Absolute nightmare. Might as well be a blue screen of death.

Alas, no. I hope you enjoyed my replacement Barney. I got a load of shows in and then came home for a quiet summer.

Title trivia: the reason all the sequels have stupid names is because they bought The Fast and The Furious as a title from Roger Corman who had produced a film in 1954 with that title. He kept the rights to The Fast and The Furious [number] and they didn't want to pay him again.

Experience: Taskmaster live. Went with some awesome friends for the Taskmaster experience. The one who'd never seen it won. I was best of the worst.

Exhibition: Nairy Baghramian: Jumbled Alphabet at the South London Gallery. Some beautiful artifacts intriguingly arranged. Wish I was young enough to scrawl on the desk.

Party: Siân and Amy. I don't mean to sound smug, but I got invited to the two best parties of the year. I did divination for Siân and sang for Amy.

Event: David Sedaris recording for Radio 4 at the Shaw Theatre. Freezing. Delightful. Love that he sat on the steps signing before the start.

Exhibition: Jason and the Adventure of 254 at the Wellcome collection. Exhibition by Jason Wilsher-Mills of art mostly relating to being trapped in a hospital for a year. Made me really want to watch the Inseminoids. wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/...

I am SHAMED for not having (yet) read it. I heartily apologise.

Are you aware that someone has written a PhD thesis on Doctor Doom? @mjhibbett.bsky.social is Doctor Doctor Doom. This tickles me Every Single Time I see anything to do with Doom.

No, I'm Brunström.