Phil Bryer
@thebryery.bsky.social
Writes for money but doesn't go on about it.
Latest effort, 'Life: The Guidebook' available now
ISBN: 978-0956154453
Latest effort, 'Life: The Guidebook' available now
ISBN: 978-0956154453
I suggest to Mrs B that her new firefighter show '911 Nashville' will likely include firecrackers.
November 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I suggest to Mrs B that her new firefighter show '911 Nashville' will likely include firecrackers.
Does anyone know what sort of #mushrooms these are? Internet says they're golden chanterelles, but I'd rather be certain than dead.
November 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Does anyone know what sort of #mushrooms these are? Internet says they're golden chanterelles, but I'd rather be certain than dead.
Mrs B put this Xmas film on yesterday. It features a LOT of 'adorable' little cherubs singing at the very tops of their wee voices, so I'm making enquiries with the European Court of Human Rights and researching the Geneva Conventions.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
BBC One - Nativity!
A teacher (Martin Freeman) is put in charge of his school's version of the Nativity.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Mrs B put this Xmas film on yesterday. It features a LOT of 'adorable' little cherubs singing at the very tops of their wee voices, so I'm making enquiries with the European Court of Human Rights and researching the Geneva Conventions.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
Mate, tell me that bit about college athletics in the states again, and how .. ah.
youtube.com/shorts/yxrGE...
youtube.com/shorts/yxrGE...
Femke Bol = pure power. ✨
YouTube video by Olympics
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November 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Mate, tell me that bit about college athletics in the states again, and how .. ah.
youtube.com/shorts/yxrGE...
youtube.com/shorts/yxrGE...
Occultist Aleister Crowley's supposedly haunted old pad has a gift shop these days, where you can buy Abramelin ritual candles and fire-damaged bits of the building. I'm no Jimmy Page, but I can't help feeling that's not a great idea.
boleskinehouse.org/shop/
boleskinehouse.org/shop/
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November 14, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Occultist Aleister Crowley's supposedly haunted old pad has a gift shop these days, where you can buy Abramelin ritual candles and fire-damaged bits of the building. I'm no Jimmy Page, but I can't help feeling that's not a great idea.
boleskinehouse.org/shop/
boleskinehouse.org/shop/
Look out judges! Kirsty Gallacher is cracking down.
November 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Look out judges! Kirsty Gallacher is cracking down.
I'm aware that there are a million things to watch on all the platforms, but I'm choosing to watch The Decameron again because: 1. I can't decide on anything else. 2. It's bloody brilliant. 3. Tanya Reynolds, comic genius.
youtu.be/RLimO9ydEgo?...
youtu.be/RLimO9ydEgo?...
The Decameron | Official Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
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November 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I'm aware that there are a million things to watch on all the platforms, but I'm choosing to watch The Decameron again because: 1. I can't decide on anything else. 2. It's bloody brilliant. 3. Tanya Reynolds, comic genius.
youtu.be/RLimO9ydEgo?...
youtu.be/RLimO9ydEgo?...
Spurs 0-1 Chelsea, Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music, and other creative nadirs – Track Record
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November 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Cameron Crowe's 'The Uncool' might be the finest book I've ever read about music. Probably because it's also about so much more. Like being washed-up at 21.
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Cameron Crowe's 'The Uncool' might be the finest book I've ever read about music. Probably because it's also about so much more. Like being washed-up at 21.
Patti Smith has been outed as a wrong 'un in autobiographies by Debbie Harry and Chris Frantz and in Andy Warhol's diaries. These stories should be on BBC News this week - purely for balance, of course.
November 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Patti Smith has been outed as a wrong 'un in autobiographies by Debbie Harry and Chris Frantz and in Andy Warhol's diaries. These stories should be on BBC News this week - purely for balance, of course.
Fascinating stuff and an essential read for anyone whose future is threatened by AI*
www.penguin.co.uk/books/468070...
* All of us
www.penguin.co.uk/books/468070...
* All of us
The AI Con
A smart, incisive take-down of the bogus claims being made about so-called ‘artificial intelligence’, exposing the real harm these technologies do to our jobs, health, society and environment, who sta...
www.penguin.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Fascinating stuff and an essential read for anyone whose future is threatened by AI*
www.penguin.co.uk/books/468070...
* All of us
www.penguin.co.uk/books/468070...
* All of us
Response to Gove being on the #RidgeandFrost show on Sky: "Mate. You had your go, and you were no good either. So sling your hook."
November 6, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Response to Gove being on the #RidgeandFrost show on Sky: "Mate. You had your go, and you were no good either. So sling your hook."
Just added The Forecast (Calls For Pain) by Robert Cray to a weather-themed playlist. So, the gloves are off...
November 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Just added The Forecast (Calls For Pain) by Robert Cray to a weather-themed playlist. So, the gloves are off...
Is it because, after years of grifting, freeloading and sucking up to Epstein, that Sarah Ferguson's up to her neck in it too?
November 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Is it because, after years of grifting, freeloading and sucking up to Epstein, that Sarah Ferguson's up to her neck in it too?
Nicolas Hieronimus is CEO of L'Oréal. One day, I’d like to see him take charge at Bosch.
October 22, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Nicolas Hieronimus is CEO of L'Oréal. One day, I’d like to see him take charge at Bosch.
Those pesky 'accusations', eh?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
Prince Andrew gives up royal titles including Duke of York after 'discussion with King'
In a statement, the prince says:
www.bbc.co.uk
October 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Those pesky 'accusations', eh?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
Note for Ocado and anyone else sending me marketing emails: use of the non-word 'spooktacular' earns you an automatic deletion.
October 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Note for Ocado and anyone else sending me marketing emails: use of the non-word 'spooktacular' earns you an automatic deletion.
Usually overlooked in those best authors/books lists. So, clearly, such rankings can be totally disregarded.
Remembering P. G. Wodehouse on his birthday 🎂
📷 Michael Brennan, 1974
"I just sit at my typewriter and curse a bit."
📷 Michael Brennan, 1974
"I just sit at my typewriter and curse a bit."
October 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Usually overlooked in those best authors/books lists. So, clearly, such rankings can be totally disregarded.
Anybody seen this film? Bit of an oddity, but strangely intriguing.
archive.org/details/two-...
#Beatles
archive.org/details/two-...
#Beatles
Two Of Us (2000) : Michael Lindsay-Hogg : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Hello, I ripped this off of YouTube a few years ago, now it is deleted and as an avid Beatles fan I absolutely love this movie so hopefully it stays up forever...
archive.org
October 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Anybody seen this film? Bit of an oddity, but strangely intriguing.
archive.org/details/two-...
#Beatles
archive.org/details/two-...
#Beatles
I asked Google a question. This is a pic of its answer.
Nice try, AI. However, the text isn't The Hanging Garden by Ian Rankin. It's Uncle Fred Flits By by P.G. Wodehouse.
Which is pretty much as wrong as it could possibly could be.
Nice try, AI. However, the text isn't The Hanging Garden by Ian Rankin. It's Uncle Fred Flits By by P.G. Wodehouse.
Which is pretty much as wrong as it could possibly could be.
October 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I asked Google a question. This is a pic of its answer.
Nice try, AI. However, the text isn't The Hanging Garden by Ian Rankin. It's Uncle Fred Flits By by P.G. Wodehouse.
Which is pretty much as wrong as it could possibly could be.
Nice try, AI. However, the text isn't The Hanging Garden by Ian Rankin. It's Uncle Fred Flits By by P.G. Wodehouse.
Which is pretty much as wrong as it could possibly could be.
Sorry, monks!
Love how the other three, with the Jesus thing still causing a hangover, are looking so edgy, while Lennon ...
Happy birthday Johnny!
Love how the other three, with the Jesus thing still causing a hangover, are looking so edgy, while Lennon ...
Happy birthday Johnny!
John Lennon Destroys Political Correctness in 30 Seconds
YouTube video by Reverb Room
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October 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Sorry, monks!
Love how the other three, with the Jesus thing still causing a hangover, are looking so edgy, while Lennon ...
Happy birthday Johnny!
Love how the other three, with the Jesus thing still causing a hangover, are looking so edgy, while Lennon ...
Happy birthday Johnny!
Despite it all, I believe that there's still hope - as long as people continue to say, "No. I think you'll find that this is the footpath."
October 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Despite it all, I believe that there's still hope - as long as people continue to say, "No. I think you'll find that this is the footpath."
I recommend this site. You know, if you like reading proper content by people who can actually write. (Benjamin Dreyer tells us off for using 'actually', but in this instance ... well, bollocks to he.)
There's a new thing called Track Record. No adverts. Free. No clickbait. Just decent writing about sport, music and entertainment. I've done a bit about shortarse geniuses, and the increasing size, and power, of Premier League players. Give it a go.
trackrecordmedia.org/2025/10/09/t...
trackrecordmedia.org/2025/10/09/t...
October 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I recommend this site. You know, if you like reading proper content by people who can actually write. (Benjamin Dreyer tells us off for using 'actually', but in this instance ... well, bollocks to he.)