Mart
@martriley.bsky.social
Suburban flâneur, bon viveur, failure.
The West Riding.
The West Riding.
Maybe he panicked and bailed on saying ‘Mytholmroyd’.
November 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Maybe he panicked and bailed on saying ‘Mytholmroyd’.
Aloud, like People’s Poet.
November 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Aloud, like People’s Poet.
Oh Paddy! The way he sings the line ‘without recourse to lying, distortion or cheating’ - almost supernaturally good.
November 9, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Oh Paddy! The way he sings the line ‘without recourse to lying, distortion or cheating’ - almost supernaturally good.
Lovely autumnal colou…what the..
November 6, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Lovely autumnal colou…what the..
Oh, this looks great. Saving it for the weekend, ta.
November 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Oh, this looks great. Saving it for the weekend, ta.
My all time favourite, concerning library underfunding in Essex, ‘book lack in Ongar.’
November 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
My all time favourite, concerning library underfunding in Essex, ‘book lack in Ongar.’
All the right songs in all the right order. Pure gold.
November 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
All the right songs in all the right order. Pure gold.
What a lovely nook. Perhaps a pot of tea and some unobtrusive music to help get the cogs whirring..
November 5, 2025 at 10:46 AM
What a lovely nook. Perhaps a pot of tea and some unobtrusive music to help get the cogs whirring..
The back’s covered in date stamps.
November 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The back’s covered in date stamps.
How civilised. Our central library in Halifax did that for a while in the 80s. Doubt there were any Moores in there but a lovely thing to do.
November 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
How civilised. Our central library in Halifax did that for a while in the 80s. Doubt there were any Moores in there but a lovely thing to do.
It is indeed, low, middle, high, all the brows!
November 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
It is indeed, low, middle, high, all the brows!
Absolutely. Mispronunciation is at least a sign you’re trying to discover and learn things for yourself.
November 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Absolutely. Mispronunciation is at least a sign you’re trying to discover and learn things for yourself.
Reading a J B Priestly essay recently about growing up in early C20th Bradford. How ordinary people could and did aspire to knowledge. Something to do every night if you wanted it. A lecture at the institute, opera, a classical concert. Alan Bennett says same about WC Leeds.
November 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Reading a J B Priestly essay recently about growing up in early C20th Bradford. How ordinary people could and did aspire to knowledge. Something to do every night if you wanted it. A lecture at the institute, opera, a classical concert. Alan Bennett says same about WC Leeds.
Me, a school boy, going to the local library to ask for a book by PG Wodehouse. I’d only seen his name written down so pronounced ‘Wode’ like ‘road’. Cue withering look from elderly librarian who haughtily corrected me and made me feel just that little bit smaller.
November 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Me, a school boy, going to the local library to ask for a book by PG Wodehouse. I’d only seen his name written down so pronounced ‘Wode’ like ‘road’. Cue withering look from elderly librarian who haughtily corrected me and made me feel just that little bit smaller.
Saw this in Nigelissima and fancied giving it a go but can never find radicchio around here. Red cabbage maybe as a sub, or cavolo nero?
November 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Saw this in Nigelissima and fancied giving it a go but can never find radicchio around here. Red cabbage maybe as a sub, or cavolo nero?
Yes! Fire’s lit, dark beer, reading lamp on. A fair compensation for the change of season. Cheers!
(Our regular, the Victorian in Halifax, has its annual dark beer festival next weekend, 30 dark beers on tap. People come from all over the country. Madness!)
(Our regular, the Victorian in Halifax, has its annual dark beer festival next weekend, 30 dark beers on tap. People come from all over the country. Madness!)
November 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Yes! Fire’s lit, dark beer, reading lamp on. A fair compensation for the change of season. Cheers!
(Our regular, the Victorian in Halifax, has its annual dark beer festival next weekend, 30 dark beers on tap. People come from all over the country. Madness!)
(Our regular, the Victorian in Halifax, has its annual dark beer festival next weekend, 30 dark beers on tap. People come from all over the country. Madness!)
On a January night like that I think my non beer choice would be a big mug of tea!
November 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
On a January night like that I think my non beer choice would be a big mug of tea!
There’s no bad weather in RHB! Bright, wet, stormy, murky, it’s beautiful. Was there one winter when there was a power cut. Sitting in The Ship drinking beer by candle light with dark sea outside, magical!
November 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
There’s no bad weather in RHB! Bright, wet, stormy, murky, it’s beautiful. Was there one winter when there was a power cut. Sitting in The Ship drinking beer by candle light with dark sea outside, magical!
Yeah we have a Carnegie library near us and I have that thought every time I walk past. Bezos Library: rent a book for 48 hours for £3.50, same day collection with Library Prime.
October 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Yeah we have a Carnegie library near us and I have that thought every time I walk past. Bezos Library: rent a book for 48 hours for £3.50, same day collection with Library Prime.
Lovely. Is that Clitheroe? Imagine the current crop of American billionaires building public libraries.
October 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Lovely. Is that Clitheroe? Imagine the current crop of American billionaires building public libraries.
Went to a Stuart Maconie event the other week. I told him I enjoyed his book, which I did, but I also told him that when I first heard about his new book I did say ‘christ, not another Beatles book.’ (And inevitably I will also end up buying the Ringo book)
October 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Went to a Stuart Maconie event the other week. I told him I enjoyed his book, which I did, but I also told him that when I first heard about his new book I did say ‘christ, not another Beatles book.’ (And inevitably I will also end up buying the Ringo book)