Matthew Symonds
@mattsymonds.bsky.social
but it did mean I stopped by this lunchtime and I bought this excellent book by the excellent Brooke Palmieri, so hurrah
November 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
but it did mean I stopped by this lunchtime and I bought this excellent book by the excellent Brooke Palmieri, so hurrah
This is weirdly the politics of anti-whiggery, the Commons voting the Crown arbitrary power. The old Tory party has returned at last!
October 31, 2025 at 9:39 AM
This is weirdly the politics of anti-whiggery, the Commons voting the Crown arbitrary power. The old Tory party has returned at last!
In memoriam LAJ
October 25, 2025 at 11:45 AM
In memoriam LAJ
We‘ve all done it. We really should go back to St Edmundsbury. Or Beodericsworth
September 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
We‘ve all done it. We really should go back to St Edmundsbury. Or Beodericsworth
Some people these days will tell you it’s Ed Sheeran. They would be wrong.
June 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Some people these days will tell you it’s Ed Sheeran. They would be wrong.
please Uefa, no collaboration with PSG's miserable attempt to rebrand as "Paris"
February 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
please Uefa, no collaboration with PSG's miserable attempt to rebrand as "Paris"
Advertise your account with one Simpsons image.
January 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Advertise your account with one Simpsons image.
That “recognised” seems to be doing a lot of work
November 17, 2024 at 12:05 PM
That “recognised” seems to be doing a lot of work
Deeply irritated these have been booted off the match programme cover to make way for -- le sigh -- pictures of footballers playing football, but this is a lovely poster to promote Town versus Manchester United.
November 13, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Deeply irritated these have been booted off the match programme cover to make way for -- le sigh -- pictures of footballers playing football, but this is a lovely poster to promote Town versus Manchester United.
Jim finding a document in the BBC Archive that proves a point he's been making in the pub since 2002, yesterday.
October 22, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Jim finding a document in the BBC Archive that proves a point he's been making in the pub since 2002, yesterday.
I love the man, but academia really needs to work on a better hat for doctorates. An astrakhan maybe?
October 22, 2024 at 10:06 AM
I love the man, but academia really needs to work on a better hat for doctorates. An astrakhan maybe?
You see, this is what football looks like in my dreams.
October 8, 2024 at 3:34 PM
You see, this is what football looks like in my dreams.
Our premiership days might prove to be a passing fancy, but Town’s match programme covers this year are real European Cup level stuff. Rest in power, Dalian.
September 26, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Our premiership days might prove to be a passing fancy, but Town’s match programme covers this year are real European Cup level stuff. Rest in power, Dalian.
I dunno, but this shop which only sells ready meals big sign promising their chicken is “100% COOKED” does not inspire huge levels of confidence
September 11, 2024 at 11:14 AM
I dunno, but this shop which only sells ready meals big sign promising their chicken is “100% COOKED” does not inspire huge levels of confidence
A nation turns its lonely eyes to you
July 21, 2024 at 6:25 PM
A nation turns its lonely eyes to you
look, if purgatory doesn't exist how come I can form such a clear idea of what it would be like
July 12, 2024 at 9:54 AM
look, if purgatory doesn't exist how come I can form such a clear idea of what it would be like
just needs the moustache
June 27, 2024 at 9:32 AM
just needs the moustache
I think, more accurately, Jeremy Clarkson is speaking here on behalf of rich people who buy farmland in order to swerve some inheritance tax. (Leaving aside the bit about JKR and women…)
June 27, 2024 at 9:28 AM
I think, more accurately, Jeremy Clarkson is speaking here on behalf of rich people who buy farmland in order to swerve some inheritance tax. (Leaving aside the bit about JKR and women…)
seems inevitable that when the tories conduct their post mortem they’ll be asking “why were we up to our eyes in shit on polling day?” and not “why were we up to our neck in shit these last four years?”
![Quote from Kwasi Kwarteng: “I feel partially responsible [for the tories’ abysmal situation] but I don’t feel responsible for leaving D-Day early, I don’t feel responsible for the Reform party … I don’t feel responsible for the election betting scandal, nor do I feel responsible for the fact that this election has happened way before anyone was expecting it.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:66ebnjruz6bci6yuo2qoamyp/bafkreigmdveshby7b2e5bka6vfbu3zdp6wuc3rgsktnti4nu6522zi3xra@jpeg)
June 25, 2024 at 10:08 AM
seems inevitable that when the tories conduct their post mortem they’ll be asking “why were we up to our eyes in shit on polling day?” and not “why were we up to our neck in shit these last four years?”
He’s going to go full Alan Partridge driving to Dundee in bare feet before election day.
June 21, 2024 at 1:04 PM
He’s going to go full Alan Partridge driving to Dundee in bare feet before election day.
Remember that Mary Whitehouse sketch where Hugh Dennis was the embarrassing dad at the disco, enthusing “It’s got a good beat!”? The Times doesn’t.
May 3, 2024 at 8:39 AM
Remember that Mary Whitehouse sketch where Hugh Dennis was the embarrassing dad at the disco, enthusing “It’s got a good beat!”? The Times doesn’t.