Hugh Odling-Smee
@smeeho7.bsky.social
'You never saw so many phonies in all your life'
Cinema/history/books.
Dundela Loyal.
Belfast.
Cinema/history/books.
Dundela Loyal.
Belfast.
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RIP Sly Dunbar. Here's a lovely edition of the South Bank Show all about the wonderful Sly and Robbie. A few people were asking to see it, so I've uploaded it to YouTube and I'll leave it there until Monday. Hopefully it'll get a proper repeat soon.
youtu.be/M-cuOdr6DpQ
youtu.be/M-cuOdr6DpQ
South Bank Show - Sly & Robbie
YouTube video by Salvage Operation
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January 28, 2026 at 7:56 AM
RIP Sly Dunbar. Here's a lovely edition of the South Bank Show all about the wonderful Sly and Robbie. A few people were asking to see it, so I've uploaded it to YouTube and I'll leave it there until Monday. Hopefully it'll get a proper repeat soon.
youtu.be/M-cuOdr6DpQ
youtu.be/M-cuOdr6DpQ
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Elmore James was born on this day in 1918!
#Blues #ElectricBlues #BluesSky
Elmore James was born on this day in 1918!
#Blues #ElectricBlues #BluesSky
Dust My Broom
YouTube video by Elmore James - Topic
www.youtube.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:16 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jcG...
Elmore James was born on this day in 1918!
#Blues #ElectricBlues #BluesSky
Elmore James was born on this day in 1918!
#Blues #ElectricBlues #BluesSky
Can't believe that after years of both loving Dundela and subscribing to @wsc.co.uk they come to report on a match I wasn't there for!
Still, proud as punch for the Wee Duns, the pride of Strandtown.
Still, proud as punch for the Wee Duns, the pride of Strandtown.
January 26, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Can't believe that after years of both loving Dundela and subscribing to @wsc.co.uk they come to report on a match I wasn't there for!
Still, proud as punch for the Wee Duns, the pride of Strandtown.
Still, proud as punch for the Wee Duns, the pride of Strandtown.
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My lovely friend and colleague Evan has been running an amazing group on FB. It tracks the 60s, running alongside the career of the Beatles.
He and his friends have done incredible amount of work to pull together music, film and news stories.
He and his friends have done incredible amount of work to pull together music, film and news stories.
January 25, 2026 at 10:44 PM
My lovely friend and colleague Evan has been running an amazing group on FB. It tracks the 60s, running alongside the career of the Beatles.
He and his friends have done incredible amount of work to pull together music, film and news stories.
He and his friends have done incredible amount of work to pull together music, film and news stories.
As a long time observer of the Irish poetry scene, it's magnificent to see Tom Paulin back amongst us - bathing in the words of history, rousing us with the fine accent of our fine people.
youtu.be/qq4G3RiAumc?...
youtu.be/qq4G3RiAumc?...
Tom Paulin reads his poem ‘Folly Bridge’
YouTube video by T. S. Eliot Prize
youtu.be
January 25, 2026 at 8:45 PM
As a long time observer of the Irish poetry scene, it's magnificent to see Tom Paulin back amongst us - bathing in the words of history, rousing us with the fine accent of our fine people.
youtu.be/qq4G3RiAumc?...
youtu.be/qq4G3RiAumc?...
Whenever anyone says Andy Burnham, I want to sing 'Silver Screen' immediately.
'Can't tell them apart at all...'
'Can't tell them apart at all...'
January 24, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Whenever anyone says Andy Burnham, I want to sing 'Silver Screen' immediately.
'Can't tell them apart at all...'
'Can't tell them apart at all...'
The Bone Temple is a fucking masterpiece, Ralph Fiennes is a legend. Go and see it.
January 23, 2026 at 9:55 PM
The Bone Temple is a fucking masterpiece, Ralph Fiennes is a legend. Go and see it.
Fat Tony is a tout.
January 23, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Fat Tony is a tout.
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Thanks to everyone who came down to the Beanbag Cinema for our inaugural screening of 'Winchester '73', a really good fight was had by all. Sign up via the website for news of future screenings.
www.lonesomedove.uk
www.lonesomedove.uk
January 23, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Thanks to everyone who came down to the Beanbag Cinema for our inaugural screening of 'Winchester '73', a really good fight was had by all. Sign up via the website for news of future screenings.
www.lonesomedove.uk
www.lonesomedove.uk
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Last May was bookish bliss… so I'm doing it again! (Am I mad? Possibly 🙈) Plans are brewing, authors incoming & green t-shirts at the ready. Watch this space for confirmed guests over the next week or so and, most importantly, save 4th–10th May!
#DromoreBookFestival
#DromoreBookFestival
January 22, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Last May was bookish bliss… so I'm doing it again! (Am I mad? Possibly 🙈) Plans are brewing, authors incoming & green t-shirts at the ready. Watch this space for confirmed guests over the next week or so and, most importantly, save 4th–10th May!
#DromoreBookFestival
#DromoreBookFestival
Blue remembered hills what? Farewell Norman Gifford, from a time when every county had an old guy bowling all day long. Jack Simmons, Pat Pocock, Eddie Hemmings and all. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
Norman Gifford: Ex-England, Worcestershire and Warwickshire spinner dies aged 85
Former Worcestershire, Warwickshire and England spinner Norman Gifford dies at the age of 85 after a long illness.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Blue remembered hills what? Farewell Norman Gifford, from a time when every county had an old guy bowling all day long. Jack Simmons, Pat Pocock, Eddie Hemmings and all. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
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Huge congratulations to Myrid Carten and the team behind A Want in Her - one of the best films of 2025, BAFTA-longlisted and winner of 3 BIFAs!🏆
Join us for a special screening at Seamus Heaney HomePlace on Thursday 29th January at 7.30pm. Book your tickets here > tinyurl.com/2kmpvh7r
Join us for a special screening at Seamus Heaney HomePlace on Thursday 29th January at 7.30pm. Book your tickets here > tinyurl.com/2kmpvh7r
January 21, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Huge congratulations to Myrid Carten and the team behind A Want in Her - one of the best films of 2025, BAFTA-longlisted and winner of 3 BIFAs!🏆
Join us for a special screening at Seamus Heaney HomePlace on Thursday 29th January at 7.30pm. Book your tickets here > tinyurl.com/2kmpvh7r
Join us for a special screening at Seamus Heaney HomePlace on Thursday 29th January at 7.30pm. Book your tickets here > tinyurl.com/2kmpvh7r
I always enjoy that period of history when Americans convince themselves that their military power is infinite, and was just badly managed in Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Formosa, Central Wyoming etc, etc.
January 20, 2026 at 2:01 PM
I always enjoy that period of history when Americans convince themselves that their military power is infinite, and was just badly managed in Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Formosa, Central Wyoming etc, etc.
"l no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
January 19, 2026 at 7:48 PM
"l no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
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Powerful Bidet Blasts Hole Clean Through Man
Powerful Bidet Blasts Hole Clean Through Man
theonion.com
January 17, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Powerful Bidet Blasts Hole Clean Through Man
I don't mean to speak ill of the dead, but Tony Scott's remake of 'The Taking of Pelham 123' is an abomination. Flat, hammy and depressing.
January 18, 2026 at 11:04 PM
I don't mean to speak ill of the dead, but Tony Scott's remake of 'The Taking of Pelham 123' is an abomination. Flat, hammy and depressing.
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Another hero!
Alaska Art Student Arrested for Eating Another Student’s AI-Generated Art in Protest
A University of Alaska student was charged with a misdemeanor for eating another student's AI-generated art in protest.
www.artnews.com
January 18, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Another hero!
Is walking off the field the ultimate in shithousery?
January 18, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Is walking off the field the ultimate in shithousery?
Pick it out. Left foot like a traction engine.
January 18, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Pick it out. Left foot like a traction engine.
Lolz. All the ones being sniffy about AFCON depending into farce need to remember the Euros semi when the Portuguese players lost their minds and the Zidane HAMMERED the penalty into 'top bins'. They didn't walk off, but it was close.
January 18, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Lolz. All the ones being sniffy about AFCON depending into farce need to remember the Euros semi when the Portuguese players lost their minds and the Zidane HAMMERED the penalty into 'top bins'. They didn't walk off, but it was close.
Claude Le Roy bringing peace to his people.
January 18, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Claude Le Roy bringing peace to his people.
Blimey, never seen the like. AFCON madness.
January 18, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Blimey, never seen the like. AFCON madness.
The early matches at AFCON were great but the knockouts have been one heavy slog. Not just, as Arsene used to say, 'playing with the handbrake on', but with all four wheels clamped as well.
January 18, 2026 at 8:38 PM
The early matches at AFCON were great but the knockouts have been one heavy slog. Not just, as Arsene used to say, 'playing with the handbrake on', but with all four wheels clamped as well.
You love Westerns, I love Westerns, let's love Westerns together.
January 17, 2026 at 7:44 PM
You love Westerns, I love Westerns, let's love Westerns together.
Farage makes his first major strategic mistake. Jenrick is a snake and a stupid one at that.
January 15, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Farage makes his first major strategic mistake. Jenrick is a snake and a stupid one at that.