#Inktober Sometimes it's a Murky business. Keep up with all of the suspects at drawnalism.com/inktober-2025 #Inktober2025

Happy Birthday to my wonderful wife Maria Hughes @mazzaclazza.bsky.social, who is 60 today! ...and yes, the evil moppet below was taken on Maria's first day at school...

Happy Birthday to my wonderful wife Maria Hughes, who is 60 today! ...and yes, the evil moppet below was taken on Maria's first day at school...

Waving goodbye to Birmingham and Ozzy as I head off to Herne Bay Cartoon Festival for the weekend...

Is there nothing they won't put LLMs into..?

Why the fuck can't pharmaceutical companies agree on which end of the box should be opened to get to the lovely drugs inside without having to pull the leaflet out of the way first? Sometimes it's the end with the batch details, sometimes not. Come on, drug dealers, sort it out.

Nice cameo appearance from a character trapped in a fiery world in tonight's Doctor Who.

To commemorate the iconic CHEAP PAINT sign that was lost in the fire, we've taken the letters from it and used them to create a digital font called CHEAP PAINT INSIDE! This isn't a joke! You can download it yourself to have a go with it! Link in comments!

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Gerry Anderson's CANDY (1967) comic was the result of a planned but abandoned TV series. Nothing to see here, just Candy and Andy, two life-sized human dolls, living with a married Panda couple in photo stories that exuded some serious vibes (1/2)

The two wolves inside of me.

" ... everybody talk about steak and kidney?"

Well, this looks like a familiar story... @stationstreet.bsky.social

What's YOUR favourite Hollywood remake of a British film?

Our gritter fleet will be out gritting the streets of Bearwood tonight. Our gritter names include: 'Cheap Salt Inside' 'Michael Bearymores Salty Release' 'Salt-on Road' 'Global Brines' 'Why Risk Gritting Anywhere Else?'

Hooray, it's the New Year Bunny!

Another storm, and more substantial bits of The Tree has landed in our and our neighbours' garden. We're on to insurance (doesn't cover fences) and Sandwell Council ("not our problem"). Most of it is still standing and dangerous - who do we get to fix this before there's serious damage or injury?

An Independant Bearwood sticker has been spotted in the Akihabara area of Tokyo. This is part of our outreach programme to develop a trade partnership between TC Hayes and Japan's main electronics hub.

C-3PHo-Ho-Ho! Joyeux Noel! Visiting the Museum of Cinema and Minatures in Lyon today, heading home later - www.museeminiatureetcinema.fr

Out of the country doing conference stuff again, this time in Lyon. The massive conference centre complex has other amenities - hotels, restaurants, shops... and this place:

Well, it finally happened - the tree from two doors down has come down. Took out the fences of 4 gardens, our shed, bench and much of the first tree next door.

This is one of many things wrong with public transport. Elsewhere, a screen on a bus like this might show the next stop, times of future stops, connections with other routes and other useful local information.

Me in the tepid bath of managed decline.

Have you seen the size of Jacob Rees-Mogg's massive son?

Stuart Maconie will be holding an Xmas quiz @ 1000 Trades where he will be asking questions based on the pop-up Stuart Maconie Museum we opened up on a phonebox in Bearwood! Get revising!

Just opened up Twitter for the first time in a while, and this ad popped up, which felt quite appropriate...

Ed Balls

Heading home from Doha, Qatar at an unreasonably early hour. This is what greets you at the airport having passed through security - a gigantic teddy/ table lamp hybrid. Me neither.

Trying something a bit more topical this year, not sure if it works...

Well, it only took 25 years, but this landed on my doormat this week - the 12" vinyl version of Pedigree Chump by [spunge] - with artwork by meself. The original release was on CD only, although there was a limited-edition skateboard earlier this year - now in pride of place on our wall.

Just noting that the new Bluesky logo (probably) represents a dead butterfly - probably not the look they were going for. Explanation as to why here: www.emilydamstra.com/please-enoug...

As the 60th anniversary episode is on tonight, here's a pic of a Dalek along with five rejected #DoctorWho regenerations at BBC Television Centre. Left to right - Robert Duncan, meself, Graham Fowell, Dalek, Royston Robertson and Chris Burke (not pictured - Martin Rowson)

We gonna rock down to...

Just noting... Liz Truss spent longer campaigning to be Prime Minister (54 days) than she spent actually being Prime Minister (45 days).

2B or not 2B? ...aaand more clear and unambiguous signage at @NetworkRailBHM @AvantiWestCoast

Green zone? Red Lounge? Or is it Red Zone? Nothing like clear and unambiguous signage, eh, @NetworkRailBHM @AvantiWestCoast ?

The weapons available in the new edition of Cludeo are a little confusing...

Oh, gawd. Gone done it again.... Wordle 230 2/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Er... don't bother posting these usually, but thought this was worth bragging about... Wordle 228 2/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

The obligatory 'I've had my second jab' photo...

Well... it's come to this! Many thanks to everyone that has wished me a Happy Birthday - and yes, it's a large, round number (much like myself). M'lovely wife @mazzawoo and I will be celebrating over the weekend. Hopefully we can all catch up again soon!

Jab done... well, the first one at least!

Nearly forgot, m'lovely wife @mazzawoo is on the tellybox tonight, appearing in Stewart Lee's documentary about the Nightingales #KingRocker on Sky Arts...

Finally found a dry day to put the second coat of paint on the windowsill and front step. Hope the milkman and delivery drivers see the sign this time...

Grrr! Having had a weekend with all the doors & windows closed due to a bee swarm in the back garden (now happily rehoused), we've got all the doors & windows closed again due to workmen digging up the pavement outside for cable with all the noise & fumes that comes with that!

Tonight (for reasons too complicated to go into) I am Dirk Bumann. Just don't ask...

Unfortunate book placement in the Bullring today..

Happy Merry Dutchmas! Or something (at Schipol Airport...)

In Bruges... at the Wall of Beers!