Mike Wallis
@nalsa.bsky.social
Purveyors of rambling stories with no point
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🌤️ Good morning Edinburgh. Thursday’s headlines: Final tram consultation numbers, uni redundancies row rumbles on, Spiegeltent tree trouble + Botanics light trail opens tonight
⏰ Edinburgh’s ad-free local news: www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg...
#edinburgh #scotland
⏰ Edinburgh’s ad-free local news: www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg...
#edinburgh #scotland
November 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
🌤️ Good morning Edinburgh. Thursday’s headlines: Final tram consultation numbers, uni redundancies row rumbles on, Spiegeltent tree trouble + Botanics light trail opens tonight
⏰ Edinburgh’s ad-free local news: www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg...
#edinburgh #scotland
⏰ Edinburgh’s ad-free local news: www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg...
#edinburgh #scotland
Because every warning label has a story behind it, I have questions.
On the entrance to tracks 1 & 2 at Malmö central station.
On the entrance to tracks 1 & 2 at Malmö central station.
November 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Because every warning label has a story behind it, I have questions.
On the entrance to tracks 1 & 2 at Malmö central station.
On the entrance to tracks 1 & 2 at Malmö central station.
one really nice thing about being in Sweden for a few days is that I feel completely out of the loop and that, my friends, is a fantastic feeling. I have no clue what dippy english speaking political bobbins is going on and am just fine with that.
November 19, 2025 at 6:46 AM
one really nice thing about being in Sweden for a few days is that I feel completely out of the loop and that, my friends, is a fantastic feeling. I have no clue what dippy english speaking political bobbins is going on and am just fine with that.
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Possible new author photo? 😀
November 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Possible new author photo? 😀
Happy Nov 14th, everybody!
November 14, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Happy Nov 14th, everybody!
Hang on, the Prescott Memo *isn't* about punching someone who eggs you on camera?
November 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Hang on, the Prescott Memo *isn't* about punching someone who eggs you on camera?
Just randomly remembered the time a guy came up to me in Leeds asking me to vote for him for PCC, and when I asked if he was a member of a political party told me he was backed by the Tories, and I said I didn't believe PCC should be a political appointment and he called me naive.
November 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Just randomly remembered the time a guy came up to me in Leeds asking me to vote for him for PCC, and when I asked if he was a member of a political party told me he was backed by the Tories, and I said I didn't believe PCC should be a political appointment and he called me naive.
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If I lived in the north, I would be submitting to Carnyx Press. Good advice from good folk.
Getting ready to send us a publishing enquiry? We've penned a blog post on how to write a query letter:
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How to write a cover letter
Our tips on how to write an eye-catching query letter.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
If I lived in the north, I would be submitting to Carnyx Press. Good advice from good folk.
like we needed *another* reaon not to use dropbox.
No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
November 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
like we needed *another* reaon not to use dropbox.
for the love of suffering deities can someone please just run the chuffing country in a grown-up manner instead of indulging in petty JCR halfwittery?
November 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM
for the love of suffering deities can someone please just run the chuffing country in a grown-up manner instead of indulging in petty JCR halfwittery?
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instead of a slap drone why not pay an underemployed tuba player to follow wrong'uns about? cheery oompah soundtrack when all's well, ominous Wagnerish score when crimering.
November 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
instead of a slap drone why not pay an underemployed tuba player to follow wrong'uns about? cheery oompah soundtrack when all's well, ominous Wagnerish score when crimering.
Quick reminder: appeasing someone who hates you will not stop them hating you. (everybody here knows this, whichever side of the fence they are.)
November 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Quick reminder: appeasing someone who hates you will not stop them hating you. (everybody here knows this, whichever side of the fence they are.)
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Poems out this month with @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social & @dustpoetry.bsky.social & an acceptance just in from another favourite for publication in Feb, all while on residency in Sweden - that shooting star I saw on my way to the airport is working flat out! #skara trip
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Poems out this month with @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social & @dustpoetry.bsky.social & an acceptance just in from another favourite for publication in Feb, all while on residency in Sweden - that shooting star I saw on my way to the airport is working flat out! #skara trip
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*ARCHIVE:
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1948hrs 6/9/23
spotted by: imperator_furrriosa;
clifftops, 56.006214,-2.526675;
1948hrs 6/9/23
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
*ARCHIVE:
spotted by: imperator_furrriosa;
clifftops, 56.006214,-2.526675;
1948hrs 6/9/23
spotted by: imperator_furrriosa;
clifftops, 56.006214,-2.526675;
1948hrs 6/9/23
I have the Bonne Maman advent calendar, folks. December will be a minimum of 33% toast.
November 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I have the Bonne Maman advent calendar, folks. December will be a minimum of 33% toast.
Watched The Menu (finally). Margot's "this food isn't made with love but obsession" scene, from her clap to her leaving is one of the best pieces of storytelling I've seen in ages. It would probably work as standalone. Really good work from Fiennes & ATJ.
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Watched The Menu (finally). Margot's "this food isn't made with love but obsession" scene, from her clap to her leaving is one of the best pieces of storytelling I've seen in ages. It would probably work as standalone. Really good work from Fiennes & ATJ.
People may find this interesting (uk only, sorry, the BBC has a daft bland spot when it comes to Sounds) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Archive on 4 - Jodrell Bank at 80 - BBC Sounds
Brilliant stories told using archive from the BBC and beyond
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
People may find this interesting (uk only, sorry, the BBC has a daft bland spot when it comes to Sounds) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Next year will be the 20th anniversary of the spoof version filmed in my hometown of Swansea for Tango Clear
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Tango - Bravo (2006, UK)
YouTube video by The Hall of Advertising
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November 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Next year will be the 20th anniversary of the spoof version filmed in my hometown of Swansea for Tango Clear
youtu.be/9bnRi3BnR4E?...
youtu.be/9bnRi3BnR4E?...
I will usually defend the BBC on many counts but the sour grapes being displayed by a news editorial direction over a city mayor vote in a foreign state is just contemptable.
November 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I will usually defend the BBC on many counts but the sour grapes being displayed by a news editorial direction over a city mayor vote in a foreign state is just contemptable.
Gang, this will be the last year Chris does a dead celebs cover. This book will not disappoint.
For everyone who’s been asking why I’m stopping doing it 👆
Don’t forget: chrisbarkerprints.co.uk
It’s doing well but it’s still not half way…
Don’t forget: chrisbarkerprints.co.uk
It’s doing well but it’s still not half way…
Ten Years of Sgt Pepper
AN ANTHOLOGY OF TEN YEARS OF SGT PEPPER CELEBRITY MEMORIAL TRIBUTES
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November 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Gang, this will be the last year Chris does a dead celebs cover. This book will not disappoint.
Look, if you are friends with Madhur Jaffrey you are going to win things.
November 5, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Look, if you are friends with Madhur Jaffrey you are going to win things.
Ok, do if a bootlace snaps and you buy a replacement pair it's perfectly normal to swap both of them rather than just the snapped one, right?
November 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Ok, do if a bootlace snaps and you buy a replacement pair it's perfectly normal to swap both of them rather than just the snapped one, right?
Why has HS2 been such a mess? Well, here's one (more) example.
My latest: Move over bat tunnel, here’s the wild story of how HS2 were forced to build a multi-million pound bridge for a road that… doesn’t actually exist.
How HS2 built a bridge to nowhere
A state-of-the-art road bridge has been built deep in the heart of rural Buckinghamshire. Designed to carry traffic over the HS2 railway, there's just one tiny problem - there's no actual road.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Why has HS2 been such a mess? Well, here's one (more) example.