Tim Riley
@timriley.bsky.social
Reading. Writing. Sub-optimal parenting.
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Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
Donate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025, organized by Rhodri Marsden
Unbelievably, it's the 15th year of this thing.
What is it?
Improbably, the nig… Rhodri Marsden needs your support for Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025
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December 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
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Every Christmas Eve I like to share the very beautiful Apollo 8 Christmas message, broadcast from the orbit of the Moon on Christmas Eve 1968 - Merry Christmas everyone 🎄 youtu.be/ToHhQUhdyBY?...
Apollo 8's Christmas Eve 1968 Message
YouTube video by NASA Video
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December 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Every Christmas Eve I like to share the very beautiful Apollo 8 Christmas message, broadcast from the orbit of the Moon on Christmas Eve 1968 - Merry Christmas everyone 🎄 youtu.be/ToHhQUhdyBY?...
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Porridge - No Way Out (24th December 1975). "They dug another tunnel and put the earth down there".
December 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Porridge - No Way Out (24th December 1975). "They dug another tunnel and put the earth down there".
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December 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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This version is even better!
December 24, 2025 at 3:30 AM
This version is even better!
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Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar
Final window
‘Skating by Moonlight’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
Final window
‘Skating by Moonlight’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
December 24, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar
Final window
‘Skating by Moonlight’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
Final window
‘Skating by Moonlight’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
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Remembering dear Bea Green, my friend Danny’s mum who came to the UK from Munich on the Kindertransport and spent the rest of her long life working to ensure it might never happen again. Bea died on 20 December aged 101. May her memory be a blessing.
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Bea Green: a memory of her father that will stay with her forever
YouTube video by Holocaust Memorial Day Trust
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December 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Remembering dear Bea Green, my friend Danny’s mum who came to the UK from Munich on the Kindertransport and spent the rest of her long life working to ensure it might never happen again. Bea died on 20 December aged 101. May her memory be a blessing.
youtu.be/IWTxmWeQSW8?...
youtu.be/IWTxmWeQSW8?...
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The films of the year: 26 discoveries, 10 old favourites, 7 bad movies, 6 re-appraisals and 5 obsessions. Feat. all your faves: Linda Fiorentino, Joan Micklin Silver, Sinners, Wallis Island, Argentinean child noir, and really quite a lot of John Ford. advicetothelovelorn.blogspot.com/2025/12/revi...
December 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The films of the year: 26 discoveries, 10 old favourites, 7 bad movies, 6 re-appraisals and 5 obsessions. Feat. all your faves: Linda Fiorentino, Joan Micklin Silver, Sinners, Wallis Island, Argentinean child noir, and really quite a lot of John Ford. advicetothelovelorn.blogspot.com/2025/12/revi...
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Waiting for the Fat Man
Lou Reed and John Cale enjoying the hell out of the holiday season.
Lou Reed and John Cale enjoying the hell out of the holiday season.
December 22, 2023 at 1:06 AM
Waiting for the Fat Man
Lou Reed and John Cale enjoying the hell out of the holiday season.
Lou Reed and John Cale enjoying the hell out of the holiday season.
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He's been! Here's everything I read this year (and a few things I wrote): Henry James! Joseph Heller! Penelope Fitzgerald! A biography of the unsuccessful 1928 Democratic presidential candidate, Al Smith!
advicetothelovelorn.blogspot.com/2025/12/Book...
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December 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
He's been! Here's everything I read this year (and a few things I wrote): Henry James! Joseph Heller! Penelope Fitzgerald! A biography of the unsuccessful 1928 Democratic presidential candidate, Al Smith!
advicetothelovelorn.blogspot.com/2025/12/Book...
advicetothelovelorn.blogspot.com/2025/12/Book...
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Happy 85th birthday to the wonderful Dionne Warwick
December 12, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Happy 85th birthday to the wonderful Dionne Warwick
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Plaudits to whoever put this poster up next to the Park Road Tesco in Toxteth.
November 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Plaudits to whoever put this poster up next to the Park Road Tesco in Toxteth.
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On this day in 1970, Charles Schulz replied to a 10-year-old kid who had written and asked, “What makes a good citizen?"
November 9, 2024 at 9:40 PM
On this day in 1970, Charles Schulz replied to a 10-year-old kid who had written and asked, “What makes a good citizen?"
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...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
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November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
In the footsteps of Ingrid Bergman, Naples.
October 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
In the footsteps of Ingrid Bergman, Naples.
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I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
October 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
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An early look at next week’s cover: "Remote Control,” by Barry Blitt.
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September 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
An early look at next week’s cover: "Remote Control,” by Barry Blitt.
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One American who’s always guaranteed a good reception in London. Aaron Copland at the Barbican this evening.
September 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
One American who’s always guaranteed a good reception in London. Aaron Copland at the Barbican this evening.
2019. The last time this happened.
September 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
2019. The last time this happened.
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You know you’re living in strange times when Last Night of the Proms feels like the least jingoistic thing happening in Britain at the moment.
September 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
You know you’re living in strange times when Last Night of the Proms feels like the least jingoistic thing happening in Britain at the moment.