As per usual, we're listening to the fireworks through the open window, and watching them on the TV, the perfect compromise between immediacy and comfort.
January 1, 2026 at 12:12 AM
As per usual, we're listening to the fireworks through the open window, and watching them on the TV, the perfect compromise between immediacy and comfort.
I just looked it up. On WB Yeats' gravestone, it says:
Cast a cold Eye
On Life. On Death.
Horseman pass by.
Which slightly disappointed me, as I'd hoped it said:
Tread softly
Because you tread on my face.
Cast a cold Eye
On Life. On Death.
Horseman pass by.
Which slightly disappointed me, as I'd hoped it said:
Tread softly
Because you tread on my face.
December 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I just looked it up. On WB Yeats' gravestone, it says:
Cast a cold Eye
On Life. On Death.
Horseman pass by.
Which slightly disappointed me, as I'd hoped it said:
Tread softly
Because you tread on my face.
Cast a cold Eye
On Life. On Death.
Horseman pass by.
Which slightly disappointed me, as I'd hoped it said:
Tread softly
Because you tread on my face.
The post has arrived. I'm going to need ANOTHER PIECE OF STRING.
December 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The post has arrived. I'm going to need ANOTHER PIECE OF STRING.
Don't show a Christmas mom these Memory Orbs.
Don't show a Christmas mom these Memory Orbs.
Don’t show a Christmas mom these memory orbs
December 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Don't show a Christmas mom these Memory Orbs.
Dear Radio 3, I have a couple of questions about this morning's output.
1. Why is it Down Your Way?
2. You do realise it's still November, don't you?
1. Why is it Down Your Way?
2. You do realise it's still November, don't you?
November 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Dear Radio 3, I have a couple of questions about this morning's output.
1. Why is it Down Your Way?
2. You do realise it's still November, don't you?
1. Why is it Down Your Way?
2. You do realise it's still November, don't you?
What I don't understand about Stranger Things is why does none of it take place at sea?
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
What I don't understand about Stranger Things is why does none of it take place at sea?
Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, Charlie Brown.
My name is Ozymandias,
Hopeless patient of the finest plastic surgeons
Work on my looks, ye mighty
And despair.
Hopeless patient of the finest plastic surgeons
Work on my looks, ye mighty
And despair.
October 31, 2025 at 11:48 PM
My name is Ozymandias,
Hopeless patient of the finest plastic surgeons
Work on my looks, ye mighty
And despair.
Hopeless patient of the finest plastic surgeons
Work on my looks, ye mighty
And despair.
The doorbell just rang. It was another person who's booked a stay in one of the flats here (the majority are now Air BnB or equivalent) asking how to get in. I have no idea, but don't want to become an unpaid concierge.
In case anyone's wondering what happened to all the rentable flats in London.
In case anyone's wondering what happened to all the rentable flats in London.
October 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The doorbell just rang. It was another person who's booked a stay in one of the flats here (the majority are now Air BnB or equivalent) asking how to get in. I have no idea, but don't want to become an unpaid concierge.
In case anyone's wondering what happened to all the rentable flats in London.
In case anyone's wondering what happened to all the rentable flats in London.
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
October 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
A joke that's just barged into my brain and is making me laugh because that's how my brain works on a Friday night:
What did the French waiter say, when he realised the carafe of water he'd just served had been poured the previous evening?
"Eau d'hier!"
What did the French waiter say, when he realised the carafe of water he'd just served had been poured the previous evening?
"Eau d'hier!"
October 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
A joke that's just barged into my brain and is making me laugh because that's how my brain works on a Friday night:
What did the French waiter say, when he realised the carafe of water he'd just served had been poured the previous evening?
"Eau d'hier!"
What did the French waiter say, when he realised the carafe of water he'd just served had been poured the previous evening?
"Eau d'hier!"
New Pynchon novel arrived today, something I’ve been able to say six times in the forty years I’ve been reading him and, therefore, be unlikely to say again.
October 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
New Pynchon novel arrived today, something I’ve been able to say six times in the forty years I’ve been reading him and, therefore, be unlikely to say again.
Not that anyone’s interested, but personally I think that anyone(no matter what their citizenship status) who’s worked and paid taxes for five years with the intention to carry on doing so should have full voting rights.
September 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Not that anyone’s interested, but personally I think that anyone(no matter what their citizenship status) who’s worked and paid taxes for five years with the intention to carry on doing so should have full voting rights.
The first rule of Bluesky: Always talk about Bluesky.
The second rule...
The second rule...
September 21, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The first rule of Bluesky: Always talk about Bluesky.
The second rule...
The second rule...
Impressed by the number of sites that come up with "Verifying you are human. This may take a few seconds." as I've been working on it for sixty years and I'm still not sure.
September 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Impressed by the number of sites that come up with "Verifying you are human. This may take a few seconds." as I've been working on it for sixty years and I'm still not sure.
I wonder how many listens to the new #Cardiacs album it will take before I stop spontaneously laughing during Skating. It's been a few, with no abatement so far.
September 19, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I wonder how many listens to the new #Cardiacs album it will take before I stop spontaneously laughing during Skating. It's been a few, with no abatement so far.
Perhaps while Donnie’s in the UK they could get Liz Truss to visit him. Worked for the Queen.
September 17, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Perhaps while Donnie’s in the UK they could get Liz Truss to visit him. Worked for the Queen.
'Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has told analysts that people without smart glasses may one day be at a "significant cognitive disadvantage" compared to those who do use the tech'
September 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
'Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has told analysts that people without smart glasses may one day be at a "significant cognitive disadvantage" compared to those who do use the tech'
I don't know if this information is useful to anyone else, but White Bread Black Beer by Scritti Politti continues to be at least as gorgeous as it was the last time I listened to it. I'm finding this fact to be very helpful today.
September 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I don't know if this information is useful to anyone else, but White Bread Black Beer by Scritti Politti continues to be at least as gorgeous as it was the last time I listened to it. I'm finding this fact to be very helpful today.
Is there a sensible reason as to why this has happened to all the Pink Floyd covers on Apple Music?
Also, "Four Young Men Viewed Through a Kaleidoscope" is an excellent title, and possibly as appropriate for the album in question as "The Piper At the Gates of Dawn".
Also, "Four Young Men Viewed Through a Kaleidoscope" is an excellent title, and possibly as appropriate for the album in question as "The Piper At the Gates of Dawn".
September 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Is there a sensible reason as to why this has happened to all the Pink Floyd covers on Apple Music?
Also, "Four Young Men Viewed Through a Kaleidoscope" is an excellent title, and possibly as appropriate for the album in question as "The Piper At the Gates of Dawn".
Also, "Four Young Men Viewed Through a Kaleidoscope" is an excellent title, and possibly as appropriate for the album in question as "The Piper At the Gates of Dawn".
After twelve hours, no one has yet found a way to demonstrate that this US fashbro getting shot isn't a good look for Keir Starmer. They're slipping.
September 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
After twelve hours, no one has yet found a way to demonstrate that this US fashbro getting shot isn't a good look for Keir Starmer. They're slipping.
The Mercury Prize reminds me of the opening of Titus Groan. Peake describes the annual competition of the Bright Carvings, lovingly crafted by artisans over the previous year.
September 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The Mercury Prize reminds me of the opening of Titus Groan. Peake describes the annual competition of the Bright Carvings, lovingly crafted by artisans over the previous year.