Brendan O'Grady
@brendanogrady.bsky.social
Global Brand & Comms @ Diageo. Ex comms @ Guardian Media Group, Pearson plc, British Embassy Washington, No Ten &c. Politics, music, and the trifecta. E17. Stop making sense.
This is really very good. And weird. Best opening paragraph...ever?
October 18, 2025 at 6:29 AM
This is really very good. And weird. Best opening paragraph...ever?
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Essential listening, especially if you have been waiting for decades for someone to say this to Parris, starts from 23 minutes in.
Great Lives:
Towards the end Stewart Lee explains to Mathew Parris why Parris is an ignorant buffoon (my words, not Stew's). Priceless.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Towards the end Stewart Lee explains to Mathew Parris why Parris is an ignorant buffoon (my words, not Stew's). Priceless.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Great Lives - Comedian Stewart Lee on Derek Bailey - BBC Sounds
Stewart Lee chooses guitarist Derek Bailey.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Essential listening, especially if you have been waiting for decades for someone to say this to Parris, starts from 23 minutes in.
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‘After 70 years, 14 prime ministers, and nearly 4,000 articles, Leonard Barden is still going strong. In all that time he has never missed a week – rain or shine, in sickness and in health. And now, officially, he is a record-breaker.’
By @seaningle.bsky.social
By @seaningle.bsky.social
Record-breaker: Leonard Barden’s chess column celebrates 70 years and a place in history
Now 96, this week marks a milestone for our columnist, whose astonishing career has set a Guinness World Record
www.theguardian.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:20 AM
‘After 70 years, 14 prime ministers, and nearly 4,000 articles, Leonard Barden is still going strong. In all that time he has never missed a week – rain or shine, in sickness and in health. And now, officially, he is a record-breaker.’
By @seaningle.bsky.social
By @seaningle.bsky.social
@sarahoconnorft.ft.com exposé on the internet form-filling hell of the apostrophe-haver
I've now written a piece about why the internet hates my apostrophe, which you can read here: www.ft.com/content/48d4... Huge thanks to everyone who replied to me about it!
July 22, 2025 at 8:21 AM
@sarahoconnorft.ft.com exposé on the internet form-filling hell of the apostrophe-haver
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This photo contains every human who was alive on July 20, 1969.
Except for Michael Collins
Except for Michael Collins
July 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This photo contains every human who was alive on July 20, 1969.
Except for Michael Collins
Except for Michael Collins
Looking at a French festival lineup... the Lads have been absolutely bodied here by Google Translate
June 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Looking at a French festival lineup... the Lads have been absolutely bodied here by Google Translate
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Can’t praise this enough - it’s a beautiful, profound, wise, moving piece about what it means to have a disabled child, and about love. Do read it …
I wrote for the Guardian’s Saturday magazine about my son Max, who changed how I see the world. Took ages. More jokes after the first bit.
Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The boy who came back: the near-death, and changed life, of my son Max
It was, we were told, a case of sudden infant death syndrome interrupted. What followed would transform my understanding of parenting, disability and the breadth of what makes a meaningful life
www.theguardian.com
May 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Can’t praise this enough - it’s a beautiful, profound, wise, moving piece about what it means to have a disabled child, and about love. Do read it …
What a day to be in Manchester...
May 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
What a day to be in Manchester...
Essex roundabouts that could also be Metallica albums:
May 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Essex roundabouts that could also be Metallica albums:
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THE NEW INDIE 2008-2010 - the further we get away from this the more it's obvious it was a very good era
Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/6Pw...
Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
YouTube: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/6Pw...
Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
YouTube: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
April 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
THE NEW INDIE 2008-2010 - the further we get away from this the more it's obvious it was a very good era
Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/6Pw...
Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
YouTube: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/6Pw...
Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
YouTube: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
BOG best of 2024
Playlist · boglondon · 29 items · 1 saves
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December 27, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Just saw Ringo Starr and Ronnie Wood live in concert 🤩 (some bloke called Paul on bass, pretty decent)
December 20, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Just saw Ringo Starr and Ronnie Wood live in concert 🤩 (some bloke called Paul on bass, pretty decent)
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The Shining (1980)
December 14, 2024 at 7:17 AM
The Shining (1980)
But who will speak up for the cat-less child men
September 11, 2024 at 7:42 AM
But who will speak up for the cat-less child men
"People will come Ray. People will most definitely come." RIP JEJ
www.theguardian.com/film/article...
www.theguardian.com/film/article...
James Earl Jones, voice of Star Wars’ Darth Vader, dies aged 93
American actor starred in films including The Great White Hope and won two Tony awards in prolific stage career
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2024 at 9:06 PM
"People will come Ray. People will most definitely come." RIP JEJ
www.theguardian.com/film/article...
www.theguardian.com/film/article...
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What are some of your family idioms that make no sense to anyone outside of the clan / household? We have:
- 'going rubby-round', when a cat rubs up against your legs because it wants dinner
- 'don't tell John', a generic name for cat treats that are human food e.g. ham
- 'osbidge', meaning a horse
- 'going rubby-round', when a cat rubs up against your legs because it wants dinner
- 'don't tell John', a generic name for cat treats that are human food e.g. ham
- 'osbidge', meaning a horse
September 6, 2024 at 10:57 PM
What are some of your family idioms that make no sense to anyone outside of the clan / household? We have:
- 'going rubby-round', when a cat rubs up against your legs because it wants dinner
- 'don't tell John', a generic name for cat treats that are human food e.g. ham
- 'osbidge', meaning a horse
- 'going rubby-round', when a cat rubs up against your legs because it wants dinner
- 'don't tell John', a generic name for cat treats that are human food e.g. ham
- 'osbidge', meaning a horse
December 16, 2023 at 10:27 AM
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THIS THREAD
asking for an image of a professor and asking to make it "more professor", a thread.
December 1, 2023 at 4:23 PM
THIS THREAD
Such a good film (and musical score). And seeing these pics i now realise George Costanza's dad is in it too 🙃
There’s so much to love about 1974’s “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three”. One of them is how wonderfully ordinary everyone looks. It’s such a relief. There’s a tyranny of beauty in so many modern movies. Beautiful people, beautiful bodies. It’s as exhausting as it’s alienating.
November 29, 2023 at 8:39 PM
Such a good film (and musical score). And seeing these pics i now realise George Costanza's dad is in it too 🙃
This is like a journey through my 18yr old musical brain, with another 100 hours of songs I've never heard. December listening goals...
way over schedule but here's my newest mix: 162 hours of music from 1998, sequenced for maximum flow https://open.spotify.com/playlist/33iIuiWoBBiMii3MNf0Rl2?si=FMX4GbD-RaWqmRUDvk_aWw
1998: Almost to Armageddon
1998: Almost to Armageddon · Playlist · 2240 songs · 1 likes
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November 27, 2023 at 11:10 AM
This is like a journey through my 18yr old musical brain, with another 100 hours of songs I've never heard. December listening goals...
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OpenAI just announced they've fired Sam Altman.
OpenAI announces leadership transition
Chief technology officer Mira Murati appointed interim CEO to lead OpenAI; Sam Altman departs the company. Search process underway to identify permanent successor.
openai.com
November 17, 2023 at 8:42 PM
OpenAI just announced they've fired Sam Altman.
November 17, 2023 at 6:20 PM