Spinky’s Mama
@spinkysmama.bsky.social
Lawyer, civil servant, Londoner, Doctor Who fan, maritorious, mother of a spinky, God-botherer. Mostly doomscrolling, telly chat and terrible jokes. All views my own. She/Her.
Or “a lot of this was covered up by corporal punishment and tobacco/alcohol self-medication”.
December 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Or “a lot of this was covered up by corporal punishment and tobacco/alcohol self-medication”.
Droit Constitutionnel was a mandatory element of my Erasmus year at Paris-Assas, and given that most of the domestic students were as baffled as we were I suspect it’s the curriculum (or was in 2002/3).
December 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Droit Constitutionnel was a mandatory element of my Erasmus year at Paris-Assas, and given that most of the domestic students were as baffled as we were I suspect it’s the curriculum (or was in 2002/3).
How does this manage to look like a practical fail in the 1975 BBC Set Designer Course?
December 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
How does this manage to look like a practical fail in the 1975 BBC Set Designer Course?
There’s a signed picture of John Conteh as well.
The Regency is round the corner from work. The miraculous properties of their bread and butter pudding got me through 2019.
The Regency is round the corner from work. The miraculous properties of their bread and butter pudding got me through 2019.
December 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
There’s a signed picture of John Conteh as well.
The Regency is round the corner from work. The miraculous properties of their bread and butter pudding got me through 2019.
The Regency is round the corner from work. The miraculous properties of their bread and butter pudding got me through 2019.
“I know Tracer Bullet. And Madam, you are no Tracer Bullet.”
December 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“I know Tracer Bullet. And Madam, you are no Tracer Bullet.”
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buttondown.com/cooray_smith... Snow! New at psychic paper, the oddly specific crossover between Haisman & Lincoln and Lennon & McCartney.
The Abominable Snowmen
“In the meadow, we can build a snowman…” In the 1980s more of Doctor Who was missing than is the case today. Not just in that nearly two dozen episodes have...
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December 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
buttondown.com/cooray_smith... Snow! New at psychic paper, the oddly specific crossover between Haisman & Lincoln and Lennon & McCartney.
It’s like someone chasing you down the street because you made them walk on the cracks in the pavement.
November 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It’s like someone chasing you down the street because you made them walk on the cracks in the pavement.
Pretty much. It was genuinely fascinating to see that she can do analysis, if she thinks it’s required.
November 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Pretty much. It was genuinely fascinating to see that she can do analysis, if she thinks it’s required.
Having briefed her, she can do critical analysis if it’s part of the first conclusion she comes to. She views any subsequent analysis as inherently invalid, because her first conclusion *must* be correct, or she wouldn’t have reached it.
November 28, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Having briefed her, she can do critical analysis if it’s part of the first conclusion she comes to. She views any subsequent analysis as inherently invalid, because her first conclusion *must* be correct, or she wouldn’t have reached it.
Compare with Thatcher’s Sermon on the Mound, a coherent (if IMO limited) framing of her Christian beliefs in the context of capitalism through choice and personal responsibility.
November 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Compare with Thatcher’s Sermon on the Mound, a coherent (if IMO limited) framing of her Christian beliefs in the context of capitalism through choice and personal responsibility.
They were also on Meet Cutes NYC a few years ago (apparently) entirely randomly and just as adorable.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:46 AM
They were also on Meet Cutes NYC a few years ago (apparently) entirely randomly and just as adorable.
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buttondown.com/cooray_smith... We're on the lip of apocalypse at Psychic Paper, as we revisit Serial C. In the right order this time. For paid subscribers only, but why not become one and get access to the archive?
The Edge of Destruction
“Back from the edge. Back from the dead. Back before demons took control of my head.” The third Doctor Who serial has a writing and production history almost...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
buttondown.com/cooray_smith... We're on the lip of apocalypse at Psychic Paper, as we revisit Serial C. In the right order this time. For paid subscribers only, but why not become one and get access to the archive?
“Charles, how big is this dinosaur?”
[pause]
“Forty feet.”
“Because that femur could belong to another dinosaur. It could be, say, half the size.”
“Do you *want* to check with Buckland? He eats bluebottles!”
“Christ no. Pick up some laudanum if you’re heading out.”
[pause]
“Forty feet.”
“Because that femur could belong to another dinosaur. It could be, say, half the size.”
“Do you *want* to check with Buckland? He eats bluebottles!”
“Christ no. Pick up some laudanum if you’re heading out.”
November 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
“Charles, how big is this dinosaur?”
[pause]
“Forty feet.”
“Because that femur could belong to another dinosaur. It could be, say, half the size.”
“Do you *want* to check with Buckland? He eats bluebottles!”
“Christ no. Pick up some laudanum if you’re heading out.”
[pause]
“Forty feet.”
“Because that femur could belong to another dinosaur. It could be, say, half the size.”
“Do you *want* to check with Buckland? He eats bluebottles!”
“Christ no. Pick up some laudanum if you’re heading out.”
Particularly interesting if there was an evil genius/floofy goof pairing. I was amazed by a friend’s floofy goof cat suddenly developing predator instincts…for butterflies.
November 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Particularly interesting if there was an evil genius/floofy goof pairing. I was amazed by a friend’s floofy goof cat suddenly developing predator instincts…for butterflies.
He loved the books so much that he named his daughter Fuchsia.
November 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
He loved the books so much that he named his daughter Fuchsia.
Sorry that you’re going through this. Hope it goes as smoothly as possible.🩷
November 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Sorry that you’re going through this. Hope it goes as smoothly as possible.🩷
*blinks in Crimea*
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
*blinks in Crimea*