Matt Leys

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The Forth Rail Bridge with two alien craft hovering over it.

Scalpay, Skye shows two cathedral like craft landing on a hilly scottish island

Skye scotland shows another craft rising above a hill. It might look like two church steeples on their side.

Sconser Skye shows a light and bubbles covered craft rising up over a sun kissed hillside.

My Scottish UFO prints are now a ridiculous 20 quid each. There are 11 of them (one has sold out) All of these prints are from photos taken by me and are very real and not collages made of other photos I've taken of buildings. That's the last thing they are. marswasrubbish.etsy.com/uk/listing/1...

'Boy with Comic.' (c1953) Of all the children who sat for Joan Eardley, Andrew Sampson was her favourite - a boldly but sensitively painted work, a picture which has authority and presence; a proper portrait and not a caricature.

I wonder if that man has ever actually enjoyed a holiday.

4 lovely audio stories. The second one was nominated for an actual prize. I haven’t mentioned these for ages.

We made them for an art installation that has traveled the country. Well, 3 venues so far.

They feature Isy Suttie, Sue Johnston, Sion Pritchard, Tudur Owen and others.

They keep her in a cupboard and only get her out when things are Really Bad.

The angel of death.

Here’s an easy mnemonic to help you remember the 26 letters of the alphabet

I’ve never spat tea over my keyboard, and perhaps projected coffee out of my nose once in 54 years, but the regularity with which people claim to have just done these things prompts this timely warning: swallow your hot drink and put your cup down before resuming scrolling Instagram or whatever

Variety 3m • Quentin Tarantino will make a directorial comeback with an original play he's written. According to the Daily Mail, Tarantino has written an "old-fashioned British farce" which is aimed to open in the West End and bring together a troupe of actors in the physical comedy vein of "Noises Off." https://variety.com/2026/film/global/quentin-tarantino-british-play-west-end-1236681326/| Quentin Tarantino Is Developing a British Play Tipped for Fall Premiere, Possibly on West

OH, GOD, *NO*

#SaturdaySky Rome

> @benstiller.redhour.com

Oh you'll enjoy it, I promise

It's a disgrace

Spring was nice

That's the longest I've stared at a lady's bra since I was 12

it was the breast of times, it was the wurst of times

Ivor Cutler by Michael Knowles, 1988, in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. Cutler's 'Life in a Scotch Sitting Room Vol 2' is one of the funniest books I've ever read. Hearing him read it aloud is even better.

Landscape in the Rain - 1890
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restaurants! bars! churches! galleries! islands! general advice! my 4000-word (!) fully updated guide to Venice is here, and free to read: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/somehow-a-...

Ohhh I got engaged in the fancy boy Torcello restaurant, v good. The church has an excellent mosaic of souls burning in hell etc

[rocking, whispering]: this can't be real this can't be real this can't be real this can't be real this can't be real this can't be real this can't be real this can't be real this can't be real this can't be real

Heading in newspaper clip: David Frost chooses...

... My Ideal Girl - Pauline Boty

Today would have been Pauline Boty's 88th birthday. David Frost was a fan.

It's the archness I can't stand. The self-satisfied knowing smirk. And in god's name will you stop talking to the FUCKING camera.

It's just the right side of annoying, like a lot of pop I like. A hit, as they used to say.

They had such a great, intuitive pop sensibility. They liked to make out it was an arty put-up job, but I think they just loved it.

It feels like they've finally done the right thing and asked the KLF to do our Eurovision entry.

Go for it. I don't want to put anyone off!

The minute I saw this was out I was waiting for the Justin Verdict. It's a banger, isn't it?

I think you had to like Fleabag. Which I didn't.