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Simon.
@simonashton.bsky.social
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Scottish-born American. A joy of a human.
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WH Smith's in Newark. I regret nothing.
November 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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August 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Did you ever see Nick Cave responding to criticism for going to the royal wedding? Much in the same vein

www.theredhandfiles.com/why-are-you-...
June 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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This was excellent, if a lil' too close to home at points. Well done (again!)
June 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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@wadeywade.bsky.social politically, life's not great in South Carolina right now, but loving this as my way to escape. It's significantly funnier than Orwell's version.
Am outside photo of Ian Wade's book '1984 - The Year Pop Went Queer', on a Kindle. Palmetto trees and azaleas in the background
May 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Candy Darling, who was also on the cover of The Smiths' 'Sheila Take a Bow'!
April 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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First film/last film
Flora and Son Thelma
January 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social @meganabbott.bsky.social my favourite gift of the day. Happy Christmas to you both
A copy of the book 'Mad Men Carousel' by Matt Zoller Seitz
December 25, 2024 at 8:52 PM
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@maeganvaz.bsky.social happy Christmas!
A Spotify wrapped-style round up of my year's reading of the Washington Post. 8 read 1,054 stories from 51 countries. My top author was Maegan Vazquesz
December 9, 2024 at 7:39 PM
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it got a boost from Stephen Fry of all people

(youtu.be/QDTsZn-eM5g?... - if you're interested)
A quoted retweet from Stephen Fry "Somehow extraordinarily touching..."
November 27, 2024 at 7:20 PM
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I'm sure everyone remembers this. Probably the most significant thing which happened in March 2020
A tweet from March 6th, 2000 "It's Friday night. We've all had a week. Want to watch a 1950s housewife describe being on acid for an experiment? "I've never seen such infinite beauty in my life" Of course you do."
November 27, 2024 at 7:18 PM
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Snoop Dogg laughing
November 23, 2024 at 7:20 PM
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Your J6 buddy, T*m
June 29, 2024 at 2:35 PM
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@colson.bsky.social I got it!
A Jeopardy question: Ray Carney from Harlem shuffle by this novelist was back in his 2023 bestseller 'Crook Manifesto'
April 10, 2024 at 11:57 PM
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I just finished @jonathancoe.bsky.social 's BOURNVILLE yesterday, and Farage is already trying to book a spot in the sequel
March 29, 2024 at 12:56 PM
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It's still hard to beat the 2018 US Men's Lacrosse roster for this. What a list!
Men's All-Name Team FIRST TEAM A – Shackleford Stanwick, Sr., Johns Hopkins A – Quinn Commandant, Fr., RIT A- Declan Smartwood, Jr., St. John’s M – IV Stucker, Sr., Roanoke M – Holden Rosen Grupp, Sr., Tufts M – Dar Sleeper, Fr., Michigan D – Sky Dupree, Sr., North Greenville D- Taggart Eymer, Fr. Bryant D – Dallas Creamer, Jr., Stevens G – Colby Hamwey, Jr., Assumption SECOND TEAM A – Wheaton Jackoboice, Fr., Notre Dame A – Tanner Elwood, Fr., Tennessee Wesleyan A – Corson Kealey, Fr., Robert Morris M – Kadin Kightlinger, Gettysburg M – Whitten McCune, Fr., Cumberlands D – Conn Curry, Sr., Roanoke D – Gaige Barber, Fr., Wilkes D – Raines Shamburger, Fr. Duke G – Hampton Brannon, Fr., UMass
March 27, 2024 at 7:27 PM
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Sometimes football is great.

Last week Roma fans taunted Brighton by holding a sign saying 'The Queen Gave Blowjobs'. So, in the return leg today, Brighton responded with '[Roma icon]Totti Likes Pineapple on Pizza'
Italian football fans holding a sign which reads 'The Queen Gave Blowjobs' Brighton fans respond with a sign 'Totti Adora ananas sulla pizza'
March 14, 2024 at 9:23 PM
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Cover of The Cure album Boys Don't Cry
February 28, 2024 at 5:19 PM
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I was previously unfamiliar with pirate/archbishop Lancelot Blackburne
(letters to the editor, The Times )
Sir, Anyone familiar with the history of the Church of England should not be surprised that Paula Vennells almost became Bishop of London in 2017 (report, Jan 10). In 1724, Lancelot Blackburne was appointed Archbishop of York despite having been a pirate in the Caribbean. From 1732 until his death in office in 1743, no ordinations whatsoever took place. Performing a rare confirmation at St Mary’s Nottingham, he was ejected by the vicar, who took exception to the bored archbishop attempting to light a pipe and down a pint during the service. Definitely one for the ladies, Blackburne dug a tunnel from his deanery in Exeter to a nearby canon’s house so that he could sport with his wife. As the satirist William Donaldson quipped: “His behaviour was seldom of the standard expected of a cleric; in fact it was seldom of the standard expected of a pirate.” The Right Rev David Wilbourne Honorary Assistant Bishop of York
January 11, 2024 at 1:57 PM
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Rickie.
Aretha Franklin doesn't approve
December 27, 2023 at 4:57 PM
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'Mad Men' checking in
A copy of a task book 'Sterling's Gold' by Roger Sterling
December 24, 2023 at 2:03 PM
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I just read the word 'panettone' in my book, picked up my phone, and this was the first thing I saw. Spooky!
Screenshot of a Kindle book ('Small World' by David Lodge) where the word 'panettone' is circled
December 20, 2023 at 8:27 PM
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Be merry, my friends
Be merry
A young Shane McGowan, in a scarf and sunglasses, posing in front of graffiti which reads 'Burnt Out Stars'
November 30, 2023 at 2:59 PM
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Fonzie giving a thumbs up
November 30, 2023 at 1:52 AM
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Wait until Canada learns about the Mike Baldwin vs Ken Barlow fight
Hilda Ogden, glass and cigarette in hand, laughing
November 28, 2023 at 10:22 PM