Stuart Derrick
stuartder.bsky.social
Stuart Derrick
@stuartder.bsky.social
Read, write, vinyl, cook
Hasn't Macca done enough for us? Apparently his work is not done - he's only gone and invented bagels with marmite & hummus (crumpets here due to supply). OMG - food from heaven. And he's lovely as ever on this pod from a few years back www.podbean.com/ea/dir-yuhf4...
EP.144 - PAUL McCARTNEY
Adam talks with British musician Paul McCartney about, among other things, his favourite snacks and British TV panel shows, what Bob Dylan is really like, whether the modern world is scarier than the ...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
A voice that still carries: Aimee Mann’s greatest songs – ranked!
What have they missed? I'd add Just Like Anyone - a heartbreaking 1 minute 22 seconds elegy to Jeff Buckley
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
A voice that still carries: Aimee Mann’s greatest songs – ranked!
Thirty years on from the release of her acclaimed album I’m With Stupid, we count down the sucker-punching best tracks by the US singer-songwriter
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Great to hear this positive update. This incident was so awful. Best wishes for the lad's continued improvement
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Boy thrown from Tate Modern can now run, swim and jump family say
The boy, who was six when he was attacked in 2019, has achieved his goal of being able to run, jump and swim again.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Found this in a bucket outside a house. Why did nobody in the last 10 years tell me how good it is? #donnatartt
October 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Feeling smug today after I found a purse yesterday and managed to return it to its owner via some social media detective work. A better world is possible :)
October 20, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Trump-Epstein BFFs statue appears in Washington to spite #MEGA (Make Epstein Go Away) movement www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
New statue on National Mall celebrates ‘long-lasting bond’ between Trump and Epstein
Bronze statue by an anonymous creator shows the two men frolicking and holding hands with a foot kicked back in joy
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The Great British 🤮Off
So glad that the Grauniad entrusted this important study to Tim Dowling - the king of this shtick 😆
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/se...
Steam, stodge – and so much suet: I made 10 endangered British puddings. Are any actually worth saving?
With many classic puddings on the verge of dying out, I set out to discover which should be back on the menu. It was a journey through some of the heaviest desserts in history
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Reposted by Stuart Derrick
‘We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the Tylenol began to take hold’
September 23, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Despite my son being from the most digital generation in history, I still have to trudge to the top of the house to bellow that it's dinner/we're leaving/it's bin night...😐
July 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
‘Own less, have more’: French app rents out underused household items. What a great idea www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
‘Own less, have more’: French app rents out underused household items
Poppins connects people who have things they use rarely with those who want to borrow or rent them
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Morning!
May 13, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Congratulations to Laura and Jason Kenny on the latest addition to their family ❤️
www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/laur...
Laura Kenny gives birth to third child after fertility struggle
Britain's most decorated female Olympian gives a first-glimpse of the newborn and shared her little’s girl’s sweet name
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May 7, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Great interview with Ozzy by Alexis Petridis in today's Guardian. It's really quite moving
May 2, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I love the smell of buns in the morning...
...smells like... bakery!
April 26, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Spring in my step after my dentist was surprised at my age and said I looked 10 years younger. Must have young teeth as the rest is for the scrapyard. Still, I'll take compliments where I can get them 😁
April 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Started physio exercise yesterday to help counter back pain, and today I feel more sore than before 😫 #ouch
April 23, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Get down and get with it! Slade in Flame re-released and reassessed at 50. The Cup-a-Soups are on me
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...
‘The Citizen Kane of rock movies’: glam rockers Slade and their bid for cinema greatness
Fifty years ago, the Black Country legends made Slade in Flame, about a band screwed by the music business. It tanked and almost finished them. Now, as it’s re-released, the film is being seen as a pr...
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April 14, 2025 at 7:09 AM
A great morning at the Essex and Suffolk Road Relays @northerngateway.bsky.social. Lovely sunny day and heartening to see so many of all abilities out running and being supported. Youngest's team got a bronze which he was very pumped about ✊
April 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Wife tells me I'm banned from giving up chocolate, cakes and biscuits for Lent next year as I've kvetched so much. I haven't succumbed though. One week to go ✊🍰🍪🍫
April 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Farewell Clem Burke who always looked amazing drumming in his sharp mod suits while hitting the skins like they owed him money. Bless you sir
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Blondie drummer Clem Burke dies, aged 70 - BBC News
The musician, who had cancer, was the powerhouse behind hits like Atomic, Heart Of Glass and Call Me.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Who remembers this throat-catching fragrance? Ideal for cutting through the cigarette fug of 90s pubs and clubs. My youngest just discovered my barely used bottle and has happily dosed himself in it and wandered off to school. It's just as pungent as I remember 😵‍💫
April 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM