Martin A W Holmes
@hwam.bsky.social
Old enough to know better. Stupid enough to care about it. Daft enough to keep on doing it anyway. Creates VISION ON SOUND for FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL, and draws a bit 😀
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Martin A W Holmes
@hwam.bsky.social
· Oct 16
MAW_H from TwitWorld who presents VISION ON SOUND (a show about Archive TV) scribbles a few cartoon Ogrons, does other art (including Nosferatutu The Dancyr) & generally messes about with daft little projects in the hope people might enjoy them, but without any expectation that they actually will 😀
At last…! We have power…!
Time to crack on with some b/w Z CARS 😀
Time to crack on with some b/w Z CARS 😀
November 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
At last…! We have power…!
Time to crack on with some b/w Z CARS 😀
Time to crack on with some b/w Z CARS 😀
Power out now ten hours and counting…
Awaiting the sunrise 🙂
Awaiting the sunrise 🙂
November 15, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Power out now ten hours and counting…
Awaiting the sunrise 🙂
Awaiting the sunrise 🙂
Walk of the Week (131125):
Marple and Compstall
Marple and Compstall
November 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Walk of the Week (131125):
Marple and Compstall
Marple and Compstall
The concept is brilliant, the Tr*mp parallels are interesting, the “Hong Kong Harry” stuff and the party are both as dubious as hell, but the guest cast and the location work in that most overused and ruined part of London is utterly glorious…
…this morning I rewatched TNA: THE MIDAS TOUCH 😀
…this morning I rewatched TNA: THE MIDAS TOUCH 😀
November 13, 2025 at 7:24 AM
The concept is brilliant, the Tr*mp parallels are interesting, the “Hong Kong Harry” stuff and the party are both as dubious as hell, but the guest cast and the location work in that most overused and ruined part of London is utterly glorious…
…this morning I rewatched TNA: THE MIDAS TOUCH 😀
…this morning I rewatched TNA: THE MIDAS TOUCH 😀
This is still loitering on Channel 4’s streaming platform and I think it has an interesting and spooky PLAY FOR TODAY vibe about it… 👍
November 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This is still loitering on Channel 4’s streaming platform and I think it has an interesting and spooky PLAY FOR TODAY vibe about it… 👍
We also gave (JUDGE) MARIANNE from Walter Presents a go, hoping it might scratch the ASTRID itch. Fun, with a slight LA LAW vibe. Very promising.
November 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
We also gave (JUDGE) MARIANNE from Walter Presents a go, hoping it might scratch the ASTRID itch. Fun, with a slight LA LAW vibe. Very promising.
After it got mentioned in a recent show recording, I popped a disc of THE NEW AVENGERS into the player earlier… quite disconcerting to calculate that Patrick Macnee was seven years younger than I am now when he was appearing in this…
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
After it got mentioned in a recent show recording, I popped a disc of THE NEW AVENGERS into the player earlier… quite disconcerting to calculate that Patrick Macnee was seven years younger than I am now when he was appearing in this…
If in future all pronouncements by our billionaire overlords and other celebrities are going to have to be complete and unedited, there’s going to be an awful lot of tediously long (and possibly quite revealing, given the amount of rambling nonsense that they tend to spout) programmes to endure… 😱
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
If in future all pronouncements by our billionaire overlords and other celebrities are going to have to be complete and unedited, there’s going to be an awful lot of tediously long (and possibly quite revealing, given the amount of rambling nonsense that they tend to spout) programmes to endure… 😱
I seem to have made the colossal tactical error of pre-ordering a thing from Not-that-amazing-zon again… 😕
Oddly enough, it’s so long since I put the order in that I was genuinely surprised when I realised that it had gone to them 😂
Oddly enough, it’s so long since I put the order in that I was genuinely surprised when I realised that it had gone to them 😂
November 11, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I seem to have made the colossal tactical error of pre-ordering a thing from Not-that-amazing-zon again… 😕
Oddly enough, it’s so long since I put the order in that I was genuinely surprised when I realised that it had gone to them 😂
Oddly enough, it’s so long since I put the order in that I was genuinely surprised when I realised that it had gone to them 😂
Not at all intimidating when Beloved decides to watch Jamie Oliver whilst I’m preparing our tea.
“Are you heroing the cabbage?” she asks.
“No,” I reply, “I’m cooking it.”
“Are you heroing the cabbage?” she asks.
“No,” I reply, “I’m cooking it.”
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Not at all intimidating when Beloved decides to watch Jamie Oliver whilst I’m preparing our tea.
“Are you heroing the cabbage?” she asks.
“No,” I reply, “I’m cooking it.”
“Are you heroing the cabbage?” she asks.
“No,” I reply, “I’m cooking it.”
“Still, even a duck has to be taught to swim.”
“What’s a duck?” Luke asked curiously.
“Never mind.”
“What’s a duck?” Luke asked curiously.
“Never mind.”
November 9, 2025 at 7:34 AM
“Still, even a duck has to be taught to swim.”
“What’s a duck?” Luke asked curiously.
“Never mind.”
“What’s a duck?” Luke asked curiously.
“Never mind.”
A sudden realisation that when the WALK OF THE WEEK finally applies for charitable status as part of a national mental health campaign to get more people outdoors, it may have to adopt Elmer Fudd as its mascot...
November 9, 2025 at 6:46 AM
A sudden realisation that when the WALK OF THE WEEK finally applies for charitable status as part of a national mental health campaign to get more people outdoors, it may have to adopt Elmer Fudd as its mascot...
Caught the end of this film this evening… it prompted me to dig out this strange and now slightly anachronistic beastie… 😂
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Caught the end of this film this evening… it prompted me to dig out this strange and now slightly anachronistic beastie… 😂
More autumn colours… RHS Bridgewater, 071125
November 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
More autumn colours… RHS Bridgewater, 071125
Pauline Collins, star of Shirley Valentine, dies aged 85
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Pauline Collins, star of Shirley Valentine, dies aged 85
Her family said she died peacefully in her London care home having had Parkinson's for several years.
www.bbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Pauline Collins, star of Shirley Valentine, dies aged 85
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Walk of the Week (061125):
Dunham Massey
Dunham Massey
November 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Walk of the Week (061125):
Dunham Massey
Dunham Massey
FizzBok reminds me it’s three years since I did a series of images for what was intended to be book 2 of NtD…
I did about fifteen, of which this was the fourth…
The book never happened, but this is a nice reminder of what might have been 🙂
I did about fifteen, of which this was the fourth…
The book never happened, but this is a nice reminder of what might have been 🙂
November 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
FizzBok reminds me it’s three years since I did a series of images for what was intended to be book 2 of NtD…
I did about fifteen, of which this was the fourth…
The book never happened, but this is a nice reminder of what might have been 🙂
I did about fifteen, of which this was the fourth…
The book never happened, but this is a nice reminder of what might have been 🙂
I’ve finally and reluctantly got around to making a start on churning the clutter in this house of chaos and confusion.
I’m beginning to suspect that I may have to let go of a few books… 😱
I’m beginning to suspect that I may have to let go of a few books… 😱
November 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I’ve finally and reluctantly got around to making a start on churning the clutter in this house of chaos and confusion.
I’m beginning to suspect that I may have to let go of a few books… 😱
I’m beginning to suspect that I may have to let go of a few books… 😱
Fearing damage from the clutter surrounding it, I finally took an executive decision today and found a use for the spare nail in the stairwell…
The Big Fella has finally made it onto the wall 😀
The Big Fella has finally made it onto the wall 😀
November 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Fearing damage from the clutter surrounding it, I finally took an executive decision today and found a use for the spare nail in the stairwell…
The Big Fella has finally made it onto the wall 😀
The Big Fella has finally made it onto the wall 😀
Ah, the enigmatic adverts for overpriced chemical pong that is likely to make me feel nauseous are back…
Always fascinating that these all assume that the actor/model/whatever they have chosen will be instantly recognisable when they often aren’t.
Always fascinating that these all assume that the actor/model/whatever they have chosen will be instantly recognisable when they often aren’t.
November 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Ah, the enigmatic adverts for overpriced chemical pong that is likely to make me feel nauseous are back…
Always fascinating that these all assume that the actor/model/whatever they have chosen will be instantly recognisable when they often aren’t.
Always fascinating that these all assume that the actor/model/whatever they have chosen will be instantly recognisable when they often aren’t.
My suspicion of our retrogressive technology increases with another sheered bracket on a thing less than a year old, and the fading ink on mugs of similar age, yet I also still have stuff bought decades ago where the metal is solid, and the printing is as clear as the day I got it…
November 3, 2025 at 8:36 AM
My suspicion of our retrogressive technology increases with another sheered bracket on a thing less than a year old, and the fading ink on mugs of similar age, yet I also still have stuff bought decades ago where the metal is solid, and the printing is as clear as the day I got it…
Since I got hobbled by Slippery Stiles on the last Walk of the Week, the rest of the walkers will be out and about without me this week, so if you happen to see them, give them a wave or a smile, stop for a chat (some of them would really hate that!), and take a few snapshots for the album.
October 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Since I got hobbled by Slippery Stiles on the last Walk of the Week, the rest of the walkers will be out and about without me this week, so if you happen to see them, give them a wave or a smile, stop for a chat (some of them would really hate that!), and take a few snapshots for the album.
Stagger of this Week (301025):
Etherow Country Park
Etherow Country Park
October 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Stagger of this Week (301025):
Etherow Country Park
Etherow Country Park
“I was never particularly fond of goodbyes,” muttered Alan, jangling his keys as he tried, not-quite-quietly enough, to pocket the last of the custard creams. “It’s not that I’m sentimental or anything, it’s just that somebody almost always chooses that moment to demand payment.”
#NewAlanBennetts
#NewAlanBennetts
October 30, 2025 at 7:14 AM
“I was never particularly fond of goodbyes,” muttered Alan, jangling his keys as he tried, not-quite-quietly enough, to pocket the last of the custard creams. “It’s not that I’m sentimental or anything, it’s just that somebody almost always chooses that moment to demand payment.”
#NewAlanBennetts
#NewAlanBennetts
Reposted by Martin A W Holmes
Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
October 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.