Basti Wocker
@havivo.bsky.social
Author and Editor of Hampstead’s occasional, localist satirical magazine. "Required breakfast reading is the latest issue of Hampstead’s revered satirical rag, the Hampstead Village Voice..." — The New York Times.
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Basti Wocker
@havivo.bsky.social
· Oct 13
Hurrah! The autumn edition of the Hampstead Village Voice will be on sale from all good newsagents from 14/10/24 £3.
A band in our position cannot afford to be made to look Ridiculous. So get down to the Camden Club this Bank Holiday Sunday innit.
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May 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
A band in our position cannot afford to be made to look Ridiculous. So get down to the Camden Club this Bank Holiday Sunday innit.
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🚨 Gridlock Alert 🚨 20/05/25
Avoid the White Stone Pond like the plague. Very badly thought out temporary traffic lights clogging up East Road and Heath Street.
Avoid the White Stone Pond like the plague. Very badly thought out temporary traffic lights clogging up East Road and Heath Street.
May 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🚨 Gridlock Alert 🚨 20/05/25
Avoid the White Stone Pond like the plague. Very badly thought out temporary traffic lights clogging up East Road and Heath Street.
Avoid the White Stone Pond like the plague. Very badly thought out temporary traffic lights clogging up East Road and Heath Street.
Fancy a fun night out? Ridiculous will play the Camden Club, Chalk Farm this Bank holiday Sunday 25th May 2025. Doors 7:30pm. Band on stage at 8:15-ish. £12 on the door. Pic: Basti Wocker, Peter Noone, Jon Moss and Erran Baron Cohen.
May 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Fancy a fun night out? Ridiculous will play the Camden Club, Chalk Farm this Bank holiday Sunday 25th May 2025. Doors 7:30pm. Band on stage at 8:15-ish. £12 on the door. Pic: Basti Wocker, Peter Noone, Jon Moss and Erran Baron Cohen.
Ridiculous taking a break from rehearsals for their upcoming gig at the Camden Club today. From left: Basti Wocker, Peter Noone, Jon Moss and Erran Baron Cohen. Come and join them on bank holiday Sunday 25/05/25 7:30pm at the Camden Club, Chalk Farm Road. £12. 🤗🙄🤪😎
May 16, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Ridiculous taking a break from rehearsals for their upcoming gig at the Camden Club today. From left: Basti Wocker, Peter Noone, Jon Moss and Erran Baron Cohen. Come and join them on bank holiday Sunday 25/05/25 7:30pm at the Camden Club, Chalk Farm Road. £12. 🤗🙄🤪😎
Come and see Ridiculous live at The Camden Club, London in 25/05/25. Doirs 7:30pm. £12 on the door. 😎🤪🙄😘 Advance booking via Eventbrite.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ridiculous...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ridiculous...
May 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Come and see Ridiculous live at The Camden Club, London in 25/05/25. Doirs 7:30pm. £12 on the door. 😎🤪🙄😘 Advance booking via Eventbrite.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ridiculous...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ridiculous...
Only a couple of weeks till @ridiculoustheband prance about at The Camden Club for another splendiferous night of sheer unadulterated joy! Book now via @eventbriteuk or turn up before 7:30pm to get in! £12 Squid on the door 🥸🤗😵💫😘
May 9, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Only a couple of weeks till @ridiculoustheband prance about at The Camden Club for another splendiferous night of sheer unadulterated joy! Book now via @eventbriteuk or turn up before 7:30pm to get in! £12 Squid on the door 🥸🤗😵💫😘
Reader reviews of The Joy of Addiction: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Verified purchase.
“Brilliantly written, funny and exciting and thoroughly enjoyable. There aren’t many books that have made me laugh out loud and this was definitely one of them.” — Michael, Barcelona. #bookstagram #goodreads
Verified purchase.
“Brilliantly written, funny and exciting and thoroughly enjoyable. There aren’t many books that have made me laugh out loud and this was definitely one of them.” — Michael, Barcelona. #bookstagram #goodreads
April 25, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Reader reviews of The Joy of Addiction: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Verified purchase.
“Brilliantly written, funny and exciting and thoroughly enjoyable. There aren’t many books that have made me laugh out loud and this was definitely one of them.” — Michael, Barcelona. #bookstagram #goodreads
Verified purchase.
“Brilliantly written, funny and exciting and thoroughly enjoyable. There aren’t many books that have made me laugh out loud and this was definitely one of them.” — Michael, Barcelona. #bookstagram #goodreads
If you haven’t read my little stranger-than-fiction addiction memoir yet, it’s available now on Amazon and at all good bookshops. Before writing the sequel, I’m currently working in on something completely different. Watch this space! 📚 #books #addiction #recovery
April 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
If you haven’t read my little stranger-than-fiction addiction memoir yet, it’s available now on Amazon and at all good bookshops. Before writing the sequel, I’m currently working in on something completely different. Watch this space! 📚 #books #addiction #recovery
Okay girls and boys, if you haven’t yet done so, stick this one in yer diary. Yours truly and the band’ll be rocking your socks off with our 100% original repertoire, innit. 🤗🤪😎😵💫 Ridiculous live at the Camden Club. 25/05/25. 7pm. £12.
April 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Okay girls and boys, if you haven’t yet done so, stick this one in yer diary. Yours truly and the band’ll be rocking your socks off with our 100% original repertoire, innit. 🤗🤪😎😵💫 Ridiculous live at the Camden Club. 25/05/25. 7pm. £12.
Here’s the editor’s leader article on page 7 of the spring Hampstead Village Voice. There’s more on the out of control petty crime epidemic on page 9. Available at good local newsagents now: Only £2. #hampsteadheath LBC #CrimeNews #hampstead
April 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Here’s the editor’s leader article on page 7 of the spring Hampstead Village Voice. There’s more on the out of control petty crime epidemic on page 9. Available at good local newsagents now: Only £2. #hampsteadheath LBC #CrimeNews #hampstead
A well deserved award for the The Well Walk Theatre, is celebrated in the spring edition of the Hampstead Village Voice. Available now at local newsagents… and The Well Walk Theatre. 🎭 £2.
April 15, 2025 at 10:43 AM
A well deserved award for the The Well Walk Theatre, is celebrated in the spring edition of the Hampstead Village Voice. Available now at local newsagents… and The Well Walk Theatre. 🎭 £2.
The spring edition of the Hampstead Village Voice focuses on high street crime. We’ve never had it so bad. But there is hope! Get your copy at Hampstead Tube, Mag One, Peppercorn or the 24 Bus Terminus now! Only £2. #Hampstead
April 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The spring edition of the Hampstead Village Voice focuses on high street crime. We’ve never had it so bad. But there is hope! Get your copy at Hampstead Tube, Mag One, Peppercorn or the 24 Bus Terminus now! Only £2. #Hampstead
Get yer Hampstead Village Voice from a newsagent in Greater Hampstonia now for only £2. It’s a crack!
April 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Get yer Hampstead Village Voice from a newsagent in Greater Hampstonia now for only £2. It’s a crack!
There are a couple of fitting tributes to Henry Kelly in the current edition of the Hampstead Village Voice, including an amusing interview we did with him in 2008. He really was quite a character. RIP Henry.🥇 🙏
April 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
There are a couple of fitting tributes to Henry Kelly in the current edition of the Hampstead Village Voice, including an amusing interview we did with him in 2008. He really was quite a character. RIP Henry.🥇 🙏
25/05/25 is going to be a Ridiculous bank holiday! Come and see Ridiculous live in London. Book now via @eventbriteuk www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ridiculous...
April 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
25/05/25 is going to be a Ridiculous bank holiday! Come and see Ridiculous live in London. Book now via @eventbriteuk www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ridiculous...
HAMPSTEAD FACES in the Hampstead Village Voice features Ridiculous drummer and Hampsteadite Jon Moss… but what’s on page 33? Get your spring edition only at local newsagents to find out. £2.
April 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
HAMPSTEAD FACES in the Hampstead Village Voice features Ridiculous drummer and Hampsteadite Jon Moss… but what’s on page 33? Get your spring edition only at local newsagents to find out. £2.
HAMPSTEAD HEATH: What they mean by ‘Commercialise’ remains to be seen. Nevertheless, the ‘non-denial denial’ from the City of London is viewed cautiously by Heath Spy in the spring edition of the Hampstead Village Voice. At Hampstead Tube, Mage One, Heath News and the 24 bus terminus now! Only £2.
April 7, 2025 at 9:53 AM
HAMPSTEAD HEATH: What they mean by ‘Commercialise’ remains to be seen. Nevertheless, the ‘non-denial denial’ from the City of London is viewed cautiously by Heath Spy in the spring edition of the Hampstead Village Voice. At Hampstead Tube, Mage One, Heath News and the 24 bus terminus now! Only £2.
This is sooo what you want to be doing today. Get your Hampstead Village Voice from Mag One, Hampstead Tube Station, The Well Walk Theatre, Peppercorn or any newsagent near Hampstead Heath, find a quiet corner and chill ☀️. #hampstead ☕️
April 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This is sooo what you want to be doing today. Get your Hampstead Village Voice from Mag One, Hampstead Tube Station, The Well Walk Theatre, Peppercorn or any newsagent near Hampstead Heath, find a quiet corner and chill ☀️. #hampstead ☕️
HOW TO DO HAMPSTEAD SUNDAYS No.1:
Get your Hampstead Village Voice from The Well Walk Theatre for only £2, then read it there over brekkie or tea. Splendid! #hampstead #hampsteadheath
Get your Hampstead Village Voice from The Well Walk Theatre for only £2, then read it there over brekkie or tea. Splendid! #hampstead #hampsteadheath
April 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
HOW TO DO HAMPSTEAD SUNDAYS No.1:
Get your Hampstead Village Voice from The Well Walk Theatre for only £2, then read it there over brekkie or tea. Splendid! #hampstead #hampsteadheath
Get your Hampstead Village Voice from The Well Walk Theatre for only £2, then read it there over brekkie or tea. Splendid! #hampstead #hampsteadheath
HOW TO DO HAMPSTEAD SUNDAYS No.1:
Get your Hampstead Village Voice from The Well Walk Theatre for only £2, then read it there over brekkie or tea. Splendid! #hampstead #hampsteadheath
Get your Hampstead Village Voice from The Well Walk Theatre for only £2, then read it there over brekkie or tea. Splendid! #hampstead #hampsteadheath
April 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
HOW TO DO HAMPSTEAD SUNDAYS No.1:
Get your Hampstead Village Voice from The Well Walk Theatre for only £2, then read it there over brekkie or tea. Splendid! #hampstead #hampsteadheath
Get your Hampstead Village Voice from The Well Walk Theatre for only £2, then read it there over brekkie or tea. Splendid! #hampstead #hampsteadheath
Happy St. Totteringham’s Day everybody!🔴⚪️🤗🥾🐓
April 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Happy St. Totteringham’s Day everybody!🔴⚪️🤗🥾🐓
Shoplifting has gone off the scale in Hampstead. The Spy takes a look at local policing and ‘a cunning plan’ that is bearing fruit. But is enough being done? Get your spring edition of the Hampstead Village Voice at all good local newsagents now. £2. #hampstead #pettycrime #shoplifting
April 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Shoplifting has gone off the scale in Hampstead. The Spy takes a look at local policing and ‘a cunning plan’ that is bearing fruit. But is enough being done? Get your spring edition of the Hampstead Village Voice at all good local newsagents now. £2. #hampstead #pettycrime #shoplifting
🇨🇭 OVERSEAS NEWS: read about the closure of the Swiss Cottage pub in ‘Switzerland’ and the Spy’s theory as to why it shut down. The Hampstead Village Voice is available now all over Greater Hampstonia… including the Walk Inn supermarket in Switzerland🇨🇭! £2.
April 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
🇨🇭 OVERSEAS NEWS: read about the closure of the Swiss Cottage pub in ‘Switzerland’ and the Spy’s theory as to why it shut down. The Hampstead Village Voice is available now all over Greater Hampstonia… including the Walk Inn supermarket in Switzerland🇨🇭! £2.
Hampstead Community Centre was recently labelled ‘the Taliban’ by a resentful, publicity seeking art teacher. Arts critic Klaus von Kunst sets the record straight. The Hampstead Village Voice is at newsagents now. Only £2. #Hampstead Hampstead Community Centre, London. NW3
April 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Hampstead Community Centre was recently labelled ‘the Taliban’ by a resentful, publicity seeking art teacher. Arts critic Klaus von Kunst sets the record straight. The Hampstead Village Voice is at newsagents now. Only £2. #Hampstead Hampstead Community Centre, London. NW3
The Hampstead Village Voice plunges into the deep end of the Kenwood Ladies’ Pond transgender debate in this spring edition. Read two very different viewpoints… if you dare! At newsagents now: only £2. #Hampstead Hampstead Heath City of London Ladies Pond, Hampstead Heath #hampsteadheath
April 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The Hampstead Village Voice plunges into the deep end of the Kenwood Ladies’ Pond transgender debate in this spring edition. Read two very different viewpoints… if you dare! At newsagents now: only £2. #Hampstead Hampstead Heath City of London Ladies Pond, Hampstead Heath #hampsteadheath