Alexander Velky

A little collage from #endoftheroadfestival. Two of us made it there, in the end; despite fate seeming to want us not to. Hwyl, er gwaetha'r glaw. Lisa O'Neill, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Vieux Farka Touré, BC,NR and Viagra Boys were some personal highlights.

I'm just going to destroy some cereal BRB

😂😱🕳💀

Thank you. I might do a part two when I'm 60. Or 80.

"I miss the future that we had in the past"

Curriculum Vitæ: a working life story Between January 2022 and March 2023 I wrote a sort of memoir entitled "Curriculum Vitæ: a working life story". I had long had the idea...

6 years tomorrow since I last exchanged white collar labour (i.e. writing) for remuneration. To mark the anniversary, I conclude the serialization of #CurriculumVitæ on my blog (and on Spotify) and will henceforth shut up about it. Happy St Dogmael’s Eve! www.alexandervelky.com/post/curricu...

Curriculum Vitæ: a working life story, by Alexander Velky Podcast · Doubtist Books · "Dear Prospective Employer..." January 2022: long-term-unemployed almost-40-year-old freelance writer Alexander Velky retires to his shed-based home office in rural West Wa...

And for those of you who are illiterate, all of these chapters can be listened to as "podcast episodes" on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/5O9Q3yW...

Chapters 22 and 23 of #CurriculumVitæ continue "the perilous stepping-stones dash of our author's freelance #copywriting career", including one Job he's still not allowed to talk about for legal reasons... t.co/VUcUUbR27W

Pssst. 'Ere, m8... want some trees???

Rewarding myself for good progress on the witch's hat with some frankly unprecedented safety precautions for the next phase of roofing

This CNN #EUROVISION coverage is lightyears ahead of the BBC's. And the phrase "doesn’t treat Eurovision fans with the respect they deserve" absolutely sums up the UK approach of recent decades, barring one obvious aberration: edition.cnn.com/2025/05/16/e...

EUROVISION 2025 EUROVISION 2025 COUNTRY SONG TITLE SONG PERF. STAGE TOT. POINTS* 1.NORWAY Kyle Alessandro – Lighter /10 /10 /10 /30 2.LUXEMBOURG Laura Thorn – La Poupée Monte Le Son /10 /10 /10 /30 3.ESTONI...

Here's a printable #eurovision scorecard google doc for anyone who needs such a thing: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Nooo Albania has been shafted
#eurovision

Complex solutions to nonexistent problems.

WANT: 🇱🇻
SHOULD: 🇦🇱
WILL: 🇸🇪

#EUROVISION

There's at least 6 bangers there

Eurovision 2025 Semi-final 1 Eurovision 2025 Semi-final 1 Lineup: All the countries and songs participating in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 Semi-final 1 in Basel

#eurovision semi tonight. Who's got one??

eurovisionworld.com/eurovision/2...

Forgot to strim the orchard, now it's full of bloody flowers.

#Landskerianflora

YouTube video by Sergeant Buzfuz - Topic Here Come The Popes, Pt. 1 (1st Millenium)

"It's good that [the Pope] has progressive views"

Completely disagree. What's the point of a "Progressive" Pope? I want my Popes hosting orgies, assassinating people, and bankrolling holy wars, like in the good old days: youtu.be/8cqkwOdak3Q?...

#bbcbreakfast

#Rhagiummordax #BlackSpottedLonghornBeetle #ChwilenHirgornSmotiogDu*, running away

#landskerianfauna
* Welsh name is a guess; couldn't find the real one

I see that Continuity Ukip (and, by extension, continuity BNP and continuity NF) has swept to power in the English local elections. Oh well, at least our manufacturing industry is hollowed out, so we probably can't invade France any time soon...

Does dim dyn yn croesi'r un afon ddwywaith: dyw hi ddim yr un afon; dyw e ddim yr un dyn.
— Heraclitus
#AfonWern

I chuckled at "Brits out" but thought the album was a bit shit. Supporting Hezbollah? telling people to kill MPs? Not ideal. But what really got *my* goat was that time they applied for Arts Council funding. Anyone that does that is... I wish I could think of a better idiom than "beyond the pale".

2025 World Snooker Championship: Mark Williams beats John Higgins in quarter-final Three-time winner Mark Williams holds off a John Higgins fightback to win a World Championship classic 13-12 on the final black and reach the semi-finals.

Amazing match between Higgins and Williams. Saw the second of three parts (whatever they're called... sessions??) last night. Very happy for Mark Williams, but you couldn't get a silver Rizla between them... www.bbc.com/sport/snooke...

Unbound have gone into administration? Good. Serves them right for passing on my memoir. I will gladly sup wine from their skull 💀

Re my previous skeet, Boundless (publisher previously known as Unbound) are today soliciting for pledges via email, so if you're on their mailing list, read this before giving them your money.

Young herring gull with a beautiful spotty tail.

Curriculum Vitæ: a working life story, Chapter 19: “What do you like to do outside of work?” Over the few weeks I was in The Great Wen working at Ad Agency # 1, my long-term Sideline at The Wine Websites finally drew to a close. Malcolm was taking (very) early retirement to spend more time wi...

#CurriculumVitæ 19: “What do you like to do outside of work?” in which our author's Freelance Career progresses to the Wine Websites Job, and the minorly unsuccessful debut poetry book he published in June 2013.
Text: www.alexandervelky.com/post/curricu...
Audio: open.spotify.com/episode/6Lpb...

Spent the afternoon trying to make a round doorframe. An activity I wholeheartedly cannot recommend.

Massive rat eating a dead rabbit behind megashed. Where's David Attenborough when you need him?