His nasty plans seem to be physically manifesting. Starmer looks like he is carrying Voldemort on his bum

How am I meant to relax and enjoy a glass of wine (on a Monday!!) with this fellow looking at me

As my Inbox fills up with stupid Black Friday emails. Here's a little reminder of our starter pack, celebrating #IrishDesign. Lots of lovely things to buy, and you will feel all squishy inside for supporting small Irish business. #spheirgorm #SLATED #Boycottamazon go.bsky.app/9sh8HQq

Leeds City Museum really needs to realize that everyone’s pantomime wolf deserves his own fridge magnet. Had to make do with turning a postcard into a fridger

Panic. Just got given someone else’s Uniqlo coat leaving the hairdresser. They had NOTHING in their pockets?? Makes me realise my pocket contents far more exotic: Roncesvalles BIA business card, Italian tissues from Ireland, Canadian lip balm, a conker. Trident gum wrapper.

It’s fascinating the way society is determined to pretend the lockdown era never happened and just glides past all the reminders.

Buckle up - because this now amounts to a direct and deliberate attack on our country and its cultural sovereignty. Which side our politicians take - Trump's or the BBC's - over the coming days and weeks will speak volumes about their patriotism.

If the UK is on the brink of civil war, as Musk claims, it follows that in 300 years time there will be be a new generation of civil war re-enactment societies. "Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."

Every time I see a cool statue and then realise it’s an Antony Gormley I remember he coves himself naked in cling film with a tiny breathing hole for the cast and really I think this may be a bit less about art honestly

Kid was absolutely fine coming to see Gary Numan next week until she realized he was “the awful old emo man at Glastonbury” and then she borderline cried

YES!! Just managed to play windmill hut on the piano #songofstorms

My favourite tardis deck yet

Bestie shared her kasha recipe with me and it smells so good.

Cool character introduced in a Fulci movie only to be devoured inside-out by tarantulas 48 minutes in

lols at the idea of Keir Starmer being incandescent about anything. I would presume more of just a ruddier glow and a slightly more squeaky voice.

Okay definitely not stuck in the soup. He is now a foot along the countertop and drinking water (Aleppo pepper is rather salty) In other news I should probably wipe the countertop but biodiversity!

Wait what there is a giant cellar spider on the kitchen counter eating Turkish lentil soup

Streeting. The person that manages to be even worse than Starmer.

I regularly see a dachshund when dropping kid to school and no way that little weed would be able to get a badger. (Dog not kid. Kid could totally best a badger)

Emptying my coat pockets. Dufferin Mall receipts and a Tim Horton’s gift card. Sigh, that was a good trip.

Brockham bonfire always delivers

Suffering from glass envy. May distract child and steal it.

I have just been told there is a bus from Dorking station to Brockham bonfire tomorrow night. I believe this may be a hint.

It’s like the whole Nate the great all over again. Pfffffffttttt

Enjoy the Silence is such a bop on every level. Loved back in the day hanging out in Hardclub 92 when some of Depeche would swing by

Stranglers tickets acquired Hello Toulouse

Whoop, Henderson have changed the date for their Rush day in 2026!!

Stranglers playing in Toulouse? Could be convinced.

Ah Toronto, it’s been lovely (apart from the Blue Jays losing). See you again soon.

Flying home day waiting mode activated.

McCormick Park pumpkin walk

1/4 Shrunken heads 1. Ask your local grocery shop if they have any bruised/damaged apples they can't sell 2. Peel, core, carve 3. Sacrifice some red wine (keeping it organic means you can return them to nature) 4. Soak the apples for a long as you can be patient, at least 1 hour #Halloween #Samhain

A reminder that the original Hallowe'en jack o' lanterns date back to 18th century Ireland if not earlier, were based on a shady boozy blacksmith called Stingy Jack who cheated the devil & was trapped between 2 worlds, were carved from turnips and looked like this:

Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻 Enter if you dare...🚪

2016. Era of the best sushi ever. Kiddos lost their mind. I am so sad Mazz on Bloor is gone weep.

'Piccadilly Station from the portfolio Urban Landscapes No. 2' (1979) by Richard Estes (Private collection)

Fam gone to hunger games on stage, cat gone to parents. Current mood protracted lonely meows

Wait what Air Canada won’t let me check in for my LHR-YYZ flight bc - I suspect - the clocks change here in the uk but not Canada so their system is confused about when 24 hours actually is??

My perma-earworm right now is Goodbye Toulouse

My cousin and I were absolutely obsessed with Soft Cell from the moment they first appeared on TOTP. She wanted to be Marc Almond and I wanted to be Dave Ball. Loved them so much - so many many good tunes.

R.I.P. Dave Ball (The Grid, Soft Cell). Thank you for the music. youtu.be/gqH-HpqZsYQ?...

Not well known but the punisher did have a softer side during the late 80s

Kings Cross again. Printer visit this time though

"The idea of deporting people with settled status is disgusting, and anyone proposing it should be immediately drummed out of polite society. Breaking promises made in good faith to our friends and neighbours is racist, extremist and immoral." I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.

Presumably Andrew, with the help of the French, will then raise an army and march south, to be met in battle by the English army somewhere around Leeming Bar Services. As is traditional.

The overwhelming number of (reputable) tattooers are pretty familiar w Nazi/racist iconography. Ive found this true in Europe and N America. They're familiar with it bc the tattoo community's reputable artists don't do that shit. I've seen artists kick people out of their shops for requesting one

The irony of this being a 3 minute walk from the Police Federation HQ

Absolutely exhausted today, mainly thanks to my brain which decided Secret Service by Kansas was going to be a 90 minute earworm from 2.43am onwards.