I mean it does look like the people whose deaths he is responsible for are reaching out from beyond the grave, so there is that.

He's like fucking Mutley wanting a medal. FIFA Peace prize? What a crock of shite.

#OnThisDay 5 December 1990 - FAST FORWARD Will skydiving help Dot and Mo sort out the community centre's finances in #EastEnders the cartoon? How did Teenage Mutant Turtles end up in #BykerGrove? On closer inspection, is Henry actually Henrietta in #GrangeHill? + The Proggy Pages

Zack Polanski has that rare ability to communicate with ordinary people in a way that makes them feel valued & cared for. In these bleak times he gives people hope of a fairer future.

All the other countries need to follow the lead of Ireland, Spain, Slovenia and the Netherlands.

What's behind door number 3 of the Scarred For Life advent calendar..? Watch out - it's The Thin Man, THE BOY FROM SPACE's creepy adversary!

Behind door number 5 of the Scarred For Life advent calendar... it's one of the most beautiful, heartbreaking - and wintry! - public information films ever made: FROZEN PONDS!

🚨The winner of the patreon vote this year was... Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay by Robert Greene. We will now begin the groundwork to make this into a full cast audio adaptation over the next year or so, and maybe some of the runners up will go into production too. #patreon #vote

Thank you, brilliant #rehearsal room photographer (Matt Usher) for making me (and my subtle choices) look this good. Wonderful to be at the Corn Exchange, King's Lynn again, with so many talented and lovely people! #theatre #theater #pantomime #Christmas

#OnThisDay 3 December 1977 DOWN THE STREET BEHIND THE STREET TV Times celebrates 17 years of #CoronationStreet by taking a peek inside the homes of cast members Johnny Briggs, Neville Buswell, Anne Kirkbride, William Roache, Thelma Barlow & Madge Hindle (with daughter Charlotte).

At this point if you’re coming out against UBI either admit you’re an idiot or that you just want to watch people suffer. It’s one or the other.

As a European immigrant, a lot of the mechanics, optics, and arguments behind the #stadium have, for me, viscerally and unpleasantly strong parallels to the Brexit debacle. I very much hope the outcome doesn't have the same parallels. #politas #asupol #Tasmania ruthforrest.com.au/uncategorise...

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 3 ‘Baubles,’ 1964 Artist: Frank Hampson

Behind door number 2 of the Scarred For Life advent calendar... it's the atmospheric and somewhat creepy title sequence to ITV's 'get kids reading' show THE BOOK TOWER (Tom Baker-era)!

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 2 No one does bleak-but-beautiful-winter like artist Rowland Hilder

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.

It's been brutal, and politicians together with certain media outlets have spurred it on. The TPC report should have been the end of it, but to put it ironically, the government couldn't "accept the umpire's decision." Whatever is decided, it will continue to divide Tasmanians for decades. #politas

Something a little bit different for the YouTube channel this festive season. I give to you these compendiums of Christmas continuity, idents, trails and assorted miscellany. First there's one from the 1980s...

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 1 ‘The village’ Artist: SR Badmin

This is a subtle thing, but I think I would COLLABORATE more if there was UBI. When fund my own creative pursuits (e.g., music, blogging, streaming, ect), I can rarely afford to pay other people to join in and I feel very strongly that no creator should contribute for free. But if we BOTH had UBI…

#OnThisDay 30 November 1968 Soon #CoronationStreet will be eight years and 850 episodes old. Of the old regulars, 19 have moved on. Some have asked to go, others were written out. What happened to them? Where are they now? Includes #KennethCope, #ArthurLowe and #PhilipLowrie.

Tomorrow is 1 December, which means a week until pantomime opens! But it also means I only have 35 days left ibefore I fly back to these snausages (and Paul, obviously, who took the photos). They would like you to know that they have been very good #dogs whilst looking after grandad! #whippets

I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape

#OnThisDay 29 November 1989 - FAST FORWARD Helen removes dirt from Mrs McCluskey's rocker box and really gets her engine running in #GrangeHill. An Irish foghorn on legs in BREAD. "In ze night ve have all been victims of practical jokes!" in 'ALLO 'ALLO! Plus, The Proggy Pages

#OnThisDay 29 November 1989 - FAST FORWARD EVERYBODY NEEDS GOOD NEIGHBOURS - We're still big #Neighbours fans even with Kyles gone. SCHOOL REPORT - Simone Hyams, Calley from #GrangeHill, danced like a baby elephant. MAID TO BE MERRY - A chattete with the Sheriff #TonyRobinson.

It's probably my last #FungiFriday of the year, given the weather! These finds were after several frosts, in Surrey and Perthshire, so I was delighted to see them, even though numbers and diversity overall seems down on previous years. #fungi #mushroom #nature #FungiFriends

#OnThisDay 28 November 1990 - FAST FORWARD Has Arthur's cat eaten Pete's pigeons in #EastEnders the cartoon? Is the Grove haunted in #BykerGrove? Can Chrissie rescue the rats in #GrangeHill? Plus, The Proggy Pages.

#FossilFriday Victorian Christmas cards: "Ideal impression of a future creation discovered by professors Ichthyosaurus, Megalosaurus and Co." printed by Thomas De la Rue for the Natural History Museum of London 🎄🧪⚒️ paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2023/12/24/v...

Licking their bits, dancing with a feather, and cuddling an egg: some very curious curatorial decisions have been made with these #taxidermy stoats in Birmingham #Museums stores. 🤔

Wow. BBC journalists are now not even allowed to report the censored line from my Reith Lecture, that Trump is “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” You can hear how carefully they’re forced to tiptoe around it. So chilling...

Rachel Reeves says this Labour Governments decisions are "necessary." Why is it always necessary to hit the living standards of the 99%? When are we going to make the necessary decisions about extreme wealth?

Thank you to Ruth for a lovely day at one of my old haunts, the Hermitage, in Dunkeld. Spellbinding even in the mist! And wonderful to see so much hair-ice around; one of my favorite #fungi phenomena. #FungiFriends #woodland #forest #waterfall #Scotland @n-t-s.bsky.social @florainoxford.bsky.social

These two “geniuses” have infected the world with their pettiness, wrecking and spreading toxicity just because they can. Imaging that they’re somehow creative because they can push a button that says “more”. This video needs to be taught in schools so that kids understand what we’re up against.

Larry Grayson's Generation Game (24th November 1979). John Laurie makes a surprise appearance.

The past week has been a whirlwind of touring and teaching, but managed this collection for #wildflowerhour from the south coast to the Midlands. As you can see, there was no hope of finding anything on my excursion to Meall Dearg in Scotland! #flower #nature @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

#OnThisDay 22 November 1989 - FAST FORWARD Clarke escapes on the back of Ronnie's motorbike in #GrangeHill. "It's days like this when I wish I'd stayed on the dole" in Carla Lane's Bread. "What about destroying the cemetery" is the latest plan in 'Allo 'Allo! + the Proggy Pages.

I find this utterly bizarre and kind of insulting, actually. We’re dealing with a major crisis here - like a real actual thing that’s happening and will probably bankrupt the state - and it’s just a bit of fun for everyone else. Screen Tas funding is the cherry on a shitty cake. #politas #auspol

#OnThisDay 21 November 1990 - FAST FORWARD Trousers in the bin in #GrangeHill. In #BykerGrove: "This is PJ the DJ rappin' on the mike, Byker Turtles rule the roads so Denton take a hike!" A ketchup covered Roly causes Frank and Pat to panic in #EastEnders the cartoon.

A glorious #Munro No. 109: Meall Dearg, at 953m. More #snow than we’d expected, so grateful for the ice ax and cleats, but some beautiful half-frozen waterfalls and views from the summit of the Aonach Eagach ridge. #mountain #Scotland #ice #Glencoe #Scottish #hill #climbing #walking

HORROR TOP TRUMPS (1978): Colossally gruesome sets, featuring blood, gore, and dismemberment. A playground classic. And it's like two games in one: can you name all the film and TV images homaged by the cards?

Creatives must dig deep to balance emotional vulnerability with sheer endurance, a contradiction at the heart of the job, says Stephanie Street in @TheStage. www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/crea... #FreelancersMakeTheatreWork

Last night was the last date on our epic #RoundtheHorne sixtieth anniversary #tour. We've visited a lot of very beautiful #theatres up and down the UK, from London to Birmingham, to Dumfries, Norfolk, and Stoke-on-Trent. Thank you to the wonderful team on- and off-stage who have made it such a joy!

Winter is here! Hair Ice in a Midlothian woodland this morning. Formed on dead wood, mainly beech. Even found a group of Rosy Bonnets (Mycena rosea) looking after a little bit of it. #ExidiopsisEffusa #Fungi #Nature #Photography #Nikon

#OnThisDay 19 November 1989 NEIGHBOURS FIGHT FOR LIFE The residents of Ramsay Street could be in for a hard time - off the set of the sunny Down Under soap. #Neighbours is facing a cash crisis which could finish it off . . .

#OnThisDay 17 November 1969 #GordenKaye makes his first appearance as Elsie's nephew Bernard Butler in #CoronationStreet. This was the first episode to be broadcast in colour. As the new colour title sequence was not ready, the opening theme plays over a caption card instead.

AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.

Could they have chosen a gayer thumbnail? #Neighbours

Deep in the Sumatran jungle today we found the extraordinary flowers of Rhizanthes pushing their fangs through the forest floor. A sap-sucking, leafless parasite, this is one of the world's weirdest plants.