I’ve been thinking long and hard about who should be in Andy Burnham’s first cabinet, and I’ve come to the conclusion that they should all be Muppets (except Andy Burnham, the token human).

“to international destinations” is so weird. 1. Put there by the airport to subtly make commuters dream about going on holiday 2. Put there by the train company to emphasise that you should get the TRAIN if it’s NOT international. 3. Put there by the designer who just thought it felt right.

Use the word “airport” Not airporty enough Put it in it block capitals Not airporty enough Make it pink Not airporty enough Add a little picture of a plane Not airporty enough Add the words “to international destinations” Just the right amount of airporty.

Next episode of Map Men genuinely might have to be delayed for a few days because it requires me running around outdoors dressed up as a Victorian in a massive top hat.

Surprising that a bigger deal isn’t made of the solstice. Should be a massive international holiday with songs and fireworks and kids staying up stupidly late.

Oh my!! Well, this is absolutely wonderful! Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who bought a copy and helped send the Map Men book to number 1!

New episode of #MapMen! 🗺️ The two most famous voyages around the world go head to head (58 years apart) to find out whose went worse. Share and enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mQK...

A gritty live-action prequel where a young Gaston eats four dozen eggs.

Throughout its long history, the BBC Video idents simultaneously made me feel cosy while giving me the willies. There's a cold, sterile bleakness to them. Pure hauntology.

Want!

Do you love funny stories about maps that went wrong? Do you want to take a book in your hand luggage on holiday? Then, good news! The PAPERBACK edition of the #MapMen book 'This Way Up - When Maps Go Wrong' is out TODAY! lnk.to/mapmen

Thrilled to be involved in this!

The latest series of #TaskmasterClub (Plinth) is out now and available here - taskmastereducation.com/clubs/create. It features a fresh batch of tasks including one set by the brilliant Map Men (@markcooperjones.bsky.social and @jayforeman.bsky.social). #ExtraCurricular #Enrichment #mapmen

We’re on the train to Birmingham! (And then Reading, and then Guildford, and then home for a bit; and then Manchester and then Greenwich.) Come see @markcooperjones.bsky.social and me answer impertinent questions about the paperback version of This Way Up When Maps Go Wrong. bio.to/MapMenOnTour

🎵whooooooooa camouflage 🎵

LOOK AT THE MOOOON!!!!!

Dreamt that my auntie Katie phoned up in a panic saying she’d accidentally become the mayor of Istanbul, and was massively out of her depth, so I went round to sort it all out and it turned out she’d just bought a board game called ‘Mayor of Istanbul’.

1. Apakah Anda berbicara bahasa Indonesia? 2. Apakah Anda memiliki mikrofon? 3. Apakah Anda ingin berbicara dalam sebuah episode 'Map Men'? Jika jawaban untuk ketiga pertanyaan tersebut adalah "YA", silakan balas.

"Ferdinand Magellan"....? 1. ma-JEH-lan 2. ma-GEH-lan

“A real crazy show where anything goes” does not describe Funhouse.

Do you like 90s/00s nostalgia? Of course you do! Come to THIS in Enfield on Saturday 30th May for just £5. I’ll be there (singing a duet with my wife!) www.dugdaleartscentre.co.uk/whats-on/dac...

Cartographical comedy clever clogs, The Map Men, join us as the guest task setters in the brand new series of Taskmaster Club -‘Plinth’. Available now taskmastereducation.com/clubs/create #TaskmasterClub #Enrichment #Geography #ExtraCurricular @jayforeman.bsky.social @markcooperjones.bsky.social

MAP MENNOUNCEMENT!! To celebrate the release of the paperback version of ’This Way Up - When Maps Go Wrong’, Mark and I are doing another book tour! Come and see us, and ask ask us any question you like in.… Birmingham Reading Guildford Manchester Greenwich bio.to/MapMenOnTour

You never think about owl eggs, do you.

So… hypothetically… if there was an election (or song contest) with 25 candidates, one of which was super-controversial, and passionate voters were able to vote 20 times on multiple devices… that would massively favour the pro votes, because the anti votes are split 24 ways.

Oops! I posted a photo of the link instead of the link. Here’s the ACTUAL link…. My wife is walking 15km to raise money for the Nightingale Cancer Support Centre. Please donate if you can. :) www.justgiving.com/page/mumsing...

I’ve only ***JUST*** realised “Sandie Shaw” can’t possibly be her real name!

My wife’s walking 15km tonight to raise money for the Nightingale Cancer Support Centre. Please support her if you can!

Hands up who thought a victory for the Labour Party, (even a Labour Party whose leader was a filing cabinet with googly eyes and a red rosette) wasn’t possible in 2024.

Two Angleseys, two Ibizas, not enough Orkneys, no Channel Islands, no Isle of Wight, and none of the sprinkly bits on top of Germany or the Netherlands.

Anyone done a map of the UK split into teeny tiny zones, each representing one polling station?

So… I just put this in here?

Episode 1 of Map Men was uploaded TEN years ago today!!! 🎂 🎉 Why not celebrate by watching all 37* episodes in a row right now? youtube.com/playlist?lis... (*33 if you don’t count the ones that don’t count)

For anyone who’s enjoyed SNL UK’s superb sketch about the 1984 British pork “My wife’s got what it takes” advert, Map Men are jumping on the bandwagon to repost our own homage we did last year.

Ringo Starr’s new music video. Featuring Sniset Rocker, Whiskey Ecords and The Whcay Peh2r Iooio

Growing up, ‘The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me’ was the only Roald Dahl book I never got round to reading. Tonight, after decades of being curious about it, I finally read it with my son. It’s shit.

Anyone else remember a cassette you used to be able to buy in the 80s that turned your speakers into fans? Used to put it on in the car and it went “wshshshshshsh!!!!!” REALLY painful on headphones.

Hey, #SNLUK, why is Belgium the sea?

When GTA5 was first released on the Amiga in 1991, it came on 78,000 floppy disks.

We’ve just uploaded a huge batch of outtakes, deleted bits, and behind the scenes footage from the last 4 episodes of Map Men. Join us on Patreon to see, among other things, Mark’s best attempt at asking a taxi driver in French to drive him to the middle of nowhere. patreon.com/mapmen

Bah.

This is relevant actually cos when @markcooperjones.bsky.social and I recorded the audiobook for the Map Men book ‘This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong’ the man in the booth said we weren’t allowed to sing the word “Parklife” for copyright reasons. Instead we had to *SAY* “Parklife” and it sounded weird.

When Oasis got drunk and sang “shitelife” at the 1996 BRIT Awards, did Blur get PRS royalties?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pphr... Why doesn’t EVERY music video from around 2003 that’s been uploaded to YouTube have this much distracting horizontal stripy interlacing thing going on?

Yesterday’s episode of #MapMen contains the stupidest advert we’ve ever made, and I still can’t believe Surfshark said yes. youtu.be/knCojy_3bmk

NEW EPISODE OF #MAPMEN!!! 🗺️ Is this the world’s most annoying road? Come with Mark and me on what turns out was an impossible road trip. 🇺🇸🚗🇦🇷 Share and enjoy! youtu.be/knCojy_3bmk Also, can you work out how we did The Special Effect?

If you'd like to see the Surfshark advert that was too stupid even by Surfshark's usually hands-off standards, we will be releasing it exclusively on our new Map Men Patreon later this week. Why not sign up now so you don't miss it? www.patreon.com/mapmen

For the first time ever, Map Men had an advert for Surfshark rejected for being too stupid. Our response was to give them something even stupider. And they said yes! The advert (and, if you’re interested, the episode of Map Men that surrounds it) is coming to YouTube this afternoon! Stay tuned...

NEW EPISODE OF MAP MEN!!! Watch on Patreon RIGHT NOW for just £2 www.patreon.com/mapmen