Nigel (no, not that one) - I ♥️ 🇨🇦
@nigelingledew.bsky.social
A one-man mission to rescue the name 'Nigel' (which I've always disliked) from the gutter.
Bereft at the state of the world we're handing on to our kids. Sorry kids.
Retired. Former IT geek; still dabble.
West Country.
Not Canadian - just love 'em to bits!
Bereft at the state of the world we're handing on to our kids. Sorry kids.
Retired. Former IT geek; still dabble.
West Country.
Not Canadian - just love 'em to bits!
I was at the village butchers and he said Tom Jones was outside a few minutes ago with 'that bloke off the telly' (it was Alan Yentob). But he was a bit busy so didn't pop out and say hello.
Later saw TJ & AY on Arena(?) discussing growing up and where his Nan came from. A little village in Wilts.
Later saw TJ & AY on Arena(?) discussing growing up and where his Nan came from. A little village in Wilts.
Please quote this with the time you didn’t interact with someone famous - eg one time I was in Cardiff the same weekend as Willem Dafoe (but I didn’t see him or even know he was there until he appeared on the telly later)
Please quote this with your major interactions with massive celebrities. eg “I was married to the pope for fifteen years”
December 30, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I was at the village butchers and he said Tom Jones was outside a few minutes ago with 'that bloke off the telly' (it was Alan Yentob). But he was a bit busy so didn't pop out and say hello.
Later saw TJ & AY on Arena(?) discussing growing up and where his Nan came from. A little village in Wilts.
Later saw TJ & AY on Arena(?) discussing growing up and where his Nan came from. A little village in Wilts.
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social - is Nick Watt all right? There was seemed to be a bit of a cri de coeur on 26 Nov #newsnight after analysing Times and Grauniad headliness; sounds like he is missing working in real journalism.
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social tried to comfort him / turn it into a joke, but...
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social tried to comfort him / turn it into a joke, but...
November 27, 2025 at 8:55 AM
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social - is Nick Watt all right? There was seemed to be a bit of a cri de coeur on 26 Nov #newsnight after analysing Times and Grauniad headliness; sounds like he is missing working in real journalism.
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social tried to comfort him / turn it into a joke, but...
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social tried to comfort him / turn it into a joke, but...
I do wish that Rachel Reeves wouldn't interrupt Nick Robinson in the middle of one of his exquisitely long and beautifully crafted paragraphs.
#r4today
#r4today
November 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I do wish that Rachel Reeves wouldn't interrupt Nick Robinson in the middle of one of his exquisitely long and beautifully crafted paragraphs.
#r4today
#r4today
I'm guessing that they didn't test the lyrics in the non-U.S anglophones when they released Neil Diamond's delightful little song We.
"Love is all about wee", and "tying a knot in it" are the lyrics that send me over the edge. Definitely one for the funeral list, but being carried in or carried out?
"Love is all about wee", and "tying a knot in it" are the lyrics that send me over the edge. Definitely one for the funeral list, but being carried in or carried out?
September 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I'm guessing that they didn't test the lyrics in the non-U.S anglophones when they released Neil Diamond's delightful little song We.
"Love is all about wee", and "tying a knot in it" are the lyrics that send me over the edge. Definitely one for the funeral list, but being carried in or carried out?
"Love is all about wee", and "tying a knot in it" are the lyrics that send me over the edge. Definitely one for the funeral list, but being carried in or carried out?
Daughter, who in the past we could never persuade out of bed, is now, in her mid-twenties, a self-motivated, independent person on the final few klicks of her solo Camino/Camiño from Porto to Santiago di Compostela.
Could not be prouder. 👣🥾
Go girls, everywhere.
Could not be prouder. 👣🥾
Go girls, everywhere.
September 13, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Daughter, who in the past we could never persuade out of bed, is now, in her mid-twenties, a self-motivated, independent person on the final few klicks of her solo Camino/Camiño from Porto to Santiago di Compostela.
Could not be prouder. 👣🥾
Go girls, everywhere.
Could not be prouder. 👣🥾
Go girls, everywhere.
Telegraph 11/8/25 - excellent proof reading and spell checking for a front page lead
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August 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Telegraph 11/8/25 - excellent proof reading and spell checking for a front page lead
@thetwomatts.bsky.social - Vaclav Havel, let it not be forgotten, also saved Budvar (the original and best Budweiser) from being bought up and disappeared by its tasteless American namesake, after having been tipped off by CAMRA.
June 22, 2025 at 10:50 AM
@thetwomatts.bsky.social - Vaclav Havel, let it not be forgotten, also saved Budvar (the original and best Budweiser) from being bought up and disappeared by its tasteless American namesake, after having been tipped off by CAMRA.
Lobster Race!
June 13, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Lobster Race!
Reposted by Nigel (no, not that one) - I ♥️ 🇨🇦
BBC R4 Today programme
Labour came first, SNP came second, so let's go to the English former head of Reform UK Ltd, which came in third, to hear about his criticism of Labour for having some canvassers up from England...
Labour came first, SNP came second, so let's go to the English former head of Reform UK Ltd, which came in third, to hear about his criticism of Labour for having some canvassers up from England...
June 6, 2025 at 7:24 AM
BBC R4 Today programme
Labour came first, SNP came second, so let's go to the English former head of Reform UK Ltd, which came in third, to hear about his criticism of Labour for having some canvassers up from England...
Labour came first, SNP came second, so let's go to the English former head of Reform UK Ltd, which came in third, to hear about his criticism of Labour for having some canvassers up from England...
What a pompous, pumped up fart this man is.
May 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
"I cannot see Republican Congressmen sitting on their hands on this; they're going to push back", says a sweet but naïve British astro-boffin talking about the evisceration of NASA funding.
April 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"I cannot see Republican Congressmen sitting on their hands on this; they're going to push back", says a sweet but naïve British astro-boffin talking about the evisceration of NASA funding.
Reposted by Nigel (no, not that one) - I ♥️ 🇨🇦
What a pompous, pumped up fart this man is.
March 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
What a pompous, pumped up fart this man is.
Reposted by Nigel (no, not that one) - I ♥️ 🇨🇦
Tesla vs. other partially automated driving systems that use lidar. youtu.be/IQJL3htsDyQ by Mark Rober
Can You Fool A Self Driving Car?
YouTube video by Mark Rober
youtu.be
March 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Tesla vs. other partially automated driving systems that use lidar. youtu.be/IQJL3htsDyQ by Mark Rober
What a pompous, pumped up fart this man is.
March 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
What a pompous, pumped up fart this man is.
Top eye-rolling by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social on @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social trying - unsuccessfully but not for the want of trying - to get Victoria Coates (Heritage Foundation) to answer the question "How would Pres Trump get 2 million Palestinians to move out of Gaza?"
February 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Top eye-rolling by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social on @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social trying - unsuccessfully but not for the want of trying - to get Victoria Coates (Heritage Foundation) to answer the question "How would Pres Trump get 2 million Palestinians to move out of Gaza?"
January. When the Cheese You're Not Allowed To Touch Yet becomes the Cheese That Might As Well Be Thrown Away.
But it's *cheese*; you don't just do that to cheese.
Now involved in an escape and evasion exercise, hiding behind the tins of Tennant's in the booze fridge: no one's going to look there.
But it's *cheese*; you don't just do that to cheese.
Now involved in an escape and evasion exercise, hiding behind the tins of Tennant's in the booze fridge: no one's going to look there.
January 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
January. When the Cheese You're Not Allowed To Touch Yet becomes the Cheese That Might As Well Be Thrown Away.
But it's *cheese*; you don't just do that to cheese.
Now involved in an escape and evasion exercise, hiding behind the tins of Tennant's in the booze fridge: no one's going to look there.
But it's *cheese*; you don't just do that to cheese.
Now involved in an escape and evasion exercise, hiding behind the tins of Tennant's in the booze fridge: no one's going to look there.
Listening to Radio 4 PM discussion on dinner party etiquette, and what to bring if not the usual wine, and someone said they might bring a bag of chips. My first thought was ”Who that? Alf Tupper?"
Second thought was, that ages me...
Second thought was, that ages me...
November 28, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Listening to Radio 4 PM discussion on dinner party etiquette, and what to bring if not the usual wine, and someone said they might bring a bag of chips. My first thought was ”Who that? Alf Tupper?"
Second thought was, that ages me...
Second thought was, that ages me...