Jem Roberts, Author etc.
@jemroberts.bsky.social
Dad/folklorist/historian/comedian. Douglas Adams’ official biographer, among many things. Official chronicler for ISIHAC, Blackadder and Fry & Laurie.
@talesofbritain.bsky.social @fabfools.bsky.social
www.jemroberts.com www.talesofbritain.com
@talesofbritain.bsky.social @fabfools.bsky.social
www.jemroberts.com www.talesofbritain.com
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• The #ISIHAC Bible 🎺
• The True History of the Blackadder ⚔️
• The Frood: Official Douglas Adams & H2G2 🤖
• #SoupyTwists: Official Fry & Laurie story 🍸
• #FabFools: The Beatles & The Rutles 🃏🎶
• @TalesofBritain.bsky.social 🏴🏴🏴
On paper & Audible: audible.co.uk/author/Jem-R...
• The True History of the Blackadder ⚔️
• The Frood: Official Douglas Adams & H2G2 🤖
• #SoupyTwists: Official Fry & Laurie story 🍸
• #FabFools: The Beatles & The Rutles 🃏🎶
• @TalesofBritain.bsky.social 🏴🏴🏴
On paper & Audible: audible.co.uk/author/Jem-R...
I must have seen at least 15 Frankenstein adaptations, but few which felt so fundamentally alien to anything Mary Shelley would have recognised as Del Toro’s weirdly dumbed-down Netflix offering. Branagh has no worry.
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I must have seen at least 15 Frankenstein adaptations, but few which felt so fundamentally alien to anything Mary Shelley would have recognised as Del Toro’s weirdly dumbed-down Netflix offering. Branagh has no worry.
Anyone who's anyone is arbitrary these days.
November 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Anyone who's anyone is arbitrary these days.
I like someone who knows what they want. Depending heavily on what they actually want.
November 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I like someone who knows what they want. Depending heavily on what they actually want.
It's the simple pleasures in life that get complicated.
November 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
It's the simple pleasures in life that get complicated.
I'm comfortable in my own skin. Certainly moreso than when it's all peeled off.
November 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I'm comfortable in my own skin. Certainly moreso than when it's all peeled off.
How execrable a human being – let alone a prime minister – do you have to be, for anyone sane to even imagine for one millisecond that this foul NHS-flogging thumb-faced piggy thug could be in any way preferable?
November 12, 2025 at 10:16 AM
How execrable a human being – let alone a prime minister – do you have to be, for anyone sane to even imagine for one millisecond that this foul NHS-flogging thumb-faced piggy thug could be in any way preferable?
They spout these obvious, provable lies so they can then say “Well if both sides think we’re biased we can’t be!” – Disingenuously ignoring the fact that one side is composed entirely of amoral, trolling, scheming pantomime villains.
November 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
They spout these obvious, provable lies so they can then say “Well if both sides think we’re biased we can’t be!” – Disingenuously ignoring the fact that one side is composed entirely of amoral, trolling, scheming pantomime villains.
The painstaking exhaustive intricacy of the Bayeux Tapestry is a perfect example of why you should always keep a pen with you.
November 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The painstaking exhaustive intricacy of the Bayeux Tapestry is a perfect example of why you should always keep a pen with you.
PUDDING FACTS: If you unravelled a Wall's Vienetta, it would stretch for up to about 2 yards, and ruin a child's special birthday meal.
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
PUDDING FACTS: If you unravelled a Wall's Vienetta, it would stretch for up to about 2 yards, and ruin a child's special birthday meal.
Well, you certainly find out who your friends are when you take a survey and do a thorough audit.
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Well, you certainly find out who your friends are when you take a survey and do a thorough audit.
In all seriousness, had I been called up during WWI to do my bit, I wouldn't have hesitated to offer my services as a poet.
November 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
In all seriousness, had I been called up during WWI to do my bit, I wouldn't have hesitated to offer my services as a poet.
Oh no, I can hear myself think.
November 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Oh no, I can hear myself think.
TOP TIP: Make tongue-twisters easy to say by changing a few words: 'Red lorry, yellow truck', 'She flogs conches on the beach', etc.
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
TOP TIP: Make tongue-twisters easy to say by changing a few words: 'Red lorry, yellow truck', 'She flogs conches on the beach', etc.
I fix the ice at parties.
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I fix the ice at parties.
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MORNING PEASANTS! Delighted that today, a Blackadder podcast has been released with me as an S1 aficionado, telling the world why the series stands up as a great moment in British comedy.
Listen from 21:52 to 44:00 in the broadcast. Feedback welcomed.
shows.acast.com/663dc3b21f99...
Listen from 21:52 to 44:00 in the broadcast. Feedback welcomed.
shows.acast.com/663dc3b21f99...
The Amazing Beardless Woman | Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
shows.acast.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
MORNING PEASANTS! Delighted that today, a Blackadder podcast has been released with me as an S1 aficionado, telling the world why the series stands up as a great moment in British comedy.
Listen from 21:52 to 44:00 in the broadcast. Feedback welcomed.
shows.acast.com/663dc3b21f99...
Listen from 21:52 to 44:00 in the broadcast. Feedback welcomed.
shows.acast.com/663dc3b21f99...
My little boy Fred has started to refer to himself as 'Freddie Star'. Having a tough time successfully conveying to him and my Dutch wife just how far from ideal this is.
Still, at least it's not 'Gary Glitter'.
Still, at least it's not 'Gary Glitter'.
November 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
My little boy Fred has started to refer to himself as 'Freddie Star'. Having a tough time successfully conveying to him and my Dutch wife just how far from ideal this is.
Still, at least it's not 'Gary Glitter'.
Still, at least it's not 'Gary Glitter'.
Seven years! It was a shame Rule of Three lasted such a short time. I could have gone on to enthuse about Life Without George.
Brilliant episode on Fry & Laurie (from 2018). And especially nice to see Soupy Twists by @jemroberts.bsky.social get the love it deserves.
(A new and updated version was released recently - no better way to while away a wet weekend!)
shows.acast.com/ruleofthree/...
(A new and updated version was released recently - no better way to while away a wet weekend!)
shows.acast.com/ruleofthree/...
Margaret Cabourn-Smith on A Bit Of Fry & Laurie | Rule Of Three
Comedy actor Margaret Cabourn-Smith talks openly about her lifelong infatuation with Fry & Laurie, and comedy writers Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris join in. An unseemly scramble to quote the most ...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Seven years! It was a shame Rule of Three lasted such a short time. I could have gone on to enthuse about Life Without George.
I can't understand why any charity would pay for an office in London. It's 2025, you can work anywhere. Why are you taking hundreds of thousands of pounds away from the causes you claim to be fighting for? Rent a cupboard in Swindon if you must.
November 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I can't understand why any charity would pay for an office in London. It's 2025, you can work anywhere. Why are you taking hundreds of thousands of pounds away from the causes you claim to be fighting for? Rent a cupboard in Swindon if you must.
Imagine having to be Charles Moore's carer, and pick up all the foul-smelling shite which pours out of his mouth every single time he opens it.
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Imagine having to be Charles Moore's carer, and pick up all the foul-smelling shite which pours out of his mouth every single time he opens it.
If walls could talk... we'd presumably have to make some kind of deal with them.
November 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
If walls could talk... we'd presumably have to make some kind of deal with them.
I'm not a fan of character actors. I prefer the ones who play hedges, chairs and noxious chemicals.
November 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I'm not a fan of character actors. I prefer the ones who play hedges, chairs and noxious chemicals.
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Hearing that Tim Davie is resigning and then hearing why.
November 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Hearing that Tim Davie is resigning and then hearing why.
You know what they say – you're an eavesdropper.
November 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
You know what they say – you're an eavesdropper.