27 years since my first Fresher's and I've been back again. Continuing to be the cool older person obviously.

am sure this absolutely sucked to deal with but this also looks like the cover for a killer circa-2009 indie rock EP

And on 15 November, Sir Michael Palin joins us to pay tribute to his dear friend Terry Jones, introducing a screening of Life of Brian in the afternoon - buff.ly/E3EfRyw Followed by an "In conversation" with @sanjeevbhaskar.bsky.social in the evening - buff.ly/TfuxXEi 2/2

Everyone post a Batman!

Coming soon from @christhebarker.bsky.social and me...

They say don't meet your heroes. But last night's gig with @nerinapallot.bsky.social at @southstreetarts.bsky.social was wonderful - and even a partial power cut didn't stop the show thanks to we the audience suddenly becoming the stage lighting team with our phones. Cracking set, too!

"oh bloody hell he's here"

Find someone who looks at you the way Carrie Fisher looked at Peter Weller at the 1980 Giorgio Armani Fashion Show at the RCA Promenade in New York City

This is the niche, nerdy shizz I love

Saw the James Acaster Work In Progress at @southstreetarts.bsky.social last night. Did not stop laughing from start to finish. Lotsa fun. The extra bit he did at the end just for Reading was the icing on a very funny cake.

“New Sickos Yes…hahaha…yes” just dropped

The initial source is paywalled, but the Tumblr crosspost is free and legendary. I wanna do this as an audition monologue.

CAN NOT WAIT

Autumn days like these REALLY make me want to watch Prince of Thieves again

Two weeks till my next play opens and here's some fresh rehearsal pics to whet your appetite. It's a a 90-minute rollercoaster of masculine disillusionment, ideological extremism, and pitch-black comedy. With Scottish accents. COME www.ticketsource.co.uk/progressthea...

Ruin a song by adding the word "literally" to the title. Only The Good Literally Die Young

Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip and Wonderfalls and Pushing Daisies

Ooh this piece is doing the rounds again. Another stone cold classic from @priscillapage.bsky.social

Not mine originally, but one I've come to believe: McDonalds restaurants get refurbs every couple of years because they can't trust the franchisees to keep up a universal/expected level of maintenance, and thus it's the only way to keep the place up to spec.

CHALLENGERS (2024)

DePalma about to sing ‘You Can Call Me Al’ whilst promoting Carlito’s Way with Al Pacino

Despite easily being the most British fighting vehicle ever developed, the mock-Tudor AT-AT programme was sadly cancelled due to budgetary concerns

Oh my lord this is magic

Got effing drenched on the way to the gym this morning lads. But, on the other hand, I had a terrible reduced workout because I spent almost 10 mins trying to dry my kicks, socks and shorts with the hairdryer in the locker room.

"Autoglass repair, Autoglass replace"

Motherfucker stop calling this the "era of AI" when U2 forced their album on everyone we didn't call that the "era of U2"

Slightly diminish a book. Marginal Satisfaction & Prejudice by Jane Austen

Apparently it's National David Day. Therefore... youtu.be/8nvzEqsZIGo?...

Some people, hitting a bump in the road job-wise, might sit and play videogames. I've found time to edit and record my eighth book – and as Blackadder chronicler, my first 'straight' #History title: HISTORIES OF BRITAIN is now available to buy! jemroberts.com/2025/09/04/h... 📚

repost with a pic you have saved that you haven't found a use for

Oh god. We've reached "young people wishing they'd been alive to see Phantom Menace at the cinema"

So, I'm putting this on in November. Riding the Anthology wave and dipping my toes into promoting (as opposed to self promoting). Because who doesn't want to dance to The Beatles in a Cavern- like room on a Saturday night? wegottickets.com/event/675423

If you see this, repost with a vampire that is not Dracula.

Oh cock made a cup of tea, went off and did some bits round the house came back 15mins later and I'D FORGOTTEN TO TAKE THE TEABAG OUT That's gonna taste effing awful

The '90s were a wildly progressive decade of alternative music:

Ok its ‘feed it off an aux, speak, grunt no strength, the ladder start to clatter with fear fight down height, wire in a fire representing seven games, a government for hire and a combat site’.

Long trousers for WFH instead of shorts lads. Sad day indeed.

Usually I'm the one asking the questions, but this time I'm the guest on the My Local Marketer #podcast. It was a lot of fun talking about marketing, the successes of @rdgwhatson.bsky.social and more, without ranting too much... mylocalmarketer.co.uk/podcast/61/

Wow, you could sing this headline to "Girls & Boys" by Blur

Okay I just saw this on FB and had to yoink it over because I'm very "Yes" about it

My team won the Cryptic DJ quiz at @purpleturtlerdg.bsky.social last night with what I am told was the highest score EVER. I've a feeling @deathofbuckley.bsky.social will like today's online version, too crypticdj.com

Now playing...

Done another thing

OHMSS would be considered the absolute gold standard and peak of the series had Connery stayed on. It's only because so many people didn't like/accept Lazenby, that it's seen as a poor entry.

Thanks eBay. Real useful.

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