Oldhalfwit
@murdock-monroe.bsky.social
From Cheshire, UK. Amateur Photographer, Naturalist, politically aloof. Now living in Devon, UK .. I am a non passing human.
It was clever how God wrote the ten commandments in English long before anyone could speak or read English.
January 9, 2026 at 9:07 AM
It was clever how God wrote the ten commandments in English long before anyone could speak or read English.
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January 3, 2026 at 6:17 PM
NEW IN! The Private Eye tote bag is here.
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➡️ Get yours now: checkout.private-eye.co.uk/singleitem?i...
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Happy new year people!
December 31, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Happy new year people!
Goldcrest I think, Lower Warberry Road, Torquay, Devon
December 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Goldcrest I think, Lower Warberry Road, Torquay, Devon
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The managing director of Teesside airport is running the publicly owned business while holding a remarkable conflict of interest: he’s also on the books of an investor who tried to buy the airport and has snaffled up a large swathe of adjacent land.
Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
December 20, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The managing director of Teesside airport is running the publicly owned business while holding a remarkable conflict of interest: he’s also on the books of an investor who tried to buy the airport and has snaffled up a large swathe of adjacent land.
Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
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Crown Prosecution Service Xmas dinner
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 1069, December 2002.
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 1069, December 2002.
December 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Crown Prosecution Service Xmas dinner
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 1069, December 2002.
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 1069, December 2002.
Little Elf, Bury Meadow, Exeter
December 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Little Elf, Bury Meadow, Exeter
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A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
December 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Reposted by Oldhalfwit
Jehovah's Witness Advent Calendar
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 757, December 1990.
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 757, December 1990.
December 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Jehovah's Witness Advent Calendar
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 757, December 1990.
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 757, December 1990.
A Felis catus at Torquay, Devon.
December 6, 2025 at 10:04 AM
A Felis catus at Torquay, Devon.
Have you had your Aesthetics done?
December 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Have you had your Aesthetics done?
The Eagull has landed!
December 4, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The Eagull has landed!
I have come to think that one of my greatest life failings is that I do not slurp my hot tea or coffee when I drink it.
December 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I have come to think that one of my greatest life failings is that I do not slurp my hot tea or coffee when I drink it.
Rock Pippet, Beacon Quay, Torquay 30th November 2025
December 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Rock Pippet, Beacon Quay, Torquay 30th November 2025
A half moon of cheese waiting to come to Earth for Christmas.
November 29, 2025 at 10:40 AM
A half moon of cheese waiting to come to Earth for Christmas.
The face at the window .. Fleet Street, Torquay 26th November 2025
November 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The face at the window .. Fleet Street, Torquay 26th November 2025
A robin contemplates a "full English Lunch" at Dawlish Warren NNR, Devon, UK 23rd November 2025
November 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
A robin contemplates a "full English Lunch" at Dawlish Warren NNR, Devon, UK 23rd November 2025
@katymontgomerie.com An article in a recent edition of THE TIMES suggests that Trans people who "look the part" will be able to use the public rest rooms of their assigned gender.
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
@katymontgomerie.com An article in a recent edition of THE TIMES suggests that Trans people who "look the part" will be able to use the public rest rooms of their assigned gender.
Dawlish Warren railway station, Devon, UK 23rd November 2025
November 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Dawlish Warren railway station, Devon, UK 23rd November 2025
A good old face to face chat .. Royal Terrace Gardens, Torquay, Devon. 21st November 2025
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
A good old face to face chat .. Royal Terrace Gardens, Torquay, Devon. 21st November 2025
Moorhen on the pontoon at Torquay Harbour 20th November 2025 .. this moorhen looks like a youngster .. probably evicted by its parents from one of the ponds near Torre Abbey Sands.
November 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Moorhen on the pontoon at Torquay Harbour 20th November 2025 .. this moorhen looks like a youngster .. probably evicted by its parents from one of the ponds near Torre Abbey Sands.