A sign with information about a play, that says a gun is shown but not fired
I'm calling Chekhov
07.03.2026 11:05
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A sign with information about a play, that says a gun is shown but not fired
I'm calling Chekhov
GWR have made an almighty mess of their booking system upgrade. I have been given 3 different sets of instructions on how to make my PAYG card work again - all of them failed. And now they've offered me a £15 goodwill gesture I cannot access. It's so shambolic that it's hilarious.
Farewell Rob Grant. Red Dwarf has been an abiding love since I was a teenager. It shaped my sense of humour and my vocabulary. Still constantly quoted by my partner and I. Such a big, big influence on me.
I used to love Camp coffee. I bought some for baking and decided to have a cup for the nostalgia. It's incredibly sweet but not unpleasant. Can't believe how much of it teenaged-me used to get through.
This Saturday is the Goths for Breakfast charity day. Goths unite! We're raising money for Magic Breakfast to feed hungry kids with a teaching marathon of fascinating talks and writing workshops. Pop in and out as you like - the talks are recorded!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1982926549...
A battered and cracked traffic cone. It has 3 holes which resemble a shocked face.
This cone has seen some shit
Couldn't finish the inaugural Book Club podcast on Wuthering Heights. There were so many lazy errors in the biographical bit about Emily Bronte. Too annoyed to make it to the end.
Hmm.
No cheating your last saved picture of a celebrity is your therapist.
This made me snort laugh. Bravo!
Primary school:
The Amazing Mr Blunden Gremlins
The Glitter Ball
Digby - The Biggest Dog in the World
Jesus of Nazareth with Robert Powell
Senior (convent) school:
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
The Sound of Music
(The nuns were not afraid of cliche.)
Can we have a statue to Virgina Giuffre in Parliament Square, please.
Hand knitted dark green and black brindled calf-length socks on a grey and white striped background
First socks of 2026. Easy Spiral Socks (www.knitpaintsew.com/blog/easy-kn...) in a hand-dyed yarn bought at a market. Magic loop, TAAT. Have also finally found my perfect length after 12 months of trying. 🧶
Game & Watch screens when you first put the batteries in:
Ha! Pleased to say they did not.
Listening to @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social talk about the Belmez faces on @scarredforlife.bsky.social. It unlocked a memory of when my Dad was decorating the kitchen and I was too scared to look at the screed floor in case similar terrifying faces appeared.
Just watched and judged a man on the train as he used AI to write 4 lines for his Valentine's card. Gemma, somewhere between Bristol and Swansea, don't believe a word of it!
Real
Saw Deep Azure at The Sam Wanamaker this afternoon. It's a great production - funny and harrowing in equal measure. Would recommend it.
Lumpy porridge and tea are the only foods I can recall from the book.. and maybe herrings. That is the tie-in menu I want to see!
The sheer rampaging power of the tory party's incompetence from brexit through covid got the press used to the idea that they could just whip up major resignations whenever they got bored. Sadly this is now a big driver of current UK politics.
A knitted blanket that gives the appearance of being made of woven strips. The colours are pastel green, yellow, purple, blue and pink.
The same blanket folded and tied up with white ribbon in a bow.
Entrelac baby blanket in Hobbii Lollipop - colourway: Boise. Good mindless knitting project but am glad to see it finally finished and ready to handover. 🧶
A densely printes poster saying: £100 REWARD! LOST, STOLEN, STRAYED, LEFT HIS HOME! WENT AWAY! JAMES DOUGHTY, the Clown at Hengler's Circus, left his Lodgings at about half past Five and Twenty Minutes on the morning of Tuesday. When last seen, he was dressed in a Sky-blue Hat Yellow Waistcaot, Green Trousers, and Boots of the Gridiron pattern, with a Frying Pan round his neck for an Eye-Glass: his age is about £1 6s 8d., Big Head, Short Red Hair, Pink Eyes, Green Moustache, Square Mouth. Nose pointed, with a Feather at the End of it. Chin Round, Face Oval, has a thoughtful look at the Back of the Head, Speaks Short: When asked if he has any BENEFIT TICKETS, says, "I believe you my boy; he has no money with him, but an Eight-day Clock in his Waistcoat Pocket, and a Gingham Umbrella and a Lamp-post in his Hat; was last seen on the road to Lark Hall, at half-past 2. Having to dine with Smith at 1 o'Clock, at Lark Place; WHAT A LARK! Any person giving information to any one whom it may concern, will get, if they can, the above Reward. Parents. Guardians. Police Officers, and Beadles, are requested, with the Public, to keep a Look-out as his BENEFIT takes place on WEDNESDAY EVENING May 10th, 1865. Anyone giving information to the disconsolate Publie, will receive the thanks of his Friends. By Order, Open the Gate! Ring the Bell, Sammy! Yes, Father!
Saw Poster Power! at the Victoria Art Gallery in Bath today. This one from 1865 was my absolute favourite.
My brain keeps getting tripped up when someone says ‘Gorton and Denton’ because I hear ‘Galton and Simpson’ and fear there’s a vote for a new Steptoe.
Hamnet sequel ideas:
Macdeth
King Leer
The comedy of Errols
Oh, hello!
A midbummer nights dream
The cast of Only Fools and Horses pictured like they are in the shining
🎶 we got a snow drift,
Danny’s gift
and plasma from the bloody lifts
axed doors,
maze tours
and creepy twins you can’t ignore,
red rum, scared mum, barman chum and you must say
when he’s typing all the day
it’s all work and never play
play, play, play, play, play, play, play, play. 🎶
Got new hearing aids today for the first time in 5 years. Everything is very loud and I have spent far too much time taking photos of the back of my head.🦻
Hit me Paul Shane one more time
*Athena
