It's the same as the promise of so many other technologies: it'll reduce your workload. No, it'll just enable you to do more in the same time. www.itsnicethat.com/features/the...

LIMERICK It was the Medical Council’s belief, That as a form of effective relief, Paracetamol would Be next to no good From the pain of the Satsuma-in-Chief.

It was good to be back on Glastonbury Tor this morning for sunrise. I was away for a few days and then missed equinox yesterday due to a recurring health issue. I can't remember missing a solstice or equinox for years but I really couldn't manage it. Happy Autumn everyone. 😊💗

Research: Does anyone know whether the GRENVILLE ROOM shop at the BRITISH MUSEUM (not the main shop) was open in January 2020. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

This recipe is from Good Food magazine and we thought we would try the recipe as is and then see if we wanted to change anything, probably the cheeses, a sharp goat’s cheese would be nice, maybe some blue cheese and some toasted walnuts sprinkled on at the end. As can be the case the...

Probably the last word you want to be preceded by ‘Super’.

Is it really *that hard* to say that it is totally morally wrong to say to people who have come here legally, worked, paid taxes, built their lives here, contributed to Britain, that they have to fuck off now, rather than "unfunded".

The preorder link: goshlondon.com/pre-order-ph...

LONDON! The launch party for my new book is at Gosh Comics on Thursday 9th October from 7-9pm. Come along and get your special* copy signed! @goshcomics.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk goshlondon.com/the-gosh-blo...

almost finished Triton by Samuel Delany (for the nnth time - our 70s paperback finally broke in two a few days ago, book surgery imminent) - about to start The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You, essays by S Bear Bergman (recommended by a friend)

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It's Monday again and today I'm about to start The Fungus by Harry Adam Knight What book(s) are you reading this week? 💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR alt text in images please

Thanks to everyone who has bought this week! Milton Keynes and Guildford now looking very busy but still some left. Tickets available for all dates but don’t miss out!

The - oh I’m sorry, I’ve completely forgotten what I was trying to say. Anyway, I find the rails are…nothing I - what rails?

Now seems like a good time to remind folks that this t-shirt exists and you can buy it for a very reasonable price. www.punx.co.uk/product/bagp...

Today I offer a reminder of the word ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted from too much work. To be ‘foreswunk’ (my own version) is to be exhausted before you even begin.

Woah. That's a lot more than I was expecting. www.nova.ie/deezer-revea...

@rickygrove.bsky.social and I have been talking about books and movies again. open.substack.com/pub/paperbac...

This is TONIGHT!

UK - most of my October micro-tour dates are SOLD OUT. A few remain at Keymer and Gateshead: tickets available from my website. Next UK orbit is September 2026: don’t miss it!

My friend Laura aka @penfriendrocks.bsky.social is doing a few rare live shows including London - go see, she is brilliant www.thegrace.london/gigs/penfrie...

In two days I'm playing a gig in Manchester! In three days I'm playing a gig in Bristol! In nine days I'm playing a gig in London! In ten days I'm playing a gig in Birmingham! Then I'm going home possibly forever. These are my first venue gigs in SIX YEARS. I'm ready. See you there?

I’m going to: Leicester, Northampton, Bristol, Edinburgh, Newcastle, York, London, Birmingham, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Taunton, Southend, Cambridge, Southampton, Leeds, Liverpool, Guildford and Brighton. I also have a few previews coming up - including Frome and Angel Comedy this week…

If you’ve enjoyed my videos over the last few years I’d love to see you at my live shows. My tour starts in a month and sales have been slower than last year - probably partly because I’m not on X anymore. But it’s a fun show and I’d love more people to see it! www.livenation.co.uk/matt-green-t...

A short way into Clown Town by Mick Herron, latest in the Slough House/Slow Horses series, concerning failed spies sidelined into mind-numbing drudgery, and yet who somehow keep being drawn back into action. Don't know what's going on yet... but it's probably not going to be anything good, is it?

Eventually, the safety net slips, the sweetness turns to ash, turns your heart into a riot,feelings furious as a wrecking ball, & you can’t say you didn’t know, didn’t see it coming, & you can’t say it hasn’t happened before, happened again, but it didn’t happen *to* you, no— you did this. #TinyPoem

It's Monday again and today I'm about to start A Steeping of Blood by Hafsah Faizal What book(s) are you reading this week? 💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR alt text in images please

sometimes when I'm tired & overanxious, I type "evolutionary history of reptiles" into Google & open the results at random & become calmly absorbed by it all

Sad to report that Tony Award-winning actor/composer Frank Lazarus - Ravelli, the Chico Marx character in our BBC “Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel” re-creations of the early 1990s - died yesterday at the age of 86. The recent repeats of Flywheel on BBC Radio 4 Extra speak are fitting tribute. RIP.

As if that last post wasn't exciting enough ... we're live in session on the Riley & Coe show on BBC 6 Music on Monday night. If you fancy tuning in, you'll hear us playing four songs and there'll be a bit of chat with the mighty Gideon Coe.

My cartoon for this week’s @guardian books. p.s. this week I am on a USA/Canada tour with my new book. Details and preorder links at www.tomgauld.com

"Questions linger" about a thing that happened three or four days ago, I see. These vast spaces of media time. Empires have risen & fallen but still the questions linger.

The Crossing

I’ve read Illusions countless times over the last forty years, and I’ll probably keep re-reading it at least once a year until I die. open.substack.com/pub/mattkell...

My PHYSICS FOR CATS North American tour begins tomorrow! Come along and see me read, talk and sign comics. 13th and 14th: SPX / 16th: Toronto / 17th: New York / 18th: Chicago / 19th: Montreal / 20th and 21st Quebec City / More details at tomgauld.com

Word of the Day is ‘snerdle’ (19th century): to stay warm and still beneath the covers for as long as humanly possible.

“If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.”

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We have a cover for next year's Children of Strife!

Well, I guess I can talk about it now. Out in December, date tbc. Do you believe in miracles?

It's not the Observer's fault, but I read this headline in Spike Milligan's voice.

Radiohead condemn ‘exploitative’ touts and resale sites ahead of tour

There are about 20 tickets left for each of my four September shows in Manchester, Bristol, London and Birmingham. Would you like to join us?

Dream job. Not. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

I made some colour adjustments. Somehow the hues in the painting looked a little washed out earlier. Hopefully I punched hues, saturation and contrast (especially in terms of cool vs warm tones) somewhat in the right direction. I believe the canvas was set to CMYK, maybe that’s why it was so dull.

Really useful update from Bob Hawkins on Long Covid in England from the annual GP survey bhawkins3.substack.com/p/long-covid...

I’m promoting these shows myself because promoters only care about streaming numbers. Mine are very low, because I will never market someone’s tech company for them when they clearly don’t care if I – or my fellow artists – get to make music another day. penfriend.rocks/were-good-at...

#ai STEALING ALLLLLL YOUR VIDEOS. #YouTube

Mark is a lovely man, who I've been following online for years. Do support him if you can.

"You'll get your dog back, one way or another" (combined vet and taxidermist office)