#nowreading Nicholas Freeling - The Widow
After Freeling killed off Van Der Valk he wrote a couple of great atmospheric novels about his wife - Arlette- and her private detective agency in Strasbourg. This, published in 1978, was first. Quietly brilliant as ever- and dedicated to *Strasbourg* 😂
After Freeling killed off Van Der Valk he wrote a couple of great atmospheric novels about his wife - Arlette- and her private detective agency in Strasbourg. This, published in 1978, was first. Quietly brilliant as ever- and dedicated to *Strasbourg* 😂
January 17, 2026 at 7:13 PM
#nowreading Nicholas Freeling - The Widow
After Freeling killed off Van Der Valk he wrote a couple of great atmospheric novels about his wife - Arlette- and her private detective agency in Strasbourg. This, published in 1978, was first. Quietly brilliant as ever- and dedicated to *Strasbourg* 😂
After Freeling killed off Van Der Valk he wrote a couple of great atmospheric novels about his wife - Arlette- and her private detective agency in Strasbourg. This, published in 1978, was first. Quietly brilliant as ever- and dedicated to *Strasbourg* 😂
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Incredible piece of Search Engine Optimisation
January 16, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Incredible piece of Search Engine Optimisation
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I have yet to see a terribly mangled political reference to The Traitors in response to the latest UK politics news, but I know they're out there, and I know how bad they are, cousins to similar football references.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 PM
I have yet to see a terribly mangled political reference to The Traitors in response to the latest UK politics news, but I know they're out there, and I know how bad they are, cousins to similar football references.
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A bizarre, brief, astonishing period when you could stick BBC2 on at 7pm and find yourself watching Butthole Surfers or Napalm Death or Nitzer Ebb while you ate your tea.
What a show.
What a show.
Any excuse to bollock on about this again... Snub TV is available, nearly entirely, on YouTube here, complete with VHS glitches and BBC2 idents...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Snub TV (UK) - YouTube
Snub TV was an alternative culture television program that ran from 1987 to 1989. The original program, while made in the UK, was developed by American produ...
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January 15, 2026 at 9:41 PM
A bizarre, brief, astonishing period when you could stick BBC2 on at 7pm and find yourself watching Butthole Surfers or Napalm Death or Nitzer Ebb while you ate your tea.
What a show.
What a show.
satnav says everything with such pride and confidence, doesn’t it? ‘turn left on *ROBERT SULLIVAN WAY* etc
January 16, 2026 at 9:55 AM
satnav says everything with such pride and confidence, doesn’t it? ‘turn left on *ROBERT SULLIVAN WAY* etc
Rick Parfitt refused hospital visits from Francis Rossi because ‘imagine if that was the last face you ever saw! Bloody *Rossi*’ 😂
January 16, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Rick Parfitt refused hospital visits from Francis Rossi because ‘imagine if that was the last face you ever saw! Bloody *Rossi*’ 😂
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Train announcement malfunction…
“The Glynde is not planned to call at Berwick where If you wish to buy a ticket this train is being held at a signal in coach number 9 of 8. Ore, Welcome, do not attempt to alight Ladies and Gentlemen if you travel beyond the tickets being held at a signal…”
“The Glynde is not planned to call at Berwick where If you wish to buy a ticket this train is being held at a signal in coach number 9 of 8. Ore, Welcome, do not attempt to alight Ladies and Gentlemen if you travel beyond the tickets being held at a signal…”
January 16, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Train announcement malfunction…
“The Glynde is not planned to call at Berwick where If you wish to buy a ticket this train is being held at a signal in coach number 9 of 8. Ore, Welcome, do not attempt to alight Ladies and Gentlemen if you travel beyond the tickets being held at a signal…”
“The Glynde is not planned to call at Berwick where If you wish to buy a ticket this train is being held at a signal in coach number 9 of 8. Ore, Welcome, do not attempt to alight Ladies and Gentlemen if you travel beyond the tickets being held at a signal…”
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Foreign Ministers of Denmark and Greenland after their meeting with US Vice President and Secretary of State.
January 15, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Foreign Ministers of Denmark and Greenland after their meeting with US Vice President and Secretary of State.
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A reminder of some of the new books we’ve announced we’ll be publishing in the first few months of 2026. Still more to come (keep an eye out), as well as some of our existing favourites moving into paperback, so there’s plenty to look forward to…
January 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
A reminder of some of the new books we’ve announced we’ll be publishing in the first few months of 2026. Still more to come (keep an eye out), as well as some of our existing favourites moving into paperback, so there’s plenty to look forward to…
Ha! Men almost always look utterly hilarious after haircuts. Like schoolboys. Completely absurd for at least four days.
Columbo in his first episode looks like a dog that's just come back from the groomer
January 15, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Ha! Men almost always look utterly hilarious after haircuts. Like schoolboys. Completely absurd for at least four days.
‘….and it’s DeKroker, Lowe! Isn’t it marvellous? He *loathes* everyone ‘especially the fucking Danes’ ha! I told him he’s going to have to eat cold whale fat and puffins for two weeks. he nearly pistol whipped me…he’s demanding biltong and filthy magazines sent on!’
‘You *reckless bloody fool*’
‘You *reckless bloody fool*’
BREAKING: The UK is sending a single military officer to Greenland at the request of Denmark to participate in a multi-nation exercise
January 14, 2026 at 10:05 PM
‘….and it’s DeKroker, Lowe! Isn’t it marvellous? He *loathes* everyone ‘especially the fucking Danes’ ha! I told him he’s going to have to eat cold whale fat and puffins for two weeks. he nearly pistol whipped me…he’s demanding biltong and filthy magazines sent on!’
‘You *reckless bloody fool*’
‘You *reckless bloody fool*’
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Our film of the month for January 2026 is Chronicle - Silbury Dig: The Heart of the Mound. A strange televised archaeological dig into Silbury Hill.
You can watch the film on the ‘Film Club’ page on our website 📽️🎞️🍿
You can watch the film on the ‘Film Club’ page on our website 📽️🎞️🍿
January 14, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Our film of the month for January 2026 is Chronicle - Silbury Dig: The Heart of the Mound. A strange televised archaeological dig into Silbury Hill.
You can watch the film on the ‘Film Club’ page on our website 📽️🎞️🍿
You can watch the film on the ‘Film Club’ page on our website 📽️🎞️🍿
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I love that someone on @letterboxd.social has made a list of music documentaries that don't feature Bono and that one of the chief discussions in the comments is whether or not they also feature Dave Grohl. letterboxd.com/mrbalihai/li...
Bono Free, as Free as the Wind Blows
Provided as a courtesy to the discerning Letterboxd member who prefers less insufferable Irish rockstar in their music documentaries* *-Disclaimer: although every effort has been made to certify that ...
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January 13, 2026 at 4:32 PM
I love that someone on @letterboxd.social has made a list of music documentaries that don't feature Bono and that one of the chief discussions in the comments is whether or not they also feature Dave Grohl. letterboxd.com/mrbalihai/li...
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I've written about how my troubled relationship with food was helped by "ratting" – the decadent habit of restaurant staff scarfing customers' abandoned food, and one that gives a thrill in the domestic kitchen. The ratter, you see, is hornier than most...
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/i-once-ate...
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/i-once-ate...
‘I once ate a fly thinking it was crispy carbonised meat’: On Ratting
Luke Turner on an eating habit he developed while working in restaurants in the late 1990s. Illustration by Antoine Cossé.
www.vittlesmagazine.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:29 AM
I've written about how my troubled relationship with food was helped by "ratting" – the decadent habit of restaurant staff scarfing customers' abandoned food, and one that gives a thrill in the domestic kitchen. The ratter, you see, is hornier than most...
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/i-once-ate...
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/i-once-ate...
Very sad news. RIP Bobby Weir
January 12, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Very sad news. RIP Bobby Weir
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Just watched the forthcoming Criterion Blu of Life Is Sweet and here's Mike Leigh's London www.bfi.org.uk/features/mik...
A film-by-film guide to Mike Leigh’s London... then and now
See how the London locations for some of Mike Leigh’s best films have changed since he shot there.
www.bfi.org.uk
January 11, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Just watched the forthcoming Criterion Blu of Life Is Sweet and here's Mike Leigh's London www.bfi.org.uk/features/mik...
I love this film…also love the *superbly* half arsed statement re: Clint at the top of the poster….
‘….in his own way he is, perhaps,…’ 😂😂
‘….in his own way he is, perhaps,…’ 😂😂
January 11, 2026 at 7:09 PM
I love this film…also love the *superbly* half arsed statement re: Clint at the top of the poster….
‘….in his own way he is, perhaps,…’ 😂😂
‘….in his own way he is, perhaps,…’ 😂😂
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#nowplaying Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
What a *phenomenal* band they were.
Ludicrous, mystic, powerful.
What a *phenomenal* band they were.
Ludicrous, mystic, powerful.
January 10, 2026 at 7:26 PM
#nowplaying Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
What a *phenomenal* band they were.
Ludicrous, mystic, powerful.
What a *phenomenal* band they were.
Ludicrous, mystic, powerful.
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If you're looking for some kind of rock-like constancy in this alarming and uncertain world, then why not buy a copy of the new issue of Viz? It's in the shops today, it was in the shops yesterday, and it will still be there tomorrow.
January 10, 2026 at 5:53 PM
If you're looking for some kind of rock-like constancy in this alarming and uncertain world, then why not buy a copy of the new issue of Viz? It's in the shops today, it was in the shops yesterday, and it will still be there tomorrow.
Forgot I did this. From a few years back. Nice chat with John Robb for his ‘Obsessions’ podcast.
Cider.
youtu.be/tf8H8nBFqLg?...
Cider.
youtu.be/tf8H8nBFqLg?...
Obsessions | Harry Sword & Cider
YouTube video by JOHN ROBB
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January 10, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Forgot I did this. From a few years back. Nice chat with John Robb for his ‘Obsessions’ podcast.
Cider.
youtu.be/tf8H8nBFqLg?...
Cider.
youtu.be/tf8H8nBFqLg?...
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Imagine a Pâté van going house to house, you hear the theme tune playing and pop out into the street to queue up and buy a whipped cone of it.
January 10, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Imagine a Pâté van going house to house, you hear the theme tune playing and pop out into the street to queue up and buy a whipped cone of it.
Saw this earlier. Something *grotesque*- debased, even- about pate in a ‘hummus type pot’. Not sure why.
January 10, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Saw this earlier. Something *grotesque*- debased, even- about pate in a ‘hummus type pot’. Not sure why.
‘….after all why shouldn’t I *watch Genesis Wembley Stadium 1987 Invisible Touch tour on YouTube for the 30th time*
an older man is holding a ring in his hand and asking why shouldn 't i .
ALT: an older man is holding a ring in his hand and asking why shouldn 't i .
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January 10, 2026 at 2:33 PM
‘….after all why shouldn’t I *watch Genesis Wembley Stadium 1987 Invisible Touch tour on YouTube for the 30th time*