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Matthew Perren
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Dog and cat owning ex-bookseller. Lives in Scotland.
Non-work profile of @matnav.co.uk
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A map of the British isles with the tiny section of Kent coast where migrants land marked in red. The text reads. “Red: where small boats land White: the rest of the UK”
November 17, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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Ah! I do love a tuxedo boy. Noodles is a rescue too
Noodles
November 16, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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I have always loved both. But it has to be a girl dog and a boy cat who is already in situ when the puppy arrives. Noodles and Lotta get on fine but Noodles is very definitely in charge.
A black and white cat sits on a table in the autumn sunshine, secure in his own magnificence. A blond, shaggy labradoodle lies a little way away on the floor, admiring him.
November 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Spain has excellent local beer. Stop being so wet and have an adventure for Christ’s sake!
arriaca cervezas IPA
November 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Dogs are idiots. You should never be without one.
An idiot, earlier
November 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Made butteries. Screw you and your croissants, France.
A big tray of golden Aberdeen Butteries (or Rowies if you prefer) all flaky and crispy from the oven
November 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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A dickhead, earlier
My preposterous dog, all blonde and shaggy lying asleep on her back, legs in the air
November 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Mine
Canadian store front. The name of the shop is Kenneth Variety
November 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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LOOK AT IT!!!!
Cross section of a wool duvet in all its insane coziness
November 11, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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I’m keeping this as a memento of happier times. Only six minutes to go but Scotland still lost.

#ThePE
Scotland 17 - 17 New Zealand score card
November 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Challenge accepted. (C/o Noodles)
Noodles the black and white cat doing a huge stretch and simultaneously yawning so hard he’s almost turning his head inside out. His fingers are fully spread out with claws extended. He looks a little terrifying to be honest all claws and teeth.
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Lotta would just like to thank the firework-loving denizens of North Edinburgh for scaring the shit out of her last night.
Lotta is not allowed upstairs but on bonfire night she goes halfway up the stairs to pant and shake.
November 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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And he seemed so happy when last we met
A baby doll in its box. It’s hand firmly and deliberately between its legs.
November 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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The painting “Ennui” by Walter Sickert in which an older man is sat puffing on a cigar. Behind him, in an attitude of despair a younger woman is slumped against the sideboard, her head in her hands. She’s had it with his shit. He’s saying “AKCHUALLY... I think you'll find that's a Sugar Glider”
November 6, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Noodles and I want to read it please
Black and white cat showing off his lovely paws
November 1, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Is that all you got?
HUGE pumpkin with a teeny tiny sad face carved on it (two dots for eyes and a single line sad mouth)
November 1, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Reform UK logo but with the party’s name replaced by the words “I’m with stupid “
October 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Neep lantern with a huge grin. Quite a happy looking chap all things considered
October 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Horrifying
Extract from a list of foodstuffs available at a feed station on a bike race. It reads: • Pork pies form a local butcher
October 25, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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How it started. How it’s going
Noodles as a skinny battle-scarred somewhat nervous kitten in a cat shelter who has just forcibly demanded that we take him home. Five years later the same boy is the plushest, most affectionate cat I’ve ever owned. He’s also very louche.
October 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Remember George Osbourne.
George Osbourne ex UK chancellor of the Exchequer stands on a stage at some godforsaken conference centre at the Conservative Party conference. He is legs akimbo in a manner intended to convey POWER but it’s George Osborne so he looks like a damp wanker.
October 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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You’re shitting me!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...
A beautiful scene of waves breaking on pebbles with mountains in the background is overlaid with cursive text that reads, “Was it DNS again?” and at the bottom, “Yes. Yes it was.”
October 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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My nephew sent me this picture of me and his mum, my sister, today.

I was 15 or 16. She would have been 22 or 23.

We’re 61 and 68 now
Me and my sister in 1979 or 1980
October 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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The sky yesterday morning was gorgeous
The sky above Victoria Park in Edinburgh. Blue with long low grey clouds tinged with pink by the rising sun. Higher up white clouds hang in sheets of white pom-poms and rippling flags. Occasionally the ice crystals at the edges are caught by the sun and the white light split into all the colours in the spectrum. The sky above Victoria Park in Edinburgh. Blue with long low grey clouds tinged with pink by the rising sun. Higher up white clouds hang in sheets of white pom-poms and rippling flags. Occasionally the ice crystals at the edges are caught by the sun and the white light split into all the colours in the spectrum The sky above Victoria Park in Edinburgh. Blue with long low grey clouds tinged with pink by the rising sun. Higher up white clouds hang in sheets of white pom-poms and rippling flags. Occasionally the ice crystals at the edges are caught by the sun and the white light split into all the colours in the spectrum The sky above Victoria Park in Edinburgh. Blue with long low grey clouds tinged with pink by the rising sun. Higher up white clouds hang in sheets of white pom-poms and rippling flags. Occasionally the ice crystals at the edges are caught by the sun and the white light split into all the colours in the spectrum
October 7, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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Sherelle Jacobs
October 3, 2025 at 6:04 AM