Am increasingly convinced that my life will be ended by one of these kamikaze food delivery pilots on bikes that seem to dive bomb round every corner.

They keep shouting 'get in the hole'. We're all in one already.

This looks like a very fine thing to get behind

Time I gave this another read. Well-thumbed, well-loved. It turned 30 this year.

The famous old adage is that a swan can break a man's arm. I've got someone in mind.

Lieutenant pigeons gather at Vauxhall

I see Dickie Bird has been given out for 92. Sadly, we can't review this decision.

Funny, the stuff that you keep locked away in your brain all thse years and then find in a dusty corner of ye internette. Still, who could ever totally forget the 'incurably romantic fragrance' of 1983? www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRjB...

‘Now then, youth’ - aah, good old Sheffield. ‘Dole Busters’ poster, mid-1980s

Anyone at a loose end in London on Saturday - this is an absolutely brilliant way to spend a day, observing some niche collections and wonderful obsessions (there's also a terrific pub on the corner, The Queen's Larder, which has a great back story) www.artworkersguild.org/what-we-do/e...

Mam, that’s some costume jewellery you have there

Lexicographers should come up with a word for that sudden stop that people do on their sodding phones that causes you to shunt them. I expect there is something appropriate in Douglas Adams and John Lloyd’s The Meaning of Liff, though that predated the mobile era. @berryh.bsky.social got anything?

Cor, this is a good game of cricket between Surrey and Notts - title on the line, 33 to win for Surrey or one wicket..

Much as I loved this album at 18, the lyrics make a lot more sense at 57. Not least today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPSO...

Gig-goers in the SW2 area, or indeed anywhere across the sprawling metropolis! The mighty English Garden are at The Windmill in Brixton tomorrow evening (16th). What better way to ease your way tentatively into midweek than a bit of frantic, utterly marvellous post-punk? They really are jolly good.

Always an affair with plenty of flavour, some top trolling here from Southsea Model Village before the South Coast derby.

Give it up for the Mighty Sparrow. First heard this on Peel in the 20th century, never forgotten. He’s 90 now, this dude, the ‘Calypso King of the World’ youtu.be/LbV56BEGI0M?...

We lost both our girls - Syd (right) and Nancy - within three months - so hard to deal with - but I am sure they would have wanted to appear on #caturday every now and again, as they loved making friends.

Aah, the world was a simpler place in 1988. Could still work, crazily enough. It’s a matter of choice from those who lead. I loved this BAD album, some great tunes on it. Clever. Jamie T has captured this spirit at times.

It’s 39 years, give or take a couple of weeks, since I packed my suitcase and headed for Sheffield, or the People’s Republic of South Yorkshire, as it is fondly known. I spent a lot of time at The Leadmill, but never got round to making my own. Seems fitting to do it now it has so sadly gone.

No fan of Labour in 2025, but the BBC coverage and scrutiny of this government compared with the antics of the last seems about as well balanced as a rhino and a small child at either end of a seesaw. It’s certainly not bound by any NUJ code of conduct I understood when I trained.

Paddington’s been let go

Summer is not yet done!

Budgie’s memoir is a wonderfully honest and poignant read, all light and shade. Just as you’d expect given his perennially inventive, thoughtful drumming. A real musical hero for me, this chap. Even better on audiobook. He reads with real feeling.

Farewell to Rick Davies. Some of my earliest musical memories were of riding around in my uncle Dave's ridiculous little sports car with either this on Band on the Run on his 8-track cassette. Got a real soft spot for this album - aged six, it sounded utterly amazing to me. Loved Bloody Well Right.

Ooh, did I leave the oven on?

There are a lot of very ordinary people in the world. I hope they don’t get to leave a legacy as it was bad enough having them here at all.

That time Syd embarked on a brief career as a singer. This is the artwork from her debut album, 2019’s Short Paws. #caturday

Eight quid, you say? 640 pages? Go on then, you cheeky chazza find of the week. All is not lost.

Wonder if the Ray(ner) gun will get turned his way next

It's great to go back to alternative versions now and again. Love the totally different, pre-Faith versions on this Peel session from Jan 81... www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDPS...

As we seem to be in some dreadful 1970s re-enactment, here are a couple of interesting communiques from the Central Office of Information, 1973 and 1974

Heads up, boppers. 46 years back, Cliff is in his second week at the pinnacle of the UK Top 20

All the leaves are brown. Well, nearly all.

When did 'holiday' officially become 'annual leave'? Not that I extrapolate wildly or anything about language use, but 'annual leave' smacks of something deady serious you should be grateful to The Man for, rather than the jaunty 'holiday', indicative of a far-more enticing feckless cavort.

Had to say goodbye to one of the best friends I’ve ever had today. Crazy, lovely Nancy, thanks for teaching me and the family so much. You leave a massive hole and lots of toys I will now have to squeak for myself. X #caturday

Friday night has started for these two

@cmatbaby.bsky.social always delivers. I’ll be proudly toting my bag for life in Lidl later on, boppers

Never mind the bolognese www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...

As flags are having another moment (yawn), it's always worth a pic of this one.

Aah, the familiarly chilling modern-day calling of old sci-fi. Here’s a bit of PK Dick’s War Veteran (1955)

In my immediate field of vision on the train I can see 14 people. 12 are looking at phones, one is twiddling her hair and another is reading a book. I am as much a culprit here. I increasingly find myself wondering about the price we are paying to be in this tech cult

Quick nap for Nancy before banging Weekender on

Scott Lavene's new album (out tomorrow) is a cracker...⬇️ louderthanwar.com/scott-lavene...

I miss my old friend Syd. Nearly 10 weeks gone and still it really hurts that she isn’t about with her ridiculous idiosyncrasies

That's the end of the Stamp collection, then. RIP. 87, pretty decent knock, that. Going to be some good celestial tales.

Faces in things #7462652 Mystery monkey appears during coffee brewing - is this a capuchino?

Wonderful set(s) from Luke Haines and Peter Buck and the Minus 5 tonight. Potent. Here’s an awful photo.

The lady fanning herself on the train with a packet of cooked meat (not opened, looks like salami from a distance) is an image that is going to stay with me tonight, however much alcohol I take on