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matthewcr
@matthewcr.bsky.social
· Nov 3
Decorated the lid for the tea jar with an autumnal tiger collage #art #makestuff
Will eat a potato for dinner in honour of Bela Tarr
January 6, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Will eat a potato for dinner in honour of Bela Tarr
I looked up dogs stealing sausages in the newspaper archives. Here's a report from November 1931 in the Leeds Mercury
January 5, 2026 at 12:46 PM
I looked up dogs stealing sausages in the newspaper archives. Here's a report from November 1931 in the Leeds Mercury
Man wearing a new jumper
January 4, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Man wearing a new jumper
Gulls, teal, shelducks, gadwall, wigeon, cormorants and shovelers (my favourite) all gathered in the warm sustaining embrace of the sewage plant outflow
January 3, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Gulls, teal, shelducks, gadwall, wigeon, cormorants and shovelers (my favourite) all gathered in the warm sustaining embrace of the sewage plant outflow
I have seen Midnight Run more often than any other film but never on the big screen before, so I had a hugely enjoyable afternoon at the @princecharlescinema.com today. A perfect, relentlessly entertaining movie
January 2, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I have seen Midnight Run more often than any other film but never on the big screen before, so I had a hugely enjoyable afternoon at the @princecharlescinema.com today. A perfect, relentlessly entertaining movie
'That crab was delicious. May I please use the toilet'
'No'
'Sorry, what? thiS IS OUTRAGEOU- '
'Now you can'
'No'
'Sorry, what? thiS IS OUTRAGEOU- '
'Now you can'
January 2, 2026 at 3:56 PM
'That crab was delicious. May I please use the toilet'
'No'
'Sorry, what? thiS IS OUTRAGEOU- '
'Now you can'
'No'
'Sorry, what? thiS IS OUTRAGEOU- '
'Now you can'
Off to watch No Other Choice
January 1, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Off to watch No Other Choice
please save the date
January 1, 2026 at 12:57 PM
please save the date
Happy new year everyone, and to you in particular
December 31, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Happy new year everyone, and to you in particular
Benfleet to Leigh-on-Sea on a magical morning
December 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Benfleet to Leigh-on-Sea on a magical morning
Time to mop up the last juices from the big square plate of 2025 with a trip to the seaside
December 31, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Time to mop up the last juices from the big square plate of 2025 with a trip to the seaside
Overheard on the Thameslink: 'you got enough Walbans there pal?'
December 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Overheard on the Thameslink: 'you got enough Walbans there pal?'
Went for a walk and found this culturally significant tree 🌳🧙♂️
December 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Went for a walk and found this culturally significant tree 🌳🧙♂️
Caught up with the @backlisted.bsky.social Christmas episode on Asterix and found I've been pronouncing Toutatis wrongly in my head for 40 years
December 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Caught up with the @backlisted.bsky.social Christmas episode on Asterix and found I've been pronouncing Toutatis wrongly in my head for 40 years
Of course when Shakespeare was off till the 5th January with a house full of chocolate and cheese he wrote King Lear
December 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Of course when Shakespeare was off till the 5th January with a house full of chocolate and cheese he wrote King Lear
It's giving district line
December 27, 2025 at 7:46 AM
It's giving district line
We are at York City v Boston, 1-0 at HT and pretty cold 🥶
December 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We are at York City v Boston, 1-0 at HT and pretty cold 🥶
Destroyed the family at Marshmallow Madness in a manner so convincing that I might try and go professional
December 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Destroyed the family at Marshmallow Madness in a manner so convincing that I might try and go professional
Opening of James Thurber's The 13 Clocks. Not a Christmas book but enormous fun to read on a dark winter evening
December 24, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Opening of James Thurber's The 13 Clocks. Not a Christmas book but enormous fun to read on a dark winter evening
Happy to report I will be spending Christmas day with a dog called Marley
December 23, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Happy to report I will be spending Christmas day with a dog called Marley
I have eaten
the holy infant
that was in
the manger
and which
you were probably
saving
from Herod
Forgive me
he was delicious
so tender
and so mild
the holy infant
that was in
the manger
and which
you were probably
saving
from Herod
Forgive me
he was delicious
so tender
and so mild
December 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I have eaten
the holy infant
that was in
the manger
and which
you were probably
saving
from Herod
Forgive me
he was delicious
so tender
and so mild
the holy infant
that was in
the manger
and which
you were probably
saving
from Herod
Forgive me
he was delicious
so tender
and so mild
I have mulled
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
December 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I have mulled
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Bloody hell what a goal from Morocco in the African Nations Cup
December 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Bloody hell what a goal from Morocco in the African Nations Cup
Muntjac in the garden
December 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Muntjac in the garden