Perhaps you can take the key changes as indications of time passing. Meanwhile: what kind of shit place is Clarksville, if the last train of the day gets you there by 4.30.

I’m going to make prints of this one soon. The Signalman.

A thread that's well worth reading...

My husband @mjowen174.bsky.social is very down and it’s difficult to see. He had a thriving writing business until AI came along but now he’s struggling to find work. Please repost this far and wide in the hope that he can find some writing work. www.mathew-owen.co.uk

My god, I hadn't spotted it either. That's really lovely.

This the new Jake Thackray CD I mentioned on @backlisted.bsky.social. More than two hours of previously unreleased material which offers proof of his genius as a writer and live performer. youtu.be/FRlGoNu4eRA?...

A darling of a human being.

For the record, Robin Ince is a superb comedian, an absolute mensch, a remarkable thinker and the kindest human you’ll ever meet. And the BBC is a genuinely great and globally unique institution that needs to stop being afraid. I think that’s where most of its faults and issues stem from.

Introduce yourself with 5 gigs you've seen. Half Man Half Biscuit The K Foundation Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band 10cc George Melly and the Feetwarmers

If you see this, post a record cover with a motor vehicle on it.

I often get leaflets and cards for takeaways, gardening services, guttering and roofing, estate agents, taxis etc pushed through my letterbox. I've never had anything quite like this before.

A pint of Batham's bitter and, soon, the company of @hannahcooper.bsky.social. Life is good.

One of my favourite sitcoms. 44 years old! Where does the bloody time go.

The only one I don't remember noticing was Dora Bryan. Who was doing her? #WhoDoYouDo

MUST READ! In the latest CST blog about the damaging changes going on at the BBC Written Archives Centre, @marklewisohn.bsky.social delivers his cri de cœur squarely at those who came up with or are signing-off on this policy shift. Please read and share widely. cstonline.net/defending-th...

Fred Dinenage and Bunty James. #strictly

Turn it in, Cliff. #totp #hopkirk

Stick with this superb thread. It might seem tenuous, but it's really not.

Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚 #amindofmyown

I have a new book out this week, #IntoTheGroove, a month-by-month guide to 1980s pop and I shall be liveposting to this #totp from 1981 with some related thoughts.

Right, let's cheer things up. Post a happy TV theme that you like. Or post several! www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhps...

#totp "LeAnn Rimes with How Do I Live?" No it doesn't.

Eck TC

Jonny Lee Miller, best known for playing 'Boy with dog' in Jemima Shore Investigates.

A fantastic response to this over the week, more than doubling the signature tally. Thanks for your support and, no, it's not too late to get in touch if you want to sign. Please follow the instructions at the top of the Google page and drop us a line.

Calling historians and researchers. The BBC Written Archives Centre has changed its access rules without consultation. This means an end to proper independent research into the BBC's rich history. 178 have already signed the open letter. Please join the campaign: tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign

🎶 Take a chance on meece 🎶

Meet The Pemini Organisation. In the 1970s, three friends set up an independent British film production company. From 1972 to 1974, they produced a suspense thriller, a realistic spy film, and a romantic mystery. But, when they disbanded, the films disappeared... Until now tinyurl.com/yah9ethu

Pity the slow trains don't. #wmrail

Eric Clapton doing Jack Bruce / Pete Brown's "White Room" is quite surreal. #liveaid

Lunch!

Not on your nelly! This is my last box of my favourite fruit-flavoured tea. I'm sure it doesn't taste quite as good as it used to, but it's all I have. The 'best before end' date is April 2008. #twinings

Hooray! I've finally joined the club. I most recently saw the film in November, last year. So do I watch it again before, during, or after I read @greavesian.bsky.social's new tome?

If some tiny bits of 'The Hasty Heart' ring more of a bell than the rest of it, it might be because it was from this film that the 'Saturday Live' title sequence got its clips of Ronald Reagan.

Instant purchase!

This morning I've received an email from VirginMedia which tells me when something will be happening to my landline. The date format is unusual, at least for communications to the general public, and is also in the past. #virginmedia

Globbits.

Belgium.

Why is is B*llend and not Bell*nd? Is the 'Bell' bit more offensive than the 'end'? Sorry, I mean is the 'B*ll' bit more offensive than the '*nd'?

Semprini.

I'm finding this quite hilarious. I'd love to have been there for the conversation where they decide what point they can stop using asterisks to disguise the words, and whether anyone was objecting in case Tw*t was mistaken for a different word ("No, it's alright, that one's further down the list").

Back in Feb, I'd booked a rail ticket through the @westmidrailway.bsky.social app. The night before, I noticed that the time on the ticket was wrong, in the ticket details it was fine. An issue when a ticket for a day in BST is booked on a day where it's GMT maybe? Ticket images via email were OK.

Punk rocker Jet Black was born something like 35 days earlier than Eddie Cochran. He was also older than all of the Beatles and 4/5 of the original Rolling Stones.

Featuring this magnificent roll-call of (very bloke-heavy, mind) prolific comedy mavens including @thewritertype.bsky.social @tomjam.bsky.social @ianbrownwriter.bsky.social

Bryan and Mel C is like chives and spirit level. Conflicted. #totp

Quite an unusual substitution is coming from #Sainsbury's later today.

James Bolam & Barbara Flynn star in The Beiderbecke Affair on this day in 1985.

40 YEARS AGO TODAY: The Beiderbecke Affair, the first part of Alan Plater's Beiderbecke trilogy, in which James Bolam and an ensemble cast have things happen to and with them - jazz, black economy, environmentalism - gradually revealed as interconnected.

A while ago, I decided to do sets of Weetabix-style cards for shows that didn't get any. Here's my mini-set for The Avengers.