Matthew Peckham
@peccamus.bsky.social
Live theatre professional, ancient history & literature amateur. Dog fancier, tea drinker, politics junkie, grammar snob.
Motto: BEATI SVMVS SED PECCAMVS
Motto: BEATI SVMVS SED PECCAMVS
Dear Ms Haynes,
I happened upon your History Hit programme Medusa the Real History. I was deeply impressed by your understanding of the sorrow at the heart of this story.
Thank you for telling it so well.
I happened upon your History Hit programme Medusa the Real History. I was deeply impressed by your understanding of the sorrow at the heart of this story.
Thank you for telling it so well.
December 13, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Dear Ms Haynes,
I happened upon your History Hit programme Medusa the Real History. I was deeply impressed by your understanding of the sorrow at the heart of this story.
Thank you for telling it so well.
I happened upon your History Hit programme Medusa the Real History. I was deeply impressed by your understanding of the sorrow at the heart of this story.
Thank you for telling it so well.
The FIFA trophy looks like the scene in Zombie movies when clutching hands pop up out of the ground in a mist-covered cemetery.
December 8, 2025 at 6:20 AM
The FIFA trophy looks like the scene in Zombie movies when clutching hands pop up out of the ground in a mist-covered cemetery.
By way of illustration:
December 4, 2025 at 10:32 AM
By way of illustration:
I know everyone with a stake in history objects to the term 'dark ages', but really, seriously, centuries passed before anyone in Europe could again paint like that.
December 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I know everyone with a stake in history objects to the term 'dark ages', but really, seriously, centuries passed before anyone in Europe could again paint like that.
Makes it easier for the guy who's going to fill in the toe tag...
November 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Makes it easier for the guy who's going to fill in the toe tag...
I thought this pictured was intended as evidence in a lawsuit against an aged care facility.
November 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I thought this pictured was intended as evidence in a lawsuit against an aged care facility.
Nike. Just do it.
November 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Nike. Just do it.
I'm old enough to know that those shorts sometimes work.
November 28, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I'm old enough to know that those shorts sometimes work.
Denunciation by 'industry' is a tick in the right box.
November 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Denunciation by 'industry' is a tick in the right box.
It's a start...
... at least I hope it is.
... at least I hope it is.
November 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
It's a start...
... at least I hope it is.
... at least I hope it is.
If I had his money when I was thirteen, I reckon I would have been just like that.
November 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM
If I had his money when I was thirteen, I reckon I would have been just like that.
They probably won't drown as many dolphins.
November 25, 2025 at 7:26 AM
They probably won't drown as many dolphins.
Please allow me to accompany you to the Mount of Disdainful Rectitude.
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Please allow me to accompany you to the Mount of Disdainful Rectitude.
That's not impromptu — I reckon he's been practising.
November 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
That's not impromptu — I reckon he's been practising.
You are respected and admired, even in Melbourne.
November 22, 2025 at 10:15 AM
You are respected and admired, even in Melbourne.
I'm sorry, I just don't buy that. Swords were objects of veneration, not just grave-goods. To break one like that must have been a very emotional, ceremonial act.
Not that I have a shred of evidence...
Not that I have a shred of evidence...
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I'm sorry, I just don't buy that. Swords were objects of veneration, not just grave-goods. To break one like that must have been a very emotional, ceremonial act.
Not that I have a shred of evidence...
Not that I have a shred of evidence...
I long for a glimpse into the deeds, emotions, people & speeches leading to this burial.
Such a precious heirloom denied to its heirs. What happened? Was it a denunciation? Was it like a famous footballer's Jersey number being 'retired'? Is it a dream that the sword will be reforged (as JRRT wrote)?
Such a precious heirloom denied to its heirs. What happened? Was it a denunciation? Was it like a famous footballer's Jersey number being 'retired'? Is it a dream that the sword will be reforged (as JRRT wrote)?
November 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
I long for a glimpse into the deeds, emotions, people & speeches leading to this burial.
Such a precious heirloom denied to its heirs. What happened? Was it a denunciation? Was it like a famous footballer's Jersey number being 'retired'? Is it a dream that the sword will be reforged (as JRRT wrote)?
Such a precious heirloom denied to its heirs. What happened? Was it a denunciation? Was it like a famous footballer's Jersey number being 'retired'? Is it a dream that the sword will be reforged (as JRRT wrote)?
This picture is that line of Keats'
"Beauty is truth, truth beauty"
perfectly personified.
"Beauty is truth, truth beauty"
perfectly personified.
November 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
This picture is that line of Keats'
"Beauty is truth, truth beauty"
perfectly personified.
"Beauty is truth, truth beauty"
perfectly personified.
"Inadvertently" does not mean accidentally.
It means unavoidably.
"Inadvertently" my arse as well as yours.
It means unavoidably.
"Inadvertently" my arse as well as yours.
November 20, 2025 at 11:54 AM
"Inadvertently" does not mean accidentally.
It means unavoidably.
"Inadvertently" my arse as well as yours.
It means unavoidably.
"Inadvertently" my arse as well as yours.
Did Hegsdeth copy those names of a condom-vending machine?
November 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Did Hegsdeth copy those names of a condom-vending machine?
One of the reasons I don't bother to watch men's cricket any more.
The main reason is that the women play the game the way the men used to, before they got drunk on their own testosterone.
The main reason is that the women play the game the way the men used to, before they got drunk on their own testosterone.
November 20, 2025 at 11:17 AM
One of the reasons I don't bother to watch men's cricket any more.
The main reason is that the women play the game the way the men used to, before they got drunk on their own testosterone.
The main reason is that the women play the game the way the men used to, before they got drunk on their own testosterone.