 29, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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The drizzle stopped! Think I might have a fire later…
A photo of a garden picnic bench with a chainsaw, hedge trimmer, gloves and secateurs, and some truggs of snippings.
July 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Please excuse my lack of posts recently. Currently in training for this, the prestigious eighty seven centimetre challenge.
Happy Wednesday, lovely people.
A photo of a start and finish sign placed incredibly close to each other on a seaside promenade railing. It’s probably Brighton because the beach looks shit…
July 23, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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As more warm weather approaches, this offer could come in very handy… Happy Friday, lovely people!
A sign in an opticians window that has the letters G and L covered up by the doorframe so that the sign now reads “have your asses cleaned for free”
July 18, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Excellent advice. Also, another indication that humanity is too stupid to survive… happy Wednesday, lovely people!
A photo of a sign that says “do not sit on fence” attached to a spiked iron railing.
July 16, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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Well, I’ve been doing it wrong!
Happy Wednesday, lovely people.
A photo of an album cover showing two people holding hands in a park in a city. A large accordion is in the foreground. The album is called Love Is A Piano Accordion.
July 9, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Happy Friday, lovely people.
I’ve got an anthill in the wild bit of my garden and I accidentally clonked it. If you zoom in you can see the rare yellow ants trying to fix my cock up… sorry guys.
A photo showing dozens of rare yellow ants reclaiming little white eggs on an exposed section of their anthill. Due to the rarity of yellow ants I’ve been told to leave it alone…
July 4, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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Morning lovely people. I’m still not going to go back to the US…
A sign that, due to a slight misspelling, claims Kansas city welcomes 25 million visitors anally.
July 1, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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Good morning lovely people. Another busy studio day looms but I snapped some pink stuff in the corner of my garden to cheer you all up. There’s also green stuff. And so on.
A photo of some pink flowers on a messy green bush in the corner of my garden. Various plants and trees can be seen but I don’t know the names of any of them.
June 26, 2025 at 7:28 AM