Herbert Gaulke esq

That was Peter Sellers own car, a Mini Cooper he had trimmed to a very high spec by Hooper Motor Services in 1963

It's one of my go to clips if I'm not feeling quite right, it's brilliant

We've got 3 Tuxedos, quite mad. Great company but they're not huggers

Roscoe with 1983 and a postcard of her which depicts her looking unusually cheery

The rear cover of 1983

Hello! My CEO Roscoe and I are giving away TWO signed copies of my novel 1983 to two randomly selected people who repost this & pop a reply below. You also get a free postcard of this illustration of Roscoe by my mum.

It’s been called “Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut & Sue Townsend”…

Someone should tell him it comes with interchangeable 'tools'

Red kite flying in a blue sky

Birds of prey are an essential part of a healthy, balanced eco-system - but they face many challenges, including persecution and habitat loss. That’s why places like Argaty, and the moorland habitats at Tarras Valley Nature Reserve are so vital.
More:
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/birds…

DONNIE DARKO was released 24 years ago this week. A cult classic that launched the career of Jake Gyllenhaal as a Hollywood star, the making of story is as out there as talking rabbit…

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Farage: epic grifter

No, kids weren't told they'd "all be Muslim by year 6" A handful of parents, a far-right outrage machine, and the damage misinformation does to real communities: A simple school assembly in Swansea, where a visitor from a local mosque spoke about her fait...

This is one helluva debunk from @monkemma.bsky.social and a real case study in disinformation.
westcountryvoices.co.uk/no-kids-were...

You spelt Cat wrong

While Israelis celebrated the return of captives from Gaza, Israel warned Palestinian families against holding celebrations over the return of prisoners – some who had been held for decades. Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh explains.

Honest Asda worker turns detective to reunite shopper with dropped £250 Charlotte Stone turned detective to track down the customer who had dropped the £250 on the floor of Asda

Actual proper nice things.

Not sure which one leaves a slimier trail tbh

When you write a book, you actually write several books. There's the one you know you wrote. Then there's the one your readers bring their experiences to. Suddenly your book becomes lots of different books, all equally valid.

But the book someone part-reads or presumes you wrote? That can fuck off.

You would have got away with that 50 years ago

9-yr-old Ukrainian Sasha Paskal has won gold&bronze medals at the All-Ukrainian Rhythmic Gymnastics Competition "Black Sea Cup"

In the summer of 2022she was seriously injured by a Russian strike and underwent a leg amputation

Sasha didn’t give up.She went through rehabilitation
📹bokareva.solovey.m

No, I'm Spartacus!

Charlotte Church sang From the River to the Sea at a fundraising event for Palestinians and now all the usual people are screaming antisemitism and trying to cancel her.

RT if you stand with Charlotte Church and Palestine.

YouTube video by Renzy The Role That Should've Broken Sam Rockwell

A kind and thoughtful video essay about MOON from Ken. Sharing it for those who might be interested, and because it occurred to me that more people have watched this wonderful essay than probably got to see the film when it was at the cinema! 😅

youtu.be/QnSUJErY-1c?...

As a theoretical cosmologist, I'm frequently asked "what is the benefit of the work you're doing for people's lives?" Nothing I work on makes money or cures disease.

There are a few different answers one can give, at various levels of "convincing" / "actually relevant to why the work is done."

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BREAKING: Heroic police officers save public from this terrifying terrorist who was holding a sign the government doesn’t like x

Overdid the catnip last night

Why do Boot Sales have to start so early in the morning? Like what else do the people that go to them do all day that means they need to be there at 6am? It's too fucking early.

The Severn Estuary, as viewed from Uley Bury, Gloucestershire.

Popping back here briefly to post this pinned link to my new website: everything in one place. Writing archive, links to books & audiobooks. No association with Substack or other venture capitalists. Writing on diverse subjects in your inbox, every week, for a fee of your choice: www.tom-cox.com

Maybe the second person is braver after they saw what happened to the first person but still thought they would get a better result

They'll build a Disneyland Israel to really rub it in

Every now and then a perfect T-shirt comes along