Having spent archival time with the early Fabian Society he must have done something quite extraordinary for it to be deemed sexual misconduct…..

Cuando eres niño, quieres ser adolescente. Cuando eres adolescente, quieres ser adulto. Cuando eres adulto, quieres ser gato.

Why ‘cathedral visit souvenir’ and not ‘churchandise’?

How sunny is it? It’s Mexican World Cup shirt sunny, that’s how sunny it is @philippeauclair.bsky.social

We should not permit British airspace or bases to be used to prosecute mass murder, announced in advance.

Lasers were a huge scientific breakthrough and now we use them to play with cats. Computers were also a huge scientific breakthrough and now we use them to look at pictures of cats. In other words, science was made for cats.

LOOK at my EASTER CAKE!!!!

Top night at Proud Place last night with quizmaster @iammilliam.bsky.social and author @grindrod.bsky.social and several of the Bluesky massive. John, I was going to buy the book anyway but you would have sold it to me on that first extract reading alone! A book that needed writing. Buy it folks.

Super fun meeting @inigopurcell.bsky.social @0tralala.bsky.social and @scribblerrob.bsky.social at a fabulous talk by @grindrod.bsky.social hosted by the effortlessly eloquent industry expert @iammilliam.bsky.social Thanks all!!!!

Our annual viewing of the Brutalist Easter Bunny in Jyväskylä, Finland. www3.jkl.fi/taidemuseo/v...

Think I’ve just sorted my next holiday destination….

become ungovernable d2w9rnfcy7mm78.cloudfront.net/44803208/ori...

Bairstow has entered the chat.

Sadly we will have No Salah, no Salah, no Salah, Running down the wing……

Been away for a few days last week. Went into the back room for first time this morning and found a poor dead jackdaw on the window ledge. Came down the chimney and got trapped. Am pathetically so sad for it….

The Liverpool 1964-1973 Void Myth Pt.1: Mike Evans interview. The link between the Beat poets, Mersybeat, Deaf School and Punk. grantmcphee.substack.com/p/the-liverp...

"A conversation that drifts beautifully between storytelling, memory and the strange magic of writing about sound." That's me talking to @mickordmedia.bsky.social and @ianprowse.bsky.social for their podcast Misadventures in Music. urbanistamagazine.uk/misadventure...

To all the choir mums, who do the tireless work unseen to bring choristers to life; to those who used to be choir mums; those about to be choir mums; those who've lost their choir mums; the choir mums who've lost their chorister; we see you. and we love you and all you do. Happy Mothering Sunday.

Habermas dead. Arguably outlived the public sphere. apnews.com/article/juer...

Off topic, but this cheered me up no end - @edwyncollins.bsky.social with a cat in Sefton Park. Perfection.

Me: OK one last push and I’ll finish this article My LFC app:

Happy #caturday. Meet Sylvia. She’s from Lanzarote

I love all the versions of him, but “Are you not entertained?” Robbo is the best Robbo. #LFC

Mic drop 🎤

@bunnymen.com I want more than I can get…. But definitely won’t be leaving another 27 years between this and the next gig

Mac!! Will!!! #echoandthebunnymen

@iammilliam.bsky.social @wildtwin.bsky.social As we were saying, gentlemen… The White Star….

Why does Co-Pilot insist I verify I’m human before it will work? Feel like responding I AM You’re NOT….

Why does Co-Pilot insist I verify I’m human before it will work? Feel like responding I AM You’re NOT….

Boo no fun!!!!

Leonardo Padura Amelie Nothomb Simone de Beauvoir Colette Sybille Bedford

Such a FAB night

Assisting with/distracting from research by playing my way through every album advertised in Spare Rib. Here’s one (on the right) that cropped up on @grindrod.bsky.social ‘s Monstrosities Mon Amour recently!!

At this point, I'm willing to believe Starmer appointed Andrew to the Royal Family.

Waiting for the BBC analysis ‘Andrew arrested: Why this could be a big win for Farage’

Happy Birthday, Dad. Love you. Miss you 💔

The Sacred Memory Bank. Kirkby Gallery. Mondays to Saturdays until 27 March. Works by Mike Badger and Jeff Young. Come and have a look!

Reposting this piece I wrote a few years ago about growing up in Tadcaster (Madcaster). Sometimes the words come to you without effort, as if they’ve been brewing inside for years, waiting patiently for the cork to pop. verdantbrewing.co/blogs/brewin...

It’s Kim’s birthday tomorrow.

A fabulous read this

Fabulous workshop with @wildtwin.bsky.social and @mikebadger.bsky.social at the Sacred Memory Bank exhibition Look what I made @sarahdeaves.bsky.social @kevinmkruse.bsky.social

My Mac dictation app has just rendered ‘frenzied women’s libbers’ as ‘frenzied women’s slippers’ which is a whole new level of insult

I’ve received an email from Admin asking me to accept the student supervision spreadsheet as the ‘single source of truth’. I guess that’s the Philosophy and Theology Departments done for.

I think of him at the oddest moments Waiting for my ride to come, Or standing at the sink Washing tea cups, Walking to the mailbox Suddenly he's there Behind my vision Still full of laughter With that mischievous little brother grin. I miss him like a lost cause Or a toothache that comes and goes

Ident on BBC News. "We don't just report the news. We live it." Actually I'd rather you did just report the news. You're not bloody method actors.

If you don’t get the print version, my Tribune article on the Merseyside WLM is now available to read for free online: tribunemag.co.uk/2026/01/the-...

Lovely piece

May your year be blessed with accepts subject to minor corrections.

Starting my Christmas present reading