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I saw Timothy London (and band) play a great gig at Imperial College Union in 1987, three years before they had a hit as Soho. Musically they were right up my street, they looked fantastic, and they played a song that night which I don't think they ever recorded, that I still sing around the house.
The Guide #330: From Oasis to Bowie, your stories of seeing pre-stardom acts
In this week’s newsletter: Everyone has to start somewhere … and in front of someone. Thankfully, these soon-to-be-huge artists left the mime act and dodgy covers (mostly) in the past
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February 16, 2026 at 1:37 PM
I saw Timothy London (and band) play a great gig at Imperial College Union in 1987, three years before they had a hit as Soho. Musically they were right up my street, they looked fantastic, and they played a song that night which I don't think they ever recorded, that I still sing around the house.
Happy #CollopMonday to all who celebrate
February 16, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Happy #CollopMonday to all who celebrate
Today's Ripley's Believe It Or Not! I don't know if this is a re-run, but it's looking forward to an event that was due to take place in 2020. A quick Google search shows this cruise never happened, cancelled due to COVID or possibly common sense...
February 11, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Today's Ripley's Believe It Or Not! I don't know if this is a re-run, but it's looking forward to an event that was due to take place in 2020. A quick Google search shows this cruise never happened, cancelled due to COVID or possibly common sense...
Leith charity shop haul from last week, £16 total spend
February 9, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Leith charity shop haul from last week, £16 total spend
I took part in the church recording project at Whitekirk Church last Friday. When we were encouraged to take ten minutes to contemplate and draw a feature of the church I chose the font and the window behind it which both feature the descending dove motif.
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
I took part in the church recording project at Whitekirk Church last Friday. When we were encouraged to take ten minutes to contemplate and draw a feature of the church I chose the font and the window behind it which both feature the descending dove motif.
My new career as a gag cartoonist...
January 26, 2026 at 3:14 PM
My new career as a gag cartoonist...
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Until the last couple of weeks, I rarely heard the term Psychodrama, now thanks to British politics it’s a term I hear every day
January 26, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Until the last couple of weeks, I rarely heard the term Psychodrama, now thanks to British politics it’s a term I hear every day
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In anniversary news which I can’t quite verify, it may be 39 years (possibly more) since the Indian Air Force dressed their helicopters up as elephants for Republic Day
January 26, 2026 at 9:46 AM
In anniversary news which I can’t quite verify, it may be 39 years (possibly more) since the Indian Air Force dressed their helicopters up as elephants for Republic Day
Best Guardian Thursday quiz score for ages. Have I got too much time on my hands? ;-)
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
January 22, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Best Guardian Thursday quiz score for ages. Have I got too much time on my hands? ;-)
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
This is like the Harry Redknapp defence, "I write like a two year old. I can't work a computer, I don't know what an email is, I have never sent a fax"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage apologises for 17 breaches of MPs’ code of conduct
Reform UK leader, who failed to declare £380,000 on time, says he is computer-illiterate ‘oddball’
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January 21, 2026 at 4:07 PM
This is like the Harry Redknapp defence, "I write like a two year old. I can't work a computer, I don't know what an email is, I have never sent a fax"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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imagine being the guy who accidentally said "weasel" at a weird time 2400 years ago
January 20, 2026 at 7:15 PM
imagine being the guy who accidentally said "weasel" at a weird time 2400 years ago
Back in 1978 I was mad for Football Crazy. Four and a half pence a packet if I remember correctly and some sort of free sticker incentive which I had loads of
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A 10p masterpiece! The golden age of crisp packet design, from Chipsticks to Frazzles to Hedgehogs
Aliens drawn by a 2000AD artist, graphics echoing the Dark Side of the Moon cover, Dennis the Menace fronting bacon and baked bean flavour … we pop open a new 140-page celebration of the weirdest, wil...
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January 19, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Back in 1978 I was mad for Football Crazy. Four and a half pence a packet if I remember correctly and some sort of free sticker incentive which I had loads of
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Blaming Norway for not getting a Nobel prize is like invading Ireland for not being in the Guinness book of records.
January 19, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Blaming Norway for not getting a Nobel prize is like invading Ireland for not being in the Guinness book of records.
These Lidl extra large eggs are so big you can't tell which is the big end and which is the little end
January 15, 2026 at 12:03 PM
These Lidl extra large eggs are so big you can't tell which is the big end and which is the little end
For me #MichaelCarrick will always be the young player who inspired this impressive Harry Redknapp swear, as reported in the Guardian back in May 2001
January 14, 2026 at 4:24 PM
For me #MichaelCarrick will always be the young player who inspired this impressive Harry Redknapp swear, as reported in the Guardian back in May 2001
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I don’t think we should have ceded control quite so quickly and without so much as a fight.
January 10, 2026 at 2:52 AM
I don’t think we should have ceded control quite so quickly and without so much as a fight.
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Left wallet + credit cards on London bus this morning, and didn’t even know it was missing. The bus driver has just dropped it off at my house! I thought this sort of thing only happened in the movies. Thank you bus driver Dorota... @tflbot.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Left wallet + credit cards on London bus this morning, and didn’t even know it was missing. The bus driver has just dropped it off at my house! I thought this sort of thing only happened in the movies. Thank you bus driver Dorota... @tflbot.bsky.social
Idea for a tv show where Clare Skinner plays a very well informed detective #TheArchers
January 1, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Idea for a tv show where Clare Skinner plays a very well informed detective #TheArchers
January 1, 2026 at 9:33 AM
January 1, 2026 at 12:52 AM
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“Pray tell, the Baron, what sort of gentleman is he?”
“Well…”
“Well…”
December 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
“Pray tell, the Baron, what sort of gentleman is he?”
“Well…”
“Well…”
I've seen precisely two of these. Most disappointed that the Ballad of Wallis Island didn't get a Braddie
And the 2025 Braddies go to … Peter Bradshaw’s film picks of the year
Now the Guardian’s Top 50 countdowns, as voted for by the whole film team, have announced their No 1s, here are our chief critic’s personal choices – in no particular order
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December 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I've seen precisely two of these. Most disappointed that the Ballad of Wallis Island didn't get a Braddie
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The Quiet Wit of Rea Irvin: Rediscovering The Smythes by Tammi Morton-Kelly www.tcj.com/the-quiet-wi...
December 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The Quiet Wit of Rea Irvin: Rediscovering The Smythes by Tammi Morton-Kelly www.tcj.com/the-quiet-wi...