Tom Sutcliffe
@tds153.bsky.social
Presenter, Radio Four’s Front Row and Start the Week.
Should you be curious about what happens when the tea towel you’re using to strain pumpkin puree splits at the moment of maximum pressure….
Basically it looks as if I’ve murdered a pumpkin and it wasn’t a quick death.
Basically it looks as if I’ve murdered a pumpkin and it wasn’t a quick death.
December 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Should you be curious about what happens when the tea towel you’re using to strain pumpkin puree splits at the moment of maximum pressure….
Basically it looks as if I’ve murdered a pumpkin and it wasn’t a quick death.
Basically it looks as if I’ve murdered a pumpkin and it wasn’t a quick death.
Not to mention Stanley Green...
December 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Not to mention Stanley Green...
If that’s true shouldn’t someone wake him up?
December 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
If that’s true shouldn’t someone wake him up?
Bending my mind with this today for Start the Week. I currently exist in a superposition of dawning comprehension and complete bafflement. But hey, even Einstein found it hard to get his head round the idea. Collapse of my wave form on Monday at 9:00 on Radio Four.
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Bending my mind with this today for Start the Week. I currently exist in a superposition of dawning comprehension and complete bafflement. But hey, even Einstein found it hard to get his head round the idea. Collapse of my wave form on Monday at 9:00 on Radio Four.
The only circumstances in which it’s acceptable to wear pajamas on a flight.
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The only circumstances in which it’s acceptable to wear pajamas on a flight.
In other Reliably Funny news.
November 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
In other Reliably Funny news.
Feeling a bit Monday morning today. But then I saw this and cheered up. Clickbait advertising — a never-failing spring of comedy.
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Feeling a bit Monday morning today. But then I saw this and cheered up. Clickbait advertising — a never-failing spring of comedy.
I love “while not Olympian”. One of the ten greatest minds in history but modest with it.
November 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I love “while not Olympian”. One of the ten greatest minds in history but modest with it.
Waves in Margate: Bridget Riley Streak 3, Turner view of Margate in a storm, the North Sea.
November 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Waves in Margate: Bridget Riley Streak 3, Turner view of Margate in a storm, the North Sea.
The title character in The Death of Bunny Munro is SPECTACULARLY off-putting . Genuinely curious to see whether Matt Smith can make him even a little bit bearable by the end of the series. The kid is terrific though.
November 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The title character in The Death of Bunny Munro is SPECTACULARLY off-putting . Genuinely curious to see whether Matt Smith can make him even a little bit bearable by the end of the series. The kid is terrific though.
Should be a fascinating Start the Week this morning, with @naomialderman.bsky.social, Cory Doctorow and Oliver Moody on the wiring of society and the rewiring of us. Join us just after 9:00 on BBC Radio Four.
November 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Should be a fascinating Start the Week this morning, with @naomialderman.bsky.social, Cory Doctorow and Oliver Moody on the wiring of society and the rewiring of us. Join us just after 9:00 on BBC Radio Four.
My recurring thought on reading these frantically libidinous letters is “How the hell did he find the time!”
November 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
My recurring thought on reading these frantically libidinous letters is “How the hell did he find the time!”
You couldn’t pay me to have Louis Vuitton luggage*, but I quite like the scaffolding wrap on their current 57th Street remodel. (Pic Andrew Russeth)
*You probably could, but I’ll be driving a hard bargain.
*You probably could, but I’ll be driving a hard bargain.
November 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
You couldn’t pay me to have Louis Vuitton luggage*, but I quite like the scaffolding wrap on their current 57th Street remodel. (Pic Andrew Russeth)
*You probably could, but I’ll be driving a hard bargain.
*You probably could, but I’ll be driving a hard bargain.
The fireworks snood has been deployed.
November 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The fireworks snood has been deployed.
I discover that someone has cultivated a satsuma to look like a pumpkin for Halloween sales. This is a sign of the end times isn’t it?
October 31, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I discover that someone has cultivated a satsuma to look like a pumpkin for Halloween sales. This is a sign of the end times isn’t it?
You do understand this could easily get out of hand?
October 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
You do understand this could easily get out of hand?
Very pleased with my new Captain’s mug (bought from @saskiadanielceramics.com). And it reminds me that “handsome” was an approval of feel and utility before it became praise of appearance.
October 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Very pleased with my new Captain’s mug (bought from @saskiadanielceramics.com). And it reminds me that “handsome” was an approval of feel and utility before it became praise of appearance.
From Salman Rushdie’s latest.
About Francisco VII of Spain.
And nobody else. Obviously.
About Francisco VII of Spain.
And nobody else. Obviously.
October 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
From Salman Rushdie’s latest.
About Francisco VII of Spain.
And nobody else. Obviously.
About Francisco VII of Spain.
And nobody else. Obviously.
Regime change means redecoration…
October 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Regime change means redecoration…
Prince Andrew reveals his new coat of arms
October 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Prince Andrew reveals his new coat of arms
Views not much improved at Great Sca Fell (though the cairn is at least trying). But it’s so quiet up here I’ve just heard the creaking of a crow’s wings from 100 yards away.
October 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Views not much improved at Great Sca Fell (though the cairn is at least trying). But it’s so quiet up here I’ve just heard the creaking of a crow’s wings from 100 yards away.
In honour of a Thursday of silly, unforced errors I begin today’s walk by climbing Great Cockup. “Good views of the Solway Firth” (it says here).
October 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM
In honour of a Thursday of silly, unforced errors I begin today’s walk by climbing Great Cockup. “Good views of the Solway Firth” (it says here).