Tony Barrell
@tonybarrell.bsky.social
Writer, editor, senior pop investigator, Wikipedian... and karma mechanic
www.tonybarrell.com
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Seen in Teddington... A New Career in a New Town?
November 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Seen in Teddington... A New Career in a New Town?
The big online Secret Art Auction is on NOW!
A chance to bid on anonymous artworks – some of which are by eminent Royal Academicians!
All proceeds go to charity. You just register quickly to take part. www.jumblebee.co.uk/secretartauc...
A chance to bid on anonymous artworks – some of which are by eminent Royal Academicians!
All proceeds go to charity. You just register quickly to take part. www.jumblebee.co.uk/secretartauc...
September 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The big online Secret Art Auction is on NOW!
A chance to bid on anonymous artworks – some of which are by eminent Royal Academicians!
All proceeds go to charity. You just register quickly to take part. www.jumblebee.co.uk/secretartauc...
A chance to bid on anonymous artworks – some of which are by eminent Royal Academicians!
All proceeds go to charity. You just register quickly to take part. www.jumblebee.co.uk/secretartauc...
August 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Here's a recent email that "got me barnacled". What??!??
When I read it, I was "in extraordinary eudaemonia and upper intoxicant". What???!
It's all "written" by Artificial Stupidity, of course.
When I read it, I was "in extraordinary eudaemonia and upper intoxicant". What???!
It's all "written" by Artificial Stupidity, of course.
July 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Here's a recent email that "got me barnacled". What??!??
When I read it, I was "in extraordinary eudaemonia and upper intoxicant". What???!
It's all "written" by Artificial Stupidity, of course.
When I read it, I was "in extraordinary eudaemonia and upper intoxicant". What???!
It's all "written" by Artificial Stupidity, of course.
I buttered some bread, and suddenly a face was staring out at me! Who is this?
#butterface #spooky #weird
#butterface #spooky #weird
June 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I buttered some bread, and suddenly a face was staring out at me! Who is this?
#butterface #spooky #weird
#butterface #spooky #weird
How many vegetable-friendly actors can you think of?
Kathleen Turnip? Courgette Colbert?
And not forgetting, of course...
Kathleen Turnip? Courgette Colbert?
And not forgetting, of course...
May 4, 2025 at 10:50 AM
How many vegetable-friendly actors can you think of?
Kathleen Turnip? Courgette Colbert?
And not forgetting, of course...
Kathleen Turnip? Courgette Colbert?
And not forgetting, of course...
April 17, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I think I did an author's reading like this once.
March 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I think I did an author's reading like this once.
Breaking news! Historians have found an image of a youngish Keith Richards in the Bayeux Tapestry.
March 23, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Breaking news! Historians have found an image of a youngish Keith Richards in the Bayeux Tapestry.
When Tootles the Taxi tooted his horn
The street was at once full of smiles.
“Jump in! Jump in!” he cheerfully cried.
“I can drive you for miles and miles.”
Timmy and Tracy heeded his call,
And they haven’t been seen to this day.
The street was at once full of smiles.
“Jump in! Jump in!” he cheerfully cried.
“I can drive you for miles and miles.”
Timmy and Tracy heeded his call,
And they haven’t been seen to this day.
March 22, 2025 at 9:33 AM
When Tootles the Taxi tooted his horn
The street was at once full of smiles.
“Jump in! Jump in!” he cheerfully cried.
“I can drive you for miles and miles.”
Timmy and Tracy heeded his call,
And they haven’t been seen to this day.
The street was at once full of smiles.
“Jump in! Jump in!” he cheerfully cried.
“I can drive you for miles and miles.”
Timmy and Tracy heeded his call,
And they haven’t been seen to this day.
Some great advice on creativity, from the artist Grayson Perry.
March 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Some great advice on creativity, from the artist Grayson Perry.
Have a nice Sunday!
March 2, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Have a nice Sunday!
On Thistledown Farm in Northamptonshire, the sheep are treated to a prawn vindaloo every Friday.
February 28, 2025 at 11:32 AM
On Thistledown Farm in Northamptonshire, the sheep are treated to a prawn vindaloo every Friday.
This is a popular clothing shop in Crapley, Herefordshire. I love the name.
February 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
This is a popular clothing shop in Crapley, Herefordshire. I love the name.
One of my special rock memories! This happened in 1974, and the story was published in Q Magazine a couple of decades later.
February 22, 2025 at 10:46 AM
One of my special rock memories! This happened in 1974, and the story was published in Q Magazine a couple of decades later.
It sounds like an urban myth, but I've checked it out and it's true. Somebody once walked into a London bookshop and asked: “Do you have this children's book I've heard about? It's supposed to be very good. It's called Lionel Richie and the Wardrobe."
It happened at Primrose Hill Books, London NW1.
It happened at Primrose Hill Books, London NW1.
February 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
It sounds like an urban myth, but I've checked it out and it's true. Somebody once walked into a London bookshop and asked: “Do you have this children's book I've heard about? It's supposed to be very good. It's called Lionel Richie and the Wardrobe."
It happened at Primrose Hill Books, London NW1.
It happened at Primrose Hill Books, London NW1.
The great Bob Marley would have been 80 years old today (February 6). He was an Aquarian Rastafarian!
Here he is with a football in Battersea Park, as seen in my book Rock'n'Roll London.
(Photograph by Adrian Boot.)
Here he is with a football in Battersea Park, as seen in my book Rock'n'Roll London.
(Photograph by Adrian Boot.)
February 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The great Bob Marley would have been 80 years old today (February 6). He was an Aquarian Rastafarian!
Here he is with a football in Battersea Park, as seen in my book Rock'n'Roll London.
(Photograph by Adrian Boot.)
Here he is with a football in Battersea Park, as seen in my book Rock'n'Roll London.
(Photograph by Adrian Boot.)
This is the America I admired years ago as a nipper, when superheroes were my gods.
February 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This is the America I admired years ago as a nipper, when superheroes were my gods.
Transatlantic hybrid shows I'd love to see, #258.
People and puppets in perfect harmony.
People and puppets in perfect harmony.
January 28, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Transatlantic hybrid shows I'd love to see, #258.
People and puppets in perfect harmony.
People and puppets in perfect harmony.
Happy birthday to the ever-jovial Nick Mason of Pink Floyd, who gave me this epic blurb for my book "Born To Drum".
January 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Happy birthday to the ever-jovial Nick Mason of Pink Floyd, who gave me this epic blurb for my book "Born To Drum".