I loved the 2006 Mitchell & Webb TV sketch show, but I never imagined “are we the baddies?” would graduate from funny catchphrase to the defining philosophical aphorism for our age

They’ve done it again. Another television treasure has been uncovered. Can’t say too much until next week but it’s the result of another blinder played by John and the FisF team. First Doctor Who, now Morecambe and Wise, and it’s a terrific example of their work.

Doctor Who Circuit Breaker news is coming next week. cultbox.co.uk/news/doctor-...

Fourth wall? Where we're going, we don't need no fourth wall. 📻♬♫♪ SOUND UP to listen to the new trailer for The Middling Monks!

The Harbour (Talkabout the Beach, 1975) Artist: Harry Wingfield

It’s one of those mornings when the words are flowing like porridge. #WritersLife

"But that's terrible," said Arthur. "Listen, bud," said Ford, "if I had one Altairan dollar for every time I heard one bit of the Universe look at another bit of the Universe and say 'That's terrible' I wouldn't be sitting here like a lemon looking for a gin. But I haven't and I am."

Other work by the Ladybird artists ‘April’ Shell Guide to Trees and Shrubs Artist: SR Badmin

In a novelty store-cum-surgery-cum-graveyard, Richard's popping a cracker up a ladder, Steven's exploiting a mine in an unexpected way, and Brendan's walking off a wrestling-related concussion. It's Annette Andre's first appearance in #TheAvengers, Mandrake. #podcast open.spotify.com/episode/73G0...

OUT NOW! Turlough vs history. ✒️📜🎭🗡️💀👑 Click https://bgfn.sh/exeunt to start listening to Doctor Who: Expulsion, a brand-new full-cast audio drama box set starring Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant and Mark Strickson.

“Wrestling’s fake!” Oh yeah? Then explain this

Let's unbox the copies of my Eighth Doctor history book, Leap of Eighth - with a foreword by Paul McGann! UK pre-order: telos.co.uk/shop/doctor-... (I'm based in the UK so the information within regards this side of the Pond unless otherwise specified) #DoctorWho #8thDoctor

Good morning, gang. ☕☀️

Hello, I did a podcasting about Where We Stand, Where We Fall, and probably it's not a completely confused ramble. Probably. (It is a bit hard talking about one's own work, I am trying to be better at it.)

ICYMI, June's new Ninth Doctor audio adventure is Doctor Who: Thirteen O'Clock, written by Robert Valentine... https://bgfn.sh/1500

Well, I think the Daleks' city is actually quite nice and the narrator is being very unfair.

A Hamster with a Blunt Penknife. Five years of trivia, insanity, friendship, laughter, community, and bullshit opinions. Going strong.

The @forteanlondon.bsky.social event at Conway Hall had its very own Unwarranted Afternoon Performance. #strangecentral

You can add “… Mr Bond” to the end of any of these statements and it fits perfectly.

I'm doing an online talk with Creswell Crags on 27 April, examining the folklore of May Day! It's at 6 pm BST. [Image by Isaiah Thomas, Public Domain] www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maypoles-h...

“From the moss-covered old alder stump young leaves are breaking, and close beside the stump there is a wild duck on her nest” Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe ‘What to Look for in Spring’ (1961)

Their book has a discount on the Routledge site right now with free shipping #StrangeCentral www.routledge.com/Bigfooters-a...

I SPAT MY DRINK OUT #StrangeCentral

Finishing up the day with Ben Machell, Sarah Sparkes and Alice Vernon: Ghost hunting in the Archives. 👻 📚

Now at ##StrangeCentral, Mark Pilkington on connections between UFO interest and US political and entrepreneurial right wing types... a tangled web.

Wait... what? #StrangeCentral

Post-lunch at #StrangeCentral for @forteanlondon.bsky.social has us hit the forests: sociologists of science @drjamielewis.bsky.social & Andrew Bartlett say “Bigfooter” communities are moving from hunting to citizen scientists as the problem of habeus corpus keeps the skeptics loud.

Now Mark Pilkington on UFOs: Weapons of Mass Disruption. #StrangeCentral 🛸

Great morning watching #strangecentral from @forteanlondon.bsky.social at @conwayhall.bsky.social. We've had the Calvine photograph (UFO), occult coins and sea monsters. Great stuff all round.

Looking for Bigfoot at #StrangeCentral… 🐻

"Coaelcanths are red herrings!" very good @tetzoo.bsky.social, very good. #StrangeCentral

Sea Monsters Past and Present with Dr Darren Naish at #StrangeCentral

Darren Naishon on Sea Monsters Past and Present. Oh, yeah. 🐳 🐉 🦑 🦞 #StrangeCentral

Dominic Chorney on History’s Weird Money: Treasures of the Occult. #StrangeCentral 🪙

Dominic Chorney starts the second session at #StrangeCentral from @forteanlondon.bsky.social & @conwayhall.bsky.social 'History's Weird Money: Treasures of the Occult'.

At @conwayhall.bsky.social for @forteanlondon.bsky.social’s #StrangeCentral, kicking off with @drdavidclark.bsky.social on The Calvine UFO. 🛸

"The best way to get a drink out of a Vogon is to stick your finger down his throat, and the best way to irritate him is to feed his grandmother to the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal."

New companions for the 8th Doctor @bigfinish.bsky.social @alfiejdshaw.bsky.social @mrrobvalentine.bsky.social @ksarmitage.bsky.social @kenbentley.bsky.social scifibulletin.com/2026/04/17/n...

“Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together - mass hysteria!” The Book of Peter

It’s the London Fortean Society’s Strange Central tomorrow, a day long event on ghosts, monsters and UFOs at Conway Hall, Holborn. You can attend in person or remotely, so you don’t even have to leave your wingback armchair. 👻 🦖 🛸 📚

Meet the Eighth Doctor's new companions! 🌟 Natalie Gumede and Sam Stafford join Paul McGann in Doctor Who: New Pathways, a brand-new audio drama miniseries. 🌟 Due to begin in November 2026! Click https://bgfn.sh/chasenews to find out more.

Wasn’t expecting a debate with my Uber driver about the historicity of the Shroud of Turin or the electric powers of the Great Pyramid at Giza, but I got one.

🕘 What time is it? 🕙 Thirteen O'Clock! 🕚 https://bgfn.sh/ticknews 🕛 Time is running out for the Ninth Doctor and Rose. 🕐

A vibrant proof copy of SR Badmin‘s Ludlow Castle travel poster

The poodle in Batman Begins was not a poodle. That’s how good an actor that dog was.

HYPNOGORIA 305 - Piccolo Explorer Book of Mysteries Part I In this show we travel back to the 1980s to look at a set of books all on things weird and wonderful - the Piccolo Explorer Book of Mysteries! hypnogoria.libsyn.co... #books #podcast #1980s #mysteries #ChildrensBooks

SALE! 💫 Up to 50% off selected jumping on points! 💫 https://bgfn.sh/jop26 💫 No previous knowledge necessary. This is where characters and concepts are introduced for the first time, or story arcs begin. Offers expire no later than 23:59 (UK time) on 19 April 2026.

Get your tickets for Strange Central 2026 on 18 April 2026 @conwayhall.bsky.social Our day of ghosts, monsters, UFOs, and more. Book sales via The Word Bookshop Tickets and details: forteanlondon.blogspot.com/2026/02/stra... 8/8

I hate living through Thatcher's twelfth term.