El Hugh
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El Hugh
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· Jan 2
2025 books read thread thingy. #wasreading #booksky
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
Have to confess to being baffled that publishers and authors still seem to be happy to have quotes from the Spectator on their covers.
As noted elsewhere: is somebody going to ask Michael Gove about this, or should we chuck it on top of the big pile of things Michael Gove doesn’t get asked about
November 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Have to confess to being baffled that publishers and authors still seem to be happy to have quotes from the Spectator on their covers.
Unreasonably irritated by people who should know better not being able to pronounce Jorge Luis Borges
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Unreasonably irritated by people who should know better not being able to pronounce Jorge Luis Borges
The football and architecture, state of the nation novel I'm reading has just breathlessly explained what a panenka is.
November 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The football and architecture, state of the nation novel I'm reading has just breathlessly explained what a panenka is.
Which reminds me in a roundabout way of the debut novel I read a few years ago which I quite enjoyed and then got to the acknowledgements only to see the writer thank their parents, addressing them by their titles
November 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Which reminds me in a roundabout way of the debut novel I read a few years ago which I quite enjoyed and then got to the acknowledgements only to see the writer thank their parents, addressing them by their titles
Have decent people finally stopped writing book reviews for the Spectator?
November 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Have decent people finally stopped writing book reviews for the Spectator?
How's that 48 team U-17 World Cup going then?
November 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
How's that 48 team U-17 World Cup going then?
We'll, working 9-5 and needing to bed not too late pretty much precludes the possibility of seeing Train Dreams at a cinema in London this week. First world problems, I know.
November 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
We'll, working 9-5 and needing to bed not too late pretty much precludes the possibility of seeing Train Dreams at a cinema in London this week. First world problems, I know.
'Task' is well made and well acted and does really well to entertaining and emotionally engaging considering how much of the plot is pure guff.
November 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
'Task' is well made and well acted and does really well to entertaining and emotionally engaging considering how much of the plot is pure guff.
Slightly apprehensively waiting for Adam Ant to take the stage
November 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Slightly apprehensively waiting for Adam Ant to take the stage
Well, the latest Only Murders in the Building was a bit rubbish, if still watchable.
October 30, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Well, the latest Only Murders in the Building was a bit rubbish, if still watchable.
New Willy Vlautin novel klaxon sounding in the distance! Parp Parp.
October 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
New Willy Vlautin novel klaxon sounding in the distance! Parp Parp.
Happy Ian Juryeff scoring an absolute route one cracker day to all who celebrate
youtube.com/watch?v=rcy2...
youtube.com/watch?v=rcy2...
Leyton Orient v Exeter City - Division Four - 25th October 1988 - Ian Juryeff scores
YouTube video by Neil Irvine
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October 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Happy Ian Juryeff scoring an absolute route one cracker day to all who celebrate
youtube.com/watch?v=rcy2...
youtube.com/watch?v=rcy2...
Hmmm. Don't think I'll be listening to that podcast again. Which is a shame because it been given a new lease of life with recent changes. Ahem.
October 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Hmmm. Don't think I'll be listening to that podcast again. Which is a shame because it been given a new lease of life with recent changes. Ahem.
Spotted a chap reading a Bill Bryson book on the tube this morning and wondered if I'd accidentally perfected the art of time travel
October 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Spotted a chap reading a Bill Bryson book on the tube this morning and wondered if I'd accidentally perfected the art of time travel
Netflix has done a decent job of adapting recent Latin American lit by women but a less so publicising them. 'Limpia' crept out last week and has some good performances but oddly decides not to bother with the structure that made the book so compelling. Rubbish title in English too.
It's being marketed as a literary thriller but other than a steady building of tension I think readers looking for thriller type thrills might be disappointed. Those looking for a character study that dissects class, family dynamics & capitalism will be much happier! #wasreading #booksky
October 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Netflix has done a decent job of adapting recent Latin American lit by women but a less so publicising them. 'Limpia' crept out last week and has some good performances but oddly decides not to bother with the structure that made the book so compelling. Rubbish title in English too.
Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, & one song you can't stand:
Bananas
Rise of Skywalker (fool me once etc)
I have scrubbed its name from my memory but that song by The Rasmus rubbed me up very much the wrong way
Bananas
Rise of Skywalker (fool me once etc)
I have scrubbed its name from my memory but that song by The Rasmus rubbed me up very much the wrong way
Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, & one song you can't stand:
Meat
Scum (traumatized since 14…)
We Are The Champions
Meat
Scum (traumatized since 14…)
We Are The Champions
Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, & one song you can't stand:
Meat
Aliens
Anything by Phil Collins
Meat
Aliens
Anything by Phil Collins
October 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, & one song you can't stand:
Bananas
Rise of Skywalker (fool me once etc)
I have scrubbed its name from my memory but that song by The Rasmus rubbed me up very much the wrong way
Bananas
Rise of Skywalker (fool me once etc)
I have scrubbed its name from my memory but that song by The Rasmus rubbed me up very much the wrong way
Look at the Faroe Islands go!
October 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Look at the Faroe Islands go!
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These scumbags like to whine that they’re not allowed to say anything these days but remarkably are still able to do so whereas Jamal Khashoggi was murdered & dismembered by agents of the Saudi government at the behest of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for criticising his regime.
Fuck them.
Fuck them.
September 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
These scumbags like to whine that they’re not allowed to say anything these days but remarkably are still able to do so whereas Jamal Khashoggi was murdered & dismembered by agents of the Saudi government at the behest of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for criticising his regime.
Fuck them.
Fuck them.
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E17 was the place to be as Walthamstow and Leighton Town played out a thrilling 5-3 game in the FA Trophy.
Watch our match highlights here: youtu.be/ZaoAvrTNeYg?...
Watch our match highlights here: youtu.be/ZaoAvrTNeYg?...
EIGHT GOAL THRILLER - Walthamstow 5-3 Leighton Town - Match highlights
YouTube video by walthamstowfc
youtu.be
September 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
E17 was the place to be as Walthamstow and Leighton Town played out a thrilling 5-3 game in the FA Trophy.
Watch our match highlights here: youtu.be/ZaoAvrTNeYg?...
Watch our match highlights here: youtu.be/ZaoAvrTNeYg?...
Just waiting for that pivot, any day now, I'm sure.
September 18, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Just waiting for that pivot, any day now, I'm sure.