Stewart
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I’m a 50s gay bear, married to the bestest bear in the world. Live in the uk with t’hubby and cat.
Watching ‘The Sea Devils’ for Doctor Who day and trying to figure out how the hell they are going to cut it in half for the ADHD-generation without literally losing the plot… #DoctorWhoDay
November 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Watching ‘The Sea Devils’ for Doctor Who day and trying to figure out how the hell they are going to cut it in half for the ADHD-generation without literally losing the plot… #DoctorWhoDay
While taking this picture of t’hubby’s table at the Oxford Indie Book Fair The Marquis de Carabas whispered in my ear ‘perfectly normal’ - today is going to be a strange day… #booksky
November 23, 2025 at 10:37 AM
While taking this picture of t’hubby’s table at the Oxford Indie Book Fair The Marquis de Carabas whispered in my ear ‘perfectly normal’ - today is going to be a strange day… #booksky
Today is Christmas Cake day! Back to the rich fruit cake from Nigella Christmas this year. Minor panic when I realised the tin was too small, but fortunately it hadn’t gone in the oven yet! Crisis averted!
November 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Today is Christmas Cake day! Back to the rich fruit cake from Nigella Christmas this year. Minor panic when I realised the tin was too small, but fortunately it hadn’t gone in the oven yet! Crisis averted!
Starting to get excited for the Oxford Indie Book Fair on the 23rd November. We’ll be on stall N48 and hopefully will sell lots of t’hubby’s (tonydwyerauthor.co.uk) books! #booksky www.oxfordindiebookfair.co.uk
Oxford Indie Book Fair
www.oxfordindiebookfair.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Starting to get excited for the Oxford Indie Book Fair on the 23rd November. We’ll be on stall N48 and hopefully will sell lots of t’hubby’s (tonydwyerauthor.co.uk) books! #booksky www.oxfordindiebookfair.co.uk
Today’s #VinylFriday is ‘Dusk’ by The The, a band that have never really been as successful as they deserve to be, though this album did well in the UK, peaking at 2 in the album chart. ‘Dogs of Lust’, ‘Love Is Stronger Than Death’ and ‘Slow Emotion Replay’ are the standout tracks.
November 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Today’s #VinylFriday is ‘Dusk’ by The The, a band that have never really been as successful as they deserve to be, though this album did well in the UK, peaking at 2 in the album chart. ‘Dogs of Lust’, ‘Love Is Stronger Than Death’ and ‘Slow Emotion Replay’ are the standout tracks.
Today’s #VinylFriday is Kylie Minogue’s ‘Impossible Princess’. I think it’s a bit of a lost gem, too easily dismissed as ‘indie-Kylie’. The three collaborations with #DaveBall are particularly good, especially ‘Breathe’.
October 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Today’s #VinylFriday is Kylie Minogue’s ‘Impossible Princess’. I think it’s a bit of a lost gem, too easily dismissed as ‘indie-Kylie’. The three collaborations with #DaveBall are particularly good, especially ‘Breathe’.
And here’s The Grid in 90s ambient mode… Also 35 years old this month. #TheGrid #DaveBall
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The Grid - Floatation
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October 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
And here’s The Grid in 90s ambient mode… Also 35 years old this month. #TheGrid #DaveBall
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Sad to hear about Dave Ball’s death. There’s so much more to Soft Cell than Tainted Love, and The Grid were a great band/producers.
October 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Sad to hear about Dave Ball’s death. There’s so much more to Soft Cell than Tainted Love, and The Grid were a great band/producers.
Today is the 35th anniversary of the release of my favourite album, ‘Behaviour’ by Pet Shop Boys. I was just coming up to my 17th birthday (I’ll be 52 on Sunday) and it’s hard to describe how much impact it had on the young gay man, not quite ready to come out, that I was.
October 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Today is the 35th anniversary of the release of my favourite album, ‘Behaviour’ by Pet Shop Boys. I was just coming up to my 17th birthday (I’ll be 52 on Sunday) and it’s hard to describe how much impact it had on the young gay man, not quite ready to come out, that I was.
I haven’t done a #VinylFriday in a while. Transparent gold edition of Goldfrapp’s sublime ‘Felt Mountain’…
October 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I haven’t done a #VinylFriday in a while. Transparent gold edition of Goldfrapp’s sublime ‘Felt Mountain’…
I will forever associate Bundt tins with @nigella.bsky.social We *finally* bought the tin required for the ‘Spruced Up Vanilla Cake’ from her Christmas book. These are actually dinky ones to use as ornaments - which is definitely kitsch-adjacent, so may well appeal to her!
October 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I will forever associate Bundt tins with @nigella.bsky.social We *finally* bought the tin required for the ‘Spruced Up Vanilla Cake’ from her Christmas book. These are actually dinky ones to use as ornaments - which is definitely kitsch-adjacent, so may well appeal to her!
Selling t’hubby’s books at a local craft fair today. Going very well - sold lots of hardbacks, which is always pleasing as they are lovely.
We’ve also got a table at the Oxford Indie Book Fair in November, which looks to be a great event! #IndieAuthor #Booksky
We’ve also got a table at the Oxford Indie Book Fair in November, which looks to be a great event! #IndieAuthor #Booksky
September 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Selling t’hubby’s books at a local craft fair today. Going very well - sold lots of hardbacks, which is always pleasing as they are lovely.
We’ve also got a table at the Oxford Indie Book Fair in November, which looks to be a great event! #IndieAuthor #Booksky
We’ve also got a table at the Oxford Indie Book Fair in November, which looks to be a great event! #IndieAuthor #Booksky
The main reasons I don’t post to BlueSky much:
Character limit
Can’t edit typos
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September 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The main reasons I don’t post to BlueSky much:
Character limit
Can’t edit typos
Character limit
Can’t edit typos
In honour of the upcoming Gene reunion shows today’s #VinylFriday is ‘Be My Light, Be My Guide’ on blue vinyl from the Sub Pop 1995 Helter Shelter boxed set, originally sold in support of the Shelter homeless charity. Also includes Supergrass, Elastica and S*M*A*S*H.
Nostalgiafest!
Nostalgiafest!
September 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
In honour of the upcoming Gene reunion shows today’s #VinylFriday is ‘Be My Light, Be My Guide’ on blue vinyl from the Sub Pop 1995 Helter Shelter boxed set, originally sold in support of the Shelter homeless charity. Also includes Supergrass, Elastica and S*M*A*S*H.
Nostalgiafest!
Nostalgiafest!
Duty free haul, two boxes of Butler’s chocolates and a bottle this gin:
www.glendaloughdistillery.com/products/wil...
www.glendaloughdistillery.com/products/wil...
Glendalough Wild Rose Irish Gin
This fresh, rose-petal gin was first made to honour our Head Distiller Ciaran “Rowdy” Rooney's mother Rose, at his little brother's wedding. Rose had recently passed away, and this was his way to have...
www.glendaloughdistillery.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Duty free haul, two boxes of Butler’s chocolates and a bottle this gin:
www.glendaloughdistillery.com/products/wil...
www.glendaloughdistillery.com/products/wil...
Good grief! Another bit of #TOTP WTFery. Robyn singing what appears to be a Britney castoff. I’m really glad she took control of her career. This is so forgettable…
September 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Good grief! Another bit of #TOTP WTFery. Robyn singing what appears to be a Britney castoff. I’m really glad she took control of her career. This is so forgettable…
Watching #TOTP and they started of with The Lovely Lovely Corrs and their Oiersh cover of Dreams (complete with pipes and fiddles) which has also been remixed in a similar style as EBTG’s Missing. My main takeaway was that Andrea had borrowed Linda Carter’s bangles…
September 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Watching #TOTP and they started of with The Lovely Lovely Corrs and their Oiersh cover of Dreams (complete with pipes and fiddles) which has also been remixed in a similar style as EBTG’s Missing. My main takeaway was that Andrea had borrowed Linda Carter’s bangles…
Bonus #VinylFriday. ‘International’ by Saint Etienne. It’s a showcase of all the styles the band have embraced over the years, and the interstitials are back! Definitely going out in a blaze of glory! I’m really going to miss them. #SaintEtienne
September 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Bonus #VinylFriday. ‘International’ by Saint Etienne. It’s a showcase of all the styles the band have embraced over the years, and the interstitials are back! Definitely going out in a blaze of glory! I’m really going to miss them. #SaintEtienne
Today’s #VinylFriday is the ‘mustard’ release of ‘The Blue Elephant’ by Matt Berry, one of my purchases from last week’s Bandcamp Friday. A very 70s colour for groovy psychedelia!
September 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Today’s #VinylFriday is the ‘mustard’ release of ‘The Blue Elephant’ by Matt Berry, one of my purchases from last week’s Bandcamp Friday. A very 70s colour for groovy psychedelia!
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Yes, I really am re-ripping a collection of CDs accumulated over 35 years…
Yes, I really am re-ripping a collection of CDs accumulated over 35 years…
September 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Yes, I really am re-ripping a collection of CDs accumulated over 35 years…
Yes, I really am re-ripping a collection of CDs accumulated over 35 years…
New (and final boooo!) Saint Etienne album has arrived! *pre-order smugness*
September 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
New (and final boooo!) Saint Etienne album has arrived! *pre-order smugness*
*sob - why are people so fucking stupid*
45% of Brits support large-scale deportations and ending migration altogether; yet our research suggests that this may partly stem from the mistaken belief that most migration into the UK is illegal.
— YouGov
45% of Brits support large-scale deportations and ending migration altogether; yet our research suggests that this may partly stem from the mistaken belief that most migration into the UK is illegal.
— YouGov
August 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
*sob - why are people so fucking stupid*
45% of Brits support large-scale deportations and ending migration altogether; yet our research suggests that this may partly stem from the mistaken belief that most migration into the UK is illegal.
— YouGov
45% of Brits support large-scale deportations and ending migration altogether; yet our research suggests that this may partly stem from the mistaken belief that most migration into the UK is illegal.
— YouGov
I’ve found some rather odd quicktime videos on the 2009 CD releases of albums by The Beatles while I’ve been re-ripping things. They are basically stills that have been animated, with commentary and some period video footage. Very of its time…
August 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I’ve found some rather odd quicktime videos on the 2009 CD releases of albums by The Beatles while I’ve been re-ripping things. They are basically stills that have been animated, with commentary and some period video footage. Very of its time…