John Rivers
@johnrivers.bsky.social
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John Rivers
@johnrivers.bsky.social
· Jan 28
"Listen to me you overdeveloped German sleazeball!" #eldorado
Managed to ruin Friday with an episode of ‘Who Do You Do?’
January 9, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Managed to ruin Friday with an episode of ‘Who Do You Do?’
Didn’t go to the pub and completed the Private Eye crossword this evening. Are these two things connected?
January 9, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Didn’t go to the pub and completed the Private Eye crossword this evening. Are these two things connected?
A classic by Sophie Ellis Bextor
January 9, 2026 at 8:42 PM
A classic by Sophie Ellis Bextor
January 9, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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Reposted by John Rivers
Reposted by John Rivers
Rare Silent Movie
Nitrate films were sought-after by private collectors, as demonstrated by the recent recovery of a rare silent movie:
The Servant Girl’s Legacy (1914)
The movie contains the earliest surviving film performance by Oliver ‘Babe’ Hardy.
Nitrate films were sought-after by private collectors, as demonstrated by the recent recovery of a rare silent movie:
The Servant Girl’s Legacy (1914)
The movie contains the earliest surviving film performance by Oliver ‘Babe’ Hardy.
January 9, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Rare Silent Movie
Nitrate films were sought-after by private collectors, as demonstrated by the recent recovery of a rare silent movie:
The Servant Girl’s Legacy (1914)
The movie contains the earliest surviving film performance by Oliver ‘Babe’ Hardy.
Nitrate films were sought-after by private collectors, as demonstrated by the recent recovery of a rare silent movie:
The Servant Girl’s Legacy (1914)
The movie contains the earliest surviving film performance by Oliver ‘Babe’ Hardy.
PIP N JANE ALERT
(to be fair that's the face I made listening to the radio throughout the Ashes)
(to be fair that's the face I made listening to the radio throughout the Ashes)
Patrick Allen, Christopher Lee and Sarah Lawson, Night Of The Big Heat, @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social, 9.55pm.
January 8, 2026 at 10:02 AM
PIP N JANE ALERT
(to be fair that's the face I made listening to the radio throughout the Ashes)
(to be fair that's the face I made listening to the radio throughout the Ashes)
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I know it’s already a tough January, but I wasn’t expecting a cookware company newsletter to have a full blown existential crisis.
January 8, 2026 at 9:17 AM
I know it’s already a tough January, but I wasn’t expecting a cookware company newsletter to have a full blown existential crisis.
Trinity Hall was the college that rejected me, so frankly they've always been arseholes ;)
"The evidence is clear: when talented students who have faced greater barriers gain access to elite universities, they flourish precisely because opportunity, not ability, was the binding constraint."
Prof Lee Elliot Major, University of Exeter
#highered #edchat
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Prof Lee Elliot Major, University of Exeter
#highered #edchat
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Cambridge college to target elite private schools for student recruitment
Exclusive: Trinity Hall’s new policy described as a ‘slap in the face’ for state-educated students
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Trinity Hall was the college that rejected me, so frankly they've always been arseholes ;)
"And let's look at the outcome..."
January 8, 2026 at 8:59 AM
"And let's look at the outcome..."
Can't wait for the updated version of 'Fear Her'
Breaking: Channel 5 is to air “The Downfall of Huw Edwards,” a two part factual drama on the disgraced former BBC News presenter.
It stars Martin Clunes as Huw Edwards.
It stars Martin Clunes as Huw Edwards.
January 8, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Can't wait for the updated version of 'Fear Her'
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File under the ever-growing subgenre of my work which I’m calling ‘Inanimate Object Has A Massive Go At A Person For No Reason’
![Comic strip script:
Scene is a SUPERMARKET, a MAN is walking past a display of CREME EGGS with his trolley.
1
MAN:
Tut
2
CREME EGG [talking to him from the shelf]:
Excuse me - did you just tut at us?
3
MAN:
W-what?
CREME EGG:
Tutting because you’ve seen ‘Easter eggs’ on January 11th, is it?
4
MAN:
What? Well, y-yes, I -
CREME EGG:
Listen, Tut boy
5
CREME EGG:
We are not Easter eggs. We are Creme Eggs.
6
CREME EGG:
We are the shock troops of seasonal capitalism. Eldritch simulacra of rebirth. Fondant mockery of life.
7
CREME EGG:
Not for us the grand safety of a cardboard box. Oh no.
They put us out here first, in our little foil uniforms, every January, to face the wrath of the nation.
8
CREME EGG:
And what you gonna do about it? Tut? Snark about us on social media?
9
CREME EGG:
Maybe you’ll write a little column in the Telegraph titled “It Is Sad That The Easter Eggs Are Out Already”.
10
CREME EGG:
You tut because you know that unlike you, we will return, every January…
…forever.
11
CREME EGG:
The eternal rebirth of mammon! The endless -
MAN:
Oh go on then
[He puts one of the Creme Eggs in his trolley]
12
CREME EGG:
HA HA YOU WORM](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreigf4nleeln6m3pznu3n33mmk4m2f7uwxg7qh6khg4e5l65yycrdjy@jpeg)
January 7, 2026 at 11:23 AM
File under the ever-growing subgenre of my work which I’m calling ‘Inanimate Object Has A Massive Go At A Person For No Reason’
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People say that The Sea Devils had lots of padding but I can't see it myself.
January 7, 2026 at 11:43 AM
People say that The Sea Devils had lots of padding but I can't see it myself.
I wonder at what point Ian Fleming crossed the line from 'mention this brand for verisimilitude' to 'mention this brand cos I want a case of their cigarettes'
January 7, 2026 at 11:47 AM
I wonder at what point Ian Fleming crossed the line from 'mention this brand for verisimilitude' to 'mention this brand cos I want a case of their cigarettes'
Obviously.
January 7, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Obviously.
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When writer and national treasure @outonbluesix.bsky.social came on ALFsplaining last year the conversation naturally turned to his childhood holidays.
Linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
Linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
January 7, 2026 at 8:39 AM
When writer and national treasure @outonbluesix.bsky.social came on ALFsplaining last year the conversation naturally turned to his childhood holidays.
Linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
Linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
Not tagging the post, cos I don’t need the grief, but like so much corporate-speak, ‘content’ is shorthand for the necessary words, pictures, video, that’s needed to get messages across. No one’s asking for ‘passion’ in 500 words on Quality Governance, just be clear, straightforward & we’ll be fine.
January 7, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Not tagging the post, cos I don’t need the grief, but like so much corporate-speak, ‘content’ is shorthand for the necessary words, pictures, video, that’s needed to get messages across. No one’s asking for ‘passion’ in 500 words on Quality Governance, just be clear, straightforward & we’ll be fine.
Reposted by John Rivers
Elton "spending too much time in the" John
January 6, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Elton "spending too much time in the" John
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In "celebration" of thr Pepto Bismol ad now being on the radio, I took some popular radio-friendly songs and added the "Diarrhea" guy.
January 6, 2026 at 8:17 PM
In "celebration" of thr Pepto Bismol ad now being on the radio, I took some popular radio-friendly songs and added the "Diarrhea" guy.
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"DR.WHO" c/o "TV ACTION+COUNTDOWN" (No.99, dated 06/01/73).
Art by Gerry Haylock. #DoctorWho #DrWho #scifiart #1970s
Art by Gerry Haylock. #DoctorWho #DrWho #scifiart #1970s
January 6, 2026 at 5:49 PM
"DR.WHO" c/o "TV ACTION+COUNTDOWN" (No.99, dated 06/01/73).
Art by Gerry Haylock. #DoctorWho #DrWho #scifiart #1970s
Art by Gerry Haylock. #DoctorWho #DrWho #scifiart #1970s