Surely we should be protecting vulnerable kids from derivative cod-reggae? www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Never mind a social media ban for the under 16s, surely the time has come to rein in looney tunes US presidents.

Now watching: the greatest concert film of them all.

I had to write a sample business memo for a possible assignment. To keep myself amused, I did it in character:

Mrs B is watching reruns of Moonlighting. I'd never seen it before and I was amazed at what I learned: Bruce Willis actually REINED IN his shtick for his film career.

In typing 'Anoushka Shankar' into a Tidal search, I took an accidental swerve* into 'Anoushka Hempel'. Something that will resonate with chaps of a similar age, I'm sure. *Yes, I know what I said.

When this came on the radio earlier, I was thrust right back to 1972. Our school's yearly newsletterwas after material. Mark Taylor and I decided he'd draw a picture of Alice and I'd write out the lyrics. Giving me early exposure to the concept of artistic rejection. youtube.com/watch?v=VBEc...

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Earned? Pardon me for suggesting that none of these chancers have ever 'earned' anything in their lives.

What ho! @amazonprime.bsky.social What ho! I didn't mind paying a fiver to rent Mark Lewisohn's Beatle talk, Evolver. Not really. However, I did mind having just 48 hours to watch it after I'd clicked play. I mean, it's not as if you need it back, rewound and everything, so someone else can have it

So there's this... my little speech... not JMW's over-generous thoughts (tho he's probably right 🤣🤣🤣✊️✊️✊️💊💊💊

Er, OK. What's today's special?

Current mood

Just been interviewed by a robot.

Don’t miss Andrew O’Hagen’s virtuoso evisceration of the lowlifes Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson in the @lrb.co.uk. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

A momentous occasion tomorrow . . . for the first time in more than six weeks, I plan to have a pint (maybe more) of English ale in a proper boozer. Wish me luck. #beer @stymiesi.bsky.social

"For these four chefs, it's out of the frying pan and into the fire." Seriously? After 20 fucking years ... that's the best you've got? #masterchef

The wedding swingers. skirky.blogspot.com/2026/03/who-...

He's right, you know. youtube.com/watch?v=RqQQ...

Did he, aye? Amazing the utter bullshit on this lot people will swallow.

Feel free to insert the name of the US president that we're not dealing with here. Hint: there are 45 alternatives.

Anyone made a Beatles' related trip to Hamburg? Any tips on live music venues, clubs, tours etc, greatly appreciated. #Beatles

Steampunk came to Bridgwater at the weekend, and my retailer (pub landlady, actually) tells me they were in the mood to buy.

In view of world events, this seems like a minor beef now, but it should be easier to weigh luggage at hotels or airbnbs prior to the homeward leg to avoid dicing with the airport experience. (Yes, Mrs B and I just registered 51.3 kg of a pooled Squeezyjet hold-baggage allowance of 52.)

Quite frankly, I reckon 18 euros for two expertly prepared negronis and a selection of snacks is outstanding value and should be compulsory everywhere at 4 p.m. Sunshine helps, obviously. #Taormina #Sicily #negroni

Just been told that Mrs B has been so, like totally energised by our (working) month in Sicily, that she's very nearly sorted something else out for next year and just needs the finance dept to sign it off:

What could possibly go wrong?

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No-nonsense marketing in a Sicilian supermarket. On the back it says, 'Get shitfaced. FAST!'

I love my local... #bridgwater

'poorly written'

Happy birthday Len Deighton 🎂 📷 Brian Duffy, 1966 "There are moments in a writer’s life when other ways of earning a living become remarkably attractive."

I thought I'd be safe from Bonnie Tyler in Sicily, I must say.

Following the line of the company I've been writing about this morning, I intend to 'leverage synergies' today. As soon as I've found out what it means.

As wasted journeys go, this has to be my favourite... #T20WORLDCUP

Ted Kessler's writing about music never coincided with my reading about it. Being a few years older, I'd bailed out of #NME and Q long before he arrived. Also, his younger persona would've had me calling for a return of National Service. However, his memoir, Paper Cuts, is bloody brilliant, man.

Sorry for bothering you all with a holiday (well, working holiday) snap, but we've had such a cracking day...plus, I was remote working on the balcony of our rented apartment today with laptop and coffee. And you can't do that in England in February. Unless you're a nutter, of course.

Massive US armada heading towards Iran rumoured to be carrying the Epstein files in lead cabinets.

Terrible restaurant could close unless people enthusiastically embrace bad food, complains chef.

I'm amazed he got it so cheep.

...and in the face of a new set of offensive lies by an offensive serial liar, the Epstein files still won't go away.

It's not 'disappointing', Mr #Kinnock, it's another outrageous lie by this dangerous fool. It's time for governments worldwide to push back. You can start... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nailed the lowest #Pointless answer tonight, thanks to Galton and Simpson introducing 'heliotrope' to Hancock's Half Hour.

"Meanwhile, Princess Anne went for a ride in Kirkbride, Queen Camilla went shopping in Wapping, Prince Edward dropped a clanger in Bangor, and the young ladies of Buckingham asked Prince Andrew if he'd mind staying at home. Now it's goodnight from me ... ... and it's goodnight from him."

Meanwhile, behind the smoke and mirrors of Greenland, tariffs, and Venezuela, there's a load more of this stuff...

Christ! He's not making another 'speech' is he? Time for an intervention, surely? It worked for Charlie Sheen. I mean, it didn't, but it's got to be worth a try.

Well done, Rodders! That's some tight cost control. Tight by name... #rodstewart