As the world around us goes to hell, this is the escapism we all need. If Victoria Wood and Caroline Aherne had worked together, this is what they would have come up with. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUIr...

OK then...here's "NATO", to the tune of Y.M.C.A. 🎶 old man, there's no need to feel down, I said old man, take your hands off that crown, I said old man, 'cause you don’t take your meds (There's no word that rhymes with orange) 1/

Post an non-religious picture you think of as holy.

🧵And we're off, ladies and gentlemen! It's "they're banning the word EASTER" week. Regular as clockwork... So here comes a history lesson and media lesson all rolled into one thread! PS, I can't believe there's no easter egg emoji? This was the best I could do - 🗿🥚 🤣 I digress! 1/19

Narrator: “There is no plan”

Europeans when asked to unblock the Strait of Hormuz

We’ve closed the #StraitsOfHormuz by mistake

Oh boy! What a headline... Ask yourself: "What am I being asked to believe?" "Who am I being told to blame?" Take a few seconds to imagine what the Daily Mail (And Telegraph, GB News and Express) WANT you to think is going on. Let's see what's ACTUALLY happening...🧵 1/21

TIME Magazine’s new cover.

Picked up this absolute bargain at a pop up secondhand book store. 📕

Not every Mum wants a soppy card. Some want a vinyl record. Some want a retro lamp. Some want a groovy floral. Some want a proper brew. Four new Mother’s Day cards. Designed in Manchester, made in the UK. www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/mothers-day

Do you have a friend who ducks out on paying his share? Walter Underhill feels you. Underhill bought fish & eels for the king, & in 1666 petitioned Parliament for help. He claimed the crown hadn't paid him for 26 years, & owed him 1,385£. That's about 156,711£ / $214,922 today. 🗃️🧪

New @howhauntedpod.bsky.social goodies arrived today. Both hoodies. I already have two and they are super comfortable. 👻👻👻

Box of goodies from @foxlanebooks.bsky.social 📚🧡

Had to show these two prints I had from @hiddenbritain.bsky.social Finally got frames for them. My photos are not great but they look brilliant. Bostin’ prints from a Black Country business!

Such sad news. A true legend. RIP Catherine O’Hara 💔

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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

I finally found a copy on dvd. The menu is in German but that doesn’t really matter!

Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him. “When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."

IT IS 85 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT. Watch the 2026 Doomsday Clock announcement: buff.ly/BGu0Zse

If you care about indie bookshops and their fight to survive against the behemoths, please give this a read This is a link to the Breaking Cover article feature written by indie bookshop owner Arthur Kay of The Gilded Acorn: www.pressreader.com/uk/the-spect...

Trump’s Greenland speech at the WEF except it’s the voice of Pingu

When you see someone reading Leonard and Hungry Paul on the train…

Written for now

All ready for the 28 Years Later double bill! ☠️ #28YearsLater

On January 27th, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists will reveal the 2026 Doomsday Clock time. The announcement will occur during a live, in-person news conference at 10:00 a.m. ET (1500 GMT) streamed via the Bulletin‘s YouTube channel. Learn more: buff.ly/qZ9vlw5

After listening to the finale of the very excellent #Uncanny podcast, I decided to do a poster illustration for it! "The Priest Hole" was very creepy & I loved the imagery it conjured up. Now just got to wait for the next series! @dannyrobins.bsky.social #bbc4 #illustration #editorialillustration

Share a cartoon you will always love. Sharky and George. The crime busters of the sea. youtu.be/oAuFXMKNi6w?...

Cracking Christmas episode Rob. Really enjoyed it. Great lineup of guests as well. Have a great Christmas! 👻🧑‍🎄🎄 @howhauntedpod.bsky.social

he knows when you are seeping...

Tired of the same old Christmas cards? Want something a bit different? Get your #Christmas cards and wrap here www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/christmas-ca...

Totally recommend buying from @gailmyerscough.co.uk Got some gorgeous wrapping paper and cards this year and they are top quality as well. #SmallBusinessSaturday

As set out in this thread, the causes of the court backlog are chronic lack of funding and absurd inefficiency. The government has made no proposals to address either. Their answer is to remove juries. Rather than fix the leaking roof, their solution is to burn the house down.

Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇

"And James Bond, who did NOT die"

Who's solving the Louvre robbery? Right answers only

A story in three parts

@mrjamesob.bsky.social handing over to Shelagh as he walks out the studio!

In memoriam...

Alien: Earth (N. Hawley and others, 2025)

Exceptional! youtube.com/watch?v=7vRX...

Dutch late night TV has its take

Expect your mobile to go off 3pm Sunday! Be prepared for a test of the Govt's emergency alert system. Full info... www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2025/09... LIVING WITH DOMESTIC ABUSE? If you've a hidden mobile, you the link above has details of how to opt out of the alert. Pls share

Let's be generous, here, and assume that by the solar system Altman wants to put the sphere outside the orbit of Neptune, and we'll just exclude the kuiper belt entirely. That would be a sphere with a diameter of 6 billion miles. Let's assume that it has the thickness of an eggshell: .3mm thick.

A favourite memorial from @exetercathedral.bsky.social. Born Nutcombe Quicke in 1727 he attended Cambridge University & in 1753 married Anne, daughter of the Bishop of Exeter. He became Canon Chancellor of the Cathedral & in 1792 changed his name to Nutcombe Nutcombe to receive an inheritance.

My @howhauntedpod.bsky.social t-shirts have arrived. I love them! Given the subject I can see how tie-dye may seem an odd choice but I like the juxtaposition of the design and shirt colours. 

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