Nick Mayhew-Smith
@nickbpp.bsky.social
Passionate about landscape spirituality, written books celebrating our built and natural heritage, including the guide Britain's Pilgrim Places. Faith inspired but disillusioned with institutions. Been a naturist all my adult life, happily open about it.
Dave Spart still pops up from time to time in Private Eye, one of many long-running jokes that have certainly served their time in that venerable organ.
And, err... that's it.
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And, err... that's it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recurri...
Recurring jokes in Private Eye - Wikipedia
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December 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Dave Spart still pops up from time to time in Private Eye, one of many long-running jokes that have certainly served their time in that venerable organ.
And, err... that's it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recurri...
And, err... that's it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recurri...
It received hardly any complaints at the time, it was entirely innocent and innocuous nudity. And yet it was voted the worst TV programme EVER in 2006 in a UK poll, probably by lots of people who never even saw it!
December 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It received hardly any complaints at the time, it was entirely innocent and innocuous nudity. And yet it was voted the worst TV programme EVER in 2006 in a UK poll, probably by lots of people who never even saw it!
Agree with the sentiment, though it does sound a bit like that old Viz top tip:
SAVE money on doorbell batteries by removing them and simply popping to the door every two minutes to see if anyone is there.
SAVE money on doorbell batteries by removing them and simply popping to the door every two minutes to see if anyone is there.
November 27, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Agree with the sentiment, though it does sound a bit like that old Viz top tip:
SAVE money on doorbell batteries by removing them and simply popping to the door every two minutes to see if anyone is there.
SAVE money on doorbell batteries by removing them and simply popping to the door every two minutes to see if anyone is there.
True, but Annebella is a highly perceptive academic who has spent many years studying naturism, and knows plenty of naturists (including me!)
Her book Nudism in a Cold Climate, about the visual culture of naturism in Britain, is amazingly well written and researched.
Her book Nudism in a Cold Climate, about the visual culture of naturism in Britain, is amazingly well written and researched.
November 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
True, but Annebella is a highly perceptive academic who has spent many years studying naturism, and knows plenty of naturists (including me!)
Her book Nudism in a Cold Climate, about the visual culture of naturism in Britain, is amazingly well written and researched.
Her book Nudism in a Cold Climate, about the visual culture of naturism in Britain, is amazingly well written and researched.
Oh... maybe I did see him on Twitter back in the day, he looks very slightly familiar. Didn't see him involved in the naturist community however. Sorry to hear you got called names over this.
November 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Oh... maybe I did see him on Twitter back in the day, he looks very slightly familiar. Didn't see him involved in the naturist community however. Sorry to hear you got called names over this.
Never heard of him, but just looked him up and he's British apparently... He describes himself as a 'nudist' rather than a 'naturist' on his website, for what it's worth. I know the UK naturist community pretty well, and I don't think he's that connected or closely identified with us.
November 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Never heard of him, but just looked him up and he's British apparently... He describes himself as a 'nudist' rather than a 'naturist' on his website, for what it's worth. I know the UK naturist community pretty well, and I don't think he's that connected or closely identified with us.