Is it bad that nobody justifiably believes anything Putin says while the President of the United States believes everything he says?

When people say they want to go back to a time "when men were men", I point them to Issue 2528 of the "Men in Belted Sweaters" catalogue.

#FilmSky 🎥 Joachim Trier's new film Sentimental Value is intimate, sometimes intense, and atmospheric. Superb performances, excellent cinematography and brilliantly directed. www.imdb.com/title/tt2771...

#MusicSky #NowPlaying #Vinyl The double vinyl album The Songs of Bacharach & Costello, comprising Painted From Memory remastered for its 25th anniversary. Side D has six songs from Taken From Life, including the three newly recorded compositions. Perfect for a December Sunday evening

Man who bought up 33,000 acres of farmland to avoid tax and moved his business to Singapore after the Brexit he voted for wants your sympathy.

#BookSky 💙 📚 I enjoyed Garrison Keillor's Lake Wobegon Days, his comic novel about life in the ficticious small town in Minnesota. It's a witty satire that is somehow both biting and gentle.

#FilmSky 🎥 We've just enjoyed another family tradition: my wife's Famous Boxing Day Turkey Risotto. Now watching The Holdovers with the brilliant Paul Giamatti and his co-star Da'Vine Joy Randolph, who won the Oscar for Actress in a Supporting Role. www.imdb.com/title/tt1484...

Boxing Day, the second batch of turkey stock is on the go, we've had the leftover soup from yesterday for lunch and now we're settling down for our first film of the day www.imdb.com/title/tt0038...

#MusicSky #NowPlaying #Vinyl Happy Christmas everyone! Tom Waits 1983 album, Swirdfishtrombones seems like a really good record to finish off a fine Christmas Day

How the so-called “union” works. As expected Murrell will be back in court ahead of the Holyrood election. All perfectly timed in another attempt to torpedo the SNP. Meanwhile Gove, Hancock, Johnson and their “VIP lane” chums remain free of any sanction after plundering tens of Covid millions.

Nativity of Jesus by 19th Century American artist Gari Melchers. Mary is exhausted, Joseph looks overwhelmed and the Christ child is at the centre. #Christmas

#FilmSky 🎥 Christmas Eve movie. Benoit Blanc returns for his most dangerous case yet. www.imdb.com/title/tt1436...

#MusicSky #NowPlaying #Vinyl I was intrigued when I saw this advertised online, Australian singer Lisa Gerrard singing with The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices, a female choir. This is a single from 2017, an album was apparently released the following year.

A friend reminded me of the practice of reading a chapter a day of Luke's Gospel starting on 1 December and finishing with the final chapter on Christmas Eve. You get the whole story of Jesus' birth, life, ministry, teaching, many miracles and his death and resurrection, the Gospel, the Good News.

Only Keir Starmer's Labour could arrest the world's most famous climate activist for holding a placard All I want for Christmas is a vote of no confidence in Keir Starmer for trashing the UK's humanitarian reputation Come on decent Labour MPs, where are you?

#FilmSky 🎥 We went to see Sunset Boulevard at @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social today, one of the great movies from Hollywood's Golden Age. "I am big! It's the films that got small!" www.imdb.com/title/tt0043...

#WhiskySky A special dram tonight, a 12 year old, cask strength Royal Brackla bottled by Rare Find. Sweet fruit, but nutty and a bit of pepper & spice on the finish. Slàinte

I don’t know if Anthony Joshua is on Bluesky, but I’ve had an idea…

#FilmSky 🎥 It's the last Friday before Christmas, so our DVD to get us in the festive mood is Mother, Bong Joon Ho's 2006 dark comedy thriller. www.imdb.com/title/tt1216...

It will be legally difficult to go after Mone's personal assets, so she and husband will get off with damaged reputations, but little real punishment for their massive fraud news.stv.tv/scotland/ppe...

Scottish musicians in open revolt against BBC Scotland bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/12/17/s...

##FilmSky 🎥 Iranian director Jafar Panahi's latest film is a critique of Iran under the ayatollahs & their brutal police and intelligence officers, almost absurdly funny & a minimalist thriller. He won the Palme d'Or at Cannes this year, among a string of other awards. www.imdb.com/title/tt3649...

🚨 Muslim Migrant Hero risked his life to disarm a gunman murdering people at Bondi Beach, and undoubtedly saved lives 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 A headline Far Right anti migrant, Islamophobe Racists will choke on so please repost to share 🙏🏼👍🏼

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Such a shocking terror attack on the Australian Jewish community. Thinking and praying for the families and friends mourning loved ones killed, and for the recovery of the injured.

Anyone else received this? I assume its a scam.

New study from LSE, York & Glasgow universities shows the Scottish Child Payment is transforming lives. Without it, 70,000 more children would face deprivation and food insecurity. We will keep investing in families and lifting children out of poverty.

#MusicSky #NowPlaying A Meeting By The River by Ry Cooder & V M Bhatti. A remarkable album, 2 virtuosos with deep appreciation for music from East & West. Bhatti plays Mohan Vīnā, an instrument he invented & the tracks were unrehearsed. Thanks to @radiomukhers.bsky.social for the recommendation

A friend saw this on Twitter/X. When he shared it on his Facebook page, he commented, "But let’s not kid ourselves that this stuff is just many miles away. Hard hearted attitudes to speaking other languages in Glasgow and hotels in Falkirk may lead us here in the future 😢"

This morning I was on a barge on the Union Canal in #Edinburgh

Waiting to get into a gig, the shadows of the crowd on the wall gave me a kind of The Cabinet of Dr Caligari vibe #Edinburgh

Farage: The House of Lords borders on corruption and needs to go. Also, Farage: welcome Tory scum from the House of Lords. #ukpolitics

The fatuous FIFA Peace Prize seemed familiar, now I've got it...

I love football, but watching the World Cup draw reminds me why I can't stand FIFA. So cringeworthy

#FilmSky 🎥 I enjoyed this. Ethan Hawke will be up for some acting awards for his portrayal of Lorenz Hart, songwriting partner of Richard Rogers. Blue Moon has Hart dealing with success of Oklahoma! written by Rogers and his new collaborator, Oscar Hammerstein. www.imdb.com/title/tt3253...

#MusicSky #NowPlaying #Vinyl Playing this again ahead of seeing Kirsten Adamson live on Saturday. Dreamviewer is a very good record, it's like she has really found her voice

#FilmSky 🎥 Wednesday evening film, Left-Handed Girl has already picked up several awards. Its also Taiwan's entry for International Film at the Oscars. www.imdb.com/title/tt2772...

Britain: where overstating your junior chess playing skills is worse than being accused of tormenting Jewish kids with songs about the gas chambers

#BookSky 📚 💙 Alan McDougall combines the emotional roller coaster that all fans experience with professional analysis you'd expect from a historian. As well as the highs of the great footballing triumphs, he writes about the tragedies at Heysel and Hillsborough & the enduring life of The Kop.

#FilmSky 🎥 A gripping documentary investigating & challenging, as much as is possible 50 years after the event, the authorship of the iconic Purlitzer Prize winning "Napalm Girl" photograph from the Vietnam War in 1972. www.imdb.com/title/tt3530...

“The #BBC in no way represents the… cultural or political life of #Scotland. “This was a major Scottish news story on Scotland's national day, which they [recorded] then took an editorial decision not to cover in any way at all.“

It was a nice winter morning, a bit chilly, but dry and bright, for our walking & foraging group. #Edinburgh

#BookSky 💙 📚 and #MusicSky crossover #NowPlaying is the #Vinyl reissue of Norfolk Coast, The Stranglers 2004 album that relaunched and revitalised the band I'm also reading Baz Warne's track-by-track description from hos newly published book, No Grass Grows On A Busy Street

#MusicSky #NowPlaying #Vinyl Hugh Cornwell's 2022 album, Moments of Madness, is really good

#ScottishFitba Linlithgow Rose v Queen's Park in the Scottish Cup on BBC Scotland. Linlithgow's ground is better than QP's new City Stadium!

The people who campaigned for Brexit should be reminded of this every time they appear in the media. And, no, "But its not the right kind of Brexit" is not the correct answer.

That's been a busy & productive morning, and it's not even 10.30 yet! Tickets booked for three gigs next year: The Stranglers Squeeze + Billy Bragg The Proclaimers Time for a cup of tea after all that.

#FilmSky 🎥 Andrea Riseborough and Brenda Blethyn are the twin leads in this. The film starts as an almost Mike Leigh-style study of unremarkable lives unremarkable places, but then there's something just a bit off... 8/10 from us. www.imdb.com/title/tt3238...

#BookSky 💙 📚 #MusicSky Baz Warne writes about the albums, the gigs, the shenanigans of his 25 years as guitarist, singer and songwriter in The Stranglers, my favourite band.

#FilmSky 🎥 I watched Scorsese's adaptation yesterday, today I'm watching Masahiro Shikoda's 1971 adaptation of Silence, with the screenplay cowritten with Shûsaku Endô, author of the novel about persecution of Christians and Jesuit missionaries in 17th century Japan. www.imdb.com/title/tt0067...