Simon Alvey
@salvey1.bsky.social
Still too middle class for punk, will this be the social platform that fills the screaming void?
For left alliance in Ireland, read new centrist party in the UK
November 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
For left alliance in Ireland, read new centrist party in the UK
I was asked for my Desert Island Discs and this is what I came up with, I already regret not including about 6 other songs
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I was asked for my Desert Island Discs and this is what I came up with, I already regret not including about 6 other songs
I found this book in a National Trust bookshop for 50p, which I think is a very specific Simon trap
November 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I found this book in a National Trust bookshop for 50p, which I think is a very specific Simon trap
I misread this as The Rest Is Silence, which is about the only expansion of the Goalhanger universe I'd now approve of
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I misread this as The Rest Is Silence, which is about the only expansion of the Goalhanger universe I'd now approve of
Good thing about subscribing to @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com's Substack, is that sometimes she'll write a personalised column about my life
November 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Good thing about subscribing to @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com's Substack, is that sometimes she'll write a personalised column about my life
Two Sally Rooney novels, and a plot synopsis
November 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Two Sally Rooney novels, and a plot synopsis
If I'd been born 50 years ago it is unlikely I would have survived, which always makes me uncomfortable with nostalgia
November 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
If I'd been born 50 years ago it is unlikely I would have survived, which always makes me uncomfortable with nostalgia
On Saturday night me and @nerak3l.bsky.social went to see Fickle Friends, and I have to say that their new album is a perfect album full of fun for such a driech day as this open.spotify.com/album/77NcQb...
November 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM
On Saturday night me and @nerak3l.bsky.social went to see Fickle Friends, and I have to say that their new album is a perfect album full of fun for such a driech day as this open.spotify.com/album/77NcQb...
Any guesses as to where I went for an early modern geek trip earlier this evening
November 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Any guesses as to where I went for an early modern geek trip earlier this evening
Andrew Lownie, in this picture, looks like the lovechild of Roy Hodgson and Frank Skinner
October 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Andrew Lownie, in this picture, looks like the lovechild of Roy Hodgson and Frank Skinner
I have to say that I find BBC iPlayer sending me push notifications to tune in to watch a natural disaster in which people have already died to be pretty awful
October 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I have to say that I find BBC iPlayer sending me push notifications to tune in to watch a natural disaster in which people have already died to be pretty awful
Other magazines, it is bad to keep having the same story every week
The New Statesman, hold my beer
The New Statesman, hold my beer
October 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Other magazines, it is bad to keep having the same story every week
The New Statesman, hold my beer
The New Statesman, hold my beer
I don't know, hand him into the police?
October 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I don't know, hand him into the police?
It's because he's a racist, it's really not that complex
September 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
It's because he's a racist, it's really not that complex
And they say hard work never killed anyone
September 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
And they say hard work never killed anyone
Another baffling editorial decision by BBC News, claiming that a local crime story is bigger news than the jail sentence for a former president of a G8 nation
September 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Another baffling editorial decision by BBC News, claiming that a local crime story is bigger news than the jail sentence for a former president of a G8 nation
John Major to the Conservative Party in 1992, get on the
September 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
John Major to the Conservative Party in 1992, get on the
Find me the most German meal you can, no that's too German
September 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Find me the most German meal you can, no that's too German
Left London, can report Surrey is pretty but infected by the fash
September 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Left London, can report Surrey is pretty but infected by the fash
The BBC there tempting fate
September 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The BBC there tempting fate
Fans of terrible official photos, please enjoy this picture of the current Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary
September 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Fans of terrible official photos, please enjoy this picture of the current Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary
A terrifying juxtaposition of images and stories on the FT at the moment
September 5, 2025 at 12:26 PM
A terrifying juxtaposition of images and stories on the FT at the moment