Skinny
@uncleskinny.bsky.social
Chemistry and crossword nerd (Setting puzzles as Skinny in the Independent, Gumm in the FT). Loves music, chickpeas, Pixies best album is Surfer Rosa. Centrist liberal. Feminist. The green and the grey of the Pennines.
I LOVE this.
BTW I remember when I came to see you speak at a Smiths event at Manchester University. You were a passionate speaker for them. Shame what's happened with old Mogsy since.
BTW I remember when I came to see you speak at a Smiths event at Manchester University. You were a passionate speaker for them. Shame what's happened with old Mogsy since.
December 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I LOVE this.
BTW I remember when I came to see you speak at a Smiths event at Manchester University. You were a passionate speaker for them. Shame what's happened with old Mogsy since.
BTW I remember when I came to see you speak at a Smiths event at Manchester University. You were a passionate speaker for them. Shame what's happened with old Mogsy since.
Every time I see Tom Baker in some retrospective post, I immediately think of this. A work of absolute magnificence.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQeT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQeT...
Tom Baker Symphony advert outtake - audio only
YouTube video by campfreddie
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Every time I see Tom Baker in some retrospective post, I immediately think of this. A work of absolute magnificence.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQeT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQeT...
Reposted by Skinny
We used to have an Eastern European cleaner, took her ages to hoover the house.
Turns out she was a Slovak 👍🏼👍🏼
Turns out she was a Slovak 👍🏼👍🏼
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
We used to have an Eastern European cleaner, took her ages to hoover the house.
Turns out she was a Slovak 👍🏼👍🏼
Turns out she was a Slovak 👍🏼👍🏼
Oh, that is top-notch and no mistake
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Oh, that is top-notch and no mistake
These are magnificent. Just about to ask Mrs Skinny all of them.
November 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
These are magnificent. Just about to ask Mrs Skinny all of them.
It's always intrigued me that Peter Noone is Peter No One. Not sure how rememberable he is, but there's a clue to be written...
November 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It's always intrigued me that Peter Noone is Peter No One. Not sure how rememberable he is, but there's a clue to be written...
Peter Noone (singer Herman's Hermits), Peter Bowles (To The Manor Born, etc), Charlize Theron
November 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Peter Noone (singer Herman's Hermits), Peter Bowles (To The Manor Born, etc), Charlize Theron