Tonight's viewing

A field recording (recorded in Sussex) from 1952 of six year old Romany gypsy girl Sheila Smith singing 'Come Father build me a boat' . There's something wonderfully pure about it, listening to it is like taking a short breather from the hustle of the modern world.

Robert Duvall, one of the true all time greats. RIP

Isn't it wonderful seeing how happy Lizzie Yarnold is watching her friends win gold medals? Just beautiful

...weekly dose of ten good things. Which the algorithm here will kill but posting stuff like this weekly is good for my brain, and I hope a nice Sunday read for you. juderogers.substack.com/p/10-swansea...

Display an album that was important to you when you were nineteen.

Afternoon viewing

A record made for Sunday morning. If that wasn't good enough look at Labi's fabulous Charlie Brown t shirt.

My brother Garry has dementia and is currently lost somewhere in the Chester area. If anyone should spot him please call the police on 999. We'd appreciate reposts. @shitchester.bsky.social

Evening viewing

Truth...

Tonight's viewing

Jim Ratcliffe is a prick. I always thought he was. He has done nothing to suggest that he is not a prick. I loathe Jim Ratcliffe and as a result I find it very hard to get behind his cycling team. He was a prick before he got into cycling. He’s always been a prick. I hope that clears things up.

Never read Baldwin Before?

Run DMC & Beastie Boys tour advert from 1987

Teatime viewing

Will the credits on Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights be as honest as the credits on the Morecambe and Wise version?

Lunchtime at the pictures

My latest monthly playlist is now up on Spotify. A random collection of the music that's got me through good and not so good days, hopefully it reflects the optimism that comes as Spring draws nearer.

Tuesday morning music

An afternoon at the British museum is always time well spent.

My latest monthly playlist is now up on Spotify. A random collection of the music that's got me through good and not so good days, hopefully it reflects the optimism that comes as Spring draws nearer.

Supremely entertaining. It's a sad state of affairs when saying that everyone should get along is deemed to be controversial.

This halftime show is tremendously entertaining #BadBunny

Heads are exploding all over right wing America right now #BadBunny

Sunday night viewing

according to a pediatric ER doctor my wife follows on Instagram they have started to see children coming in sick because their parents are asking ChatGPT what the correct dosage is on over the counter medication instead of just looking at the instructions on the bottle

Tonight's viewing

Extraordinary reporting. And a window on the two Londons - the one we live in and the phantom city of the online rage economy

Sunday morning music

Farage was banging on about Turkish barbers, so these lads in Glasgow did this. It's in Dumbarton Road, if you fancy a trim.

Winter Olympic Games (Series, 1924 - )

Tonight's viewing

"Three movies a day, three books a week and records of good music would be enough to make me happy until the day I die." Francois Truffaut

Tonight's viewing

Watched the John Candy documentary... everything you hoped he would be, he was (and more) . We spent most of its runtime sobbing (Catherine O'Hara being so lovely in it just added to the heartache) watch it, it's fabulous.

Afternoon viewing

, @juderogers.bsky.social 's newsletter of super interesting things is a weekly treat. In a world rammed full of distractions it's always good to have a trusted voice point you in the direction of the good stuff.

I wrote an Opinion piece for @theguardian.com about extortionate gig ticket prices (prompted by Harry Styles' Wembley Stadium residency). www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... I don't have a problem with Harry Styles, by the way. He seems like a decent enough guy and his music's fun. Just the prices.

This may be my favourite Peanuts strip. I remember reading it as a kid and (as with an awful lot of Charlie Brown) finding it excruciatingly relatable.

Afternoon viewing

Catherine O'Hara...oh she was magnificent

Tonight's viewing

Minnesota

This evening's viewing

Such a gripping read, and proof (if any was really needed) that this green and pleasant land has a darkness that lies just below the surface.

Finding footprints from the past Then: excavation director Tessa Verney Wheeler cleaning the large multicoloured geometric mosaic of Building 8 Insula IV at Verulamium (St Albans) in 1932 Now: the same view in January 2026, the #Roman floor preserved inside a cover building #MosaicMonday