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Famously this was the inspiration for Top Gear.

The Oasis. The first time I realised that some men shave thoroughly down there.

Me reading literary fiction.

Just learned that Farage's shady backer calls him Daddy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSx_...

WHOSAGOODBOYYOUAREYESYOUAREYOUAREYESYESTERDAY

I seem to have wandered into an early eighties sci-fi musical TV special. Hope it's one of Mike Batt's.

NEW! #FirstLastAnything Ep 37. Journalist, broadcaster and author @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social joins me on the textcast to discuss her superb new book on the Beatles’ first film, 1964’s A Hard Day’s Night, and chats about some of her cherished music purchases. firstlastanything.co.uk/2026/07/05/f...

The Beat of Black Winged Elusive Butterfly #jonimitchellvaldoonican

Big yellow jumper #jonimitchellvaldoonican

Raised On Ladies And Gentlemen With Their Arrangement Of Bach’s Toccata And Fugue In D Minor Please Welcome Sky #jonimitchellvaldoonican

Paddy Mcginty’s taxi. #jonimitchellvaldoonican

Don’t Worry About Me and The Elephant #jonimitchellvaldoonican

Walk Tall I Want #jonimitchellvaldoonican

Help Me I Think I’m Falling (Out Of My Rocking Chair) #jonimitchellvaldoonican

A Free Man In O'Slattery's Mounted Foot #jonimitchellvaldoonican

Big Yellow Donkey #jonimitchellvaldoonican

Both sides?

Rafferty's Motor Taxi. It used to be black at me father's house now it's forty shades of yellow. #JoniMitchellValDoonican

Shades of Scarlett Ribbons Conquering #jonimitchellvaldoonican

English.

The Hissing of Summer My Best Friends Are Songs #jonimitchellvaldoonican

I interviewed Ozzy once. I was holding a copy of a biography of him. "What do you think of that, then?" he asked. "I think it's a pile of shit. There's a picture in there, 'Ozzy and his favourite sister Jean'... it's me sister Iris!"

The Times tomorrow

In case you missed it, we had a cover reveal for my final Amethyst Lantern book, THE DAWN OF DUSK AND TWILIGHT! Art by @kiwifruitbird.bsky.social!

What does Nigel Farage have in common with Superman? They'll both toss balls for Krypto. #needswork

I think the most loathsome thing about Waters is the perpetual smirk of a man who thinks he knows more than anyone else because he wrote Pigs On The Wing Part 2.

happy birthday America (250), Johnni Whiddett (61) & The Undertones (50)

Good for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce: they seem like decent people and I wish them every happiness. But nobody should have a billion dollars, and the welfare of the rest of us should not depend on the whims of those who do.

Happy birthday America. It's not too late.

If Taylor Swift really wanted a private wedding venue she should’ve considered the National Mall.

Watch it, in this disappointingly low-res YouTube upload, and we'll see you on Monday. youtu.be/Ek89aSrwMN0?...

This was a joy.

Looking up the author of the Van Der Valk novels and

SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE

The recently released Michael Jackson movie has overtaken Oppenheimer as the highest-grossing biopic of all time. Critics likened ‘Michael’ to the 1988 Comic Strip film about Arthur Scargill, The Strike, due to both having highly fictionalised portrayals of their time with miners. #BTNNB #BTNRejects

Happy birthday America. Here's wishing you many happy return of sanity.

The Little Red Good Book: edition.cnn.com/2026/07/02/u...

This is not an argument for maths.

Lincoln. Still not sure it's a real place.

Murder on the Lothlorient Express #tolkienchristie

I'm taping the soccer.

"You wouldn't know me, I go to a different school." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This sounds like a nine year old's idea of what grown-ups want.

Orcule Poirot #tolkienchristie

Death Comes as the Ent #tolkienchristie

J631 Crab takes hold of heron's neck and fearing attack cuts neck and kills him.

I don't like saxophones.

"Comedian's bakery" sounds like the greatest euphemism of all time.

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