'By the end of the 21st century, only eight of the 21 cities that have hosted the Winter Olympics are projected to be cold enough to reliably host the Games due to climate change.' www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...

“…beyond the fatuous clamour, the silence of which the universe is made.” (Beckett, Molloy)

The Supreme Court:

Most of my job doesn't involve staring at a computer, it involves talking to people and reading books, and both of those, in different ways, tell me that we will have big problems if *30 per cent of working people in the UK* lose their jobs in the next 15 to 18 months.

I’d say he’s sweating now

Great photos of Dundela and their mystical home at Wilgar Park, the Hen Run to you and I. It's been a wick season so seeing the place in the pages of @wsc.co.uk has been a bright spot. Up the rip roaring Duns.

To my shame I'd never heard of Ebo Taylor before I read his obituary last week, so I went looking for his music. This is just extraordinary - highlife, Shakespeare, profundity and funk. 'Brothers and sisters, Lend me your ears, Listen to my story Of love and death...' youtu.be/ZkHzk07vb_w?...

many many images of the Azteca stadium under construction this may be my favourite, c. 1966, almost ready.. the pitch laid out but still unmarked, like a dark void

Coming thick and fast. Rest easy the king of the documentary, a humane, watchful scalpel taken to the institutions that define us. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

“Somebody once said that the best life in the world is the life of a second leading man,” Mr. Duvall told The Times. “You travel, you get a per diem, and you’ve probably got a better part anyway.” (gift article)

We have a screening of our new Women in Heritage film at The Gathering - Hilltown's Storytelling festival. Made entirely by women new to filmmaking and using archive to look at the work of Úna Walsh in Soith Armagh. digitalfilmarchive.net/media/treasu...

'Well Rooster, I am shot to pieces...' Rest easy down the trail, Robert Duvall, 1931 - 2026.

Watching the LRB's podcast on Mandleson, and really hoping @petergeoghegan.bsky.social turns round and gives a few rousing union songs on his piano. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

Gothic dentistry.

Does he mean the Premier League? news.sky.com/story/the-uk...

Will the credits on Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights be as honest as the credits on the Morecambe and Wise version?

Age verification. "G-Force"

Bad Art is better than AI 'art'.

Legend has it that if the day comes that it ever is completed, everyone will realise what a terrible eyesore it is.

I enjoyed this very much… #FilmSky boxd.it/d3U3cn

And again. youtu.be/Sfdc4-LiSNg?...

Post a banger not in English. youtu.be/4P_HZseRCYY?...

More guest announcements #DromoreBookFestival! Eoin McNamee, Booker-longlisted and a major voice in Irish writing, joins us Wed 6 May. On Thurs 7th, it's internet legend Matt Coyne (aka Man Vs Baby) bringing the laughs & his wonderful book Frank and Red! #DromoreBookFestival.

I think Irish cricketers might have to admit that the 20 over format is just not for them. What a shambles of a performance that was.

Jack Lang eh? 'The past is never dead. It's not even past'. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Saw 'Strongroom' last night @queensfilmtheatre.bsky.social Nasty, taut British thriller from 1972, directed by Vernon Sewell, with the ever excellent Darren Nesbitt bringing all the emotions with his weird, wide face. Really excellent restoration as well, grimy England painted in black and white.

Trove Of Emails About Pedophilia Reignites Nation’s Love Of Reading https://theonion.com/trove-of-emails-about-pedophilia-reignites-nations-love-of-reading/

📣Guest announcements 📣 I'm delighted to start revealing guests for Dromore Book Festival with two of my favourite Irish writers! LIZ NUGENT @liznugent.bsky.social on Sat 9 May 2026 and CLAIRE KEEGAN on Sun 10 May 2026! More reveals and ticket releases this week, but in the meantime, save the dates!

RIP Sly Dunbar. Here's a lovely edition of the South Bank Show all about the wonderful Sly and Robbie. A few people were asking to see it, so I've uploaded it to YouTube and I'll leave it there until Monday. Hopefully it'll get a proper repeat soon. youtu.be/M-cuOdr6DpQ

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jcG... Elmore James was born on this day in 1918! #Blues #ElectricBlues #BluesSky

Can't believe that after years of both loving Dundela and subscribing to @wsc.co.uk they come to report on a match I wasn't there for! Still, proud as punch for the Wee Duns, the pride of Strandtown.

My lovely friend and colleague Evan has been running an amazing group on FB. It tracks the 60s, running alongside the career of the Beatles. He and his friends have done incredible amount of work to pull together music, film and news stories.

As a long time observer of the Irish poetry scene, it's magnificent to see Tom Paulin back amongst us - bathing in the words of history, rousing us with the fine accent of our fine people. youtu.be/qq4G3RiAumc?...

Whenever anyone says Andy Burnham, I want to sing 'Silver Screen' immediately. 'Can't tell them apart at all...'

The Bone Temple is a fucking masterpiece, Ralph Fiennes is a legend. Go and see it.

Fat Tony is a tout.

Thanks to everyone who came down to the Beanbag Cinema for our inaugural screening of 'Winchester '73', a really good fight was had by all. Sign up via the website for news of future screenings. www.lonesomedove.uk

Last May was bookish bliss… so I'm doing it again! (Am I mad? Possibly 🙈) Plans are brewing, authors incoming & green t-shirts at the ready. Watch this space for confirmed guests over the next week or so and, most importantly, save 4th–10th May! #DromoreBookFestival

Blue remembered hills what? Farewell Norman Gifford, from a time when every county had an old guy bowling all day long. Jack Simmons, Pat Pocock, Eddie Hemmings and all. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...

Huge congratulations to Myrid Carten and the team behind A Want in Her - one of the best films of 2025, BAFTA-longlisted and winner of 3 BIFAs!🏆 Join us for a special screening at Seamus Heaney HomePlace on Thursday 29th January at 7.30pm. Book your tickets here > tinyurl.com/2kmpvh7r

I always enjoy that period of history when Americans convince themselves that their military power is infinite, and was just badly managed in Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Formosa, Central Wyoming etc, etc.

"l no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"

Powerful Bidet Blasts Hole Clean Through Man

I don't mean to speak ill of the dead, but Tony Scott's remake of 'The Taking of Pelham 123' is an abomination. Flat, hammy and depressing.

Another hero!

Is walking off the field the ultimate in shithousery?

Pick it out. Left foot like a traction engine.

Lolz. All the ones being sniffy about AFCON depending into farce need to remember the Euros semi when the Portuguese players lost their minds and the Zidane HAMMERED the penalty into 'top bins'. They didn't walk off, but it was close.

Claude Le Roy bringing peace to his people.