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Not the former drummer with Roxy Music.
Freelance researcher & writer with a PhD from St Andrews.
Author: 'Masculinity in Lesbian “Pulp” Fiction: Disappearing Heteronormativity?'
Mid-20c queer books. Queer spaces and phenomenology.
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Somebody needs to cancel Farage's question time season ticket.
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
And no, it's NOT all about a stupid edit of a Trump speech.
November 11, 2025 at 7:06 AM
I hope you will expand on this. I've sat & mulled it over for much longer than I usually spend on any social media post.
I know three people named Elizabeth, & to me they are distinct, not conflated.
Sorry, my first impulse is always to go the phenomenological route & reference my own experience.
November 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
You're the country of Sacco and Vanzetti. Never forget the possible.
November 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It is indeed.
November 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The Maltese Falcon is my favourite noir by far.
It's claustrophobic. It uses Hammett's dialogue and only cuts one character from the book (fat man's daughter). Final line - "Huh?" And that scene with the bars of the elevator gate shutting on Mary Astor - Perfect!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kk3...
The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of - The Maltese Falcon (10/10) Movie CLIP (1941) HD
YouTube video by Movieclips
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Up until this point I had the Barron Knights' 'Get Down Shep' as an earworm. Now...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRjy...
Harry Lauder - Just A Wee Deoch & Doris (1912)
YouTube video by VintageBritishComedy
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Apparently the case had to be crammed in between two more pressing hearings.
November 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Apparently the case had to be crammed in between two more pressing hearings.
November 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Well I may be wrong, but I think the Romans were around a little before that.
November 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Hold on... hold on... if black's concentration is on what's going on down there, the white queen can secure mate!

What am I missing?????

I told you I'm no good at this game!
November 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I'm no good at chess, haven't played for decades, but
You tempt black to take the pawn.
If pawn takes pawn, the rooks face each other, no advantage.
if b-bishop takes w-pawn, w-pawn takes b-bishop; b-queen can then take w-pawn but is instantly vulnerable to w-knight.
No idea where it goes from here.
November 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Thank you for today's earworm.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=myXr...
Get Down Shep
YouTube video by The Barron Knights - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Is the River Lark navigable?
November 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Me: This seems a familiar concept.
November 7, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I would have thought the answer was obvious.
November 7, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Did you know that the Normans called Shropshire 'Salop' because it was a bitch to pronounce?
November 7, 2025 at 10:52 AM
No idea. But I did once know someone from Ely who had a motorbike with overhead Cambs.
November 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM