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Stuff and nonsense said the bear.
Never been *above* the Raymond Revuebar sign before. Staying in what was clearly a classic Soho walk-up in sleazier times. Not one I visited myself, but the blu-tack scars from the 'model' cards are still there.
December 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Never been *above* the Raymond Revuebar sign before. Staying in what was clearly a classic Soho walk-up in sleazier times. Not one I visited myself, but the blu-tack scars from the 'model' cards are still there.
Elegantly dismissive review but Kathryn Hughes of both the biography and of Birkin herself.
And yet her mother, Judy Campbell, doyenne of the West End Stage, Coward's muse, etc and stunning beauty in her own right, remains unbiographised (sp?)
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
And yet her mother, Judy Campbell, doyenne of the West End Stage, Coward's muse, etc and stunning beauty in her own right, remains unbiographised (sp?)
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
It Girl by Marisa Meltzer review – how Jane Birkin became an icon
The unlikely story of an English girl catapulted to French fame – and a relationship with Serge Gainsbourg that resembled a piece of deranged performance art
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Elegantly dismissive review but Kathryn Hughes of both the biography and of Birkin herself.
And yet her mother, Judy Campbell, doyenne of the West End Stage, Coward's muse, etc and stunning beauty in her own right, remains unbiographised (sp?)
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
And yet her mother, Judy Campbell, doyenne of the West End Stage, Coward's muse, etc and stunning beauty in her own right, remains unbiographised (sp?)
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
Having an aura attack for 20 minutes but then no migraine is very...odd.
Maybe its the result of putting up the Xmas lights
Maybe its the result of putting up the Xmas lights
December 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Having an aura attack for 20 minutes but then no migraine is very...odd.
Maybe its the result of putting up the Xmas lights
Maybe its the result of putting up the Xmas lights
Idle thought that, at the turn of the previous century, there was significant enough illiteracy that the main way most people got news was through the shouts of newspaper vendors.
Awesome responsibility really
Awesome responsibility really
November 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Idle thought that, at the turn of the previous century, there was significant enough illiteracy that the main way most people got news was through the shouts of newspaper vendors.
Awesome responsibility really
Awesome responsibility really
Co codamol is effing magic innit. I mean, why dont we just take a few of these every day?
November 22, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Co codamol is effing magic innit. I mean, why dont we just take a few of these every day?
Thinking about running @rinahaenze.bsky.social 's excellent Saturday the 14th at grogmeet. Not quite sure I have the improvisational chops, but the blood and spatter is nicely satisfying...
November 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Thinking about running @rinahaenze.bsky.social 's excellent Saturday the 14th at grogmeet. Not quite sure I have the improvisational chops, but the blood and spatter is nicely satisfying...
Once stood in a q behind him at a Santa Monica bookstore. No one acknowledged him, but he was friendly and chatty.
As he left, the two young women behind the counter shouted 'Hey James!', he turned and they chorused 'we love you!'.
He flashed a huge smile, waved and moved on.
As he left, the two young women behind the counter shouted 'Hey James!', he turned and they chorused 'we love you!'.
He flashed a huge smile, waved and moved on.
'It’s easy to look on LL Cool J today as something of a side-story to the major figures in hip hop’s evolution, yet back in the golden era, LL was hip hop’s first solo superstar, a teenage colossus of the mic'
LL Cool J: Radio Versus Mama Said Knock You Out - Radio turns 40 today!
buff.ly/LYHslbO
LL Cool J: Radio Versus Mama Said Knock You Out - Radio turns 40 today!
buff.ly/LYHslbO
November 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Once stood in a q behind him at a Santa Monica bookstore. No one acknowledged him, but he was friendly and chatty.
As he left, the two young women behind the counter shouted 'Hey James!', he turned and they chorused 'we love you!'.
He flashed a huge smile, waved and moved on.
As he left, the two young women behind the counter shouted 'Hey James!', he turned and they chorused 'we love you!'.
He flashed a huge smile, waved and moved on.
So this is (very) good but it makes that mistake so many film fans do of seeming to believe that film only starts in the sound era.
As @moviessilently.bsky.social incessantly points out, there had been 40 years of film development by then, including some *killer* war films...1/2
As @moviessilently.bsky.social incessantly points out, there had been 40 years of film development by then, including some *killer* war films...1/2
This week on War Movie Theatre, it's the war movie to end all war movies: 1930's All Quiet On The Western Front. One of the first big talkie pictures, its influence is still everywhere, a century later. pod.fo/e/351dc9
November 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
So this is (very) good but it makes that mistake so many film fans do of seeming to believe that film only starts in the sound era.
As @moviessilently.bsky.social incessantly points out, there had been 40 years of film development by then, including some *killer* war films...1/2
As @moviessilently.bsky.social incessantly points out, there had been 40 years of film development by then, including some *killer* war films...1/2
That the band Japan came from Catford is something that never stops raising my eyebrows
November 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
That the band Japan came from Catford is something that never stops raising my eyebrows
Best sculpture in Manchester to my mind.
Not that we're good at such things (Peel is okay)
Not that we're good at such things (Peel is okay)
In the lobby of the Britannia, Manchester, a memorial for the dead of SJ Watts, the textile firm for whom the building was built. Also memorials for WW2 and Korea.
(Very well cared for, being cleaned as I took photos).
The sculpture is by Jagger who did the Horse Artillery sculpture in London
(Very well cared for, being cleaned as I took photos).
The sculpture is by Jagger who did the Horse Artillery sculpture in London
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Best sculpture in Manchester to my mind.
Not that we're good at such things (Peel is okay)
Not that we're good at such things (Peel is okay)
In the lobby of the Britannia, Manchester, a memorial for the dead of SJ Watts, the textile firm for whom the building was built. Also memorials for WW2 and Korea.
(Very well cared for, being cleaned as I took photos).
The sculpture is by Jagger who did the Horse Artillery sculpture in London
(Very well cared for, being cleaned as I took photos).
The sculpture is by Jagger who did the Horse Artillery sculpture in London
November 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
In the lobby of the Britannia, Manchester, a memorial for the dead of SJ Watts, the textile firm for whom the building was built. Also memorials for WW2 and Korea.
(Very well cared for, being cleaned as I took photos).
The sculpture is by Jagger who did the Horse Artillery sculpture in London
(Very well cared for, being cleaned as I took photos).
The sculpture is by Jagger who did the Horse Artillery sculpture in London
Yeah, you dont want to 'put in the Louvre' cos it'll get nicked, innit?
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Yeah, you dont want to 'put in the Louvre' cos it'll get nicked, innit?
You've just died. The 6th pic in your gallery is what killed you.
November 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
You've just died. The 6th pic in your gallery is what killed you.
Re-watching Children of Men. Didn't realize it was a documentary. 2027 Britain full of litter and graffiti, broken streets, illegal immigrants in cages, tuktuks cluttering up London, and of course moribund birth rate.
Will Clive Owen be along to save is tho?
Will Clive Owen be along to save is tho?
November 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Re-watching Children of Men. Didn't realize it was a documentary. 2027 Britain full of litter and graffiti, broken streets, illegal immigrants in cages, tuktuks cluttering up London, and of course moribund birth rate.
Will Clive Owen be along to save is tho?
Will Clive Owen be along to save is tho?
Yeah, but its also non-slate candidates who are nothing to do the the RT that have no chance of getting in.
As the 'threat' from RT fades, perhaps the @nationaltrust.org.uk should look to end its North Korean election system
As the 'threat' from RT fades, perhaps the @nationaltrust.org.uk should look to end its North Korean election system
Participation peaked in 2023 as Restore Trust mobilised their support & their opponents
Energy dropping now
Endorsed slate
35k (2025)
42-43k (2024)
80k+ (2023)
Restore Trust campaign
12-13k (2025)
17,500 - 20,000 votes (2024)
46k-48k (2023)
Non-slate candidates have little or no chance now
Energy dropping now
Endorsed slate
35k (2025)
42-43k (2024)
80k+ (2023)
Restore Trust campaign
12-13k (2025)
17,500 - 20,000 votes (2024)
46k-48k (2023)
Non-slate candidates have little or no chance now
November 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Yeah, but its also non-slate candidates who are nothing to do the the RT that have no chance of getting in.
As the 'threat' from RT fades, perhaps the @nationaltrust.org.uk should look to end its North Korean election system
As the 'threat' from RT fades, perhaps the @nationaltrust.org.uk should look to end its North Korean election system
Delighted to do a little thing on Manchester and Sheffield...and thanks to @danhayesjourno.bsky.social and co for knocking into shape...
"Sheffield can’t emulate Manchester. And it shouldn't try.
"It was always smaller, more isolated, more independent and idiosyncratic. These are things the city can sell on a global scale, should it choose to.
"Sheffield can be Portland next to Manchester’s Seattle."
✍️ @cottonmouthmcr.bsky.social
"It was always smaller, more isolated, more independent and idiosyncratic. These are things the city can sell on a global scale, should it choose to.
"Sheffield can be Portland next to Manchester’s Seattle."
✍️ @cottonmouthmcr.bsky.social
A tale of four cities
How Manchester stole a march on Sheffield, and how we can fight back
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Delighted to do a little thing on Manchester and Sheffield...and thanks to @danhayesjourno.bsky.social and co for knocking into shape...
New profile pic
October 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
New profile pic
Paris. Le Worhammah!
October 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Paris. Le Worhammah!
Idly wondering if Vigee-Lebruns portrait of Mme Grand (Mrs Talleyrand) was effectively the first ahegao shot
October 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Idly wondering if Vigee-Lebruns portrait of Mme Grand (Mrs Talleyrand) was effectively the first ahegao shot
Right Paris travel, thats what a train ticket is...
October 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Right Paris travel, thats what a train ticket is...
Siege of Yorktown. Yes, yes, you beat us for once...but at what cost?
October 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Siege of Yorktown. Yes, yes, you beat us for once...but at what cost?
Not very specific...
October 26, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Not very specific...
This is typically excellent. Once upon a time iD (or was it Muzik?) magazine asked me to do a top ten of industrial dance. Test Dept's Fuckhead was top of course, albeit the editorial assistant wasn't happy saying the word when she fact-checked
New article, recalling the intriguing and challenging Test Dept. Includes an archive interview with the band. davehaslam.substack.com/p/the-unconv...
The unconventional wonders of Test Dept.
One of the most thought-provoking acts of the 1980s.
davehaslam.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This is typically excellent. Once upon a time iD (or was it Muzik?) magazine asked me to do a top ten of industrial dance. Test Dept's Fuckhead was top of course, albeit the editorial assistant wasn't happy saying the word when she fact-checked
October 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM