This was the last 2000AD I bought - prog 444 in 1985. My Nan used to get it me from the newsagent when we went to pay her rent. Just resubscribed as prog 2466 is released. Can anyone catch me up? #comics #2000AD

“I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace.”

This has appeared on quite a few 2025 lists, but I didn’t imagine it would be my bag. Finally got around to listening to it on this evening’s stroll only to find that it’s a genuinely remarkable record and I’m glad I heard it - but I’m not sure I’d want to listen to it again. Weird 🤯

#BookSky my pal @talesfromabsurdia.bsky.social who I know from yeeeeears ago back in the Old Country has just surfaced on here, give him a follow he's a top lad.

Christmas is back in the loft for another year - now I’m luxuriating under an electric blanket, reading this masterpiece and listening to Spirit of Eden. Absolutely top tier Saturday afternoon 👌 #NowReading

In an occasional but regular series of me discovering things that everyone else has already discovered, watched, loved and moved on to something else - Pluribus on Apple TV is really bloody good isn’t it?

This was a Christmas gift from someone who knows me well; a remarkable book of folk horror stories, based in a single village through different eras, from prehistoric settlement to futuristic climate disaster dystopia. Strong recommend. #NowReading

After a couple of days of sloth, this is restorative 🙌 #Whitby

It’s all kicking off here - big family do today; meanwhile, Iggy Pop is off his bean on catnip 🙀

A lovely hour with me old Ma, sharing doorstep sized vanilla slices. To spend time with her however, one must pay the toll - having this dickhead up in your grill

We’ve just realised that this is our 40th mad Friday; bit less mad these days, but super grateful for these lifelong friendships ❤️

Iggy Pop has closed his laptop for the Christmas holiday. I, alas, have not

Quick note to anyone thinking of buying my books: please purchase the new Swift Press versions, NOT the relatively small number of Unbound versions still knocking about, & being sold by OOINYA. Unbound stopped paying me for my work early in 2024 and I will never see a penny for these books.

Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy but isn’t a selfie

FINAL book giveaway of the year. To enter: reply below & repost this extract. Up for grabs: THREE signed Villager paperbacks with free art (bookmarks & postcards) by my parents. Enter if you enjoy Folklore Nature Rivers Hills Social history Lost art Ghost Tangled psychedelic narratives Silliness

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Picture of the staff who operate this Bluesky account.

We’ve had a very festive weekend; in a search for new Xmas movies to complement the vibe, we stuck this on. For approx 13 minutes. Please don’t subject yourself to this horrible experience; watch Elf again. #NotWatching

When we get to the end of a parmesan, I’m treated to my (half Italian) wife’s family beef ragu recipe. The parmesan rind adds *amazing* depth of flavour. Sometimes I grate it extra hard to use it up quicker

This thread is the GoaT

This goes hard; I wonder if they ever imagined it would be the soundtrack to a 55 year old man making trifle? #NowPlaying

Practice run for the Xmas dinner desserts today; I am charged with producing a classic trifle and a salted caramel chocolate torte. Nigella is my spirit guide 🎂

Handles for forks?

I already have a signed copy of this brilliant book - so reposting for the less fortunate

Excavating the last of Mum’s boxes after her recent move and she produced this artefact - a band I was in for a short while in the early 90’s. The most notable memory was rehearsing in the same space as The Wedding Present - our career was otherwise unremarkable.

Share someone who looks stylish wearing a vest …

Yesterday, someone on here recommended this Finnish #ChristmasMovie; and I’m now recommending it to you. Absolutely marvellous, in a weird, off-kilter kind of way.

Post your favorite “Transformers” character. Wrong answers only:

Slow Sunday is officially over. RatM were far from pioneers of fusing metal with rap/funk and hip-hop - but this album was a moment. Fuck you, I still won’t do what you tell me 🤘 #NowPlaying

Next up for a slow Sunday. Hard to believe this came out in ‘83 - it feels as modern and dynamic now as it did then. Perhaps infamous for planting the seed in Jools Holland’s head that every song could be improved by his boogie-woogie piano stylings? #NowPlaying

Christmas sorted. Prints, homewares, cards and t-shirts inspired by midcentury design, music and architecture. Designed in Manchester. Made in the UK. gailmyerscough.co.uk

Sunday morning coffee, with a singular talent. I have a view that certain artists are touched by something otherworldly - Bjork is one such artist. Magical. #NowPlaying

Just back from seeing CMAT in Sheffield. It was heaving and exuberant - she’s had quite a year. I don’t get my phone out at gigs, so this was the best/only photo I managed. Enjoy it in all its blurry splendour!

I’m not doing Black Friday this year. I’d rather be honest with you than try to compete with big brands. Every purchase genuinely makes a difference to my tiny business. Shop independent this Christmas. www.gailmyerscough.co.uk

“Do a vulgar roast. Use forbidden words.”

A movie that takes place where you're from:

Been watching this in recent days, starring the inestimable Samantha Morton; I thought it was new, but it seems to be several years old. ICY, like me, MI - it’s absolutely marvellous, with a cracking soundtrack 🐍

Is this the greatest hip-hop album of all time? I dunno - but it’s definitely *one of* the best - a ridiculously confident debut from a fully former superstar 🌟 #NowPlaying

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I’ve done for this in two sittings, using my new fully functional eyeballs. 👀 For those people constructing Xmas lists, it’s a strong recommend #nowreading

I-I’m a human fly, A-and I don’t know why… I do actually - just had my eyeballs sliced open and am now officially a cyborg - an enhanced human. And I can using my phone without specs for the first time in 15 years 🙌

I am a patient boy…

My longstanding love affair with @theblowmonkeys.bsky.social started here, about 40 years ago. Only just re-got this on vinyl, so had forgotten what a brilliant album it is. Post-punky, jazzy, dark and sophisticated; brilliant songwriting and musically v sophisticated. Great stuff 👌 #NowPlaying

A spare hour until Mrs Bren2k returns from a work trip; in what has become a teatime ritual, Iggy Pop and I are listening to a record. We are enjoying this one very much indeed 🙌 #NowPlaying #NowStroking

Home alone, so I’m making a solo tea and listening to this ace racket at volumes that are normally prohibited 👌 #NowPlaying

Never released on vinyl before you say? Go on then - it’d be rude not to… #NowPlaying

Two new pick-ups from the weekend - recommended by my local vinylmonger - have provided me with a delightful hour of funky #jazz ❤️ #NowPlaying

Nominate Minutemen singer-guitarist D. Boon for the 2026 Woody Guthrie Prize: it just makes a whole lot of sense.