Al Kitching
@itsalkitching.bsky.social
Birder, Beatles, bogs, fen-dweller, tries to finish books but drifts off into…whatever, runs The Fens feed https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:emtwh7ecdoazomcrvs4rbfdl/feed/aaafa74ch6fxy
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5 years since the Sunday Times absolutely hit the nail on the head.
And that particular mutant virus is still at large and trotting out pretty much the same old crap for the Mail.
And that particular mutant virus is still at large and trotting out pretty much the same old crap for the Mail.
December 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
5 years since the Sunday Times absolutely hit the nail on the head.
And that particular mutant virus is still at large and trotting out pretty much the same old crap for the Mail.
And that particular mutant virus is still at large and trotting out pretty much the same old crap for the Mail.
Rewatching Men. I think it’s wonderful. And pretty horrifying. It seemed quite divisive at the time, but seems to have vanished culturally (if I might be unforgivably wanky and condescending for a moment).
It’s on All4 for nowt if you fancy seeing Jessie Buckley and Rory Kinnear being amazing.
It’s on All4 for nowt if you fancy seeing Jessie Buckley and Rory Kinnear being amazing.
December 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Rewatching Men. I think it’s wonderful. And pretty horrifying. It seemed quite divisive at the time, but seems to have vanished culturally (if I might be unforgivably wanky and condescending for a moment).
It’s on All4 for nowt if you fancy seeing Jessie Buckley and Rory Kinnear being amazing.
It’s on All4 for nowt if you fancy seeing Jessie Buckley and Rory Kinnear being amazing.
I saw Daughters of Darkness (a 1971 let’s be honest EROTIC horror) years ago late night on the BBC and it has stuck with me ever since. Not like that.
It’s set in a deserted seaside hotel in Oostende. I **love** out of season North Sea seaside towns by the way. (“Everyday is silent and grey.”)
It’s set in a deserted seaside hotel in Oostende. I **love** out of season North Sea seaside towns by the way. (“Everyday is silent and grey.”)
December 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I saw Daughters of Darkness (a 1971 let’s be honest EROTIC horror) years ago late night on the BBC and it has stuck with me ever since. Not like that.
It’s set in a deserted seaside hotel in Oostende. I **love** out of season North Sea seaside towns by the way. (“Everyday is silent and grey.”)
It’s set in a deserted seaside hotel in Oostende. I **love** out of season North Sea seaside towns by the way. (“Everyday is silent and grey.”)
“Red sky in the morning,
Really quite lovely indeed”
Really quite lovely indeed”
December 11, 2025 at 7:46 AM
“Red sky in the morning,
Really quite lovely indeed”
Really quite lovely indeed”
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It’s amazing to think Nigel Farage was once exactly the same.
November 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
It’s amazing to think Nigel Farage was once exactly the same.
Absolutely over the moon with my new slip mat from @gailmyerscough.co.uk. You should go check her stuff out, it’s aces.
November 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Absolutely over the moon with my new slip mat from @gailmyerscough.co.uk. You should go check her stuff out, it’s aces.
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After too long hemming and hawing, picked up All The Haunts Be Ours, an astonishing compendium of folk horror containing 20 movies from around the world. Started the centrepiece documentary Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched and wondered how I’d get on (it’s 3’15”). It flew by; amazing piece of work.
November 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
After too long hemming and hawing, picked up All The Haunts Be Ours, an astonishing compendium of folk horror containing 20 movies from around the world. Started the centrepiece documentary Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched and wondered how I’d get on (it’s 3’15”). It flew by; amazing piece of work.
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“On a willow twig a kingfisher perches. It watches the eels with interest, but these are well-grown and too big for him to catch”
‘What to Look for in Autumn’
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer:
EL Grant Watson
‘What to Look for in Autumn’
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer:
EL Grant Watson
November 16, 2025 at 8:17 AM
“On a willow twig a kingfisher perches. It watches the eels with interest, but these are well-grown and too big for him to catch”
‘What to Look for in Autumn’
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer:
EL Grant Watson
‘What to Look for in Autumn’
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer:
EL Grant Watson
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I’m giving an online talk on Thursday evening at 8pm (UK time) about Birds & Flight. It’s free to RSPB members but anyone can join for a donation. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-by-le...
Talk by Lev Parikian: Birds and Flight
Join nature writer Lev Parikian for a fascinating, entertaining talk about the marvel of flight, focusing on a variety of bird species
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I’m giving an online talk on Thursday evening at 8pm (UK time) about Birds & Flight. It’s free to RSPB members but anyone can join for a donation. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-by-le...
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Gail is great, for proof look at all her cool stuff FFS.
It's been a very quiet week.
As a small business owner that’s a bit scary heading into my busy season.
So, if you're looking for unique #Christmas gifts, I make prints, homewares, cards & accessories inspired by midcentury design, music & architecture.
Have a nosy here gailmyerscough.co.uk
As a small business owner that’s a bit scary heading into my busy season.
So, if you're looking for unique #Christmas gifts, I make prints, homewares, cards & accessories inspired by midcentury design, music & architecture.
Have a nosy here gailmyerscough.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Gail is great, for proof look at all her cool stuff FFS.
And now…It’s been a while since I last watched Se7en, but here we are.
November 8, 2025 at 8:41 PM
And now…It’s been a while since I last watched Se7en, but here we are.
I’m rewatching Late Night with the Devil (which is great- David Dastmalchian is *fantastic*) and I’ve just realised it has a great mirror in the contemporaneous “3x3” episode of Inside No.9 (the one with Lee Mack, also brilliant).
November 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I’m rewatching Late Night with the Devil (which is great- David Dastmalchian is *fantastic*) and I’ve just realised it has a great mirror in the contemporaneous “3x3” episode of Inside No.9 (the one with Lee Mack, also brilliant).
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Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
I may have missed a memo, but Amadeus still (ahem) rocks. Almost zero cultural footprint these days, but it’s still wonderful.
November 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I may have missed a memo, but Amadeus still (ahem) rocks. Almost zero cultural footprint these days, but it’s still wonderful.
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I feel like if you had to ban social media for any group of people for their own protection, you should probably start with people over 60.
🚨🚨 #Denmark aims to ban #socialmedia for children under 15. PM Mette Frederiksen says "We have unleashed a monster" to Danish lawmakers. 🧵https://www.politico.eu/article/denmark-mette-frederiksen-partially-ban-social-media-children-under-15/
Denmark aims to ban social media for children under 15, PM says
“We have unleashed a monster,” Mette Frederiksen tells Danish lawmakers.
www.politico.eu
October 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I feel like if you had to ban social media for any group of people for their own protection, you should probably start with people over 60.
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Revisited this spectacular Kaleb Horton paragraph about crows this morning. "I have met crows that should be in jail" is one of those sentences that's so good you're initially furious you didn't write it yourself before circling back around to just being glad you got to read it.
September 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Revisited this spectacular Kaleb Horton paragraph about crows this morning. "I have met crows that should be in jail" is one of those sentences that's so good you're initially furious you didn't write it yourself before circling back around to just being glad you got to read it.
Over on the Other Place I would occasionally put this thread together, most recently during lockdown, four years ago in fact, and I realised I'd not done it here. So, bear with, and feel free to mute as this is an epic (genuinely, I’m not sure we won’t reach hitherto non-invoked thread limits tbh).
September 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Over on the Other Place I would occasionally put this thread together, most recently during lockdown, four years ago in fact, and I realised I'd not done it here. So, bear with, and feel free to mute as this is an epic (genuinely, I’m not sure we won’t reach hitherto non-invoked thread limits tbh).
Evening, everyone. I am watching The Quatermass Xperiment and isn’t that just a cracking image?
September 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Evening, everyone. I am watching The Quatermass Xperiment and isn’t that just a cracking image?
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... Hello everyone…just a PSA to say that all nine hours of Shoah is available for free on the iPlayer. Astonishing.
Shoah - 1. First Era
Claude Lanzmann's epic documentary recounts the story of the Holocaust through interviews with witnesses - perpetrators as well as survivors.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... Hello everyone…just a PSA to say that all nine hours of Shoah is available for free on the iPlayer. Astonishing.
We need to go back to idolising the FA Cup and treating it as the last and only truly great competition in the game.
Plus, they still sing Abide With Me, which, after Nearer My God To Thee, is the best hymn.
Plus, they still sing Abide With Me, which, after Nearer My God To Thee, is the best hymn.
Everybody should absolutely view this as an invitation to drop your spiciest soccer takes.
lol I’m gonna need bluesky’s biggest soccer post ever to balance out all the politics engagement im burying myself under.
September 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We need to go back to idolising the FA Cup and treating it as the last and only truly great competition in the game.
Plus, they still sing Abide With Me, which, after Nearer My God To Thee, is the best hymn.
Plus, they still sing Abide With Me, which, after Nearer My God To Thee, is the best hymn.
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Lauren Bacall
© John Engstead
© John Engstead
September 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Lauren Bacall
© John Engstead
© John Engstead