The Flaneur is on holiday in the UK. Big thumbs-up to the breakfast buffet in The Colchester Boutique Hotel. Had a large free-standing pineapple by the cutlery, which I may be misinterpreting.

Jamie meets his match… a tale of men, running, and men running. #running #Dubai #fiction theflaneurmagazine.substack.com/p/everything...

It was called Freedom 250 because that's how many people went.

Meanwhile, our international novelist of mystery, Jamie McThackeray, has found new ways to piss people off, and glamorous new surroundings in which to do it... theflaneurmagazine.substack.com/p/everything...

Incidentally, my five recommended albums, not including the two you already know, would be Lincoln, Mink Car, The Spine, Join Us and Glean, but with honourable mention shout outs for Apollo 18 and I Like Fun.

🔥New Episode🔥 Join Elizabeth Nelson (from The Paranoid Style) and me for a really fun chat about the 1970’s TV show Monkey, and the career of They Might Be Giants! #musicsky #rock #cats podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

I resent the video-fication of podcasting. That's just a TV show. Podcasts aren't supposed to be for hot people. They have everything else

How can these tricksy buggers be simultaneously not ripe yet AND on the way out?

Trump really said this: “Starmer has two problems: energy, immigration and crime.” God HELP US.

Very good review of this "lost" album, celebrating Colchester's Castle Park... www.nme.com/reviews/albu...

My nine year old asked for a Rosetta Stone cake for his birthday

Happy Juneteenth!! Recommend people watch Hidden Figures!

Next Friday, the third episode of The Flaneur Podcast drops. I'm joined by Elizabeth Nelson from The Paranoid Style to talk about 70's Japanese TV juggernaut "Monkey", and the enduring magnificence of They Might Be Giants. Don't miss it! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Who’s up for brunch? #Dubai #fiction theflaneurmagazine.substack.com/p/everything...

⚪️💛 she's on the nip 🤭🤣🙃 🪄💛⚪️💛⚪️🪄⚪️💛⚪️💛🪄

I was very sad to hear of Marjane's passing last week. #Persepolis #booksky

Give it up for the American healthcare system!

“We’d save ourselves an enormous amount of trouble in the future if we’d agree to a simple litmus test: Immediately disregard anyone in the business of selling a vision who proudly proclaims they hate reading,” @chatterton.bsky.social wrote in 2023:

Happy 22nd birthday to the short-lived Velvet Revolver's debut record, #Contraband. Now there was a supergroup who failed to escape either the Scylla of expectation or the Charybdis of destiny. Oh, the heady pre-2016 days when Slash and Duff were allowed to do other things and give interviews...

Bit of a spoiler on the menu in this Thai place. Apparently, basil leaves.

Two things still trouble me, Diane, and here I’m talking as a man as well as an agent of the bureau: who got potting soil on the hardwood flooring, and whatever happened to Kyle Craft?

On the second episode of The Flanuer podcast, I catch up with TV and film producer Dylan Rees to talk about indefensible man-nonsense. #podcast #culture #WWF podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Meanwhile if anybody wants me, I’m going by my new porn-name, Cookie Policy.

It’s the start of another arduous cavalcade of poor decisions in the preposterous metropolis of Dubai with everyone’s favourite asshole novelist! #booksky #books #Dubai theflaneurmagazine.substack.com/p/everything...

@rideonmct.bsky.social what’s happened to the 12.25 Lime bus from Shady Grove?

What are your favorite nicknames for the different mah-jong tiles? Mine include Mr. Slash, the Moustache, green monster, Rock Lobster, Nijinsky, the Ace of Nothing and Prince Charles.

I’m on a high-speed train to New York. The air-con is set to “Hoth”.

Nodody can understand the challenges facing Britain’s young adults better than a former boss of a nationwide chain of shops for the elderly. news.sky.com/story/former...

You know what we don't talk enough about? Queen & Annie Lennox/David Bowie rehearsing 'Under Pressure' in 1992. So much going on! Everyone's clothes, Bowie with a lit cig throughout, where Annie PROPER GOES FOR IT, George Michael singing along in the background. The amazing vocals. Yes, please!

Christ. www.chortle.co.uk/features/202...

Don't miss the latest gossip from the increasingly insane world of #F1... theflaneurmagazine.substack.com/publish/post...

🔥Happy New Kurt Vile Record Day to all who celebrate.🔥 open.spotify.com/album/5AfELt...

This is Edward. He was given 6 months to live after being found as a stray. His family was determined to give him the best few months possible, so they introduced him to the ice cream truck. That was 27 months ago. 14/10 #SeniorPupSaturday (IG: magnificent_foster_dogs)

Imagine for a moment what he could do if he were the prime minister, had a legislative majority, and appointed both the Chancellor and the Culture Secretary.

YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK

In the second episode of the Flaneur podcast, Dylan Rees and I get all butch and manly… podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Here's a tear-jerker to close out Thursday. You're welcome.

Well this is a first. My apple watch has stopped, at 15:01:58 pm. Life has reached peak WTF.

FICTION: Nostalgia combats melancholia while real life falls quietly to pieces in the background. theflaneurmagazine.substack.com/p/jack-danie...

Blimey charlie! Turns out a new Smashing Pumpkins album just dropped. I’ll have a listen later and let you know if it’s worth 38 minutes of your life.

Every line of this poster is more baffling than the last, it stopped me dead in my tracks

Rhianna Pratchett Dives Deep into the Narrative Design of 'Life Below' techmash.co.uk/2026/05/12/r... @techmashcouk #Megapop #underwatercitybuilder #LifeBelow #RhiannaPratchett #biologist #coralreef #wildlife #techmash #ecosystems #ocean #n5dave #gamingnews #gamers #videogames #gaming

Bored on the metro, wrote a poem. Je ne parle pas français. Je suis vieux et j'ai des fourmillements dans mes organes reproducteurs. Allez ! Allez ! Allez ! Il reste du palak paneer d'hier soir pour le dîner. Allons-y ! #french

If you see this guy, buy him a beer. Top joke.

Ten tracks which simultaneously brighten the corners of ‘Murmur’ and deepen the mystery of their Whitman-like mainline into America's subconscious, REM’s ‘Reckoning’ is a miracle of pure melody and cosmic truths, muttered from halfway across a rehearsal room. Perfect. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oC6...

If you found the #Miami #F1 Grand Prix a little dull, you must have missed all the #drugs and the #vampires. theflaneurmagazine.substack.com/p/total-bull...

Well this aged terribly

The nature of Monkey is... irrepressible.

On the latest Too Hot For TV I am joined by @theiainmartin.bsky.social to discuss the expanded media of the X Files. First it's the audio book of 'Ground Zero' then its a look at the 1998 film 'The X Files: Fight For The Future' linktr.ee/Dylan_Rees

If you found the Miami Grand Prix a little dull, you must have missed all the drugs and the vampires. theflaneurmagazine.substack.com/p/total-bull...