Lombard Wall
@lombardwall.bsky.social
LFC, transport, old telly and radio, comedy, football kits, Melchester Rovers and a quiet life.
I wish I were a chestnut tree
And nourished by the sun
With twigs and leaves and branches
And conkers by the ton
Sidney Balmoral James after Lord Alf Byron
And nourished by the sun
With twigs and leaves and branches
And conkers by the ton
Sidney Balmoral James after Lord Alf Byron
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I wish I were a chestnut tree
And nourished by the sun
With twigs and leaves and branches
And conkers by the ton
Sidney Balmoral James after Lord Alf Byron
And nourished by the sun
With twigs and leaves and branches
And conkers by the ton
Sidney Balmoral James after Lord Alf Byron
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My column in today’s FT: a government with no real vision is reverting to its comfort zone of launching campaigns and drawing dividing lines - against Wes Streeting, on tax. Meanwhile in the real world its position keeps getting worse:
Brain-dead Labour retreats to its comfort zone: campaigning
Downing Street’s bizarre war on itself is a symptom of a government whose ideas dissolve on contact with reality
www.ft.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
My column in today’s FT: a government with no real vision is reverting to its comfort zone of launching campaigns and drawing dividing lines - against Wes Streeting, on tax. Meanwhile in the real world its position keeps getting worse:
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A few updates to my Parallel 9 blogs with the upload of a high quality stereo version of show 1 without a timestamp across the top. All screengrabs and links are now updated. There’s also a few new clips from CBBC continuity that have popped up on YouTube. jonabuft.blogspot.com/2022/09/they...
They're Gonna Take Your Time Away: A (Not So) Brief History of Parallel 9 - Part 1
Between 1992 and 1994, the prestigious Children's BBC's Saturday morning slot was occupied during the summer months by a programme called Pa...
jonabuft.blogspot.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A few updates to my Parallel 9 blogs with the upload of a high quality stereo version of show 1 without a timestamp across the top. All screengrabs and links are now updated. There’s also a few new clips from CBBC continuity that have popped up on YouTube. jonabuft.blogspot.com/2022/09/they...
I love reading things that make me think I've had a bang on the head while watching Look Around You
In important math news: new shape just dropped (the noperthedron) www.quantamagazine.org/first-shape-...
First Shape Found That Can’t Pass Through Itself | Quanta Magazine
After more than three centuries, a geometry problem that originated with a royal bet has been solved.
www.quantamagazine.org
October 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I love reading things that make me think I've had a bang on the head while watching Look Around You
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Mark’s passion and precision is spot on. And so very vital. The WAC is a *stunning* resource. It must be allowed — empowered — to thrive. SHARE.
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DEFENDING THE WAC: MARK LEWISOHN LOOKS AT WHY RENEWED APPRECIATION IS URGENTLY REQUIRED
I was asked to write an op-ed piece saying why I think the BBC’s Written Archives Centre (WAC) is a unique and brilliant resource, which I can do because it’s both – and why, therefore…
cstonline.net
October 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Mark’s passion and precision is spot on. And so very vital. The WAC is a *stunning* resource. It must be allowed — empowered — to thrive. SHARE.
cstonline.net/defending-th...
cstonline.net/defending-th...
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When you go to a dinner party and it's blindingly obvious the couple have been fighting just before you all arrived...
April 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
When you go to a dinner party and it's blindingly obvious the couple have been fighting just before you all arrived...
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I agree. Those survey forms he handed out to his audiences were cringe inducing
September 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I agree. Those survey forms he handed out to his audiences were cringe inducing
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Honest Johnny Wogan, the coconut shy King, said people were finding it all too easy to knock off my coconuts. So I've replaced them with BLANKS.
September 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Honest Johnny Wogan, the coconut shy King, said people were finding it all too easy to knock off my coconuts. So I've replaced them with BLANKS.
Is that @lordshortcake.bsky.social putting out a small fire there? #totp
August 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Is that @lordshortcake.bsky.social putting out a small fire there? #totp
Manchester United are...
August 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Manchester United are...
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It wasn’t just me who noticed this in the monthly OFCOM radio update, was it?
August 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
It wasn’t just me who noticed this in the monthly OFCOM radio update, was it?
The improved version of Camouflage #totp
Cassetteboy - Jungle Wars of '65
YouTube video by Marxist Media
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August 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The improved version of Camouflage #totp
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'Prison notepad to tv scripts. That's Tony Hoare'. Middlesex County Times (7th July 1972).
July 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
'Prison notepad to tv scripts. That's Tony Hoare'. Middlesex County Times (7th July 1972).
It's been a difficult and stressful day which may be why I initially didn't read that as "Arthur Penn's"
Coming soon! 📽️ Premiere Saturday 12th July 9:05pm #WarrenBeatty #AlexandraStewart #FranchotTone in MICKEY ONE (1965) Neo noir crime thriller #TPTVsubtitles
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wpy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wpy...
July 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It's been a difficult and stressful day which may be why I initially didn't read that as "Arthur Penn's"
Clearly the only way of resolving the difficulties we face today is to bring back Junior Kick Start
July 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Clearly the only way of resolving the difficulties we face today is to bring back Junior Kick Start
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How could people even believe that there IS such a thing as a child crisis actor? I WAS a child actor. We are not that good. Ever seen a school play?
A parent of a Parkland survivor accused his son of being a "crisis actor." Think about that.
The CA movement is nothing more than denialism. Why would someone shoot kids leads to this never happened. If it "never happened," this dad doesn't have to deal w it. But his son does.
The CA movement is nothing more than denialism. Why would someone shoot kids leads to this never happened. If it "never happened," this dad doesn't have to deal w it. But his son does.
June 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
How could people even believe that there IS such a thing as a child crisis actor? I WAS a child actor. We are not that good. Ever seen a school play?
Many's the time my dad would say to me 'A Full Suamsh makes for you A Happy Heram'.
Then again, he did drink a hell of a lot
Then again, he did drink a hell of a lot
AI in the wild? This tray tissue I was given at a restaurant is full of errors and hallucinations…!
June 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Many's the time my dad would say to me 'A Full Suamsh makes for you A Happy Heram'.
Then again, he did drink a hell of a lot
Then again, he did drink a hell of a lot
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Right, can Esther Rantzen get on with it now and leave us alone please?
June 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Right, can Esther Rantzen get on with it now and leave us alone please?
We rang the electricity board...
June 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
We rang the electricity board...