@cobrunstrom.bsky.social
📤 127
📥 85
📝 656
Stay put. Don't go to London. The Fifth Season of Only Murders in the Building reviewed.
conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/s...
loading . . .
Stay put. Don’t go to London. The Fifth Season of Only Murders in the Building reviewed.
It took us a while to catch up with this season – we were neither of us in a bingeable place. And the series ending left us with a disquieting possibility. It looks as though Season 6 may be …
https://conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/stay-put-dont-go-to-london-the-fifth-season-of-only-murders-in-the-building-reviewed/
2 days ago
0
0
0
However a speech might have been edited for a documentary - there can be no doubt that Trump steered an angry mob at the Capitol and did nothing to stop them for hours when they turned violent. That's treason.
3 days ago
0
3
2
Pleasures of Imagination. Happy Birthday Mark Akenside
conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2019/11/09/p...
loading . . .
Pleasures of Imagination. Happy Birthday Mark Akenside
Born OTD on 1721, the geordie medic Mark Akenside is thought to have had possibly the worst bedside manner of any eighteenth century doctor not actually part of the navy. He was reputed to have da…
https://conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2019/11/09/pleasures-of-imagination-happy-birthday-mark-akenside/
3 days ago
0
0
0
Karen and Carlos danced great. I did find hair, make up, and costumes rather odd and off putting.
#Strictly
4 days ago
0
1
0
Lennon remembers William Mann
conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2025/11/08/l...
loading . . .
Lennon remembers William Mann
In many ways, Arthur Janov was one of the more disastrous people John Lennon ever met. Janov’s primal scream therapy did I suppose inspire an album many regard as a masterpiece. Actually it i…
https://conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2025/11/08/lennon-remembers-william-mann/
4 days ago
0
0
0
reposted by
Joel Morris
5 days ago
Rosalind Franklin Leaving her notes in a pile That she keeps by the door Who is it for? Awful James Watson Stealing the credit And snaffling all the awards Misogynist bore
9
390
106
Closer. Desperate Thespians in Maynooth
conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/c...
loading . . .
Closer. Desperate Thespians in Maynooth
There’s a reason why Patrick Marber’s play continues to compel and find itself restaged so often. It is a remarkably eloquent play, turbo-charged with memorable one-liners to take home …
https://conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/closer-desperate-thespians-in-maynooth/
5 days ago
0
0
1
The Gunpowder Plot - one authentic victim?
conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2013/11/06/t...
loading . . .
The Gunpowder Plot – one authentic victim?
Reflecting on the Gunpowder Plot yesterday, I neglected to say anything about the one real victim of the whole affair – Father Henry Garnet. Garnet was an English Catholic priest who refused…
https://conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2013/11/06/the-gunpowder-plot-one-authentic-victim/
6 days ago
0
0
0
Remember, Remember the 5th November - Gunpowder "Treason" and Not Being All That Bright
conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2013/11/05/r...
loading . . .
Remember, Remember the 5th November – Gunpowder “Treason” and Not Being All That Bright
A few seasonal reflections – inadequately joined up… “Treason doth never prosper – what’s the reason? For if it prosper none dare call it treason.” The idea that…
https://conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2013/11/05/remember-remember-the-5th-november/
7 days ago
0
0
0
conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/5...
loading . . .
conradbrunstrom
Visit the post for more.
https://conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/50911/
8 days ago
0
0
0
Happy Birthday George Boole, James K. Polk and Marie Antoinette
conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2015/11/02/h...
loading . . .
Happy Birthday George Boole, James K. Polk and Marie Antoinette
So many birthdays. Such cakes (“let them eat cakes”). So many candles. I know far too many mathematicians to dare to say anything about George Boole, born today in 1815. It’s al…
https://conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2015/11/02/happy-birthday-george-boole-james-k-polk-and-marie-antoinette/
10 days ago
0
1
1
Lewis Cope only needs the support of his family to triumph at Strictly.
#Strictly
11 days ago
0
0
0
Total Eclipse of the Heart is the BEST 1980s power ballad ain’t it?
#Strictly
11 days ago
0
2
0
And so the professional dancers kick off the Halloween special with the traditional ‘Human Centipede’ conga.
#Strictly
11 days ago
0
0
0
The 270th anniversary of the Lisbon earthquake. Visit "Quake".
conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/t...
loading . . .
The 270th anniversary of the Lisbon earthquake. Visit “Quake”.
Quake is a museum in Lisbon that offers all the immersive excitement of the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake. I think what you’re thinking… too soon? This was the worst disaster to befall a heavi…
https://conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/the-270th-anniversary-of-the-lisbon-earthquake-visit-quake/
11 days ago
0
4
2
Keats and Proust. For Keats' Birthday.
conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2019/10/31/k...
loading . . .
Keats and Proust. For Keats’ Birthday.
Today is Keats’ birthday. Imagine if instead of celebrating all things spooky on this one day of the year we instead celebrated all things Keatsian? What if throughout the month of October …
https://conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2019/10/31/keats-and-proust-for-keats-birthday/
12 days ago
0
0
0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Wea...
loading . . .
The Godfather: Part 2 (3/8) Movie CLIP - You're Nothing to Me Now (1974) HD
YouTube video by Movieclips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Weaop_aiTg
12 days ago
0
0
0
Reposting on the occasion of Julia's birthday. Waiting in the Wings. I Claudius - Part 3. Reviewed.
conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2021/10/01/w...
loading . . .
Waiting in the Wings. I Claudius – Part 3. Reviewed.
We must sadly reflect on the truncated legacy of Damien Angadi. Born into a fascinating highly cultured and politicised family he was a boy treble of note, and a Cambridge choral scholar, before be…
https://conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2021/10/01/waiting-in-the-wings-i-claudius-part-3-reviewed/
13 days ago
0
0
0
Some people do "Dry January" every year. We do "Dry November". It makes Christmas merrier and Halloween far more terrifying.
14 days ago
0
0
0
Give the people what they want... The Wrath of Khan, rewatched.
conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/g...
loading . . .
Give the people what they want… The Wrath of Khan, rewatched.
Following the perceived disappointment of Star Trek, the Motion Picture, Nicholas Meyer directs a second Star Trek film which essentially gives the people what they want. For one thing, there is a …
https://conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/give-the-people-what-they-want-the-wrath-of-khan-rewatched/
14 days ago
0
0
0
#PrunellaScales
conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/w...
loading . . .
Wasn’t that last year? Immediate reaction to the death of Prunella Scales.
Yes, I saw the headline, but felt at first irritation rather than sadness. Wasn’t that last year? No. It was not last year, it was today. Last year was Timothy West. The fact that I thought I…
https://conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/wasnt-that-last-year-immediate-reaction-to-the-death-of-prunella-scales/
15 days ago
0
0
0
Happy Birthday Dylan Thomas. Quieter Birthday Sylvia Plath.
conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2014/10/26/h...
loading . . .
Happy Birthday Dylan Thomas. Quieter Birthday Sylvia Plath.
Dylan Thomas was born OTD in 1914. Of course, like most people born in 1914, he’s no longer with us. Dylan Thomas was never going to make it to 100. Or 80. Or 60. Or 40 in the event. Alo…
https://conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2014/10/26/happy-100th-birthday-dylan-thomas/
16 days ago
0
0
0
conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2025/10/26/h...
loading . . .
Heretic, belatedly reviewed.
In the run up to Halloween, we like to get at least one fairly new horror film under our belts before relaxing into some old favourites. Like T.S. Eliot’s idea of the canon – some of th…
https://conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2025/10/26/heretic-belatedly-reviewed/
17 days ago
0
1
0
It occurs to me that contestants on Traitors have to suffer a fortnight of psychological torture to get their hands on the sort of money that players on The Wheel can win in about five minutes.
18 days ago
0
0
0
See, I tuned in to ‘Icons Week’ hoping someone would show up dressed as Saint Vasily the Blessed
#Strictly
18 days ago
0
3
0
Of course, Johnny Cash is mainly remembered for his amazing dancing…
#Strictly
18 days ago
0
3
0
On the Anniversary of Agincourt... Cry God for Harry, England and St George. But not too loudly. The 1979 BBC Henry V.
conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2017/04/23/o...
loading . . .
On the Anniversary of Agincourt… Cry God for Harry, England and St George. But not too loudly. The 1979 BBC Henry V.
There’s a strong case for saying that Henry V is the most Machiavellian ruler in the Shakespearean canon – far more Machiavellian than Richard III who, after all, lost. David Gwillim, f…
https://conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2017/04/23/on-shakespeares-birthday-cry-god-for-harry-england-and-st-george-but-not-too-loudly-the-1979-bbc-henry-v/
18 days ago
0
0
0
reposted by
National Book Tokens
19 days ago
Author
@oonaf.bsky.social
's This Interim Time (
@lilliputpress.bsky.social
) is a poignant meditation on memory, family, and the brief windows of life we share with those we love. This
#IrishBookWeek
, Oona joins us to share some of her favourite books about grief. Read now:
buff.ly/1wwAtgh
0
5
3
Roll out the Barrel for Mrs Annie Edson Taylor's Birthday
conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2014/10/24/r...
loading . . .
Roll out the Barrel for Mrs Annie Edson Taylor’s Birthday
Yes, it was ON THIS DAY that Mrs Edson Taylor became the very first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. She got her cat to do it first and decided to go ahead after the cat emerged alive…
https://conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2014/10/24/roll-out-the-barrel-for-mrs-annie-edson-taylors-birthday/
19 days ago
0
0
0
We do of course have a once in a lifetime opportunity today to drag someone to the presidency against their will. But we really shouldn't. Cos he'd be rubbish.
19 days ago
0
0
0
Usher says "Happy 6029th Birthday World!"
20 days ago
0
0
0
George III and Donald Trump. What's the Difference?
conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/g...
loading . . .
George III and Donald Trump. What’s the Difference?
Like many people, I’m still reeling a bit from the horrible video depicting Donald Trump as a bomber evacuating an industrial quantity of liquid shit from his very loose bowels on urban demon…
https://conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/george-iii-and-donald-trump-whats-the-difference/
21 days ago
0
0
0
Kiss Me Hardy OR Happy Trafalgar Day
conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/k...
loading . . .
Kiss Me Hardy OR Happy Trafalgar Day
I had something of a Nelson obsession as a child. Part of it involved having annual holidays on the Isle of Wight – which meant that pausing to visit the HMS Victory on the way was something…
https://conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/kiss-me-hardy-or-happy-trafalgar-day/
22 days ago
0
0
0
Robert Wise in Outer Space. Star Trek, the Motion Picture, favourably reviewed.
conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/r...
loading . . .
Robert Wise in Outer Space. Star Trek, the Motion Picture, favourably reviewed.
When young, I clung to the fashionable orthodoxy that odd numbered Star Trek films were duds and the even numbered ones were rather good. I am ready to disabuse myself of this notion if necessary. …
https://conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/robert-wise-in-outer-space-star-trek-the-motion-picture-favourably-reviewed/
23 days ago
1
2
0
Is Harry Style old enough to be an "icon"?
#Strictly
24 days ago
0
0
0
"And Swift expires a driveler and a show..." On this day in 1745.
conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2017/10/19/a...
loading . . .
“And Swift expires a driveler and a show…” On this day in 1745.
Except that he didn’t. Swift certainly died on this day in 1745 (OS), but there’s no record of his driveling especially, and nor was he a “show”. People did not pay good m…
https://conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2017/10/19/and-swift-expires-a-driveler-and-a-show-on-this-day-in-1745/
24 days ago
0
0
0
Happy 300th Birthday Sexy John Wilkes
conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2013/10/17/h...
loading . . .
Happy Birthday Sexy John Wilkes
Happy Birthday John Wilkes, forever young, forever ugly. forever sexy. I may have blogged about “Wilkes and Liberty” already. But this is me blogging on “Sexy Wilkes”. In…
https://conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2013/10/17/happy-birthday-john-wilkes/
26 days ago
0
0
0
reposted by
Siobhán McElduff
27 days ago
You could work in one of the most beautiful libraries there is!
add a skeleton here at some point
0
14
4
Marie Antoinette was abbreviated OTD in 1793
conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2021/10/16/m...
loading . . .
Marie Antoinette was abbreviated OTD in 1793
Her husband had been done back in January. Marie Antoinette was guilty of a great many things. She was culpably foolish, recklessly extravagant and lacking in any sense of social responsibility. Sh…
https://conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2021/10/16/marie-antoinette-was-abbreviated-otd-in-1793/
27 days ago
0
0
0
conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/t...
loading . . .
Tony Hart at 100 – a centenary everyone can celebrate.
In the 1970s, Tony Hart looked like an art teacher is supposed to look. Cravated or open shirted, with greying hair slightly longer than is usual for someone his age, he had a suitable gentleness t…
https://conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/tony-hart-at-100-a-centenary-everyone-can-celebrate/
28 days ago
1
0
0
reposted by
Marsh's Library
about 1 month ago
We are advertising for an Assistant Director to join us in Marsh's Library. Full details about this exciting post here:
marshlibrary.ie/vacancy-for-...
0
76
58
My Dad's never to be forgotten birthday.
conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/m...
loading . . .
https://conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/my-dads-never-to-be-forgotten-birthday/
30 days ago
0
0
0
Lest we forget... the tragic anniversary of Margaret Thatcher's birth...
conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2015/10/13/l...
loading . . .
Lest we forget… the tragic anniversary of Margaret Thatcher’s birth…
October 13th 1925 A NATION MOURNS! It is with sincere regret that we must announce the untimely birth of Margaret Hilda Roberts early this morning in her home town of Grantham. Probably with the as…
https://conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2015/10/13/lest-we-forget-ninety-years-ago-today-margaret-thatcher-was-tragically-born/
about 1 month ago
0
0
0
Actually I just like hearing the Thunderbirds theme tune again for any reason.
#Strictly
about 1 month ago
0
0
0
I’m nostalgic for when Minecraft was more popular than Mein Kampf.
#Strictly
about 1 month ago
0
3
1
R.I.P. Diane Keaton.
about 1 month ago
0
2
0
This Mask of Zorro performance is disarmingly good.
#Strictly
about 1 month ago
0
4
0
"Nunc dimittis servum tuum, Domine". I have lived to see someone stomp to the Thunderbirds theme tune on Strictly. I couldn't even see the strings.
#Strictly
about 1 month ago
0
1
0
So we’re doing the creepy Hitler Youth song from Sound of Music are we? Grateful nobody picked Cabaret this year.
#Strictly
about 1 month ago
2
6
0
An annual reminder that the only 3 classic movies never to feature on Strictly are Withnail and I My Dinner with Andre Le Chien Andalou
#Strictly
about 1 month ago
0
0
0
Load more
feeds!
log in
