Steven Rajam
@stevenrajam.bsky.social
Audio and podcast type, Creative Director @ Overcoat Media. Classical and experimental music; Southampton FC fan 🔴⚪; Dad; tired. Lives in Wales: it's great. Does politics sometimes 🔶
Previously and funnier over in the Bad Place at x.com/stevenrajam
Previously and funnier over in the Bad Place at x.com/stevenrajam
The Guardian: Ole Gunnar Solskjær could make shock return as Manchester United interim manager
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
January 6, 2026 at 3:11 PM
The Guardian: Ole Gunnar Solskjær could make shock return as Manchester United interim manager
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
January 1, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Exclusive coverage of Ben Duckett in the Noosa Herald
December 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Exclusive coverage of Ben Duckett in the Noosa Herald
Witold Lutoslawski
Just starting a running thread for “once famous figures now slipping into recondite knowledge now that they’ve died and society moves on” to come back to as and when I remember
=1 Peter Cook and/or Dudley Moore
=1 Peter Cook and/or Dudley Moore
December 23, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Witold Lutoslawski
Reposted by Steven Rajam
When you're running the BBC website in 1533
December 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
When you're running the BBC website in 1533
I'm in a very weird shop in Cardiff whose entire USP seems to be "what if Flying Tiger was a bit posh".
(It has so many notions they're playing Vivaldi - but not The Four Seasons, they're playing L'Estro Armonico. I appreciate this is niche but it is on point)
(It has so many notions they're playing Vivaldi - but not The Four Seasons, they're playing L'Estro Armonico. I appreciate this is niche but it is on point)
December 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I'm in a very weird shop in Cardiff whose entire USP seems to be "what if Flying Tiger was a bit posh".
(It has so many notions they're playing Vivaldi - but not The Four Seasons, they're playing L'Estro Armonico. I appreciate this is niche but it is on point)
(It has so many notions they're playing Vivaldi - but not The Four Seasons, they're playing L'Estro Armonico. I appreciate this is niche but it is on point)
You will be visited by three spirits
December 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
You will be visited by three spirits
Enamel Bedroom Door Name Plates - gender-delineated racing car vs. bunch of flowers illustrated room ownership identifiers of birthday present from relative who neither knew nor cared that you liked Star Wars ubiquity. Bad luck if you had an unusual name.
timworthington.org/2022/05/19/t...
timworthington.org/2022/05/19/t...
December 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I'm gutted by Robin Smith's death. As a cricket-loving kid in Hampshire, he was my hero. A gentle, warm, man who was scintillating to watch - yet treated terribly. And who went through the wringer of self-doubt on and off the pitch.
Farewell Judge. You were, simply, brilliant. I'll miss you.
Farewell Judge. You were, simply, brilliant. I'll miss you.
December 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I'm gutted by Robin Smith's death. As a cricket-loving kid in Hampshire, he was my hero. A gentle, warm, man who was scintillating to watch - yet treated terribly. And who went through the wringer of self-doubt on and off the pitch.
Farewell Judge. You were, simply, brilliant. I'll miss you.
Farewell Judge. You were, simply, brilliant. I'll miss you.
Reposted by Steven Rajam
What’s everybody’s preferred proximity to the madding crowd? I usually like to be far from it.
November 26, 2025 at 1:23 AM
What’s everybody’s preferred proximity to the madding crowd? I usually like to be far from it.
David Matthews' first Violin Concerto is quite good.
That's it, that's the discourse you're following, live with it.
That's it, that's the discourse you're following, live with it.
November 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
David Matthews' first Violin Concerto is quite good.
That's it, that's the discourse you're following, live with it.
That's it, that's the discourse you're following, live with it.
One of the greatest revelations of my forties is just how utterly wonderful I find the music of Dvorak.
October 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
One of the greatest revelations of my forties is just how utterly wonderful I find the music of Dvorak.
The County Championship is just THE most magnificent thing. If you don't follow it, I have only pity for you.
(COME ON ARRRRRMPSHIRREEEEEEE 🎊🎉🥳🤩)
(COME ON ARRRRRMPSHIRREEEEEEE 🎊🎉🥳🤩)
September 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The County Championship is just THE most magnificent thing. If you don't follow it, I have only pity for you.
(COME ON ARRRRRMPSHIRREEEEEEE 🎊🎉🥳🤩)
(COME ON ARRRRRMPSHIRREEEEEEE 🎊🎉🥳🤩)
Favourite 10 TV comedies, in no particular order.
The Day Today
The Simpsons
This Country
Spaced
Bob's Burgers
Look Around You
The Thick Of It
Peep Show
Gavin and Stacey
Nathan Barley
The Day Today
The Simpsons
This Country
Spaced
Bob's Burgers
Look Around You
The Thick Of It
Peep Show
Gavin and Stacey
Nathan Barley
Favourite 10 TV comedies, in no particular order.
Cheers
The Phil Silvers Show
Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads
Porridge
First Ten Years Of The Simpsons
New Girl
30 Rock
Hancock
The Larry Sanders Show
Better Things
Cheers
The Phil Silvers Show
Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads
Porridge
First Ten Years Of The Simpsons
New Girl
30 Rock
Hancock
The Larry Sanders Show
Better Things
Favourite 10 TV comedies, in no particular order.
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Hancock's Half Hour/Hancock
Community
The Day Today
First ten years of The Simpsons
How Do You Want Me?
The League of Gentlemen
Ever Decreasing Circles
Dad's Army until James Beck dies
Big Train S1
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Hancock's Half Hour/Hancock
Community
The Day Today
First ten years of The Simpsons
How Do You Want Me?
The League of Gentlemen
Ever Decreasing Circles
Dad's Army until James Beck dies
Big Train S1
September 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Favourite 10 TV comedies, in no particular order.
The Day Today
The Simpsons
This Country
Spaced
Bob's Burgers
Look Around You
The Thick Of It
Peep Show
Gavin and Stacey
Nathan Barley
The Day Today
The Simpsons
This Country
Spaced
Bob's Burgers
Look Around You
The Thick Of It
Peep Show
Gavin and Stacey
Nathan Barley
Green Party co-leader candidate Ellie Chowns, claims it won't be enough to have "isolated Green and Lib Dem MPs" if Jenrick or Farage unites the right.
There are SEVENTY TWO Lib Dem MPs. Four Greens.
(The wider issue is fair but for goodness sake, play nice)
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
There are SEVENTY TWO Lib Dem MPs. Four Greens.
(The wider issue is fair but for goodness sake, play nice)
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Green party leadership race exposes tensions as electoral ambitions grow
Frontrunner Zack Polanski has dismissed claims of a ‘hostile takeover’ but contest has been unusually fractious
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Green Party co-leader candidate Ellie Chowns, claims it won't be enough to have "isolated Green and Lib Dem MPs" if Jenrick or Farage unites the right.
There are SEVENTY TWO Lib Dem MPs. Four Greens.
(The wider issue is fair but for goodness sake, play nice)
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
There are SEVENTY TWO Lib Dem MPs. Four Greens.
(The wider issue is fair but for goodness sake, play nice)
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Gerhard sounds like Manuel de Falla got drunk listening to Berg and sobered up against a loudspeaker playing Jonathan Harvey
I know this is a VERY cool take but the Roberto Gerhard 3rd Symphony is really quite good isn't it
August 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Gerhard sounds like Manuel de Falla got drunk listening to Berg and sobered up against a loudspeaker playing Jonathan Harvey
I know this is a VERY cool take but the Roberto Gerhard 3rd Symphony is really quite good isn't it
August 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I know this is a VERY cool take but the Roberto Gerhard 3rd Symphony is really quite good isn't it
Jake Bugg is short for Jacopo Bugliardi
Perry Mason is short for Performative Masonry
Axel F is short for Axolotl Facsimile
August 29, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Jake Bugg is short for Jacopo Bugliardi
Reposted by Steven Rajam
"Helluva lotta work building a motte and bailey castle"
"Keep on top of it?"
"That's the standard design, yes"
"Keep on top of it?"
"That's the standard design, yes"
August 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"Helluva lotta work building a motte and bailey castle"
"Keep on top of it?"
"That's the standard design, yes"
"Keep on top of it?"
"That's the standard design, yes"
Reposted by Steven Rajam
Accurate diagram of a wasp
August 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Accurate diagram of a wasp
The French composer Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) wrote two string quartets, no.14 and no.15, that can be performed individually, or AT THE SAME TIME as an octet 🤯
youtu.be/2b89IdsdEBA?...
youtu.be/2b89IdsdEBA?...
August 20, 2025 at 6:29 AM
The French composer Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) wrote two string quartets, no.14 and no.15, that can be performed individually, or AT THE SAME TIME as an octet 🤯
youtu.be/2b89IdsdEBA?...
youtu.be/2b89IdsdEBA?...
Oh good you do FPL do you? That's great fellow football fan let me never speak to you ever again
August 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Oh good you do FPL do you? That's great fellow football fan let me never speak to you ever again
Concerned Putin and Trump will rip off each other's clothes on the runway and engage in full coitus before the world's horrified media
August 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Concerned Putin and Trump will rip off each other's clothes on the runway and engage in full coitus before the world's horrified media
I see in Bazball Bantz world, England have given the captaincy to a promising haircut
August 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I see in Bazball Bantz world, England have given the captaincy to a promising haircut
A shy young American singer songwriter called Greg Mendez has just commenced playing the Walled Garden at Green Man. He nervously tells everyone it's his first festival ever and he's nervous.
At least a dozen people in the crowd then shout "COME ON GREG 🎾" to glorious utter bafflement from the lad
At least a dozen people in the crowd then shout "COME ON GREG 🎾" to glorious utter bafflement from the lad
August 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
A shy young American singer songwriter called Greg Mendez has just commenced playing the Walled Garden at Green Man. He nervously tells everyone it's his first festival ever and he's nervous.
At least a dozen people in the crowd then shout "COME ON GREG 🎾" to glorious utter bafflement from the lad
At least a dozen people in the crowd then shout "COME ON GREG 🎾" to glorious utter bafflement from the lad