Simon Booth
@simonbooth.bsky.social
One of the little men from the village, CTO, artist of sorts @simonboothart
Oh balls. RIP Tom Stoppard. The Real Thing.
November 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Oh balls. RIP Tom Stoppard. The Real Thing.
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Auntie In The Dock: my SKETCH of Today in People Who Love The BBC And Definitely Didn't Leak Anything To The Telegraph.
Auntie in the dock | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
“I have been defined by these two years at Number 10,” Robbie Gibb complained, sounding for all the world like the chap in the joke who only shagged one sheep. How dare anyone suggest that this…
thecritic.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Auntie In The Dock: my SKETCH of Today in People Who Love The BBC And Definitely Didn't Leak Anything To The Telegraph.
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It is a little known fact that tonight's clock re-adjustment was pioneered by German-British artist Frank Auerbach, to the great dismay of the proponent of the original change, politician Konrad Adenauer
October 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
It is a little known fact that tonight's clock re-adjustment was pioneered by German-British artist Frank Auerbach, to the great dismay of the proponent of the original change, politician Konrad Adenauer
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“My wife went to Riyadh to see an edgy comedian”
“Jimmy Carr?”
“No, she went of her own accord”
“Jimmy Carr?”
“No, she went of her own accord”
September 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
“My wife went to Riyadh to see an edgy comedian”
“Jimmy Carr?”
“No, she went of her own accord”
“Jimmy Carr?”
“No, she went of her own accord”
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Yes! The short film written BEFORE THE PANDEMIC with the school's writers room is now up on YouTube. It was shot after Covid, and a new wave of actors and assistant film-makers got stuck in. Made for peanuts by great people who loved bringing the kids' story to life.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=znnO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=znnO...
July 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Yes! The short film written BEFORE THE PANDEMIC with the school's writers room is now up on YouTube. It was shot after Covid, and a new wave of actors and assistant film-makers got stuck in. Made for peanuts by great people who loved bringing the kids' story to life.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=znnO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=znnO...
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If you could chuck a few bob our way I'd be very grateful. It's an immersive school project. The kids get hands-on experience of the filming process as well. They, and Lancaster Film Institute, are amazing. Please repost/share/bung us! Thanks, you're amazing too, whatever.
www.spacehive.com/angeline
www.spacehive.com/angeline
Angeline - A film by Dallas Road Primary
'Angeline', a film by Dallas Road Primary School, created with Lancaster Film Initiative and Ian Martin.
www.spacehive.com
July 15, 2025 at 9:51 AM
If you could chuck a few bob our way I'd be very grateful. It's an immersive school project. The kids get hands-on experience of the filming process as well. They, and Lancaster Film Institute, are amazing. Please repost/share/bung us! Thanks, you're amazing too, whatever.
www.spacehive.com/angeline
www.spacehive.com/angeline
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I wrote for the Guardian’s Saturday magazine about my son Max, who changed how I see the world. Took ages. More jokes after the first bit.
Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The boy who came back: the near-death, and changed life, of my son Max
It was, we were told, a case of sudden infant death syndrome interrupted. What followed would transform my understanding of parenting, disability and the breadth of what makes a meaningful life
www.theguardian.com
May 24, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I wrote for the Guardian’s Saturday magazine about my son Max, who changed how I see the world. Took ages. More jokes after the first bit.
Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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it's published! finally! in this week's newsletter: my attempt to go through every single reason why I both dislike and distrust generative AI: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/11-things-... [free to read!]
May 9, 2025 at 9:25 AM
it's published! finally! in this week's newsletter: my attempt to go through every single reason why I both dislike and distrust generative AI: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/11-things-... [free to read!]
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ZOMBIES, FINALLY, THANK GOD
Man Bites Another Passenger on Delta Flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles
Source: Aviation A2Z
search.app/EZiMW
Not safe to fly anymore!
Source: Aviation A2Z
search.app/EZiMW
Not safe to fly anymore!
Man Bites Another Passenger on Delta Flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles
An investigation has begun after a man allegedly attacked another passenger on Delta Flight 501 from Atlanta (ATL) to Los Angeles (LAX).
search.app
March 20, 2025 at 11:58 AM
ZOMBIES, FINALLY, THANK GOD
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The original meanings of the word for a butterfly in seven different languages…
7. Kite insect (Tamil)
6. Thing that flits (Armenian)
5. Flying flower (Modern Greek)
4. Maria on the perch (Spanish)
3. Little summer hen (Welsh)
2. God’s pretty thing (Cornish)
1. Butter-shitter (West Flemish)
7. Kite insect (Tamil)
6. Thing that flits (Armenian)
5. Flying flower (Modern Greek)
4. Maria on the perch (Spanish)
3. Little summer hen (Welsh)
2. God’s pretty thing (Cornish)
1. Butter-shitter (West Flemish)
March 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The original meanings of the word for a butterfly in seven different languages…
7. Kite insect (Tamil)
6. Thing that flits (Armenian)
5. Flying flower (Modern Greek)
4. Maria on the perch (Spanish)
3. Little summer hen (Welsh)
2. God’s pretty thing (Cornish)
1. Butter-shitter (West Flemish)
7. Kite insect (Tamil)
6. Thing that flits (Armenian)
5. Flying flower (Modern Greek)
4. Maria on the perch (Spanish)
3. Little summer hen (Welsh)
2. God’s pretty thing (Cornish)
1. Butter-shitter (West Flemish)
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“My business is RUINED if you don’t give me all of your work for free!”
March 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
“My business is RUINED if you don’t give me all of your work for free!”
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The BBC is our greatest form of soft power (closely followed by the Arts in general) and yet both the left and the right want to dismantle it. We are developing quite the knack for self-face-shooting.
There are very real examples of what happens when the World Service has retreated.
In Lebanon, when its Arabic radio service left, the Russian state-backed Sputnik radio moved in and on to its frequency - directly targeting its former audience…
In Lebanon, when its Arabic radio service left, the Russian state-backed Sputnik radio moved in and on to its frequency - directly targeting its former audience…
NEW: BBC bosses will make push for government to take back costs of the World Service, amid an “aggressive” Russian state disinformation drive
Now “undeniable” case for using world service to push western values, they say. State media moves in when WS moves out.
All part of charter renewal chat:
Now “undeniable” case for using world service to push western values, they say. State media moves in when WS moves out.
All part of charter renewal chat:
March 12, 2025 at 10:16 AM
The BBC is our greatest form of soft power (closely followed by the Arts in general) and yet both the left and the right want to dismantle it. We are developing quite the knack for self-face-shooting.
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my dog when I ask what’s in his mouth
February 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
my dog when I ask what’s in his mouth
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“A middle-order batting collapse”
February 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
“A middle-order batting collapse”
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Seriously, if you like our stupid podcast, I entreat you most ardently to "like", share, repost, review. It really helps. We'd love to keep doing it. That's it, end of grovel, shit off.
Lovely @lisaholdsworth.bsky.social on this week's pod. And, infuriatingly, David Fucking Quantick makes up a stupid poem that's funnier than mine.
Q: if Gromit shits recyclable plasticine, how long before their entire world is made of plasticine shit?
pod.link/1774465485
Q: if Gromit shits recyclable plasticine, how long before their entire world is made of plasticine shit?
pod.link/1774465485
The Old Fools
Ian Martin (writer: Veep), David Quantick (also writer: Veep) and guests. Sort of topical, cultural rants and conversation from the point of view of older people who still give a damn about the world ...
pod.link
February 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Seriously, if you like our stupid podcast, I entreat you most ardently to "like", share, repost, review. It really helps. We'd love to keep doing it. That's it, end of grovel, shit off.
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“Following all this chaos is stressful and exhausting and feels largely pointless given that if I had fallen into a blissful slumber nine days ago and been oblivious to the threats against Colombia, Mexico and Canada, I’d be no less informed and a lot less anxious.”
Denial of Service
How Trump - and Robert Peston - broke the news, and why it's probably time to rethink your information diet.
open.substack.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:22 AM
“Following all this chaos is stressful and exhausting and feels largely pointless given that if I had fallen into a blissful slumber nine days ago and been oblivious to the threats against Colombia, Mexico and Canada, I’d be no less informed and a lot less anxious.”
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Those professors can sure sell fish.
Your regular reminder that the revenue of the entire UK fishing industry is half a billion pounds less than the University of Manchester
We’re not talking fisheries with Farage again when the world is burning and Starmer tries to get at least some kind of rapprochement with Brussels to help British companies? #Today #groundhogday
February 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Those professors can sure sell fish.
Over on BBC R3 Petshop smoothly encourages listeners to switch over to R3 Unctuous and immerse selves in John Rutter and Max Richter.
February 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Over on BBC R3 Petshop smoothly encourages listeners to switch over to R3 Unctuous and immerse selves in John Rutter and Max Richter.
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if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
www.newsweek.com
December 26, 2024 at 12:03 PM
if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
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"Imagine a world in which an A.I. can analyze your reading patterns and alert you that you’re about to buy a book where there’s only a 10 percent chance you’ll get past Page 6..."
Fuck off. That's not empowerment, that's outsourcing your soul. That's outsouling.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/o...
Fuck off. That's not empowerment, that's outsourcing your soul. That's outsouling.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/o...
Opinion | AI Can Work for Us
A.I. can be designed to dramatically enhance individual empowerment.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"Imagine a world in which an A.I. can analyze your reading patterns and alert you that you’re about to buy a book where there’s only a 10 percent chance you’ll get past Page 6..."
Fuck off. That's not empowerment, that's outsourcing your soul. That's outsouling.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/o...
Fuck off. That's not empowerment, that's outsourcing your soul. That's outsouling.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/o...
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Absolutely, Lisa. Read more about this here: edition.thestage.co.uk/2025/01/21/a...
January 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Absolutely, Lisa. Read more about this here: edition.thestage.co.uk/2025/01/21/a...
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15+ years later i still don’t think web two point oh has ever been more succinctly parodied than “patricia from southampton wonders what wordsworth would say, and thinks she knows”
January 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
15+ years later i still don’t think web two point oh has ever been more succinctly parodied than “patricia from southampton wonders what wordsworth would say, and thinks she knows”
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THE TOP 50 GUARDIAN HEADLINES 2024 - RANKED!
part 1, 50-26
50. How I turned my gap year into an ethical-criminal "dementerprise"
49. Could Trump's war on NATO's "Axis of Woke" save the marmoset?
48. Microdosed and hairless in the bath, I sang old CND protest songs
part 1, 50-26
50. How I turned my gap year into an ethical-criminal "dementerprise"
49. Could Trump's war on NATO's "Axis of Woke" save the marmoset?
48. Microdosed and hairless in the bath, I sang old CND protest songs
December 29, 2024 at 4:51 PM
THE TOP 50 GUARDIAN HEADLINES 2024 - RANKED!
part 1, 50-26
50. How I turned my gap year into an ethical-criminal "dementerprise"
49. Could Trump's war on NATO's "Axis of Woke" save the marmoset?
48. Microdosed and hairless in the bath, I sang old CND protest songs
part 1, 50-26
50. How I turned my gap year into an ethical-criminal "dementerprise"
49. Could Trump's war on NATO's "Axis of Woke" save the marmoset?
48. Microdosed and hairless in the bath, I sang old CND protest songs