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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 6h

This is EXCELLENT. An EXCELLENT programme about an EXCELLENT man. @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social — help yourself to a medal.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Great Lives - Oliver Postgate - BBC Sounds

Andrew Davenport, creator of In the Night Garden, chooses Oliver Postgate.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 14h

I did last year.

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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 1d

Good news. You can buy stairs on eBay. And the postage is FREE.

An eBay advert for Bespoke Staircases, for £1,025.66 with free postage.

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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve never got on with him singing his songs. Don’t know about cover versions...

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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 1d

For the first time in my life, this morning I heard a Bob Dylan song I *actually liked*. It wasn’t Bob Dylan. It was John Prine. The search continues.

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Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 1d

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 3d

All subtitles should aspire to this sort of greatness.

A book's half title page, reading 'Odd and Unusual England: An Illustrated History of Curious Things'.

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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 4d

And the Flying Circus scripts… @neilgibbons.bsky.social — anything to add?

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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 4d

Oh WELL done. Quite right. xxx

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Ternfortheworse @ternfortheworse.bsky.social · 5d

All the others are busy doing their actual fucking jobs

Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 5d

Is Katharine Birbalsingh the only teacher in the uk available for media comment because...I seem to hear from no one else in the media.

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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 5d

Grats, Owen.

Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 6d

Enjoyed doing this. There’s nothing like being surrounded by people who are WAY cleverer than you.

Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 6d

Starmer vs. Farage 🥊

In Starmer's recent speech he went hard against Farage, but has he done enough to show he's in control? @seththevoz.bsky.social is joined by @jasonhazeley.bsky.social, @jonnelledge.bsky.social & @hannahfearn.bsky.social to discuss 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...

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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 7d

Did the shower head a while back: white vinegar and a cocktail stick. #shredthatmuthafucka

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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 7d

Did the kettle at the weekend #thuglife

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 7d

Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone's company, PPE Medpro, has just been ordered to refund the Government £122m from a PPE contract.

There are two very odd things about PPE Medpro that may affect the odds of the Government ever getting that £122m...

Thread:

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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 7d

This is fucking GREAT.

Madeleine Brettingham @littlemaddles.bsky.social · 7d

"The wallpaper was busier maybe, the world was browner, but essentially it was the same world, where telephones were answered with a string of digits and time flowed begrudgingly forwards like gravy."

I wrote about my favourite sitcom of all time.

madeleinebrettingham.substack.com/p/that-is-wh...

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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 7d

There’s an absolutely beautiful performance of it by the United States Army Field Band on YT, if you fancy three minutes of Sousaphonia.

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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 7d

Sousa.

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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 7d

It’s a word I associate solely with the Mr Men books.

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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 7d

Nick Drake delivered the lyrics to the designer of the Five Leaves Left sleeve long before the album was finished — and this verse of ‘River Man’ went unrecorded.

Lyric:

Betty fell behind awhile,
Said she hadn't time to smile,
Or die in style,
But still she tries,
Said her time was growing short,
Hadn't done the things she ought
Where teacher taught
And father flies.

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Mr Benn @thebowlerhatman.bsky.social · 7d

Here you go...
Probably the last time David drew Mr Benn.
It's a treasured souvenir.

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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 9d

A whopping thrill to get to dive under the bonnet of this strange, brilliant book again.

Backlisted Podcast @backlisted.bsky.social · 9d

New episode up now. All the Devils Are Here by David Seabrook: part 2, with guest Jason Hazeley in conversation with Andy Miller, Una McCormack and Nicky Birch. @jasonhazeley.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/6ZlW...

All The Devils Are Here by David Seabrook part 2

open.spotify.com

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 9d

I’m opening a movie theater in which I show recently released films that I ripped from the internet but the studios are welcome to opt out if they wish.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 9d

Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.

OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out

Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.

on.wsj.com

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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 11d

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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · Dec 17

There’s an antiques emporium in Norwich of such unfathomable strangeness every visit produces fresh gasps of bewilderment and terror. Recent finds:

1. Mounted photo print of depressed steam train driver (£1)

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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 11d

I *really* want the surveillance bit to be true. And a set piece in a Pakula film.

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