Jack Seale
@jackseale.bsky.social
Lover of gin, tea, Sunday roasts and curling up with a DVD box set
BOOK-RELATED HIVEMIND LONGSHOT REQUEST: can anyone identify this children's book of the 1970s/80s from this incomplete and possibly inaccurate synopsis?!
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
BOOK-RELATED HIVEMIND LONGSHOT REQUEST: can anyone identify this children's book of the 1970s/80s from this incomplete and possibly inaccurate synopsis?!
This book has affected me in ways I really didn't expect. In summary: boy emerges from childhood with anger, insecurity, paranoia and anxiety issues, these are never dealt with and they near enough ruin his life, including the brief interlude where he's a huge pop star who makes three classic albums
September 20, 2025 at 9:24 AM
This book has affected me in ways I really didn't expect. In summary: boy emerges from childhood with anger, insecurity, paranoia and anxiety issues, these are never dealt with and they near enough ruin his life, including the brief interlude where he's a huge pop star who makes three classic albums
Don't know when I've seen a film as... messy as this? Lots of good moments but whole sections of it don't make sense. Theory: it was running to 120 minutes and someone said, make it 90, and by doing that they've broken it
August 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Don't know when I've seen a film as... messy as this? Lots of good moments but whole sections of it don't make sense. Theory: it was running to 120 minutes and someone said, make it 90, and by doing that they've broken it
One of my favourite Beach Boys biopics
July 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
One of my favourite Beach Boys biopics
Guardian house style is SO annoying, changing "that's" to "that is" immediately makes this joke 25% less funny and the unnecessary addition of "(1 metre)" doesn't help either
![[extract from print edition of The Guardian]
Before written history, when instead our story was "written in our bones and DNA”, some early humans were in Europe and Asia and had adapted to the cold. Some were learning to harness the power of fire. Some were only about 3ft 6in (1 metre) tall. Others wore hard hats and polo shirts – wait, no, that is one of the archaeologists on a dig in Morocco](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:guupcmf6t2fvjvsyjyeyk72x/bafkreib7d3tho3mqujashnwa5i3cg3mact3klzsvd7kswpyb7g5qtibcma@jpeg)
July 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Guardian house style is SO annoying, changing "that's" to "that is" immediately makes this joke 25% less funny and the unnecessary addition of "(1 metre)" doesn't help either
🚨WOOP WOOP! THAT'S THE SOUND OF THE POLIS
April 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
🚨WOOP WOOP! THAT'S THE SOUND OF THE POLIS
Somewhat unbelievably, they've lifted this joke in the new Bridget Jones film. There's a whole scene that is just this
February 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Somewhat unbelievably, they've lifted this joke in the new Bridget Jones film. There's a whole scene that is just this
Humongous continuity error in this crime drama on iPlayer. It's night time until suddenly it isn't
January 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Humongous continuity error in this crime drama on iPlayer. It's night time until suddenly it isn't
No wonder Dave Gilmour is trying to sell his Hove mansion: these sea-facing wooden window frames were a HORRIFIC MISCALCULATION
December 8, 2024 at 9:30 PM
No wonder Dave Gilmour is trying to sell his Hove mansion: these sea-facing wooden window frames were a HORRIFIC MISCALCULATION
Award yourself a cash prize if you can guess who the fifth celebrity here is
December 4, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Award yourself a cash prize if you can guess who the fifth celebrity here is
"Take your card and your cash will follow"
October 27, 2023 at 2:06 PM
"Take your card and your cash will follow"