Sea Lion in a Hat
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Just a sea lion in a hat.
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Textile artist Britta Marakatt-Labba's embroidery of Sami culture, Indigenous Finno-Ugric people inhabiting the Arctic #womensart
November 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Textile artist Britta Marakatt-Labba's embroidery of Sami culture, Indigenous Finno-Ugric people inhabiting the Arctic #womensart
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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156 years ago #onthisday, Top the wombat died. He was the pet of the poet and artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti who, upon Top's passing, created this self-portrait in mourning. More on Rossetti and co’s curious but longstanding fixation with the #wombat here: publicdomainreview.org/essay/o...
November 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
156 years ago #onthisday, Top the wombat died. He was the pet of the poet and artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti who, upon Top's passing, created this self-portrait in mourning. More on Rossetti and co’s curious but longstanding fixation with the #wombat here: publicdomainreview.org/essay/o...
Attention, Finnefans!
There's a lovely interview with Roger Allam in The Guardian today:
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
There's a lovely interview with Roger Allam in The Guardian today:
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
‘I’ve played a lot of sneery bastards’: Roger Allam on bad singing, big paydays and Elgar’s level of ‘gitacity’
He launched a thousand memes as the beleaguered Tory MP in The Thick of It, and starred in the original production of Les Misérables. Now the actor is making not-so-sweet music in the Alan Bennett-scr...
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Attention, Finnefans!
There's a lovely interview with Roger Allam in The Guardian today:
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
There's a lovely interview with Roger Allam in The Guardian today:
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
I keep seeing adverts for the new Tom Daley knitting show 'Game of Wool' and I realise this must be some sort of pun but my meno-brain just can't figure it out. It's been weeks now, somebody help.
October 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I keep seeing adverts for the new Tom Daley knitting show 'Game of Wool' and I realise this must be some sort of pun but my meno-brain just can't figure it out. It's been weeks now, somebody help.
If Jonathan Ross and his gigantic fucking ego survive into a third week, I swear... 🥾📺
#CelebrityTraitors
#CelebrityTraitors
October 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
If Jonathan Ross and his gigantic fucking ego survive into a third week, I swear... 🥾📺
#CelebrityTraitors
#CelebrityTraitors
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We know it’s early… but it’s never too early to start planning your trip to see THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL at The PCC this December!
Catch the musical re-telling of the Dickensian classic in special SING ALONG performances from 28th November - 24th December. 🎟️ tinyurl.com/445yb7k9
Catch the musical re-telling of the Dickensian classic in special SING ALONG performances from 28th November - 24th December. 🎟️ tinyurl.com/445yb7k9
October 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
We know it’s early… but it’s never too early to start planning your trip to see THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL at The PCC this December!
Catch the musical re-telling of the Dickensian classic in special SING ALONG performances from 28th November - 24th December. 🎟️ tinyurl.com/445yb7k9
Catch the musical re-telling of the Dickensian classic in special SING ALONG performances from 28th November - 24th December. 🎟️ tinyurl.com/445yb7k9
Re-reading my old Harry Potter fanfics from 2007-2012 on Fanfiction.net. Forgot I'd written half of them, but they still hold up well, I think. Some lovely recent reviews too, but even if I hadn't moved on to other fandoms (Cabin Pressure, tennis) HP would be dead to me now.
FanFiction.net
October 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Re-reading my old Harry Potter fanfics from 2007-2012 on Fanfiction.net. Forgot I'd written half of them, but they still hold up well, I think. Some lovely recent reviews too, but even if I hadn't moved on to other fandoms (Cabin Pressure, tennis) HP would be dead to me now.
3 things I enjoyed this week:
1/3 - The Traidar podcast:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Matthew Keeley and guest do a deep dive into each episode of The Traitors (they also cover other Anglophone versions). Some good insights into the show, plus MK has a lovely mellifluous Scottish accent.
1/3 - The Traidar podcast:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Matthew Keeley and guest do a deep dive into each episode of The Traitors (they also cover other Anglophone versions). Some good insights into the show, plus MK has a lovely mellifluous Scottish accent.
The Traidar: A Traitors Podcast
TV Reviews Podcast · Updated weekly · An episode-by-episode review and discussion of reality competition TV show, The Traitors! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
podcasts.apple.com
October 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
3 things I enjoyed this week:
1/3 - The Traidar podcast:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Matthew Keeley and guest do a deep dive into each episode of The Traitors (they also cover other Anglophone versions). Some good insights into the show, plus MK has a lovely mellifluous Scottish accent.
1/3 - The Traidar podcast:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Matthew Keeley and guest do a deep dive into each episode of The Traitors (they also cover other Anglophone versions). Some good insights into the show, plus MK has a lovely mellifluous Scottish accent.
Simon's in a thing!
This man is @slepkane.bsky.social. You will have heard him in The Monster Hunters. You will be hearing him in The Divide. He does a good line in difficult bosses. The Divide starts on Friday. #audiodrama #podcast #spy
October 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Simon's in a thing!
My friend has gone viral for an excellently silly reason.
The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.
October 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
My friend has gone viral for an excellently silly reason.
Any excuse to repost a bit of JFSP:
Listening to the In Our Time about The Time Machine and all I can think about is horseboxes. youtu.be/xjcrpjRDNsQ?...
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme - Horse Box Time Machine
YouTube video by George Smart, M1GEO
youtu.be
October 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Any excuse to repost a bit of JFSP:
It's MERINGUE WEEK on #GBBO which is unfortunate because I don't like meringue.
On the other hand I really enjoy hearing the word MERINGUE repeated MERINGUE over and MERINGUE over again until it MERINGUE ceases to MERINGUE have any MERINGUE meaning.
On the other hand I really enjoy hearing the word MERINGUE repeated MERINGUE over and MERINGUE over again until it MERINGUE ceases to MERINGUE have any MERINGUE meaning.
October 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
It's MERINGUE WEEK on #GBBO which is unfortunate because I don't like meringue.
On the other hand I really enjoy hearing the word MERINGUE repeated MERINGUE over and MERINGUE over again until it MERINGUE ceases to MERINGUE have any MERINGUE meaning.
On the other hand I really enjoy hearing the word MERINGUE repeated MERINGUE over and MERINGUE over again until it MERINGUE ceases to MERINGUE have any MERINGUE meaning.
3 things I enjoyed this week 1/3:
A film - 'See How They Run' on C4:
www.channel4.com/programmes/see-how-they-run
Saoirse Ronan (using her real Irish accent!) turns out to have excellent comedy chops and Sam Rockwell can do a very good British accent.
A film - 'See How They Run' on C4:
www.channel4.com/programmes/see-how-they-run
Saoirse Ronan (using her real Irish accent!) turns out to have excellent comedy chops and Sam Rockwell can do a very good British accent.
See How They Run
(2022) Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan head this comedy whodunnit's splendid ensemble cast
www.channel4.com
October 12, 2025 at 9:57 AM
3 things I enjoyed this week 1/3:
A film - 'See How They Run' on C4:
www.channel4.com/programmes/see-how-they-run
Saoirse Ronan (using her real Irish accent!) turns out to have excellent comedy chops and Sam Rockwell can do a very good British accent.
A film - 'See How They Run' on C4:
www.channel4.com/programmes/see-how-they-run
Saoirse Ronan (using her real Irish accent!) turns out to have excellent comedy chops and Sam Rockwell can do a very good British accent.
Watching 'Eva Longoria: Searching For Spain'.
It's your standard celebrity foodie travelogue, except for the jaw-dropping intro in which she presents her expertise as:
'Eleven generations ago one of my ancestors left Spain for the New World and a new life. Four hundred years later, I'm back.'
It's your standard celebrity foodie travelogue, except for the jaw-dropping intro in which she presents her expertise as:
'Eleven generations ago one of my ancestors left Spain for the New World and a new life. Four hundred years later, I'm back.'
October 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Watching 'Eva Longoria: Searching For Spain'.
It's your standard celebrity foodie travelogue, except for the jaw-dropping intro in which she presents her expertise as:
'Eleven generations ago one of my ancestors left Spain for the New World and a new life. Four hundred years later, I'm back.'
It's your standard celebrity foodie travelogue, except for the jaw-dropping intro in which she presents her expertise as:
'Eleven generations ago one of my ancestors left Spain for the New World and a new life. Four hundred years later, I'm back.'
Have belatedly discovered the excellent 'A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs' podcast. Chronological, hour-long (sometimes multi-episode!) deep dives into great songs from rock history.
It started in October 2018 and still hasn't reached the 1970s.
500songs.com/podcast
It started in October 2018 and still hasn't reached the 1970s.
500songs.com/podcast
Episode – A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
500songs.com
October 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Have belatedly discovered the excellent 'A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs' podcast. Chronological, hour-long (sometimes multi-episode!) deep dives into great songs from rock history.
It started in October 2018 and still hasn't reached the 1970s.
500songs.com/podcast
It started in October 2018 and still hasn't reached the 1970s.
500songs.com/podcast
A lovely thread for those of us who enjoy research, and old things.
This could be a long and rambling thread. Be patient with me.
I bought an old mahogany bureau on Ebay. I didn't really want a bureau as we're meant to be downsizing, but it was a beautiful piece & obviously very old. Google lens suggests the brass chased handles are Queen Anne. That's 1702-1714 😯
I bought an old mahogany bureau on Ebay. I didn't really want a bureau as we're meant to be downsizing, but it was a beautiful piece & obviously very old. Google lens suggests the brass chased handles are Queen Anne. That's 1702-1714 😯
October 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A lovely thread for those of us who enjoy research, and old things.
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October 3, 2024 at 12:40 PM
Yay, Portrait Artist of the Year is back tonight!
Always enjoy watching creative people doing creative things on telly, whether that's pottery, baking, painting, or tasks.
Always enjoy watching creative people doing creative things on telly, whether that's pottery, baking, painting, or tasks.
October 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Yay, Portrait Artist of the Year is back tonight!
Always enjoy watching creative people doing creative things on telly, whether that's pottery, baking, painting, or tasks.
Always enjoy watching creative people doing creative things on telly, whether that's pottery, baking, painting, or tasks.
All the awards for the person who added this coda to the Simon & Garfunkel Wikipedia page.
September 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
All the awards for the person who added this coda to the Simon & Garfunkel Wikipedia page.
Unfortunate choice of image accompanying this advice column on 'masculine inadequacy' - Lautrec's painting being famously of two women in bed. I assume the picture researcher (I was one for 19 years) didn't bother reading the caption.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
My boyfriend sees sex as a competition he is losing. How can I change his mind?
Masculine adequacy is a curse, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. Beyond assuring him he meets the standard, could you help him to see the standard doesn’t matter?
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Unfortunate choice of image accompanying this advice column on 'masculine inadequacy' - Lautrec's painting being famously of two women in bed. I assume the picture researcher (I was one for 19 years) didn't bother reading the caption.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Interflug Airlines destination labels. 1970s, East German. More here www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/i...
September 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Interflug Airlines destination labels. 1970s, East German. More here www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/i...
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Wish we were by the sea today.
Episode 145 - Curling folding breaking waves (26 mins)
The beach between Winchelsea and Rye Harbour. Listen with headphones to get the full hi-def sound of the sea.
> bit.ly/LenWSea2
Episode 145 - Curling folding breaking waves (26 mins)
The beach between Winchelsea and Rye Harbour. Listen with headphones to get the full hi-def sound of the sea.
> bit.ly/LenWSea2
September 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Wish we were by the sea today.
Episode 145 - Curling folding breaking waves (26 mins)
The beach between Winchelsea and Rye Harbour. Listen with headphones to get the full hi-def sound of the sea.
> bit.ly/LenWSea2
Episode 145 - Curling folding breaking waves (26 mins)
The beach between Winchelsea and Rye Harbour. Listen with headphones to get the full hi-def sound of the sea.
> bit.ly/LenWSea2
My favourite thing about this picture of Mondo Duplantis breaking yet another pole vault world record is how absolutely THRILLED the official is. We'd all be that excited to be so close to greatness, let's face it.
Photo: Bernat Armangué/AP, from the Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2...
Photo: Bernat Armangué/AP, from the Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2...
September 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
My favourite thing about this picture of Mondo Duplantis breaking yet another pole vault world record is how absolutely THRILLED the official is. We'd all be that excited to be so close to greatness, let's face it.
Photo: Bernat Armangué/AP, from the Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2...
Photo: Bernat Armangué/AP, from the Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2...
I have once again been distracted from my plans by live sport. In this case, Mondo Duplantis is doing his miraculous thing in the pole vault final.
And, as if that wasn't enough, vaulting the highest height in history to break yet another world record. 🇸🇪 🇸🇪 🇸🇪
And, as if that wasn't enough, vaulting the highest height in history to break yet another world record. 🇸🇪 🇸🇪 🇸🇪
September 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I have once again been distracted from my plans by live sport. In this case, Mondo Duplantis is doing his miraculous thing in the pole vault final.
And, as if that wasn't enough, vaulting the highest height in history to break yet another world record. 🇸🇪 🇸🇪 🇸🇪
And, as if that wasn't enough, vaulting the highest height in history to break yet another world record. 🇸🇪 🇸🇪 🇸🇪