Mark Hoyle
@markhoyle.bsky.social
It's not the age, it's the mileage.
I've yet to listen to the podcast, but I have done my homework, and watched this execrable film for the first and I suspect last time. While Peter Cushing is always good value, and he's carried a few stinkers in his time, this is beyond even his powers.
A beloved British hero, a masked German, a super-weapon, and... a time-travelling 1980s New York executive? We're watching the ultimate crime against literature and cinema: the Biggles movie. With @wallaceme.bsky.social of Total Politics, who was scarred for life by this film.
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pod.fo/e/3564bb
November 22, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I've yet to listen to the podcast, but I have done my homework, and watched this execrable film for the first and I suspect last time. While Peter Cushing is always good value, and he's carried a few stinkers in his time, this is beyond even his powers.
Earlier this year I walked across a frozen lake in outer Mongolia. How is it that Cambridgeshire feels colder than that right now?
November 20, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Earlier this year I walked across a frozen lake in outer Mongolia. How is it that Cambridgeshire feels colder than that right now?
Good moanng Amazon, this looks like it could be an innovative take on the JB Priestly play.
November 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Good moanng Amazon, this looks like it could be an innovative take on the JB Priestly play.
First got into @aimeemann.bsky.social in the early 90's with the release of "Whatever", been a fan ever since, so really happy to see this article. Not my top 20, but that's more down to the impossible task of choosing between so many excellent songs.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
A voice that still carries: Aimee Mann’s greatest songs – ranked!
Thirty years on from the release of her acclaimed album I’m With Stupid, we count down the sucker-punching best tracks by the US singer-songwriter
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
First got into @aimeemann.bsky.social in the early 90's with the release of "Whatever", been a fan ever since, so really happy to see this article. Not my top 20, but that's more down to the impossible task of choosing between so many excellent songs.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Season 5 of "Only murders in the Building" stacked up and ready to binge watch. Some things in life are good.
October 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Season 5 of "Only murders in the Building" stacked up and ready to binge watch. Some things in life are good.
I feel seen by W. Somerset Maugham
October 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I feel seen by W. Somerset Maugham
Alien: Earth - 3 excellent episodes, 5 fair to middling. It's fine, but could have done with more alien and a bit less philosophy. Added points for Ade Edmondson who will forever be Vyvyan for me.
a man with a mohawk is sitting at a table with a sign that says vyvyan
ALT: a man with a mohawk is sitting at a table with a sign that says vyvyan
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October 4, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Alien: Earth - 3 excellent episodes, 5 fair to middling. It's fine, but could have done with more alien and a bit less philosophy. Added points for Ade Edmondson who will forever be Vyvyan for me.
OMITB season 5 has started and I didn't realise? One the one hand poor form on my behalf, on the other, chance to binge watch what there is, so definite silver lining.
September 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
OMITB season 5 has started and I didn't realise? One the one hand poor form on my behalf, on the other, chance to binge watch what there is, so definite silver lining.
Having moved house, finally the new bookcases have arrived. Of course this now means I have to organise the books. Possibly a first world problem.
September 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Having moved house, finally the new bookcases have arrived. Of course this now means I have to organise the books. Possibly a first world problem.
JR "Blood and Treasure" by @duncanweldon.bsky.social. Engaging, well written account of 1000 years of conflict and the changing incentives behind it. Mr Weldon knows his military history and his economics and writes an excellent book.
August 3, 2025 at 11:33 AM
JR "Blood and Treasure" by @duncanweldon.bsky.social. Engaging, well written account of 1000 years of conflict and the changing incentives behind it. Mr Weldon knows his military history and his economics and writes an excellent book.
JR "Knife" by Salman Rushdie, an account of his near murder and subsequent recovery. An amazing unflinching book.
July 31, 2025 at 1:22 PM
JR "Knife" by Salman Rushdie, an account of his near murder and subsequent recovery. An amazing unflinching book.
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The other day I drew a subway-style map for The Hobbit, and it was very well received. Some of you asked if I could do one for LoTR, so I have!
Forgive the eel watermark; I'm working on making these something you can buy, if you like.
Forgive the eel watermark; I'm working on making these something you can buy, if you like.
July 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The other day I drew a subway-style map for The Hobbit, and it was very well received. Some of you asked if I could do one for LoTR, so I have!
Forgive the eel watermark; I'm working on making these something you can buy, if you like.
Forgive the eel watermark; I'm working on making these something you can buy, if you like.
Just read "John and Paul" by @ianleslie.bsky.social. A fantastic biography of Lennon and McCartney delving into what drove them rather than what just happened. Made me revisit the back catalogue and hear old favourites anew.
May 21, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Just read "John and Paul" by @ianleslie.bsky.social. A fantastic biography of Lennon and McCartney delving into what drove them rather than what just happened. Made me revisit the back catalogue and hear old favourites anew.
Ok @ftweekend.com, while certainly plausible, I'll need more than two data points before I accept this claim. Maybe a log chart too.
May 18, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Ok @ftweekend.com, while certainly plausible, I'll need more than two data points before I accept this claim. Maybe a log chart too.
@warmovietheatre.bsky.social
Following a successful viewing of "The Rock" I'm now going through 80's action classics with the 15 year old. Don't suppose I can convince you that "Predator" is a war movie?
Following a successful viewing of "The Rock" I'm now going through 80's action classics with the 15 year old. Don't suppose I can convince you that "Predator" is a war movie?
May 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
@warmovietheatre.bsky.social
Following a successful viewing of "The Rock" I'm now going through 80's action classics with the 15 year old. Don't suppose I can convince you that "Predator" is a war movie?
Following a successful viewing of "The Rock" I'm now going through 80's action classics with the 15 year old. Don't suppose I can convince you that "Predator" is a war movie?
No, not Alex. A sad day.
April 7, 2025 at 7:54 AM
No, not Alex. A sad day.
If he'd been in power 10 years ago, I suppose we'd have had a government drive on the importance of washing faces.
March 31, 2025 at 4:20 PM
If he'd been in power 10 years ago, I suppose we'd have had a government drive on the importance of washing faces.
To my uneducated ear, John Williams is a god among film composers. TIL of this anecdote that makes me love him more.
March 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
To my uneducated ear, John Williams is a god among film composers. TIL of this anecdote that makes me love him more.
Don't think I'd have used the word congratulations.
March 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Don't think I'd have used the word congratulations.
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There’s a great interview with Nick Park about Wallace And Gromit in last month’s Empire, and this bit in particular stood out. It sums up what artists have been trying to say about AI. The mistakes and the learning aren’t things to be bypassed, but a vital part of the process 🤟
March 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
There’s a great interview with Nick Park about Wallace And Gromit in last month’s Empire, and this bit in particular stood out. It sums up what artists have been trying to say about AI. The mistakes and the learning aren’t things to be bypassed, but a vital part of the process 🤟
Missed putting milk in earl grey, but otherwise pretty accurate
xkcd.com/3022/
xkcd.com/3022/
Making Tea
xkcd.com
December 11, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Missed putting milk in earl grey, but otherwise pretty accurate
xkcd.com/3022/
xkcd.com/3022/
Yay, Blue Sky can be just as big a cess pit as X it appears.
December 10, 2024 at 7:09 AM
Yay, Blue Sky can be just as big a cess pit as X it appears.
Using that insomnia well to fix bug by 4.30am.
November 25, 2024 at 5:15 AM
Using that insomnia well to fix bug by 4.30am.