David Ibitson
@arry-k-arry.bsky.social
'His office hours are poorly attended, because he teaches it right the first time.'
Amazing. Someone’s already edited Edwards's Wikipedia. I sincerely wish him many happy relegations if he abandons us. #Boro #Middlesbrough
November 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Amazing. Someone’s already edited Edwards's Wikipedia. I sincerely wish him many happy relegations if he abandons us. #Boro #Middlesbrough
Happy birthday last weekend to our wise and beautiful hound. She loves ivy and fish, & is scared of bees & advent calendars.
October 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Happy birthday last weekend to our wise and beautiful hound. She loves ivy and fish, & is scared of bees & advent calendars.
Unexpectedly, our baby has utterly fallen in love with a book about #Canada. Worth the enjoyment now to have that inevitable difficult conversation when she's older, when we have to explain that she's not actually Canadian. Désolé, bébé.
July 30, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Unexpectedly, our baby has utterly fallen in love with a book about #Canada. Worth the enjoyment now to have that inevitable difficult conversation when she's older, when we have to explain that she's not actually Canadian. Désolé, bébé.
One thing they don't tell you is that when you become a dad, the NHS issue you with the recognised #dad kit:
Sensible quarter zip;
Popular Roman history;
Weak radler beer;
Obscure sweets no-one else likes;
Off camera: cricket podcast & an unexpected admiration for Ultravox.
Sensible quarter zip;
Popular Roman history;
Weak radler beer;
Obscure sweets no-one else likes;
Off camera: cricket podcast & an unexpected admiration for Ultravox.
June 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
One thing they don't tell you is that when you become a dad, the NHS issue you with the recognised #dad kit:
Sensible quarter zip;
Popular Roman history;
Weak radler beer;
Obscure sweets no-one else likes;
Off camera: cricket podcast & an unexpected admiration for Ultravox.
Sensible quarter zip;
Popular Roman history;
Weak radler beer;
Obscure sweets no-one else likes;
Off camera: cricket podcast & an unexpected admiration for Ultravox.
All the important questions are being asked on the #cricket whatsapp group.
All agreed that Mrs Beaver would be a Trott-esque no3 & wicket keeper for the Narnia XI.
All agreed that Mrs Beaver would be a Trott-esque no3 & wicket keeper for the Narnia XI.
June 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
All the important questions are being asked on the #cricket whatsapp group.
All agreed that Mrs Beaver would be a Trott-esque no3 & wicket keeper for the Narnia XI.
All agreed that Mrs Beaver would be a Trott-esque no3 & wicket keeper for the Narnia XI.
June 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I know Austria's was technically a *better* song than Sweden's, but I'm worried that if we don't give the trophy to a fun silly song then they'll stop doing fun silly songs, & then where would we be? #Eurovision
May 19, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I know Austria's was technically a *better* song than Sweden's, but I'm worried that if we don't give the trophy to a fun silly song then they'll stop doing fun silly songs, & then where would we be? #Eurovision
I recently watched Married to the Mob, a film where Michelle Pfiefer feels like she's from a different, better, film to everyone else. It featured a song with a lyric so awful I've not been able to get it out of my head for days:
'He's the paisan the sun always shines on'.
'He's the paisan the sun always shines on'.
May 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I recently watched Married to the Mob, a film where Michelle Pfiefer feels like she's from a different, better, film to everyone else. It featured a song with a lyric so awful I've not been able to get it out of my head for days:
'He's the paisan the sun always shines on'.
'He's the paisan the sun always shines on'.
Can't believe I'd never noticed Minos as hell's sentencer lurking at the bottom of Michaelangelo's Last Judgement. Many thanks to @markscarbrough.bsky.social's wonderful Walking With Dante podcast for that detail.
April 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Can't believe I'd never noticed Minos as hell's sentencer lurking at the bottom of Michaelangelo's Last Judgement. Many thanks to @markscarbrough.bsky.social's wonderful Walking With Dante podcast for that detail.
Name a show you're positive no one remembers but you.
March 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Name a show you're positive no one remembers but you.
Personal Dog growth: Ellie, at the age of 13-and-a-bit, & 7 years after she got it, has figured out how to pick up her octopus & put it in her bed on purpose. Couldn't be prouder of her.
February 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Personal Dog growth: Ellie, at the age of 13-and-a-bit, & 7 years after she got it, has figured out how to pick up her octopus & put it in her bed on purpose. Couldn't be prouder of her.
Two weeks off work unexpectedly rekindled my childhood love of old historical epics (El Cid, for example). The absolute revelation was Christopher Plummer in The Fall of the Roman Empire. He's electric in it, blows everyone else away. #Filmsky
February 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Two weeks off work unexpectedly rekindled my childhood love of old historical epics (El Cid, for example). The absolute revelation was Christopher Plummer in The Fall of the Roman Empire. He's electric in it, blows everyone else away. #Filmsky
Shakespeare lines I regularly say to the Dog (pt.5):
"How now? Moody? What is ’t thou canst demand?"
"How now? Moody? What is ’t thou canst demand?"
February 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Shakespeare lines I regularly say to the Dog (pt.5):
"How now? Moody? What is ’t thou canst demand?"
"How now? Moody? What is ’t thou canst demand?"
Remarkably, M.R. James managed to review every book and tv programme by Jordan Peterson back in 1911. I could not believe it when I found it.
January 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Remarkably, M.R. James managed to review every book and tv programme by Jordan Peterson back in 1911. I could not believe it when I found it.
This reminds me of some similar images at Mont Orgueil Castle, which also has this spectacular statue based on the medieval Wounded Man, which I once heard an excited child charmingly refer to as 'the hurty man'.
January 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This reminds me of some similar images at Mont Orgueil Castle, which also has this spectacular statue based on the medieval Wounded Man, which I once heard an excited child charmingly refer to as 'the hurty man'.
Although, my personal highlight from that visit was this Ecce Homo by an anonymous 15th Century artist. It was magnetic, & has an awfulness that an online copy fails to capture. It sat alone at the top of the central stairs, and was unbelievably imposing. #Art #ArtHistory
January 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Although, my personal highlight from that visit was this Ecce Homo by an anonymous 15th Century artist. It was magnetic, & has an awfulness that an online copy fails to capture. It sat alone at the top of the central stairs, and was unbelievably imposing. #Art #ArtHistory
This reminded me of a wonderful painting of this scene by, I think, Frei Carlos, that I saw last year at the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga in Lisbon. One of the works I kept revisiting that day, although I'm not sure I could articulate why.
#art #ArtHistory
#art #ArtHistory
January 18, 2025 at 8:33 AM
This reminded me of a wonderful painting of this scene by, I think, Frei Carlos, that I saw last year at the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga in Lisbon. One of the works I kept revisiting that day, although I'm not sure I could articulate why.
#art #ArtHistory
#art #ArtHistory
Here they are, in their lost glory.
January 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Here they are, in their lost glory.
David has no line manager. David needs no line manager.
January 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
David has no line manager. David needs no line manager.
Thought I'd post my favourite, & criminally underrated, tweet from the old place. I laugh about it regularly. By @crulph.bsky.social
December 31, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Thought I'd post my favourite, & criminally underrated, tweet from the old place. I laugh about it regularly. By @crulph.bsky.social
Ellie's best Blue Steel model pose in response.
December 13, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Ellie's best Blue Steel model pose in response.
Things Ellie has in common with Judah Ben-Hur:
- Made her name on the race tracks.
- Suspicious of going near the sea.
- Adopted by a family with a passing interest in Roman history.
[Yes, I'm putting off work]
- Made her name on the race tracks.
- Suspicious of going near the sea.
- Adopted by a family with a passing interest in Roman history.
[Yes, I'm putting off work]
December 8, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Things Ellie has in common with Judah Ben-Hur:
- Made her name on the race tracks.
- Suspicious of going near the sea.
- Adopted by a family with a passing interest in Roman history.
[Yes, I'm putting off work]
- Made her name on the race tracks.
- Suspicious of going near the sea.
- Adopted by a family with a passing interest in Roman history.
[Yes, I'm putting off work]
As I wait for another indefinitely delayed mystery train, I'm reminded of this classic tweet from Alan Sugwr, beamed in from an alternate universe where our trains actually work.
November 28, 2024 at 9:01 AM
As I wait for another indefinitely delayed mystery train, I'm reminded of this classic tweet from Alan Sugwr, beamed in from an alternate universe where our trains actually work.
Things Ellie has in common with Louis XVI of France:
Dislikes cats
Hates all music
Has ridiculously expensive bed
Dislikes cats
Hates all music
Has ridiculously expensive bed
November 15, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Things Ellie has in common with Louis XVI of France:
Dislikes cats
Hates all music
Has ridiculously expensive bed
Dislikes cats
Hates all music
Has ridiculously expensive bed