Jem Roberts, Dickensian Author etc. 🎩
@jemroberts.bsky.social
Dad/folklorist/historian/comedian. Douglas Adams’ official biographer, among many things. Official chronicler for ISIHAC, Blackadder and Fry & Laurie.
@talesofbritain.bsky.social @fabfools.bsky.social
jemroberts.com http://www.talesofbritain.com
@talesofbritain.bsky.social @fabfools.bsky.social
jemroberts.com http://www.talesofbritain.com
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• The #ISIHAC Bible 🎺
• The True History of the Blackadder ⚔️
• The Frood: Official Douglas Adams & H2G2 🤖
• #SoupyTwists: Official Fry & Laurie story 🍸
• #FabFools: The Beatles & The Rutles 🃏🎶
• @TalesofBritain.bsky.social 🏴🏴🏴
On paper & Audible: audible.co.uk/author/Jem-R...
• The True History of the Blackadder ⚔️
• The Frood: Official Douglas Adams & H2G2 🤖
• #SoupyTwists: Official Fry & Laurie story 🍸
• #FabFools: The Beatles & The Rutles 🃏🎶
• @TalesofBritain.bsky.social 🏴🏴🏴
On paper & Audible: audible.co.uk/author/Jem-R...
The big question is, now Donald John Trump has shown the world once and for all what the very, very worst of humanity looks like, and just precisely how unspeakably low, how crass and sick and sheer evil a single human being can sink… what do we DO with this information?
January 4, 2026 at 10:05 AM
The big question is, now Donald John Trump has shown the world once and for all what the very, very worst of humanity looks like, and just precisely how unspeakably low, how crass and sick and sheer evil a single human being can sink… what do we DO with this information?
HACK NEWS HACK
If the news article/anchor says Maduro was "captured", it's propaganda – and so is everything else they ever report. If they use the correct word, "kidnapped"… well, can you let me know which news platform that is? Truth is vanishingly rare these days.
If the news article/anchor says Maduro was "captured", it's propaganda – and so is everything else they ever report. If they use the correct word, "kidnapped"… well, can you let me know which news platform that is? Truth is vanishingly rare these days.
January 4, 2026 at 9:28 AM
HACK NEWS HACK
If the news article/anchor says Maduro was "captured", it's propaganda – and so is everything else they ever report. If they use the correct word, "kidnapped"… well, can you let me know which news platform that is? Truth is vanishingly rare these days.
If the news article/anchor says Maduro was "captured", it's propaganda – and so is everything else they ever report. If they use the correct word, "kidnapped"… well, can you let me know which news platform that is? Truth is vanishingly rare these days.
My favourite Dr Who spin-off is definitely The Lady In The Van, with Maggie Smith as the Timelord stuck in 1970s Camden with a broken old yellow Tardis and companion Alan.
January 3, 2026 at 7:56 PM
My favourite Dr Who spin-off is definitely The Lady In The Van, with Maggie Smith as the Timelord stuck in 1970s Camden with a broken old yellow Tardis and companion Alan.
I sleep like a baby: a foot and a half long.
January 3, 2026 at 7:36 PM
I sleep like a baby: a foot and a half long.
COMEDY FAX: The ‘World War Two’ depicted in David Croft sitcoms Dad’s Army, It Ain’t Half Hot Mum and Allo Allo are all intended to be the same war: a genuine historical global conflict which ran for six years in the early 20th century.
January 3, 2026 at 7:31 PM
COMEDY FAX: The ‘World War Two’ depicted in David Croft sitcoms Dad’s Army, It Ain’t Half Hot Mum and Allo Allo are all intended to be the same war: a genuine historical global conflict which ran for six years in the early 20th century.
Thinking back to the 2000s, George W Bush, TWAT and Iraq… The noughties were basically the mild, PG13 version of the 2020s. A relatively cuddly dummy run for today’s utter worldwide devastation. And you could smoke indoors for much of it.
January 3, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Thinking back to the 2000s, George W Bush, TWAT and Iraq… The noughties were basically the mild, PG13 version of the 2020s. A relatively cuddly dummy run for today’s utter worldwide devastation. And you could smoke indoors for much of it.
Reposted by Jem Roberts, Dickensian Author etc. 🎩
Queenie approves of this genuinely cunning plan.
January 3, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Queenie approves of this genuinely cunning plan.
“Microsoft/Apple/Paramount/ChatGPT/Palantir CEO wants…”
𝑺𝑻𝑹𝑰𝑵𝑮𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑼𝑷.
𝑺𝑻𝑹𝑰𝑵𝑮𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑼𝑷.
January 3, 2026 at 12:39 PM
“Microsoft/Apple/Paramount/ChatGPT/Palantir CEO wants…”
𝑺𝑻𝑹𝑰𝑵𝑮𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑼𝑷.
𝑺𝑻𝑹𝑰𝑵𝑮𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑼𝑷.
Donald Trump is the world's biggest arsehole, who one day just happened to accidentally free the world's most depressed and self-loathing genie.
January 3, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Donald Trump is the world's biggest arsehole, who one day just happened to accidentally free the world's most depressed and self-loathing genie.
The USA covers 3.53 million square miles. And apparently there isn’t a single American patriot living on that land who’s prepared to do the obvious right thing.
January 3, 2026 at 9:01 AM
The USA covers 3.53 million square miles. And apparently there isn’t a single American patriot living on that land who’s prepared to do the obvious right thing.
I always wanted to be a Professor of Early Medieval Agrarianism, but it was a bit before my time.
January 2, 2026 at 9:40 PM
I always wanted to be a Professor of Early Medieval Agrarianism, but it was a bit before my time.
I don’t care what anyone says, Matt Smith will always be MY Prince Philip.
a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a zebra print wallpaper .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a zebra print wallpaper .
media.tenor.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:36 PM
I don’t care what anyone says, Matt Smith will always be MY Prince Philip.
You should put your money where your mouth is. Then nobody will be able to hear you.
January 2, 2026 at 9:31 PM
You should put your money where your mouth is. Then nobody will be able to hear you.
The Leith Police dismisseth us, I’m thankful sir to say,
The Leith Police dismisseth us, they thought we sought to stay.
The Leith Police dismisseth us, we both sighed sighs apiece,
And the sighs that we sighed as we said goodbye, were the sighs that said we would be suing for wrongful arrest.
The Leith Police dismisseth us, they thought we sought to stay.
The Leith Police dismisseth us, we both sighed sighs apiece,
And the sighs that we sighed as we said goodbye, were the sighs that said we would be suing for wrongful arrest.
January 2, 2026 at 9:22 PM
The Leith Police dismisseth us, I’m thankful sir to say,
The Leith Police dismisseth us, they thought we sought to stay.
The Leith Police dismisseth us, we both sighed sighs apiece,
And the sighs that we sighed as we said goodbye, were the sighs that said we would be suing for wrongful arrest.
The Leith Police dismisseth us, they thought we sought to stay.
The Leith Police dismisseth us, we both sighed sighs apiece,
And the sighs that we sighed as we said goodbye, were the sighs that said we would be suing for wrongful arrest.
This might sound weird, but it’s not, it’s you that’s weird.
January 2, 2026 at 8:58 PM
This might sound weird, but it’s not, it’s you that’s weird.
It’s not what you know, it’s how dare you?
January 2, 2026 at 8:56 PM
It’s not what you know, it’s how dare you?
I would welcome a Reform triumph in the next election if it led to public executions for Treason when it all falls apart. Not just for Farage and his goons, but everyone who feathered his nest, from Cameron, May, Johnson and Truss onwards.
January 2, 2026 at 11:16 AM
I would welcome a Reform triumph in the next election if it led to public executions for Treason when it all falls apart. Not just for Farage and his goons, but everyone who feathered his nest, from Cameron, May, Johnson and Truss onwards.
We need to strengthen the laws surrounding Xmas. Like, if you put up decorations before 01/12, and/or take them down before 05/01, you are banned from having Xmas for a period of three years, until you can do it properly.
January 2, 2026 at 11:07 AM
We need to strengthen the laws surrounding Xmas. Like, if you put up decorations before 01/12, and/or take them down before 05/01, you are banned from having Xmas for a period of three years, until you can do it properly.
"There are actually a lot of very intelligent people who believe in God!"
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"There are actually a lot of very clean and healthy people who exclusively eat and bathe in faeces!"
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"There are actually a lot of very clean and healthy people who exclusively eat and bathe in faeces!"
January 2, 2026 at 10:52 AM
"There are actually a lot of very intelligent people who believe in God!"
=
"There are actually a lot of very clean and healthy people who exclusively eat and bathe in faeces!"
=
"There are actually a lot of very clean and healthy people who exclusively eat and bathe in faeces!"
The internet desperately needs a
***MUTE AMERICA***
button.
***MUTE AMERICA***
button.
January 2, 2026 at 10:46 AM
The internet desperately needs a
***MUTE AMERICA***
button.
***MUTE AMERICA***
button.
Reposted by Jem Roberts, Dickensian Author etc. 🎩
Gear New Year and happy #FabFoolsFriday, nits!
What if The Beatles had covered Queen?
No, but what if they bloody well had?
Then, this, probably: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo2j...
✌🏽🃏🎶
What if The Beatles had covered Queen?
No, but what if they bloody well had?
Then, this, probably: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo2j...
✌🏽🃏🎶
Beatles Meets - Queen [full album]
YouTube video by Listie Shadows
www.youtube.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Gear New Year and happy #FabFoolsFriday, nits!
What if The Beatles had covered Queen?
No, but what if they bloody well had?
Then, this, probably: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo2j...
✌🏽🃏🎶
What if The Beatles had covered Queen?
No, but what if they bloody well had?
Then, this, probably: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo2j...
✌🏽🃏🎶
Reposted by Jem Roberts, Dickensian Author etc. 🎩
It's that moment NOBODY has been waiting for... it's the DEATH MEDLEY 2025! youtu.be/7F0aMe99jZg
DEATH TO 2025!!!
DEATH TO 2025!!!
DEATH MEDLEY 2025
YouTube video by Jem Roberts
youtu.be
December 31, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It's that moment NOBODY has been waiting for... it's the DEATH MEDLEY 2025! youtu.be/7F0aMe99jZg
DEATH TO 2025!!!
DEATH TO 2025!!!
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Happy new year, and happy #FolkloreThursday!
This village green wall in Twinhoe was created by joining up a stone circle. No known tale attached… but we could make one.
This village green wall in Twinhoe was created by joining up a stone circle. No known tale attached… but we could make one.
January 1, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Happy new year, and happy #FolkloreThursday!
This village green wall in Twinhoe was created by joining up a stone circle. No known tale attached… but we could make one.
This village green wall in Twinhoe was created by joining up a stone circle. No known tale attached… but we could make one.
Please don't tell us we have to put up with a whole year of MAGA braying about the USA being 250 years old, as if that isn't basically national adolescence at best. Come back when you've grown a few pubes, America.
January 1, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Please don't tell us we have to put up with a whole year of MAGA braying about the USA being 250 years old, as if that isn't basically national adolescence at best. Come back when you've grown a few pubes, America.
Stop saying he* belongs in a prison cell when he* belongs in an incinerator.
*they
*they
January 1, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Stop saying he* belongs in a prison cell when he* belongs in an incinerator.
*they
*they