It's the second part of this year's What We Did On Our Holidays series, and today we're looking at Nicosia. spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2025/11/13/d...

If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.

Last June, The BBG and I went to Ayia Napa. Did we really like it? Was it was it wicked? spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2025/11/06/t...

"The day NYC elects a Muslim Mayor will be the day I die." --Dick Cheney probably

Woke up today to the news

Oh wow did you hear about the mysterious fire next week

Bought at the age of 7 or so from the bargain singles bin at my local APT supermarket. Obviously lured in by the Disney IP-infringing label design. Didn't appreciate till decades later that I'd picked up a nifty ska novelty record. youtu.be/xoDGQlbv7F0

A booze-heavy first of the month post, but also including some late Halloween spookiness and a batch of ten tunes to listen to. spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2025/11/01/s...

I've pulled together all of last weekend's #Collabfest coverage into a single post, if you fancy reading reviews of 34 different beers. spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2025/10/30/c...

OK lads, the new @lankumdublin.bsky.social is about to drop and I can not prepare you adequately for Lankum doing techno, you have been warned: youtu.be/aLLnF4vxaeY?...

Sadako crawling out of your tv, turning motion smoothing off, then crawling back in

Final day of #Collabfest liveblogging on Untappd, everything still to play for. untappd.com/user/spanktm

There are no Garth Marenghi quotes that you couldn't believably attribute to Michael Haneke.

Day 3 of liveblogging #Collabfest on Untappd, which is where the bar crawl starts in earnest. Watch my writing skills deteriorate in real time! untappd.com/user/spanktm

Continuing to liveblog #Collabfest on Untappd, though the real work will start tomorrow. untappd.com/user/spanktm

Liveblogging #Collabfest 2025 on Untappd if anyone's interested in that sort of thing. untp.beer/a7abf34a6e

Louvre Thieves Given Immunity After Confirming Jewels Stolen For Purpose Of Training AI Software https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/louvre-thieves-given-immunity-after-confirming-jewels-stolen-for-purpose-of-training-ai-software/

Last day of #LFF 2025, reviewing Die My Love, Sholay. Final thoughts to follow. spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2025/10/20/s...

Penultimate day of #LFF 2025, reviewing Broken English, Nouvelle Vague, Still Nouvelle, Straight Circle spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2025/10/19/s...

Day 10 of #LFF 2025, reviewing Blue Moon, Endless Cookie, Screen Talk: Richard Linklater, Short Film Competition (parts 7-9) spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2025/10/18/s...

Day 9 of #LFF 2025, reviewing Below The Clouds, No Other Choice, Retreat, Short Film Competition (parts 1-6) spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2025/10/17/s...

Day 8 of #LFF 2025, reviewing Is This Thing On?, Rose Of Nevada (plus bonus sumo) spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2025/10/16/s...

giving the films a miss this evening, lads

Day 7 of #LFF 2025, reviewing Frankenstein, Hamlet, The Mastermind, The Memory Of Butterflies spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2025/10/15/s...

Day 6 of #LFF 2025, reviewing Hamnet, Kim Novak’s Vertigo, NOWISWHENWEARE (the stars), Reflections In A Dead Diamond spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2025/10/14/s...

Day 5 of #LFF 2025, reviewing One Woman One Bra, Only On Earth, Super Nature spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2025/10/13/s...

Day 4 of #LFF 2025, reviewing DJ Night: Black Is Beautiful, Dry Leaf, Magellan spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2025/10/12/s...

Day 3 of #LFF 2025, reviewing Human Resource, John Lilly And The Earth Coincidence Control Office, The Love That Remains spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2025/10/11/s...

Day 2 of #LFF 2025, reviewing The Art Of The Whodunit, Ballad Of A Small Player, The Eyes Of Ghana, Wake Up Dead Man spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2025/10/10/s...

Day one of #LFF 2025, reviewing The Devil Smokes (And Saves The Spent Matches In The Same Box), Wild Style spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2025/10/09/s...

Introducing #LFF 2025 by reviewing the trailer. spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2025/10/08/l...

Happy Bermondsey Beer Mile to everyone out there today! Like that other website I keep banging on about, our guide to the Mile has moved from Typepad to WordPress, and can now be reached at bermondsey-beer-mile.co.uk

AI actress Tilly Norwood has tragically passed away while filming her first movie with director A Hologram of John Landis

The once-a-year internet event that nobody really wants apart from me: a single page collating all my Edinburgh Festival reviews, now running from 1989 to 2025. spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2025/10/02/e...

RIP

First of the month post (and the first one in our new location (no, I still can't work out why the image aligned that way)). spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2025/10/01/s...

This feels like something @princecharlescinema.com should get involved with.

"I wanna destroy passers-by"

An announcement: spank-the-monkey.typepad.com/blog/2025/09...

James Gunn reminding himself to get his car checked in two years.

Make a band singular: One Thing One Thing Tear For Fear Cocteau Surviving Twin

Make a band singular: The Go! Person

You join us live from Danny Dyer’s birthday drinks.

When people ask, "Right before the Republic crumbled, who was doing the best 19th century literary pun stencils?" remember my name.

are you a fan of the music of Pyjamas Harvey

I enjoyed this. And what an infectious laugh. ❤️ "Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"

Here's a first-of-the-month post focussed on cybersecurity, Japan, and one other thing. (If you've been paying attention here over the past few days, you'll already know about the one other thing.) spank-the-monkey.typepad.com/blog/2025/09...

Wrapping up the Edinburgh Festival for another year, it's time for me to shut my trap and let my Pals tell you what they liked. spank-the-monkey.typepad.com/blog/2025/08...

Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival