Jonathan Watson
@jrwatson.bsky.social
Writer/editor. Manufactures words and arranges them, nicely, on a page. Also books, films, music, usual blokey gubbins. Recovering academic (history). #AFC fan since 1978 but can't afford the Emirates so I watch #AFCW these days #COYG #COYD
I believe I know the one you mean 😄
November 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I believe I know the one you mean 😄
Heh. One for @fairpoliticsnow.bsky.social (via @privateeyenews.bsky.social (obvs))
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Heh. One for @fairpoliticsnow.bsky.social (via @privateeyenews.bsky.social (obvs))
Age yourself with a movie you saw as a kid
September 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Age yourself with a movie you saw as a kid
He's such a pathetic arselicker
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
He's such a pathetic arselicker
He's been a crank for years 👇
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
He's been a crank for years 👇
Yes, but can’t he get them to send him to any decent pubs? @privateeyenews.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Yes, but can’t he get them to send him to any decent pubs? @privateeyenews.bsky.social
Scored one of the fastest goals in World Cup history in 1978 against Italy - 31 seconds. RIP #bernardlacombe www.lemonde.fr/disparitions...
June 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Scored one of the fastest goals in World Cup history in 1978 against Italy - 31 seconds. RIP #bernardlacombe www.lemonde.fr/disparitions...
De Santis has been encouraging people to run protestors over www.theguardian.com/football/202...
June 14, 2025 at 7:37 AM
De Santis has been encouraging people to run protestors over www.theguardian.com/football/202...
The Harrowing of the North, when William laid waste to the Northern shires and replaced the English aristocrats with floppy-haired public schoolboys in top hats and tails @theresthistory.bsky.social
June 8, 2025 at 6:36 AM
The Harrowing of the North, when William laid waste to the Northern shires and replaced the English aristocrats with floppy-haired public schoolboys in top hats and tails @theresthistory.bsky.social
This from Romesh Ranganathan resonates with me. Why can’t we just keeping doing the things that make us feel better? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
June 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This from Romesh Ranganathan resonates with me. Why can’t we just keeping doing the things that make us feel better? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
But what if your unknown is a lamppost or a brick wall
May 31, 2025 at 10:01 AM
But what if your unknown is a lamppost or a brick wall
Brits, apparently - according to today's @nytimes.com mini
April 8, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Brits, apparently - according to today's @nytimes.com mini
More of this sort of thing, please
April 2, 2025 at 8:49 AM
More of this sort of thing, please
Strangely Henning's comment that this is a non-story is now included within the story. 🤔
March 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Strangely Henning's comment that this is a non-story is now included within the story. 🤔
Went to see the stage play of ‘Dr Strangelove’ at my local cinema. A @cnduk.bsky.social rep went too and was handing out flyers afterwards: ‘Deranged US leader puts world at risk of nuclear Armageddon. How reassuring that this is all just history’
March 27, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Went to see the stage play of ‘Dr Strangelove’ at my local cinema. A @cnduk.bsky.social rep went too and was handing out flyers afterwards: ‘Deranged US leader puts world at risk of nuclear Armageddon. How reassuring that this is all just history’
Happy #worldpoetryday - this is by Douglas Dunn
March 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Happy #worldpoetryday - this is by Douglas Dunn
Makes you think, doesn't it?
March 18, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Makes you think, doesn't it?
January 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Amused by the notion of 'testosterone autism' from Olga Tokarczuk's 'Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead' fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/drive-...
January 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Amused by the notion of 'testosterone autism' from Olga Tokarczuk's 'Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead' fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/drive-...
Chortle! @davidsquires.bsky.social on the life of England manager Thomas Tuchel www.theguardian.com/football/pic...
January 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Chortle! @davidsquires.bsky.social on the life of England manager Thomas Tuchel www.theguardian.com/football/pic...
Not sure why the descaling process would make the kettle angry.
December 21, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Not sure why the descaling process would make the kettle angry.
This is a good one too.
November 16, 2024 at 3:10 PM
This is a good one too.
Change one more letter and you’ve got Marinello!
November 13, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Change one more letter and you’ve got Marinello!