Nick Clay
@nickclay.bsky.social
11+ failure, frustrated musician, actual criminal defence lawyer.
I did a project on Tom Stoppard back in school. I know that he was able to utilise brilliant philosophical flourishes in his work, but I love that in The Real Inspector Hound the protagonist critics are watching a risible sub-Christie drawing-room murder-mystery including these ridiculous lines…
November 29, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I did a project on Tom Stoppard back in school. I know that he was able to utilise brilliant philosophical flourishes in his work, but I love that in The Real Inspector Hound the protagonist critics are watching a risible sub-Christie drawing-room murder-mystery including these ridiculous lines…
"Siri! Define: 'Sociopath'."
November 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"Siri! Define: 'Sociopath'."
I recall being taken aback, walking into Leicester Square aged 16 and seeing my name up in lights for Lady Chatterley’s Lover.
Luckily, I had no wife or servants who might have been scandalised at the sight.
Luckily, I had no wife or servants who might have been scandalised at the sight.
November 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I recall being taken aback, walking into Leicester Square aged 16 and seeing my name up in lights for Lady Chatterley’s Lover.
Luckily, I had no wife or servants who might have been scandalised at the sight.
Luckily, I had no wife or servants who might have been scandalised at the sight.
I mean, just how worried should I be?
(I am the person in the right-hand photograph)
(I am the person in the right-hand photograph)
October 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I mean, just how worried should I be?
(I am the person in the right-hand photograph)
(I am the person in the right-hand photograph)
I think I can see why West Ham are having so much trouble this season. Playing Arsenal and Manchester Utd away *at the same time* is a stretch too far.
October 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I think I can see why West Ham are having so much trouble this season. Playing Arsenal and Manchester Utd away *at the same time* is a stretch too far.
Starmer’s white-hot heat of barcode technology
September 27, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Starmer’s white-hot heat of barcode technology
Emily’s Granpa, in case you were struggling to recall what he looks like next to Palin, Heaton, Macca and Lewis.
September 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Emily’s Granpa, in case you were struggling to recall what he looks like next to Palin, Heaton, Macca and Lewis.
I agree, but the fact the compiler slipped this brilliant top line in on 18/6 means I am prepared to forgive her.
July 6, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I agree, but the fact the compiler slipped this brilliant top line in on 18/6 means I am prepared to forgive her.
I saw this blue plaque in Whitefriargate today. I had not noticed it before, and was briefly taken aback until the joke dawned on me.
When I got back to my office I found this HDM piece from June 24. Is it possible that nobody at the paper had a similar period of reflection?
When I got back to my office I found this HDM piece from June 24. Is it possible that nobody at the paper had a similar period of reflection?
June 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I saw this blue plaque in Whitefriargate today. I had not noticed it before, and was briefly taken aback until the joke dawned on me.
When I got back to my office I found this HDM piece from June 24. Is it possible that nobody at the paper had a similar period of reflection?
When I got back to my office I found this HDM piece from June 24. Is it possible that nobody at the paper had a similar period of reflection?
FFS, not now giant asteroid
June 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
FFS, not now giant asteroid
Oh, it looks as if the Connections compiler from @nytimes.com is from Wigan!
June 18, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Oh, it looks as if the Connections compiler from @nytimes.com is from Wigan!
C’mon brain. That’s enough of this tune now…
June 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
C’mon brain. That’s enough of this tune now…
Don’t forget to raise a glass to the late, great Eddie Smith on what would have been his 62nd birthday.
Here he is, expressing surprise at his beat-combo, The Gargoyles, winning the Scunthorpe Rock Open competition in 1986.
Here he is, expressing surprise at his beat-combo, The Gargoyles, winning the Scunthorpe Rock Open competition in 1986.
May 30, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Don’t forget to raise a glass to the late, great Eddie Smith on what would have been his 62nd birthday.
Here he is, expressing surprise at his beat-combo, The Gargoyles, winning the Scunthorpe Rock Open competition in 1986.
Here he is, expressing surprise at his beat-combo, The Gargoyles, winning the Scunthorpe Rock Open competition in 1986.
<Reader's voice> Oh no, I didn't think it was that sort of 'Spa' day
April 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
<Reader's voice> Oh no, I didn't think it was that sort of 'Spa' day
