Damning. “The greatest damage of this affair is to an insurgent political force that asks voters to believe that it will sweep away a self-serving political class. It cannot credibly make that case while treating elementary disclosure rules, or basic press scrutiny, as an intolerable intrusion.” 1/

Farewell, Sam Neill. He was a gent. This interview was by me (2001) and not, as claimed by google's AI in one of innumerable errors, by "journalist David Cairnes". It was for the Telegraph (before it went insane) hence - trigger warning - there's stuff in it about "riding to hounds".

Sam Neill and his duck, Jane Kennedy.

These 2 assholes decided it was a good idea to assault my partner and subject us both to transphobia. It happened in Castle Meadow, Norwich at around 16:55 and the next 15 minutes after they came back twice to subject us to transphobia and tell us to die in a river. . Make them famous.

Best Star Trek captain. Wrong answers only.

More of this kinda stuff, ta. The Market Deeping Model Railway Club review – the absurdities of British life in miniature share.google/wvuRNNIO3gMQ...

11/7/26 - nocturn

Grateful thanks to @eamonngriffin.bsky.social for alerting me to the existence of this fucking glorious record. Mavis Staples and Ry Cooder? Nuff said.

10/7/26 - nocturn

Here's Mavis Staples's live version of This Little Light of Mine from 2008 - this is the Ry Cooder arrangement from the previous year's We'll Never Turn Back, but the live version's even better: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBLj...

Dude.

Right now I'll go for: Bill Roberts decided to rob the firecracker stand on account he didn't have a job and not a nickel's worth of money and his mother was dead and kind of freeze-dried in her bedroom. Joe R Lansdale: Freezer Burn

As promised to link to my first actual Hookland book. It is only small, but covers a lot of the ghost soil. If enough of you buy it and like it there will be a Volume Two. www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1068598123 It will also be available in an actual bookshop soon.

📣 New: The Mary McCullen Scholarship, awarded for any piece of work, broadly interpreted, that reflects Gladstone’s vision of relations between Britain and Ireland ✨️One week scholarship ✨️Competitive application scheme ✨️Deadline 3rd August Visit our website to apply!

Aww, Bonnie Tyler. Here's her none-more-80s version of Creedence Clearwater Revival's 'Have You Ever Seen The Rain?' www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH8o...

If you see this, post a STAR TREK

On my way, Clacton.

Farewell to Ian Kennedy Martin, creator of The Sweeney, Juliet Bravo, The Chinese Detective.

WE’RE HIRING! Editorial all-rounder / Production Lead for @beautifulnews.bsky.social. Freelance, part-time (~3 days/wk), fully remote. Work directly with author David McCandless on optimistic data graphics & stories. Apps close Mon 20 July. Apply geni.us/BNEWS-job-Ju...

Spain-Portugal was livelier than Mitch McConnell, mind.

Hydration break.

Hydration break.

Hello, I’ve an event for my Muriel Spark biography next Weds (15th) at Waterstones Liverpool. We’ve sold barely any tickets, however, and it might be cancelled as a result. Please get a ticket if you’re nearby - it’ll be a lot of fun, and I’ll bring badges! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/waterstone...

That delicious spicy umami fragrance? Why, yes, that's the daysack within which a jar of chili crisp oil has unburdened itself.

Big up massive respek for the like to a three-year-old post of mine that's just popped up.

Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground by Blind Willie Johnson

Throwing coffee over myself, workstation, sheets of paper, desk clutter LIKE A BOSS

My founding fathers.

Post a random picture or everything else will go bad in July.

Show me a cool physical game.

Released 40 years ago today, James Hong and John Carpenter on the set of Big Trouble in Little China. #filmsky #btilc

The author in Radburn heaven #Essendike. Book form adventures in pedestrianisation available here: theradburnidea.bigcartel.com

Me with my BlueSky mutuals. I'm most likely played by Lance Henriksen in this image.

New: The Peter C. Erb Scholarship in Nineteenth-Century Studies in honour of the Canadian academic Peter C. Erb One-week scholarship for an early career postgraduate researcher or academic working on 19thC British studies or the relationship between Church and State. APPLY NOW!

Thrilled with my photo of a crow eating half a dead pigeon on top of a Vauxhall Astra

Adaptations of Dracula that take that Mummy movie trope of reincarnated true love over time are utter horseshit in each and every one of their manifestations (including the Mummy ones). Burn them all with fire.

I went to look up Structured Procrastination, a brilliant concept developed by John Perry back in 1995 about how to get work done and still remain a human being, and I was delighted to see that his website still looks like it was designed in 1995. 100% gobbledygook and AI free.

Andy Burnham announces a new minister for The North.

Post a 70s movie that starts with the letter E

Real Wrexham: Becoming the City by Sara Erddig - book review. psychogeographicreview.com/real-wrexham... #Wrexham #SerenBooks

Jun 28th 1966 - The original due date of Rosemary Woodhouse's baby. 📽️📅 Rosemary's Baby (1968)

Stop-motion recreation of the Beastie Boys' video for Sabotage? Why not? www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgXS...

In minor DWP good news (and thus always worthy of note) a friend of mine I deal with The Man for (power of attorney etc) has had their full PIP award extended for a further two years, so no pointless reassessment until 2029 earliest. A thorn will be removed from the DWP poppet in celebration.

"The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day..." 🪨 Happy 'The Lottery' Day! 🪨 The wonderful 1969 adaptation would be another prime candidate to see restored and bunged onto one of those premium Folk Horror boxsets... youtu.be/HZyhVg31iaQ?...

The end of an era - After almost a century we said goodbye this morning to our great companion of the airwaves Radio 4 198 LW. I shall miss her warmth and crackle. Here’s the final sign off at the end of #theshippingforecast before she fell silent… ❤️

The NHS is due to tackle autism assessment waiting lists by outsourcing some of the backlog to Becky and Olivia from Year Seven, it has been announced.

my kind of Jubilee, the Japanese national team vs. 100 kids

Mel Brooks is 100 today. Drop a gif of your favourite of his films to celebrate.