Gary Brannan
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Apparently, everybody's favourite. Him off Tech Diff. The begrudging second coming of Harry Secombe. Strong wahey energy. Funniest British Man (TM). The Lidl of Light Entertainment.
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Changing Conceptions of Childhood 1870-1914: The York Mount School by Ruby Hogan
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Folks!
Another excellent podcast (with me on it) for your ears!
In this, we take a look at the history of girls' education 1870-1914, with a special look at the famous Mount School in York which pioneered girls' education in the City.
Give it a go!
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Another excellent podcast (with me on it) for your ears!
In this, we take a look at the history of girls' education 1870-1914, with a special look at the famous Mount School in York which pioneered girls' education in the City.
Give it a go!
open.spotify.com/episode/0S8P...
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, by then very deaf, gave 14th Earl Derby's first government its nickname by shouting "Who?! Who?!" as the list of inexperienced cabinet ministers was read out in the House of Lords.
Anyway, apropos of nothing:
Anyway, apropos of nothing:
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, by then very deaf, gave 14th Earl Derby's first government its nickname by shouting "Who?! Who?!" as the list of inexperienced cabinet ministers was read out in the House of Lords.
Anyway, apropos of nothing:
Anyway, apropos of nothing:
Al these sorts of mad posts like in the image here remind me of the landlord in the Daemons; “Mister Magister will care for you, give you everything you've ever wanted!”
And what happens to him? He got vaporised in his newspaper suit by a death ray from a little gargoyle man
And what happens to him? He got vaporised in his newspaper suit by a death ray from a little gargoyle man
November 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Al these sorts of mad posts like in the image here remind me of the landlord in the Daemons; “Mister Magister will care for you, give you everything you've ever wanted!”
And what happens to him? He got vaporised in his newspaper suit by a death ray from a little gargoyle man
And what happens to him? He got vaporised in his newspaper suit by a death ray from a little gargoyle man
Today of all days, if anyone wishes to research the issue of BBC impartiality, may I suggest the Ian Curteis archive? The fallout from the BBC’s refusal to make Curteis’s ’Falklands Play’ is one of the first big flashpoints on this, and he kept EVERYTHING
borthcat.york.ac.uk/icur
borthcat.york.ac.uk/icur
borthcat.york.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Today of all days, if anyone wishes to research the issue of BBC impartiality, may I suggest the Ian Curteis archive? The fallout from the BBC’s refusal to make Curteis’s ’Falklands Play’ is one of the first big flashpoints on this, and he kept EVERYTHING
borthcat.york.ac.uk/icur
borthcat.york.ac.uk/icur
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
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CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
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CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
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CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
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BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
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HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
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HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
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HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
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CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
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CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
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HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
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HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
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HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
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Bring back the sort of BBC that can have Terry Wogan being propelled through a wall by a fart from a massive arse as part of its light entertainment lineup.
Just be careful when you drop in to see the Broadcasting Under-Manager.
November 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Bring back the sort of BBC that can have Terry Wogan being propelled through a wall by a fart from a massive arse as part of its light entertainment lineup.
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Just be careful when you drop in to see the Broadcasting Under-Manager.
November 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Just be careful when you drop in to see the Broadcasting Under-Manager.
And seeing how Nandy has already turned me down for a post in DCMS, I also assume my application for the DG’s job will meet the same cruel fate.
Seeing so many posts about who “Starmer and Nandy” will appoint as director general. Easy mistake but the government does not appoint the director general! The BBC board, whose members are appointed for rolling terms by the culture secretary, appoints the director general.
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
And seeing how Nandy has already turned me down for a post in DCMS, I also assume my application for the DG’s job will meet the same cruel fate.
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Got these new trainers today but I can't get it out of my head that they look like fuckin DC Tosh Lines from The Bill
November 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Got these new trainers today but I can't get it out of my head that they look like fuckin DC Tosh Lines from The Bill
I dunno, totally up for little old bald fellers getting slapped on the head imho
Unfortunately, people mean it's the suspender girls with jiggly tits and the bald men getting slapped in the head that you can't do today. Good riddance!
November 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I dunno, totally up for little old bald fellers getting slapped on the head imho
Oddly, yes
We’re the ponies wearing heels, skimpy, fetishised underwear and spilling out of their bras?
People go ‘oh you couldn’t do Benny Hill these days!’ but my littlest is watching an episode of ‘My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic’ and they’ve just done a note-perfect Benny Hill chase, with a very close approximation of the music.
November 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Oddly, yes
We used to be a real country.
Kevin Keegan, looking resplendent in a Diddyman hat, as he judges the New Brighton beauty contest finals with Ken Dodd, August 1972.
November 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
We used to be a real country.
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November 8, 2025 at 10:49 AM
“You may not realise it, but I was once a weak man!”
“Oh, come now, once a week’s enough for any man!”
“Oh, come now, once a week’s enough for any man!”
November 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
“You may not realise it, but I was once a weak man!”
“Oh, come now, once a week’s enough for any man!”
“Oh, come now, once a week’s enough for any man!”
Just not enough small bald men around anymore, sadly. You can’t even hit a tuning fork on a table and put it on their baldy head and they go all wobbly, cos of woke.
Those are the things you can't do any more
November 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Just not enough small bald men around anymore, sadly. You can’t even hit a tuning fork on a table and put it on their baldy head and they go all wobbly, cos of woke.
You møve!
Nø, you møve!
I cån’t møve, yourë in the wäy!
Nø, you møve!
I cån’t møve, yourë in the wäy!
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
You møve!
Nø, you møve!
I cån’t møve, yourë in the wäy!
Nø, you møve!
I cån’t møve, yourë in the wäy!
People go ‘oh you couldn’t do Benny Hill these days!’ but my littlest is watching an episode of ‘My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic’ and they’ve just done a note-perfect Benny Hill chase, with a very close approximation of the music.
November 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
People go ‘oh you couldn’t do Benny Hill these days!’ but my littlest is watching an episode of ‘My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic’ and they’ve just done a note-perfect Benny Hill chase, with a very close approximation of the music.
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Tarbuck on The One Show rolling out all his old stories about Liverpool. Well, not *all* of them
November 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Tarbuck on The One Show rolling out all his old stories about Liverpool. Well, not *all* of them
The real ones know that if you look in the dictionary, under ‘Catchfart’ is this man’s picture
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The real ones know that if you look in the dictionary, under ‘Catchfart’ is this man’s picture
What a day, Barry Cheese out of Cheese and Onion AND Kenny Cantor!
Didn't know there was more than one Barry Cheese in the world.
His website looks exactly how you'd expect it to. www.kennycantor.uk
His website looks exactly how you'd expect it to. www.kennycantor.uk
HOME
www.kennycantor.uk
November 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
What a day, Barry Cheese out of Cheese and Onion AND Kenny Cantor!
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Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
November 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
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Didn't know there was more than one Barry Cheese in the world.
His website looks exactly how you'd expect it to. www.kennycantor.uk
His website looks exactly how you'd expect it to. www.kennycantor.uk
HOME
www.kennycantor.uk
November 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Didn't know there was more than one Barry Cheese in the world.
His website looks exactly how you'd expect it to. www.kennycantor.uk
His website looks exactly how you'd expect it to. www.kennycantor.uk
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Big naturals is BBC exec slang for any new David Attenborough series
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Big naturals is BBC exec slang for any new David Attenborough series