Tobias Sturt
@redskelington.bsky.social
Editor of http://www.themetropolitan.uk, writer of http://addtwodigital.com/book, creator of http://christmasstories.co.uk.
Christmas story: 'The Wish List'. The story of Alfie, who takes a seasonal job packing boxes at an e-commerce company, only to discover that the warehouse contain a good deal more than just presents.
Item 3: Alfie wishes to know who returned his security fob.
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Item 3: Alfie wishes to know who returned his security fob.
buff.ly/T8Hgkyw
December 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Christmas story: 'The Wish List'. The story of Alfie, who takes a seasonal job packing boxes at an e-commerce company, only to discover that the warehouse contain a good deal more than just presents.
Item 3: Alfie wishes to know who returned his security fob.
buff.ly/T8Hgkyw
Item 3: Alfie wishes to know who returned his security fob.
buff.ly/T8Hgkyw
Christmas story! 'The Wish List' is the story of Alfie, who takes a seasonal job packing boxes at an e-commerce company, only to discover that the warehouse contain a good deal more than just presents.
Item 2: Alfie wishes to get inside where it's warm.
buff.ly/T8Hgkyw
Item 2: Alfie wishes to get inside where it's warm.
buff.ly/T8Hgkyw
December 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Christmas story! 'The Wish List' is the story of Alfie, who takes a seasonal job packing boxes at an e-commerce company, only to discover that the warehouse contain a good deal more than just presents.
Item 2: Alfie wishes to get inside where it's warm.
buff.ly/T8Hgkyw
Item 2: Alfie wishes to get inside where it's warm.
buff.ly/T8Hgkyw
December 1st! That means it must be time for the first episode of this year's Christmas Story. 'The Wish List'.
Item 1: Alfie wishes he could have his security fob back, please.
buff.ly/T8Hgkyw
Item 1: Alfie wishes he could have his security fob back, please.
buff.ly/T8Hgkyw
December 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
December 1st! That means it must be time for the first episode of this year's Christmas Story. 'The Wish List'.
Item 1: Alfie wishes he could have his security fob back, please.
buff.ly/T8Hgkyw
Item 1: Alfie wishes he could have his security fob back, please.
buff.ly/T8Hgkyw
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Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
July 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
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Years ago I did a LION IN WINTER paper figure/diorama/paper theater set. You can still download it and print it to cut and display, if that sort of endeavor is as much your inclination as it is mine:
www.patreon.com/posts/paper-...
www.patreon.com/posts/paper-...
November 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Years ago I did a LION IN WINTER paper figure/diorama/paper theater set. You can still download it and print it to cut and display, if that sort of endeavor is as much your inclination as it is mine:
www.patreon.com/posts/paper-...
www.patreon.com/posts/paper-...
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Todd Klein, ladies and gentlemen.
November 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Todd Klein, ladies and gentlemen.
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[Harpo Marx was born Adolf (later Arthur) Marx on this day in 1888. Circa HORSE FEATHERS he was handing out nude photographs of himself as a gag; one was auctioned recently for $5,760. You can see it here, but I've warned you. (Thanks Teakagee!)]
bid.juliensauctions.com/lot-details/...
bid.juliensauctions.com/lot-details/...
November 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
[Harpo Marx was born Adolf (later Arthur) Marx on this day in 1888. Circa HORSE FEATHERS he was handing out nude photographs of himself as a gag; one was auctioned recently for $5,760. You can see it here, but I've warned you. (Thanks Teakagee!)]
bid.juliensauctions.com/lot-details/...
bid.juliensauctions.com/lot-details/...
An amazing piece of recipe visualisation in which every option appears to be revolting
Nov 1956: Tomato Soup ad from Crosse & Blackwell
(+Cream of Mushroom Soup; Cream of Celery Soup; Cream of Green Pea; Vegetable Soup; and Consomme)
«CROSSE & BLACKWELL
Ten-o'clock Tested
SOUPS»
(+Cream of Mushroom Soup; Cream of Celery Soup; Cream of Green Pea; Vegetable Soup; and Consomme)
«CROSSE & BLACKWELL
Ten-o'clock Tested
SOUPS»
November 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
An amazing piece of recipe visualisation in which every option appears to be revolting
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Je déclare ouverte ma liste personnelle de one-panel-comics préférés.
Pour marquer sa subjectivité elle commencera par la Joconde des one-panel, à savoir "Cow Tools", par Gary Larson.
Pour marquer sa subjectivité elle commencera par la Joconde des one-panel, à savoir "Cow Tools", par Gary Larson.
November 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Je déclare ouverte ma liste personnelle de one-panel-comics préférés.
Pour marquer sa subjectivité elle commencera par la Joconde des one-panel, à savoir "Cow Tools", par Gary Larson.
Pour marquer sa subjectivité elle commencera par la Joconde des one-panel, à savoir "Cow Tools", par Gary Larson.
One of my favourite things round Rame Head is this gate, hidden by ivy on a muddy, forgotten track and so obviously a fairy trick. One taste of their scones and you’ll be ensorcelled into serving in their tea rooms forever.
November 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
One of my favourite things round Rame Head is this gate, hidden by ivy on a muddy, forgotten track and so obviously a fairy trick. One taste of their scones and you’ll be ensorcelled into serving in their tea rooms forever.
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Alan Moore knows the score
November 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Alan Moore knows the score
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Next #ukteenchat will be on Tues 4th November 8-9pm GMT with the fabulous @finbarhawkins.bsky.social who will be chatting all about his new book - Ghost. All welcome to come along and join in the chat here on BlueSky 🙂
#YA #writerslife #Ghost #FinbarHawkins
#YA #writerslife #Ghost #FinbarHawkins
October 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Next #ukteenchat will be on Tues 4th November 8-9pm GMT with the fabulous @finbarhawkins.bsky.social who will be chatting all about his new book - Ghost. All welcome to come along and join in the chat here on BlueSky 🙂
#YA #writerslife #Ghost #FinbarHawkins
#YA #writerslife #Ghost #FinbarHawkins
There’s a business moose loose aboot this hoose
October 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
There’s a business moose loose aboot this hoose
These new LED babies are too bright
October 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
These new LED babies are too bright
What better preparation for the horrors of the day than facing the grinning imp Trixie over the breakfast table?
October 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
What better preparation for the horrors of the day than facing the grinning imp Trixie over the breakfast table?
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Ludwig is genius. The original creator used to have a website where you could buy and download the entire run for something like a fiver; my kids grew up with it, as I did.
October 14, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Ludwig is genius. The original creator used to have a website where you could buy and download the entire run for something like a fiver; my kids grew up with it, as I did.
Nice of my hotel to offer Gollum work experience writing the breakfast signage
October 13, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Nice of my hotel to offer Gollum work experience writing the breakfast signage
It's Mixtape week in The Metropolitan, which means it's also time for my playlist of the month: buff.ly/ipEpRW1
Metropolitan Mixtape: September 2025
The American Civil War, The Russian Revolution and Jimmy Kimmel
www.themetropolitan.uk
October 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It's Mixtape week in The Metropolitan, which means it's also time for my playlist of the month: buff.ly/ipEpRW1
Quite intrigued to see two data-based guessing games out there at the moment: chartle.cc and buff.ly/owSix2G - can't help but see it as an indication of how large the data viz community and how mainstream the practice has become.
Chartle - A daily chart game
Guess the country in red by analysing today's chart
chartle.cc
October 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Quite intrigued to see two data-based guessing games out there at the moment: chartle.cc and buff.ly/owSix2G - can't help but see it as an indication of how large the data viz community and how mainstream the practice has become.
And so we say farewell once more to Luxembourg, city of contrasts
September 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
And so we say farewell once more to Luxembourg, city of contrasts
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The Red Headed League (22nd September 1985). Roger Hammond guests as Jabez Wilson in John Hawkesworth's adaptation of a story first published in 1891.
September 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The Red Headed League (22nd September 1985). Roger Hammond guests as Jabez Wilson in John Hawkesworth's adaptation of a story first published in 1891.
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I recently learned that Harry Secombe once released an album of songs in French. 🇫🇷
The title is beyond brilliant.
The title is beyond brilliant.
September 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I recently learned that Harry Secombe once released an album of songs in French. 🇫🇷
The title is beyond brilliant.
The title is beyond brilliant.
Recipes always feel like the perfect candidate for information design and this splendid app is a definite contender: it formats any recipe into a distinctive visual structure - here's a house favourite, for example, Felicity Cloake's Perfect Vegetarian Chilli:
buff.ly/RZhgViP
buff.ly/RZhgViP
August 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Recipes always feel like the perfect candidate for information design and this splendid app is a definite contender: it formats any recipe into a distinctive visual structure - here's a house favourite, for example, Felicity Cloake's Perfect Vegetarian Chilli:
buff.ly/RZhgViP
buff.ly/RZhgViP
This is an amazing tool for discovering books and film by their settings in time and geography - its fascinating in its own right, but I can see this becoming invaluable in researching subjects for The Metropolitan
StoryTerra
Explore stories by location and time.
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August 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This is an amazing tool for discovering books and film by their settings in time and geography - its fascinating in its own right, but I can see this becoming invaluable in researching subjects for The Metropolitan
I wrote about 'Catcher in the Rye' for The Metropolitan this week, a book I adored as a teenager, and was delighted to discover it rewards reading as an adult too
buff.ly/NhozHw5
buff.ly/NhozHw5
August 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I wrote about 'Catcher in the Rye' for The Metropolitan this week, a book I adored as a teenager, and was delighted to discover it rewards reading as an adult too
buff.ly/NhozHw5
buff.ly/NhozHw5