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went to see the Divine Comedy tonight. Christ, what a songwriter Neil Hannon is. Going from “A Lady of a Certain Age” straight into “Our Mutual Friend” is just showing off. Also the show closed with “Tonight We Fly” ❤️❤️
October 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
THE OLD MEDIA ESTABLISHMENT IS REBELLING #celebritytraitors. They will not stand for these johnny-come-latelies, these “content creators”, they don’t even have a real job anyway
October 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
wow Taylor Swift has written a song about the author of Mrs Palfrey At The Claremont!
October 7, 2025 at 6:11 AM
i haven’t been able to post much because i’m spending every available second playing Hollow Knight: Silksong, sorry
September 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
happy new (and final 😭) Saint Etienne everyone!
September 5, 2025 at 7:02 AM
my secret confession: i’m just waiting for shabaka hutchings to start playing saxophone again, he’s clearly very fulfilled doing his flute stuff but it just ain’t for me, Clive
September 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
some lovely times walking in the peaks today
August 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
r a i n b o w
August 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
INJECT IT INTO MY VEINS
August 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
i’m in Criccieth, North Wales this morning and i’ve just seen DOLPHINS in the bay! there was like, four of them, it was brilliant
August 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
AND if silksong wasn’t enough, i am now off work until next wednesday!
August 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
hollow knight: silksong finally has a release date!! 4th september, and it looks fucking brilliant tbf
August 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Reposted by alan
The countdown is on!

Join us in 48 hours for a special announcement about Hollow Knight: Silksong!

Premiering here: youtu.be/6XGeJwsUP9c
Hollow Knight: Silksong - Special Announcement
YouTube video by Team Cherry
youtu.be
August 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Some of you who have seen my posts lately will know that my wife and I recently went through miscarriage.

In a few months’ time i’m running the Sheffield half marathon (oh god) and I’m raising money for Sands, a charity which supports families who have gone through any kind of baby loss.
August 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
recent things i've been enjoying:

TV - Dexter: Resurrection, Murderbot, The Pitt

Music - Big Country, Deafheaven, The Hotelier, going back to the Mountain Goats, ditto Idlewild, Bran Van 3000

Podcasts - BBC's Lovecraft Investigations, Sherlock & Co, Observable Radio
August 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
“Gabriel and he had hold each of the other,” declaims Drury. What a treat for fans of serpentine grammar. #MUNARS
August 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
oh man, Mo Salah 😢
August 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
i’m looking forward to the new Taylor Swift album and i don’t care who knows it
August 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
cheering myself up by watching a youtube compilation of cricket cover drives
August 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
walking home from work and out of nowhere i start welling up and feeling overcome with sadness and grief about the miscarriage. this fucking sucks. still.
August 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ran my first ever sub-1 hour 10k last night. Felt like i was ACTUALLY DEAD by the end (but in a good way). Twice around beautiful Damflask reservoir on a sunny August evening. And I still just continue to sometimes be amazed at my own progress.
August 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
this Ekitike lad’s not bad, eh
August 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
in my midsomar era
August 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Reposted by alan
Just taking my birth certificate with me on the big shop in case I need a piss in the Asda customer toilet and the toilet bouncer doesn't like the shape of my skull
Source: archive.ph/taXyE

Service providers will be told to ask for birth certificates and interrogate service users to discover their "biological sex".

The guidance also ban trans men from female toilets on the basis that their presence would cause "alarm or distress".
August 8, 2025 at 10:13 AM
i’m trying pilates for the first time tomorrow! looking forward to immediately having a core of steel instead of being like one of those balloon guys that floats outside used car showrooms in America
August 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM