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Relatedly, the main US baby boom took place 5-10 years earlier than that in the UK.
December 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Relatedly, the main US baby boom took place 5-10 years earlier than that in the UK.
Courtesy of - where else - Facebook.
December 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Courtesy of - where else - Facebook.
I wasn't alive in the 1970s, but apparently it was a time when you could have a Christmas song based on a totally gonzo theory of the existence of Jesus Christ.
December 7, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I wasn't alive in the 1970s, but apparently it was a time when you could have a Christmas song based on a totally gonzo theory of the existence of Jesus Christ.
'I am connected by marriage to royalty, specifically Pocahontas' is extremely on brand for Louis Mountbatten.
November 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
'I am connected by marriage to royalty, specifically Pocahontas' is extremely on brand for Louis Mountbatten.
Grok, after being forced to post sycophantically about Elon Musk.
November 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Grok, after being forced to post sycophantically about Elon Musk.
We all do silly things when we fancy somebody, but... I would bet cash money that RFK Jr has been dropping foreboding references to the deaths of his father and uncle with every woman he wanted to sleep with for decades now. Does she not realise this, even in retrospect?
November 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
We all do silly things when we fancy somebody, but... I would bet cash money that RFK Jr has been dropping foreboding references to the deaths of his father and uncle with every woman he wanted to sleep with for decades now. Does she not realise this, even in retrospect?
God, what have you done?
You're a pink pony girl and you dance at the club.
Oh mama, I'm just having fun,
On the stage in my heels
It's where I belong down at the
You're a pink pony girl and you dance at the club.
Oh mama, I'm just having fun,
On the stage in my heels
It's where I belong down at the
November 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
God, what have you done?
You're a pink pony girl and you dance at the club.
Oh mama, I'm just having fun,
On the stage in my heels
It's where I belong down at the
You're a pink pony girl and you dance at the club.
Oh mama, I'm just having fun,
On the stage in my heels
It's where I belong down at the
Visited an Italian deli yesterday. They've solved the biodegradable straw problem - make them out of pasta.
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Visited an Italian deli yesterday. They've solved the biodegradable straw problem - make them out of pasta.
In a classic of the 'illustrate an interview of a sportsman with some zany photos' genre, The Guardian have got some pictures that make it look like Mark Wood has never seen a cricket ball before.
November 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
In a classic of the 'illustrate an interview of a sportsman with some zany photos' genre, The Guardian have got some pictures that make it look like Mark Wood has never seen a cricket ball before.
This is what I think whenever I see yet another Great Gatsby-themed party.
November 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This is what I think whenever I see yet another Great Gatsby-themed party.
This does feel like a much bigger issue for British culture than just Doctor Who. How do you have distinctively British programming when audiences are demanding more 'cinematic' TV (to watch on larger, HD televisions) which can only be funded by selling to a global audience?
![Others point out that some of Davies’ cheaper episodes were his best, such as Season 14’s “73 Yards,” which was praised by critics and Whovians. “Budget limitations used to help the idiosyncrasies of the show,” adds an executive who used to work on Doctor Who. “Big budgets can cause a problem — a huge variety of voices tend to push towards the mediocre — but then the budget was nowhere near as big as [shows like] The Mandalorian, so they were stuck in the middle. You can have planets, flying cars, and robots, but ultimately you are always going to get better versions elsewhere.”
Finding another American buyer for Doctor Who will be tough going, the ex-Disney source adds, while striking “piecemeal” deals across Europe and Latin America may prove difficult for a show that is ultimately quintessentially British. “How do you suddenly convince a buyer to take Doctor Who when it hasn’t been on their platform for so long?” the source questions.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jt7ax4g4gyoeovywudm6rif4/bafkreiglpekjth7m3cpwv5krgkghgobwumx2wzhstwst2ntftonmd34hde@jpeg)
October 30, 2025 at 11:40 AM
This does feel like a much bigger issue for British culture than just Doctor Who. How do you have distinctively British programming when audiences are demanding more 'cinematic' TV (to watch on larger, HD televisions) which can only be funded by selling to a global audience?
What I love about dumb conspiracy theories are... if this were true, what are the implications? Is the suggestion that Supertramp were planning 9/11 all the way back in the late 1970s?
October 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
What I love about dumb conspiracy theories are... if this were true, what are the implications? Is the suggestion that Supertramp were planning 9/11 all the way back in the late 1970s?
September 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This is *extremely* nerdy, but I've just noticed that, despite now being a private company, Royal Mail branding has followed HMG in switching from the St Edwards Crown (used by QEII) to the Tudor Crown (used by the current King).
September 25, 2025 at 9:39 AM
This is *extremely* nerdy, but I've just noticed that, despite now being a private company, Royal Mail branding has followed HMG in switching from the St Edwards Crown (used by QEII) to the Tudor Crown (used by the current King).
'In place of the Dark Lord you will set up a Queen - not dark, but beautiful and terrible as the Morning and the Night! Fair as the Sea and the Sun and the Snow upon the Mountain! Dreadful as the Storm and the Lightning! Stronger than the foundations of the earth. All shall love me and despair!'
September 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
'In place of the Dark Lord you will set up a Queen - not dark, but beautiful and terrible as the Morning and the Night! Fair as the Sea and the Sun and the Snow upon the Mountain! Dreadful as the Storm and the Lightning! Stronger than the foundations of the earth. All shall love me and despair!'
I've joked in the past about how the existence of Hither Green implies a Yonder Green, but it turns out I was not completely wrong?
August 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I've joked in the past about how the existence of Hither Green implies a Yonder Green, but it turns out I was not completely wrong?
The Guardian resisting the 'photo of a group of blonde girls jumping' cliché for exam results coverage in favour of this baffling image.
August 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The Guardian resisting the 'photo of a group of blonde girls jumping' cliché for exam results coverage in favour of this baffling image.
Ladies and gentlemen, the Democratic Party.
July 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, the Democratic Party.
