It would have been my Dad’s 91st birthday today. Over the last 2 years I’ve realised grief is never very far beneath the surface. So today, I’m moping, crying and remembering with love. Solidarity to everyone going through the same thing x

“MDMA IS HALAL” Sprayed graffito in Wood Green

Please go and have a look at Gail’s wonderful shop. I love my phone case from her- I’m carrying around a perfect little piece of art all day

Combining two lovely things doesn’t always work- just ask my daughter who, when she was 3, bravely battled through a dish of asparagus and custard because they were her two favourite foods. Her face was a picture of disgust.

Can we get ‘dangling monorail’ trending?

Flagshaggers have done an overnight job at my local shops. I’m binning all my M&S Union flag bags for life in protest. It’s the most middle class response I could think of.

First day of the season in Sheffield- kicking off with El Clasico, U13 Black v U13 Gold

Just accidentally seen that Ian Wright/Mr Pigden clip on insta again, and now I’m in floods of tears

Apologies for the awful video, but Faithless playing Plastic Dreams as part of an amazing set really made my week

I know I keep banging on about my designs but it’s not easy being a small business at the moment. Take a look at my wares and please repost. gailmyerscough.co.uk Thanks!

Guinea Pig sitting is the best- I love him 😍 Meet Fred….

The best Sergeant Troy there ever was. 📸 Betina La Plante

Fitting a new doorbell all by myself is the absolute win I needed this week. Drilled into brick and everything #HandyAndy

Cleethorpes for a very decent fish and chip lunch

I wonder if it says ‘men’s Champion’s League’ or ‘men’s Euros’ on their medals?* (*no, it doesn’t) (Photo from @shesaballer on instagram)

​An overnight walk from Kirk Sandall to Goole, via the River Don Navigation, the New Junction Canal, the Aire and Calder Navigation and the Dutch River, 6.30pm Friday 25 July to 5.30am Saturday 26 July. An improvised, illustrated thread of uncertain length, part reflection, part reconstruction. 1/

Lucy Bronze played the whole tournament with a fractured tibia? Nails! Love her

I had loads to do today- cleaning, tidying, bit of work, big shop. Haven’t done any of it as I started reading this by @nivenj1.bsky.social this morning and couldn’t stop until I’d finished it. Read it, it is superb.

Just finished this. If you want a book that guarantees a jaw-drop or a “what the f***?” from every page, this is the book for you. Utterly brilliant, in all sorts of ways

At last.

This is all kinds of wonderful- and Joy Division are now soundtracking the rest of my day

Say hello to my brand new T-shirt collection. Find them here gailmyerscough.co.uk/t-shirts Which one’s your favourite?

Greg(g) Wallace attempting DARVO and blaming his autism for his behaviour. Get in the sea.

Is it Friday yet?

New article here - davehaslam.substack.com/p/teenage-pe... The half-forgotten history of the Haçienda before the rave and Madchester years. An era of William Burroughs, Burning Spear, videos, fanzines, self-defence classes, and teenage perverts.

If the UK wasn’t complicit in an active genocide and the cold-blooded murder of tens of thousands of children, then nobody would have to chant anything.

This morning’s activities: framing some DonMcCullin prints and having arguments in my head with morons

So, The Leadmill is no more (it is not, as people from outside of SHF have told me, being turned into flats or bulldozed). This is a great read from @danieldylanwray.bsky.social about the other fab venues that exist in our brilliant city www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

Top three worst UK motorways? I’ll go first… 3) M62 (always a vehicle on fire) 2) M11 (semi-permanent car park) 1) M42 (never ending dog’s dinner of a road- the absolute worst) 📸 Jaggery

Quick! I’ve got less than 24 hours to get enough money together to quit my job and buy a house here in Ibiza. Any ideas?

If you need proof of the MASSIVE racist bias in the UK you need only look at the coverage of the Liverpool suspect when they thought he might be an immigrant, and now when they know he is a rich White guy.

The racists on the Other Place tying themselves in absolute knots over Paul Doyle. Some actually defending him. People are arseholes. Crawl back under your rocks.

Good morning from Ibiza

Happy birthday Siouxsie Sioux, you absolute goddess

James Stewart was born #otd in 1908. An old school Hollywood star, I adore this photo. “Sometimes I wonder if I'm doing a Jimmy Stewart imitation myself.”

Music and Autism. An extended interview with writer @johnharris1969.bsky.social about his fascinating account of how his son, James - who was diagnosed with autism at the age of three - develops an intense relationship with music. open.substack.com/pub/davehasl...

Some beautiful textures at the top of Win Hill today

I hope my fellow drivers, stuck in traffic trying to get out of Leeds, enjoyed my hearty rendition of this tonight youtu.be/lpqDTQOFvf0?...

I had the most wonderful mental health walk through the Yorkshire Sculpture Park yesterday. If you are ever close by, treat yourself to some tranquility

Bucolic Monday

Robert Prevost is an anagram of Pervert Robots #pope

One of those cardinals looks like Tommy Cooper

My tinnitus has racked up a level or two over the last week. Two totally different sounds in each ear. Distracting, to say the least. Help.

Just been reduced to tears of utter frustration trying to navigate my way through the cesspool that is work Teams channels. How’s your Friday going?