Richard Dalziel
@rdalz.bsky.social
English teacher. Dad of 5. ❤️ Family, football, films and books. Born in Hull 🇬🇧now in Hulín 🇨🇿.
Have just bought the book on the strength of the brilliant Arthur Lowe reading. BBC Sounds is wonderful, but from tomorrow (21st) I’ll struggle to get it here in the Czech Republic.
July 20, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Have just bought the book on the strength of the brilliant Arthur Lowe reading. BBC Sounds is wonderful, but from tomorrow (21st) I’ll struggle to get it here in the Czech Republic.
Oh! Now you’re talking…. From one of my favourite albums. When he was the epitome of cool sophistication.
May 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Oh! Now you’re talking…. From one of my favourite albums. When he was the epitome of cool sophistication.
Came late to it. Struck by the obvious Kraftwerk connection, but Hooky’s bass adds so much more. Great!
April 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Came late to it. Struck by the obvious Kraftwerk connection, but Hooky’s bass adds so much more. Great!
Having seen O’Toole in the title role of the Scottish play back in the early eighties, your analogy made me snort out loud. Enter stage left pissed and leering at the audience.
March 31, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Having seen O’Toole in the title role of the Scottish play back in the early eighties, your analogy made me snort out loud. Enter stage left pissed and leering at the audience.
Reminding us all why this is a lovely place to hang out. Off to Norway in May. Now with authentic local sounds. Thanks Pete.
March 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Reminding us all why this is a lovely place to hang out. Off to Norway in May. Now with authentic local sounds. Thanks Pete.
As we say in Czech, Gawjus!
March 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
As we say in Czech, Gawjus!
Discovering sits slightly menacingly on my bookshelf here in the Czech Republic, waiting for tariffs to be levied on Scarfolk.
March 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Discovering sits slightly menacingly on my bookshelf here in the Czech Republic, waiting for tariffs to be levied on Scarfolk.
I often think you lived in our house!
March 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I often think you lived in our house!
When I saw you’d interviewed a member of Northern Portrait it was like finding a secret within a secret. An underrated band in a book on the ultimate underrated band! Atb to you from one teacher to another.
February 28, 2025 at 9:27 AM
When I saw you’d interviewed a member of Northern Portrait it was like finding a secret within a secret. An underrated band in a book on the ultimate underrated band! Atb to you from one teacher to another.
Powered by baking soda or the “posh” version with batteries? Took me back about 60 years!
February 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Powered by baking soda or the “posh” version with batteries? Took me back about 60 years!
That was one lost in the memory banks. Thanks James.
January 22, 2025 at 8:35 AM
That was one lost in the memory banks. Thanks James.
Naahh, some secret agent battling it out with an arch-nemesis in a fist fight involving nearly falling off, ducking as a bridge comes into sight and the train plunging into a ravine. East-coast main line? Common occurrence.
January 21, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Naahh, some secret agent battling it out with an arch-nemesis in a fist fight involving nearly falling off, ducking as a bridge comes into sight and the train plunging into a ravine. East-coast main line? Common occurrence.
You can hear it … Those interfering EU bureaucrats stopping my right to maim myself, pollute the environment and cause distress to animals.
January 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
You can hear it … Those interfering EU bureaucrats stopping my right to maim myself, pollute the environment and cause distress to animals.
From the dark beginning to its nihilistic end, a perfect family film.
December 31, 2024 at 9:54 PM
From the dark beginning to its nihilistic end, a perfect family film.
Thanks for the tip. Always looking for new reading experiences.
December 29, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Thanks for the tip. Always looking for new reading experiences.
You are on a roll today. Happy Christmas from 🇨🇿 where we are gearing up for fish and more fish.
December 24, 2024 at 2:09 PM
You are on a roll today. Happy Christmas from 🇨🇿 where we are gearing up for fish and more fish.
Absolutely. My first girlfriend devoured them and was a fan of Emmerdale Farm. Red flag material these days.
November 25, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Absolutely. My first girlfriend devoured them and was a fan of Emmerdale Farm. Red flag material these days.
Please ask her about the influence of Ripellino’s “Magic Prague” on her writing. It was her interview recommendation that sent me to it. What a fantastic, dense, hilarious and chilling love letter to Prague. Sorry I can’t be with you. Atb from deepest Moravia.
November 22, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Please ask her about the influence of Ripellino’s “Magic Prague” on her writing. It was her interview recommendation that sent me to it. What a fantastic, dense, hilarious and chilling love letter to Prague. Sorry I can’t be with you. Atb from deepest Moravia.