Dan Rhodes
@danrhodes.bsky.social
Anthropology, Timoleon Vieta, Sour Grapes, etc..
Standards have fallen; my value has dropped.
https://danrhodes.co.uk
Standards have fallen; my value has dropped.
https://danrhodes.co.uk
I've hacked my way through uncle Rupert's paywall. Their sneering dismissal of Sarah Doyle's very real concerns is straight out of the Canongate Books style guide. Show them an apple and they'll say 'This is not an apple. We have nothing to add to this.' Gaslighting/stonewalling 101.
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I've hacked my way through uncle Rupert's paywall. Their sneering dismissal of Sarah Doyle's very real concerns is straight out of the Canongate Books style guide. Show them an apple and they'll say 'This is not an apple. We have nothing to add to this.' Gaslighting/stonewalling 101.
Why does everything have to have a happy ending these days?
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Why does everything have to have a happy ending these days?
People in the book trade think I go around looking for trouble, but I really don't. If anything I'm like Kendo Nagasaki.
November 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
People in the book trade think I go around looking for trouble, but I really don't. If anything I'm like Kendo Nagasaki.
25 years since Mynci 2000.
November 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
25 years since Mynci 2000.
I've been to Eliza Carthy and John Boden's wassailing show, so Christmas has officially begun.
November 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I've been to Eliza Carthy and John Boden's wassailing show, so Christmas has officially begun.
I should be making all sorts of hay out of these kind words about Gold from the traitor Alan Carr, but there's not much point as it's been unavailable for years thanks to... *checks notes*... significant financial discrepancies at the publishing house.
October 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I should be making all sorts of hay out of these kind words about Gold from the traitor Alan Carr, but there's not much point as it's been unavailable for years thanks to... *checks notes*... significant financial discrepancies at the publishing house.
Just been to see Stewart Lee's new show. Catch it if you can. We were asked not to take photos, but the temptation was too great...
October 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Just been to see Stewart Lee's new show. Catch it if you can. We were asked not to take photos, but the temptation was too great...
It's still there, and the wind has blown it on to a new page. It ends on a cliffhanger...
October 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
It's still there, and the wind has blown it on to a new page. It ends on a cliffhanger...
For four years I've been visualising Aldi stocking a cardboard-and-can 0% lager. If your dreams aren't coming true, you only have yourself to blame. Visualise harder from now on.
October 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
For four years I've been visualising Aldi stocking a cardboard-and-can 0% lager. If your dreams aren't coming true, you only have yourself to blame. Visualise harder from now on.
Amazing. What a man. A total hero.
September 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Amazing. What a man. A total hero.
You're never too old for blue hair.
September 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
You're never too old for blue hair.
While you were slumped on the sofa eating crisps and watching Top of the Pops repeats, we were down the Arts Centre watching some real-life regular stars of the show.
September 19, 2025 at 9:46 PM
While you were slumped on the sofa eating crisps and watching Top of the Pops repeats, we were down the Arts Centre watching some real-life regular stars of the show.
Knocked Up is on BBC1 tonight. Don't miss the best scene in the history of film:
September 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Knocked Up is on BBC1 tonight. Don't miss the best scene in the history of film:
If you don't yet have a favourite Grandmaster, I recommend Mikhail Tal. The Gainsbourg of chess.
September 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
If you don't yet have a favourite Grandmaster, I recommend Mikhail Tal. The Gainsbourg of chess.
Oh no, not Pets at Home now too?
September 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Oh no, not Pets at Home now too?
Someone left de Sade out in the rain.
September 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Someone left de Sade out in the rain.
Once again I find myself defeated by the Edvard Grieg theme park.
August 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Once again I find myself defeated by the Edvard Grieg theme park.
I enjoyed these books by Britain's Celia Fremlin and Japan's Seichō Matsumoto.
August 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I enjoyed these books by Britain's Celia Fremlin and Japan's Seichō Matsumoto.
Out comes the Bradley. I'll never be invited on to Desert Island Discs, but this would be my book. Princess Ida this year.
August 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Out comes the Bradley. I'll never be invited on to Desert Island Discs, but this would be my book. Princess Ida this year.