Matt Barber
@mattbarberuk.bsky.social
When I'm not tweeting about films, history, witchcraft, politics, and Doctor Who or appearing on the @strangerscast.bsky.social podcast, I’m co-director of http://tocodigital.co.uk.
“Is there anyone in Rome who has not emailed Jeffrey Epstein!?”
November 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
“Is there anyone in Rome who has not emailed Jeffrey Epstein!?”
Of course, to Doctor Who fans, East Hagbourne is:
November 3, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Of course, to Doctor Who fans, East Hagbourne is:
If ever there's a time to acknowledge a doctorate, it's in a news article about a posthumous doctorate being awarded. This from BBC News:
October 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
If ever there's a time to acknowledge a doctorate, it's in a news article about a posthumous doctorate being awarded. This from BBC News:
Watching Passport to Pimlico - a WWII bomb site in London conceals buried treasure that reveals the locals aren’t British after all and ultimately creates chaos in the neighbourhood. I can imagine Kneale watching it and thinking - this, but horror and Andre Morell instead of Margaret Rutherford.
September 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Watching Passport to Pimlico - a WWII bomb site in London conceals buried treasure that reveals the locals aren’t British after all and ultimately creates chaos in the neighbourhood. I can imagine Kneale watching it and thinking - this, but horror and Andre Morell instead of Margaret Rutherford.
We all know it would be…
August 23, 2025 at 8:48 AM
We all know it would be…
And again - two posts down. Barnaby is essentially the unwitting loudspeaker for the campaign.
June 6, 2025 at 10:28 AM
And again - two posts down. Barnaby is essentially the unwitting loudspeaker for the campaign.
When the two horsewomen of the apocalypse turn up to jinx Bezos' privileged, phallic rollercoaster ride for rich people.
April 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
When the two horsewomen of the apocalypse turn up to jinx Bezos' privileged, phallic rollercoaster ride for rich people.
So, it's going to be an economic fight between the Harvard and Oxford educated Doctor of Economics and the six-time bankrupted conman and golf cheat.
March 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
So, it's going to be an economic fight between the Harvard and Oxford educated Doctor of Economics and the six-time bankrupted conman and golf cheat.
'The Art of the Deal'
March 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
'The Art of the Deal'
I've 'inherited' fifteen bound volumes of The Strand Magazine that include the original run of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes! Wondering what the other articles around them are like - I'd imagine VERY dated.
February 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I've 'inherited' fifteen bound volumes of The Strand Magazine that include the original run of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes! Wondering what the other articles around them are like - I'd imagine VERY dated.
PS - watching the ‘Good Morning’ routine - it’s also clear where Godard got his influence (target for vitriol) from for the dance sequence in Bande à part.
December 24, 2024 at 5:57 PM
PS - watching the ‘Good Morning’ routine - it’s also clear where Godard got his influence (target for vitriol) from for the dance sequence in Bande à part.
It hit home how funny SitR is - but with an edge knowing how Gene Kelly bullied Reynolds. Every scene is slightly soured by the feeling of an older man controlling and manipulating a younger woman. Still great though.
You’re welcome.
You’re welcome.
December 24, 2024 at 5:47 PM
It hit home how funny SitR is - but with an edge knowing how Gene Kelly bullied Reynolds. Every scene is slightly soured by the feeling of an older man controlling and manipulating a younger woman. Still great though.
You’re welcome.
You’re welcome.
It hit home this time with MND how well the play sets up the separated twin poles of Titania/Oberon and Theseus/Hippolyta - with the two couples and the mechanicals the only character existing in the space between them. Romance and comedy the bridge between the Dionysian and Apollonian.
December 24, 2024 at 5:47 PM
It hit home this time with MND how well the play sets up the separated twin poles of Titania/Oberon and Theseus/Hippolyta - with the two couples and the mechanicals the only character existing in the space between them. Romance and comedy the bridge between the Dionysian and Apollonian.
The solution for Banijay UK and the future of Masterchef seems fairly obvious. Cut and paste with...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
December 5, 2024 at 10:51 AM
The solution for Banijay UK and the future of Masterchef seems fairly obvious. Cut and paste with...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I do ONE published work of Doctor Who fan fiction and it's almost immediately rendered uncanonical by a BBC-authorised book. I can't really complain though.
December 5, 2024 at 10:46 AM
I do ONE published work of Doctor Who fan fiction and it's almost immediately rendered uncanonical by a BBC-authorised book. I can't really complain though.
Decorated! Now with the addition of the traditional festive penguin who visited the Baby Jesus according to the Gospel of Pingu.
December 4, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Decorated! Now with the addition of the traditional festive penguin who visited the Baby Jesus according to the Gospel of Pingu.
Watching Conclave - the book of which I’ve read a few times. Really good - but the film has made me release how much it reminds me of the Party Games, the Christmas special of Yes, Minister. 😳
November 30, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Watching Conclave - the book of which I’ve read a few times. Really good - but the film has made me release how much it reminds me of the Party Games, the Christmas special of Yes, Minister. 😳
I don't like to talk about it.
November 29, 2024 at 2:52 PM
I don't like to talk about it.
Four Christmas(ish) movies(ish) to know me by:
November 29, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Four Christmas(ish) movies(ish) to know me by:
Not too dissimilar from my home town church, just down the road in Lechlade!
November 21, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Not too dissimilar from my home town church, just down the road in Lechlade!
Anyone in the intersection of the Doctor Who/Occult/Witchcraft Venn diagram: my book on The Dæmons is available from Obverse Books.
Wicca, Aleister Crowley, the Faust myth, John Wyndham, Dennis Wheatley, Nigel Kneale. They're all in there.
Sales pitch over.
obversebooks.co.uk/product/26-d...
Wicca, Aleister Crowley, the Faust myth, John Wyndham, Dennis Wheatley, Nigel Kneale. They're all in there.
Sales pitch over.
obversebooks.co.uk/product/26-d...
November 18, 2024 at 10:25 AM
Anyone in the intersection of the Doctor Who/Occult/Witchcraft Venn diagram: my book on The Dæmons is available from Obverse Books.
Wicca, Aleister Crowley, the Faust myth, John Wyndham, Dennis Wheatley, Nigel Kneale. They're all in there.
Sales pitch over.
obversebooks.co.uk/product/26-d...
Wicca, Aleister Crowley, the Faust myth, John Wyndham, Dennis Wheatley, Nigel Kneale. They're all in there.
Sales pitch over.
obversebooks.co.uk/product/26-d...
First proper post here.
This evening’s thought: there’s a fine line in my imagination between Reg Presley and Fred West.
You’re welcome Bluesky.
You’re welcome.
This evening’s thought: there’s a fine line in my imagination between Reg Presley and Fred West.
You’re welcome Bluesky.
You’re welcome.
November 16, 2024 at 9:01 PM
First proper post here.
This evening’s thought: there’s a fine line in my imagination between Reg Presley and Fred West.
You’re welcome Bluesky.
You’re welcome.
This evening’s thought: there’s a fine line in my imagination between Reg Presley and Fred West.
You’re welcome Bluesky.
You’re welcome.