Dale Smith
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Writer of things mostly about #DoctorWho and infrequent conversationalist. Also works with #Drupal / #PHP
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Look, there's no way of sugar-coating this: winning an award would be lovely, and if I have to give you an #AwardsEligibility post to improve my chances, you're just going to have to live with that: dalesmithonline.com/search/tags/...
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Possibly the ultimate "I want to talk to the manager" there.
December 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Possibly the ultimate "I want to talk to the manager" there.
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When a Doctor Who-related book literally says "ACAB" in the summary, you know it's gonna be good obversebooks.co.uk/product/para...
December 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
When a Doctor Who-related book literally says "ACAB" in the summary, you know it's gonna be good obversebooks.co.uk/product/para...
I had a housemate at uni who came back from the summer holiday to tell us they'd been mugged in Vatican City and a nun had helped her and taken her to an audience with the Pope, which she'd left because it was boring.
In the early 90s I shared a hotel elevator with Emilio Estevez and I got out on my floor not having exchanged a single word with him
Please quote this from the time you didn't interact with someone famous.
I was visiting with family in New Bedford, Massachusetts, at the same time that Mother Theresa was there visiting her Missionaries of Charity. The bishop held a Mass for her at the church where I was baptized. I didn't go.
I was visiting with family in New Bedford, Massachusetts, at the same time that Mother Theresa was there visiting her Missionaries of Charity. The bishop held a Mass for her at the church where I was baptized. I didn't go.
December 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I had a housemate at uni who came back from the summer holiday to tell us they'd been mugged in Vatican City and a nun had helped her and taken her to an audience with the Pope, which she'd left because it was boring.
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to put a random number to it, the lib dem & green combined vote share is about the same as reform, yet that's never the "public opinion" politicians chase
December 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
to put a random number to it, the lib dem & green combined vote share is about the same as reform, yet that's never the "public opinion" politicians chase
Two joys to listening to @500songspodcast.bsky.social:
1. Discovering that people called things like Steadfast Starfucker were performing under their birth names;
2. Hearing Andrew unerringly play the bit of the song that's the famous sample, and waiting to see if he'll acknowledge it or not.
1. Discovering that people called things like Steadfast Starfucker were performing under their birth names;
2. Hearing Andrew unerringly play the bit of the song that's the famous sample, and waiting to see if he'll acknowledge it or not.
December 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Two joys to listening to @500songspodcast.bsky.social:
1. Discovering that people called things like Steadfast Starfucker were performing under their birth names;
2. Hearing Andrew unerringly play the bit of the song that's the famous sample, and waiting to see if he'll acknowledge it or not.
1. Discovering that people called things like Steadfast Starfucker were performing under their birth names;
2. Hearing Andrew unerringly play the bit of the song that's the famous sample, and waiting to see if he'll acknowledge it or not.
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I've got the day off work, so time to bring back an old favourite, this time using lessons learned from all the great stuff we published in 2025. Let's do this.
December 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I've got the day off work, so time to bring back an old favourite, this time using lessons learned from all the great stuff we published in 2025. Let's do this.
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Go round the outside.
December 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Go round the outside.
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Without a doubt, it's As A Kang Should Be from @obversebooks.co.uk: I've had a busy year this year, but this one felt like lots of things came together to make this a fun book to write that was perfectly in my wheelhouse but also needed to exist in this moment. obversebooks.co.uk/product/para...
November 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Without a doubt, it's As A Kang Should Be from @obversebooks.co.uk: I've had a busy year this year, but this one felt like lots of things came together to make this a fun book to write that was perfectly in my wheelhouse but also needed to exist in this moment. obversebooks.co.uk/product/para...
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Now's the time for overseas buyers to pick up our Archives, Faction, iris and Senor 105 books - as well as Doctor Who and everything else - a bit cheaper via Lulu, using this code:
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November 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Now's the time for overseas buyers to pick up our Archives, Faction, iris and Senor 105 books - as well as Doctor Who and everything else - a bit cheaper via Lulu, using this code:
BOOKGIFT30
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BOOKGIFT30
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I do not want to go into 2026. It's too late for me. Leave me here. I'll guard the door to make sure 2025 doesn't escape.
December 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I do not want to go into 2026. It's too late for me. Leave me here. I'll guard the door to make sure 2025 doesn't escape.
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I was in a McDonald's and a child nearby was misbehaving. His mother admonished him to "remember who's watching", meaning his younger sibling. He glanced round, saw me (a random adult) looking vaguely in his direction and looked absolutely terrified.
Please quote this with stories of your minor interactions with non-celebrities, e.g. “I once accidentally bumped into a man in the Wellingborough branch of Holland & Barrett”
December 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I was in a McDonald's and a child nearby was misbehaving. His mother admonished him to "remember who's watching", meaning his younger sibling. He glanced round, saw me (a random adult) looking vaguely in his direction and looked absolutely terrified.
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As the Society approaches its Golden Jubilee we’re very much looking forward to bringing you regular updates about The Capitol 50 Years of DWAS. Happy New Year everyone!
To book tickets please visit: www.dwasonline.co.uk/thecapitol
#thecapitolevent
To book tickets please visit: www.dwasonline.co.uk/thecapitol
#thecapitolevent
December 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
As the Society approaches its Golden Jubilee we’re very much looking forward to bringing you regular updates about The Capitol 50 Years of DWAS. Happy New Year everyone!
To book tickets please visit: www.dwasonline.co.uk/thecapitol
#thecapitolevent
To book tickets please visit: www.dwasonline.co.uk/thecapitol
#thecapitolevent
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These people run a queer friendly cafe in Liverpool (Pippins Corner) and they’re wonderful.
Please share so it reaches people on here with money and we can surprise them in the next 24 hours.
Please share so it reaches people on here with money and we can surprise them in the next 24 hours.
Mona Lodge Raffle | Collctiv
Raffle for 2 nights at Mona Lodge Llandudno. It’s £5.00 per ticket and will be drawn 1/01/2026.
Nights must be used by the end of March 2026.
Please use your name as reference ❤️
pay.collctiv.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM
These people run a queer friendly cafe in Liverpool (Pippins Corner) and they’re wonderful.
Please share so it reaches people on here with money and we can surprise them in the next 24 hours.
Please share so it reaches people on here with money and we can surprise them in the next 24 hours.
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I once sold someone a printer in PC World because I was in my Tesco uniform and they insisted I should help them even if I wasn’t “on shift”, and it felt easier to ‘help’ them than argue.
Please quote this with stories of your minor interactions with non-celebrities, e.g. “I once accidentally bumped into a man in the Wellingborough branch of Holland & Barrett”
December 30, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I once sold someone a printer in PC World because I was in my Tesco uniform and they insisted I should help them even if I wasn’t “on shift”, and it felt easier to ‘help’ them than argue.
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Hate freeloaders who join in the New Year's Eve countdown for the last 10 seconds. I've been doing this all year. Where were you back in May
December 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Hate freeloaders who join in the New Year's Eve countdown for the last 10 seconds. I've been doing this all year. Where were you back in May
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Yesterday’s photo - walking along another canal #photography #trees
December 30, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Yesterday’s photo - walking along another canal #photography #trees
As always, ALWAYS, with AI: you will not get the true picture of adoption until it's being charged at its true cost.
In 2025, AI became pervasive in American life and the economy, with ChatGPT surging in adoption much faster than any other major technology in memory. @nytopinion.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:13 AM
As always, ALWAYS, with AI: you will not get the true picture of adoption until it's being charged at its true cost.
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Melvyn Bragg asked me if I'd met Sue Townsend.
I sat next to Melvyn Bragg at Mass once and was entirely oblivious until someone told me afterwards. (Not really a massive celebrity but the best I can do….)
Please quote this with the time you didn’t interact with someone famous - eg one time I was in Cardiff the same weekend as Willem Dafoe (but I didn’t see him or even know he was there until he appeared on the telly later)
December 30, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Melvyn Bragg asked me if I'd met Sue Townsend.
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Our gorgeous #WakeUpDeadMan end credit portraits, painted from life by Isabella Watling. We’re still in theaters, see my pinned post for a theater finder!
December 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Our gorgeous #WakeUpDeadMan end credit portraits, painted from life by Isabella Watling. We’re still in theaters, see my pinned post for a theater finder!
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Told this many a time but I met a member of M People when I was hammered and opened with “You look like that cunt from that hideous band”
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Told this many a time but I met a member of M People when I was hammered and opened with “You look like that cunt from that hideous band”
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
The gamification of politics is one of my least favourite things about living in the UK, and to my mind is exactly why people feel justified in disengaging or supporting candidates they wouldn't want running their bath let alone their country. Sorry if you're just here for the TV reviews though.
December 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The gamification of politics is one of my least favourite things about living in the UK, and to my mind is exactly why people feel justified in disengaging or supporting candidates they wouldn't want running their bath let alone their country. Sorry if you're just here for the TV reviews though.
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Hello! I’m seeking volunteers to be interviewed for my PhD thesis on the cultural significance of the tailored suit within queer communities during the 1970s and 1980s. If you’re interested and would like more information, please contact me. Thank you, and feel free to share this with your networks!
December 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Hello! I’m seeking volunteers to be interviewed for my PhD thesis on the cultural significance of the tailored suit within queer communities during the 1970s and 1980s. If you’re interested and would like more information, please contact me. Thank you, and feel free to share this with your networks!