Robin Allender
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I really like the new Mackenzie Crook sitcom, partly because it feels like a really good post-Newsround BBC children’s show, but with swearing.
February 11, 2026 at 3:50 PM
I really like the new Mackenzie Crook sitcom, partly because it feels like a really good post-Newsround BBC children’s show, but with swearing.
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But… but is there *ANY* way this could be a woman’s fault…?
February 7, 2026 at 10:53 AM
But… but is there *ANY* way this could be a woman’s fault…?
It’s Bandcamp Friday if anyone fancies chowing down on some tunes. New music this year I promise!
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Robin Allender
Robin Allender. London, UK.
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February 6, 2026 at 11:32 AM
It’s Bandcamp Friday if anyone fancies chowing down on some tunes. New music this year I promise!
robinallender.bandcamp.com
robinallender.bandcamp.com
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Kier Starmer to perform a live 'apology rap' in a move his closest allies are calling 'misguided' and 'a mistake'
February 5, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Kier Starmer to perform a live 'apology rap' in a move his closest allies are calling 'misguided' and 'a mistake'
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BREAKING: New SNL UK line up revealed
February 5, 2026 at 8:56 AM
BREAKING: New SNL UK line up revealed
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February 5, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Awake at 3am my brain decided to treat me to a montage of the worsts gigs I’ve ever done, good stuff 👍
February 4, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Awake at 3am my brain decided to treat me to a montage of the worsts gigs I’ve ever done, good stuff 👍
Started reading Sam Tallent’s novel about stand-up Running the Light. Why are Americans obsessed with the idea of stand-up being this subversive, decadent art form? It’s people talking in rooms above pubs.
January 31, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Started reading Sam Tallent’s novel about stand-up Running the Light. Why are Americans obsessed with the idea of stand-up being this subversive, decadent art form? It’s people talking in rooms above pubs.
I wrote about Chris Rea, the importance of the music you heard on the car stereo growing up, and ‘cool’ and ‘uncool’ music
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Like something lost inside your overcoat
I’ve been listening to Chris Rea and thinking about the blues
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January 31, 2026 at 6:30 PM
I wrote about Chris Rea, the importance of the music you heard on the car stereo growing up, and ‘cool’ and ‘uncool’ music
open.substack.com/pub/robinall...
open.substack.com/pub/robinall...
Watching Severance S2 at last. In the episode where they have their away weekend, wouldn’t the innies be confused/intrigued by the prospect of sleep? Aside from Irving’s naps, they’ve never experienced it before.
January 31, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Watching Severance S2 at last. In the episode where they have their away weekend, wouldn’t the innies be confused/intrigued by the prospect of sleep? Aside from Irving’s naps, they’ve never experienced it before.
What’s going on
January 31, 2026 at 8:48 AM
What’s going on
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16th Century Oblique Strategies.
January 30, 2026 at 7:57 AM
16th Century Oblique Strategies.
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Heading in the opposite direction... John Martyn died on this day in 2009. The subject of my 2020 book, Small Hours: The Long Night of John Martyn.
January 29, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Heading in the opposite direction... John Martyn died on this day in 2009. The subject of my 2020 book, Small Hours: The Long Night of John Martyn.
This Roy Keane film does include the line ‘you can shove this World Cup up your bollocks’ doesn’t it? Would really be missing a trick if that wasn’t in it. I mean they should have called the film that to be fair.
January 29, 2026 at 7:47 AM
This Roy Keane film does include the line ‘you can shove this World Cup up your bollocks’ doesn’t it? Would really be missing a trick if that wasn’t in it. I mean they should have called the film that to be fair.
Little repost of my podcast with @benpester.bsky.social. Loved The Expansion Project. One for @backlisted.bsky.social fans I reckon!
This month on The Allender Calendar I talk to @benpester.bsky.social about his brilliant debut novel The Expansion Project. Some chat about The Unconsoled and Gormenghast too!
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The Allender Calendar: Episode 17: Ben Pester
This month on The Allender Calendar, I'm chatting to the author Ben Pester about his debut novel The Expansion Project. Part corporate satire, part Lynchian dreamscape, The Expansion Project explor...
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January 28, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Little repost of my podcast with @benpester.bsky.social. Loved The Expansion Project. One for @backlisted.bsky.social fans I reckon!
Severance
January 28, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Severance
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Calling transphobia a 'gateway drug' to the far right undersells it. It's pure accelerant. Grimly fascinating to guess what crankery becomes any famous transphobe's secondary obsession, cos they all have one: 15 minute cities are fascism! Grok noncing is cool! ICE are good! We should kill all dogs!
January 27, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Calling transphobia a 'gateway drug' to the far right undersells it. It's pure accelerant. Grimly fascinating to guess what crankery becomes any famous transphobe's secondary obsession, cos they all have one: 15 minute cities are fascism! Grok noncing is cool! ICE are good! We should kill all dogs!
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Every picture of Neil Young with a pono makes him look like a ‘sovereign citizen’ from Yeovil measuring 5G near birds and cats.
Neil Young should try releasing the pono music player again, I want one
January 27, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Every picture of Neil Young with a pono makes him look like a ‘sovereign citizen’ from Yeovil measuring 5G near birds and cats.
Please enjoy this opening to a chapter of Nabokov’s Pnin
January 27, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Please enjoy this opening to a chapter of Nabokov’s Pnin
The errant apostrophe in Ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayit'sworldwouldfallapart is actually a badge of autodidacticism
January 26, 2026 at 6:07 PM
The errant apostrophe in Ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayit'sworldwouldfallapart is actually a badge of autodidacticism
Book cover trends
January 26, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Book cover trends
‘Betrayal is really hard’, you’re playing a game called Traitors
January 23, 2026 at 9:25 PM
‘Betrayal is really hard’, you’re playing a game called Traitors
Who could forget the classic track from The Band’s eponymous album, Pispering Whines
January 23, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Who could forget the classic track from The Band’s eponymous album, Pispering Whines
Cackle my gladis
So cool. "For the first time, scientists have captured the sounds made by White Gladis — the name is a nod to the animals’ old scientific classification, Orca gladiator — and her companions."
January 22, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Cackle my gladis
Love filling up the Carex soap dispensers from the big plastic pouch. Feels like I live on a ranch and have been out in the fields topping up the feed for my cattle before returning home to my wife Cecelia Ann.
January 22, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Love filling up the Carex soap dispensers from the big plastic pouch. Feels like I live on a ranch and have been out in the fields topping up the feed for my cattle before returning home to my wife Cecelia Ann.