Easter egg (and yes, it is a painting) Artist: Harry Wingfield from First Picture Book, 1971) Happy Easter

Nap Comix #386 Presents IS hard though. Read all the Nap Comix episodes for free on Webtoon: www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/na... #NapComix

++ADDITIONAL EPISODE++ Just a reminder that, next Wednesday, we're releasing @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social's interview with Barry Cryer, recorded in 2019. This is Barry on the record about all things Kenny Everett. AND IT'S ALL IN THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE!

The day after spring equinox at Kits Coty House in Kent.

Re: the last RT. The very worst way to watch Black Narcissus is with motion smoothing on. Did it once. Nearly threw up. If you want to understand how bad motion smoothing is, how much its sheen disengages you from a story, Powell and Pressburger are your test card.

I’ve always loved how ahead of his time Len Deighton was. And whether on cookery or living in London, how he invited us in to share his expertise with such style and charm. A life lived well. Goodbye, sir.

To donate to 'Film Is Fabulous!', a charitable trust, please follow the link below filmisfabulous.org.uk/the-film-is-...

Last night in Shoreditch.

UPDATED! It's... James Mason In A Cave With A Cat Slight return. With a wee bit more information... And some nice new pictures. Enjoy. open.substack.com/pub/joelmorr...

Hello! I've been a bit preoccupied lately with real life and stuff but I've finally put a bit of effort into my Etsy shop... added new prints and restocked old ones. Do have a look. Sharing much appreciated. Thank you. sarahcoomershop.etsy.com

Didn’t realise it’s the same guy who wants to close the Prince Charles Cinema and has made Picturehouse Central’s social spaces unusable, who is the twat who allows fold-and-restart wizard-tat-and-candy shops to fill vacant units and not pay tax. Actively damaging quality of life should be a crime.

Last night in China town.

Kenneth Williams. How best to mark his centenary today? Here are all the 'Julian and Sandy' sketches from BBC radio's 'Round the Horne,' written by Marty Feldman and Barry Took, and co-starring High Paddick and Kenneth Horne. Nothing funnier has ever been broadcast. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l-3...

I wish it were true that "no one is above the law". But while the City of London acts as laundromat for the world's dirty money, as almost all fraud and waste crime go unprosecuted, as no one has gone to jail for the financial crash or the poisoning of our rivers, this is manifestly untrue.

Walk along the river Brue from Pomparles Bridge past Bride’s Mound,Glastonbury on a sunny Valentines Day.

First signs of Spring? Making the most of the rare break in the rain yesterday.

Absolutely we should fear terrorism and seek to prevent it. But we should also fear those who use either real terrorism or bogus claims about terrorism to boost their own powers, restrict our freedoms and corrode our democracy. Both present major threats to public life.

All those arrests all that mistreatment and now…. When angry centrists say “but if you don’t vote Labour you will get Reform” maybe they need to look a little more at why people feel betrayed by Labour rather than shaming the voters www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...

Just received my new Criterion edition of I Know Where I’m Going. Apparently it’s on BBC2 tomorrow, so it’ll be on the iPlayer and you have no excuse not to wallow in one of the best films ever made. Pure romance, and the birth of the sixties in the forties. Postwar rage in its veins: Never again.

URL meets IRL! Such a great evening at Highgate Cemetery listening to @accordingtojond.bsky.social's talk "Beyond the Graves - Highgate Cemetery on Film and Television". Fascinating (and sensitive) with some great clips. Thanks, Jon!

If somehow I was magically put in charge of Doctor Who I'd cast Kathy Burke as the Doctor, and i'd reboot it from the start. I'd chuck out all the old, over-complicated rubbish and make it about mysterious, cantankerous, strange old Doctor Who having glorious and scary adventures.

This is a very sweet play by @paulmagrs.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

The mask dropped sometime ago, but the true face of the brutality of the Trump administration and their lickspittles screams louder every day and remember Farage is made in this image #poetry #reneegood #politics #justice #farage

For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies

'The Turin Horse is an apocalyptic tale of unrelenting nihilism, suggesting an unholy union of Miklós Jancsó, Antonioni and Beckett. It makes Waiting For Godot seem like an episode of Teletubbies' R.I.P. Béla Tarr buff.ly/Ypzp5G3

New Year’s Day walk over Walton Hill in Somerset.

Sunset at #GlastonburyTor on New Year’s Eve.

Boxing Day walk.

Lunchtime Christmas Day walk.

My final Monkey Cage is broadcast on Radio 4 on Christmas Day - I hope you have enjoyed the latest series - I am proud of what we created www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

The EPSTEIN Files are a much quicker read than I expected.

The problem with the BBC being the nation’s finest engine for soft power, is that people have realised that they can easily exert hard, nasty, cruel power on it, and bend it out of shape. Empathy, curiosity and compassion shouldn’t be problematic qualities that need silencing. Seems they are now.

Genuinely weep for what the BBC has become.

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

As the trans community have known for a while now - the definition of activist is someone who dares to state they exist

My Spotify wrapped summary is that my band took all our music off Spotify because the company’s CEO invests the billions which he doesn’t pay artists on AI drone weapons tech. Ditch Spotify. Pay artists. Redistribute wealth. Stop war. Happy Christmas!

The NAP COMIX Kickstarter closes TOMORROW so if you've been thinking about pre-ordering my new book please do it soon! It includes the 1st year's worth of comics from the webcomic, as well as LOADS of exclusive content. Please take a look here: tinyurl.com/napcomixks Thank you! (& please share!)

As Christmas creeps ever closer, I’ve got this years Advent Calendar ready, along with an assortment of atmospheric artworks from @sarahcoomer.bsky.social More such wondrous delights can be found within… www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Sara...

With the great actor Colin Jeavons #sherlockholmes #houseofcards #dennispotter #actor

+ HIDDEN BRITAIN // LIVE DATES + As well as my three shows with 'The Balloonist', I'll also be bringing my AV ghost story project 'Wren's Nest' to Whitby in a few weeks as part of the 'Switched On Festival'. Hope to see some of you at these forthcoming dates. + More TBA & ticket links in the bio +

My new book NAP COMIX is available to pre-order on Kickstarter! It includes the first year's worth of comics from the webcomic, as well as LOADS of exclusive content. Please take a look here: tinyurl.com/napcomixks It's the perfect book for any new parent/experienced parent/parent-to-be! 💗

At the Ship Tavern for the first time in in about 14 years. What a line up! #longlivecaskale #caskbeer

What better way to spend Halloween than at the Dickens Museum experiencing a pair of the author’s own creepy tales superbly told by @jamescswanton.bsky.social His physicality and use of lighting added extra dimensions to the text. Thoroughly recommended.

Hollow out your mangelwurzels and show off your Punkies. Who needs pumpkins. Be careful though. You may need power tools to carve these root vegetables.

Eating the rich sadly no longer ethically sound due to how carbon intensive they are to farm

Despite selling out our entire run in York, London sales for THE SIGNAL-MAN & THE TRIAL FOR MURDER are still a bit slow. We've got six showings between 31st October and 2nd November. A very classic Halloween treat, I'd argue - and in Charles Dickens's (probably definitely haunted) house!

For years, there's been a massive over-emphasis on food miles, and a massive under-emphasis on food type. By far and away the best dietary decision you can make, for environmental, humanitarian and public health purposes, is to cut out animal products.

On a cramped coach heading to Somerset for the weekend listening to David Boulter’s Whitby LP while reading @paulmagrs.bsky.social Dracula! It’s making me want to change course and head to the north east coast for a fish supper. Paul captures the personalities of the original TARDIS crew perfectly.

RIP, John Woodvine. A very fine actor, and son of South Shields