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Si Hawkins
@sihawkins.bsky.social
64 followers 170 following 55 posts
Usually hunched over a laptop (please distract me) or deep in a charity shop (please hold) or skulking at a gig somewhere (airplane mode)
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edmorrish.bsky.social
of course the song’s called wichita assistant referee, these days
December 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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amateuradam.bsky.social
We are extremely fair weather Chanukah observers, but it felt like the right year to dust down our menorah and light it with the kids. The festival of light, symbolising hope, at a time where hope feels more important than ever.
December 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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robinince.bsky.social
If you know anyone who would enjoy this evening and is in London tonight - please tell them - the money raised is so vital
robinince.bsky.social Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 16d
I am a last minute addition to this benefit bill in London tonight - spread the word , let’s sell it out #comedy #london #gaza
Poster for show at Colab Theatre tonight in London
December 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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joshmanning.bsky.social
Chris for the win!
chriso-wiki.bsky.social ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 27d
In honour of its proponents, I suggest that the Dmitriev-Witkoff proposal should henceforth be called the Dim-Wit Plan
November 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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@tim-burgess.bsky.social Just Lookin' played on consecutive shows on @bbc6music.bsky.social this morning - has it been rereleased?
November 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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muldoon.bsky.social
Have reviewed 14 comedy shows in the last three weeks, if that's of interest. Rosie Jones, Nick Mohammed, Suzi Ruffell, Scott Bennett, Jessica Fostekew and Clash of the Comics. Plus particularly AMAZING shows from Simon Amstell, Michelle De Swarte and Helen Bauer www.comedy.co.uk/people/mark_...
Mark Muldoon features - British Comedy Guide
Features that British Comedy Guide has published about Mark Muldoon.
www.comedy.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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ofalafel.bsky.social
My attempts to combine nitrous oxide and Oxo cubes have made me a laughing stock.
October 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
sihawkins.bsky.social
I'm guessing Leverkusen bought Ten Haag from Amazon & did the 14 day return thing?
September 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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robinince.bsky.social
If you love independent bookshops then please support Bookseller Crow - Jon, a brilliant bookseller, is seriously ill
Jon, owner of bookseller crow in Crystal Palace , is seriously ill
August 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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stavvers.bsky.social
Annoying grammar sticklers, now is your moment to shine. Be more like Ian.
Private eye letters page: Proscription charges Sir, I can't believe I was arrested this afternoon at Parliament Square SECONDS after holding up a placard. I deliberately wanted to show the absurdity of the current legislation by carefully wording my placard to read as follows: "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine (full stop here, if your screen reader didnt pick it up). Action needed now!" Naively I assumed I couldn't be arrested as technically if you read the placard text carefully I was not expressing support for a proscribed organisation. I am of a generation that thought that Britain believed in free speech, and I simply wanted to express my utter horror at the present situation in Gaza. But the strategically placed full stop failed tocsave me IAN D, MURSELL, London.
August 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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gralefrit.bsky.social
Bloody hell! This is STORMING!
kenplume.bsky.social Ken Plume @kenplume.bsky.social · Aug 23
This They Might Be Giants TONIGHT SHOW performance of "Birdhouse In Your Soul" from 1990 remains firmly lodged in my noggin thanks to the Tonight Show Band's full commitment and Doc Severinsen's incredible trumpeting... It took an already great song and made it transcendent.
August 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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festmag.bsky.social
"Tuck tackles it all, fear and delight, with glorious gusto"

Thom Tuck – @turlygod.bsky.social – returns his clown SCARAMOUCHE JONES to the #EdFringe – read @sihawkins.bsky.social's ★★★★ review
Review: Scaramouche Jones
Fringe veteran Thom Tuck revives clown in Justin Butcher’s 20-year-old play
festmag.com
August 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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festmag.bsky.social
"Long has been doing political comedy for 17 years now, and it’s probably an understatement to say that she isn’t thrilled with how things have turned out"

LOVE IN THE TIME OF MONSTERS by @josielong.bsky.social gets ★★★★ from @sihawkins.bsky.social

festmag.com/2025/08/06/r... @pleasance.co.uk
Review: Josie Long: Now is the Time of Monsters
Long is on terrific form with a deceptively rousing dinosaur show
festmag.com
August 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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festmag.bsky.social
"Swooping from fascinating insights to well-timed gags, crowd-pleasing chant-alongs and a good dose of the mischievously provocative"

DEATH TO THE WEST (MIDLANDS), by Hasan Al-Habib, is at @pleasance.co.uk this #EdFringe

festmag.com/2025/08/04/r... (Review: @sihawkins.bsky.social)
Review: Hasan Al-Habib: Death to the West (Midlands)
Infectiously effusive hour from the Birmingham comic…
festmag.com
August 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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festmag.bsky.social
"Hospital drama, relatable relationship angst, even some meta material for the arms-folded head-nodders."

@heidiregan.bsky.social's well-crafted stand-up hour JEKYLL AND HEIDI gets ★★★★ from @sihawkins.bsky.social

festmag.com/2025/08/08/r... #EdFringe
Review: Heidi Regan: Jekyll and Heidi
Beautifully crafted, naturally delivered hour of low-key standup
festmag.com
August 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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adamlarter.bsky.social
*** LEAKED***
#oasis setlist for tonight at Wembley Park.
It is alllllll hits
July 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
sihawkins.bsky.social
Is that you voicing the OU ad, @soozuk.bsky.social ?

And if so, did you offer to sing the singy bit too?
July 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
sihawkins.bsky.social
My enjoyment of this Flum/Chelsea CWC game is confused slightly by the commentator sounding almost exactly like broom cupboard breakout Andy Crane
July 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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yardieball.bsky.social
A great tribute to Diogo Jota by @hersport.bsky.social .
July 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
sihawkins.bsky.social
Very much enjoying Olivia Rodrigo acting out her long-held dream of being Lol Tolhurst #Glasto
June 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
sihawkins.bsky.social
Quite the Auf Wiedersehen Glasto, Tim Healy's son last night & that's clearly Timothy Spall playing Neil Young
June 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
sihawkins.bsky.social
Loving the guy outside Chris Brown trial who - amid all the 'love you Chris' screams - keeps shouting 'YOU'RE A WRONGUN!'
June 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
sihawkins.bsky.social
Jesus
jackscarab.bsky.social Jack who wrote Aether Torrent @jackscarab.bsky.social · Jun 13
" ... she had asked a boss if he would let his children fly on a plane with the litany of flaws and non-conformances he was urging her to “pencil-whip”: “Cindy, none of these planes are staying in America, they’re all going overseas,” he retorted, much to her horror. "

prospect.org/economy/2025...
One of the Dreamliners That Gave a Boeing Manager Nightmares Just Crashed
Whistleblowers always warned that passengers would pay a price for Boeing’s tyrannical corner-cutting, especially with the planes shipped overseas.
prospect.org
June 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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katamaridumassy.bsky.social
Reggie Watts addresses Thom Yorke’s statement on Palestine and it’s good
Reggie Watts statement, 1 of 2: “I was disappointed to see that Thom's statement centers his hurt feelings and frames his fans' demands for him to speak up as a "social media witch hunt," instead of recognizing the urgency of their call for him to speak out against the world-historical humanitarian crisis in Palestine. I hope Thom will reflect and decenter himself from the public outcry against the genocide, because if he and his artistic legacy stand for love and humanity as he asserts, he can come to see his fans' actions as an act of loving solidarity with suffering people-a needed affirmation of our humanity in these dark times.” Reggie Watts statement 2 of 2: “I also want to address Thom's repetition of a common rhetorical tactic of those who are devoted to maintaining the status quo, that one cannot speak up or demand an end to the genocide unless they fully understand the deep "complexity" of this historical conflict. I urge Thom's fans to reject this conviction-neutralizing, demobilizing sentiment and trust their hearts. You don't need to be a geopolitics scholar to know that starving children and slaughtering families is wrong. Your membership in the human family gives you authority and, indeed, responsibility to speak up. All positive change starts with conscious and loving people raising their voices and working together to bring a better world into existence. Please keep fighting until our sisters and brothers in Palestine are free.”
May 31, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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soozuk.bsky.social
Every Olympics people share that clip of Snoop Dogg saying that in the equestrian events the HORSE should get the medal. He's just having a laugh coz obviously horses have no concept of winning or medals. But FAIR ENOUGH, I went out one morning and offered a medal to multiple horses...
May 31, 2025 at 8:34 AM