Julie Warren
@vathenauk.bsky.social
Gen X bibliophile, tyrophile, oenophile & philewordsphile. Author of 'It's All in the Mind: The Life and Legacy of Larry Stephens'.
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Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
Donate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025, organized by Rhodri Marsden
Unbelievably, it's the 15th year of this thing.
What is it?
Improbably, the nig… Rhodri Marsden needs your support for Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025
www.gofundme.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
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Right then, no one asked for it (everyone seems quite happy with last year's!) but here we are anyway, your #DuvetKnowItsChristmas 2025 bingo card! Some returning classics, some we missed last year and some new ones. Enjoy team, donation link below once Rhodri posts it!
December 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Right then, no one asked for it (everyone seems quite happy with last year's!) but here we are anyway, your #DuvetKnowItsChristmas 2025 bingo card! Some returning classics, some we missed last year and some new ones. Enjoy team, donation link below once Rhodri posts it!
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I’m reminded of watching two old ladies ask a teenage goth for directions and she politely told them and when she was out of earshot one lady said “You know where you are with a goth”
Things are Terrible, but this isn't.
Be weird.
Be weird.
December 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I’m reminded of watching two old ladies ask a teenage goth for directions and she politely told them and when she was out of earshot one lady said “You know where you are with a goth”
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Like the first cuckoo of spring, the first duvet sighting of the year is always a special moment.
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas
December 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Like the first cuckoo of spring, the first duvet sighting of the year is always a special moment.
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas
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This is your early announcement that Bod and Derek Griffiths will be on BBC Four from 8pm this evening.
December 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is your early announcement that Bod and Derek Griffiths will be on BBC Four from 8pm this evening.
I first read this as 'plagiarism' as I'm so used to everything being about AI these days.
1987:
smash hits 2 15 december 1987, page 18
Full mag --> https://archive.org/stream/smash-hits-2-15-december-1987#page/n17
smash hits 2 15 december 1987, page 18
Full mag --> https://archive.org/stream/smash-hits-2-15-december-1987#page/n17
December 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I first read this as 'plagiarism' as I'm so used to everything being about AI these days.
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Yuletide felicitations! The 1975 Christmas 'Radio TV Times' magazine is now available! 🎁
Explore 10 days of December 1975’s TV listings across both BBC and ITV.
Open the PDF, click on a programme title and start streaming from various platforms. 🤶
visualmutterings.com/1975-christm...
Explore 10 days of December 1975’s TV listings across both BBC and ITV.
Open the PDF, click on a programme title and start streaming from various platforms. 🤶
visualmutterings.com/1975-christm...
1975 Christmas Radio TV Times Magazine
Travel back 50 years into Christmas TV's past. The Christmas Radio TV Times gathers links to TV programmes from Christmas week 1975.
visualmutterings.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Yuletide felicitations! The 1975 Christmas 'Radio TV Times' magazine is now available! 🎁
Explore 10 days of December 1975’s TV listings across both BBC and ITV.
Open the PDF, click on a programme title and start streaming from various platforms. 🤶
visualmutterings.com/1975-christm...
Explore 10 days of December 1975’s TV listings across both BBC and ITV.
Open the PDF, click on a programme title and start streaming from various platforms. 🤶
visualmutterings.com/1975-christm...
Dear Father Christmas etc etc*
*(Signed please)
*(Signed please)
‘Our Secrets Are The Same’, the joint memoir by Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill with Graeme Thomson, has been named a Rough Trade and Uncut Book of the Year 2025.
Order your copy of #OurSecretsAreTheSame via the link below:
www.simpleminds.com/our-secrets-...
Order your copy of #OurSecretsAreTheSame via the link below:
www.simpleminds.com/our-secrets-...
December 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Dear Father Christmas etc etc*
*(Signed please)
*(Signed please)
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Very sad to report that JOHN ANTROBUS died yesterday (15th December) aged 92. A frequent writing collaborator with Spike, he conceived and co-wrote The Bed Sitting Room, two Goon Shows, sketches for the Fred shows & so much more. Glad we got a chance to salute him with a show earlier this year. RIP
December 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Very sad to report that JOHN ANTROBUS died yesterday (15th December) aged 92. A frequent writing collaborator with Spike, he conceived and co-wrote The Bed Sitting Room, two Goon Shows, sketches for the Fred shows & so much more. Glad we got a chance to salute him with a show earlier this year. RIP
"No less" = barrel scraped, impossible to go any lower
“No less an authority than the United Kingdom’s former Prime Minister, Liz Truss”
That’s a real sentence that someone wrote, which made it into Trump’s legal filing.
That’s a real sentence that someone wrote, which made it into Trump’s legal filing.
December 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
"No less" = barrel scraped, impossible to go any lower
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“No less an authority than the United Kingdom’s former Prime Minister, Liz Truss”
That’s a real sentence that someone wrote, which made it into Trump’s legal filing.
That’s a real sentence that someone wrote, which made it into Trump’s legal filing.
December 16, 2025 at 9:05 AM
“No less an authority than the United Kingdom’s former Prime Minister, Liz Truss”
That’s a real sentence that someone wrote, which made it into Trump’s legal filing.
That’s a real sentence that someone wrote, which made it into Trump’s legal filing.
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Overheard train chat between two tough-looking youths:
Youth one: “I got déjà vu, man. I saw this dog and felt like I’d seen it before.”
Youth two: “That’s not déjà vu. You just saw a dog twice.”
Youth one: “I got déjà vu, man. I saw this dog and felt like I’d seen it before.”
Youth two: “That’s not déjà vu. You just saw a dog twice.”
December 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Overheard train chat between two tough-looking youths:
Youth one: “I got déjà vu, man. I saw this dog and felt like I’d seen it before.”
Youth two: “That’s not déjà vu. You just saw a dog twice.”
Youth one: “I got déjà vu, man. I saw this dog and felt like I’d seen it before.”
Youth two: “That’s not déjà vu. You just saw a dog twice.”
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Overheard in the supermarket. Two teenagers.
1: 'Where's Dad?'
2 (with ineffable weariness): 'In the cheese aisle, having the time of his life.'
1: 'Where's Dad?'
2 (with ineffable weariness): 'In the cheese aisle, having the time of his life.'
December 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Overheard in the supermarket. Two teenagers.
1: 'Where's Dad?'
2 (with ineffable weariness): 'In the cheese aisle, having the time of his life.'
1: 'Where's Dad?'
2 (with ineffable weariness): 'In the cheese aisle, having the time of his life.'
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January 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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I listened to a string of people on R5 this morning moaning about how it was too hard to drive at 20mph. Even when faced with stats showing the limit reduced injuries and fatalities, they still didn't care.
December 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I listened to a string of people on R5 this morning moaning about how it was too hard to drive at 20mph. Even when faced with stats showing the limit reduced injuries and fatalities, they still didn't care.
Alternative title: 'How I try and justify getting done for speeding.'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Evan Davis: Why so many people break 20mph speed limits
After receiving a speeding ticket, Evan Davis explores why so many people have broken 20mph limits across the country.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Alternative title: 'How I try and justify getting done for speeding.'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
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Christmas CANCELLED in London 💔🎄
December 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Christmas CANCELLED in London 💔🎄
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🤬 The Swearsky Index has increased to 5%
December 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
🤬 The Swearsky Index has increased to 5%
I don't think I need to invest in any new highlighter pens
And now, Christmas Day 2025 on BBC One:
December 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I don't think I need to invest in any new highlighter pens
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1985:
smash hits 31 july 13 august 1985, page 48
Full mag --> https://archive.org/stream/smash-hits-31-july-13-august-1985#page/n47
smash hits 31 july 13 august 1985, page 48
Full mag --> https://archive.org/stream/smash-hits-31-july-13-august-1985#page/n47
December 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
1985:
smash hits 31 july 13 august 1985, page 48
Full mag --> https://archive.org/stream/smash-hits-31-july-13-august-1985#page/n47
smash hits 31 july 13 august 1985, page 48
Full mag --> https://archive.org/stream/smash-hits-31-july-13-august-1985#page/n47
I reckon someone at Duolingo must have misheard the lyrics to Blondie's Atomic.
November 29, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I reckon someone at Duolingo must have misheard the lyrics to Blondie's Atomic.