A fascinating experiment, all the more so since (I believe) it would produce radically different results were it applied to French (langue d'oil), Italian or Greek. English must be the only major European language which underwent as radical a transformation from the XIth century onwards.
22.02.2026 09:30 — 👍 57 🔁 11 💬 6 📌 3
Jenrick Among the Folding Tables
A New Yorker profile
NEW - I'm thrilled to announce I was asked to interview Robert Jenrick at a car boot sale for the New Yorker.
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
18.02.2026 11:14 — 👍 205 🔁 66 💬 23 📌 26
In a word, superb.
21.02.2026 11:14 — 👍 22 🔁 8 💬 3 📌 0
Brackett's diaries are a good read. They include the story of Wilder tearing up an angry letter from one of his lovers, but keeping one fragment. Brackett asked him why. He said he wanted to show it to his wife as the blue of the notepaper was the exact colour he wanted for their sitting room wall.
21.02.2026 10:36 — 👍 58 🔁 7 💬 2 📌 0
YouTube video by CLASSIC TRASH
Ohio Express - Sausalito (1971)
youtu.be/eoD8lSDgkas?...
This is pretty daft but I really like it. Properly stoned bubblegum power pop.
21.02.2026 11:45 — 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0
A large, old-fashioned television with protruding buttons and four 1950s style legs
Beautiful everyday Ladybird things.
The television set
Artist: Harry Wingfield (1970)
20.02.2026 08:15 — 👍 317 🔁 38 💬 9 📌 1
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Symptoms of middle-age I'd not have anticipated in my 20s:
1. Going off (a huge amount of) classic rock.
2. Finding it even harder to cope when confronted with the suffering of animals.
3. Thinking of 9pm as a totally reasonable bedtime.
4. Still wanting to climb trees & explore abandoned buildings.
20.02.2026 10:58 — 👍 251 🔁 21 💬 22 📌 5
Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.
19.02.2026 08:26 — 👍 11885 🔁 3073 💬 205 📌 243
YouTube video by NirvanaVEVO
Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World (MTV Unplugged)
Happy 59th Birthday, Kurt...
20.02.2026 15:19 — 👍 689 🔁 107 💬 27 📌 8
a man is standing in front of a large structure
ALT: a man is standing in front of a large structure
My wife played 'cello on Belfast Child, invited to the session as a music student where they were recording in Glasgow. Not AT ALL into pop music, so not recognising him, at one point she asked Jim Kerr if he thought they'd get to meet the band.🫣 (Apparently he was very sweet about it.) #SimpleMinds
21.12.2024 14:12 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
YouTube video by Suede - Topic
Shipbuilding
I'd forgotten how good this cover was.
'Shipbuilding' - Suede @suedehq.bsky.social
youtu.be/6jz0G48LPiU?...
20.02.2026 15:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
YouTube video by TedeschiTrucksVEVO
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Midnight in Harlem (Live from Atlanta)
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
19 - Song that makes you feel warm
Teddischi Trucks Band - Midnight in Harlem
Susan's raspy soul, Derek's liquid slide, and lyrics of devotion transform this song into a warm and cozy fireside hug. Pure musical gold. 🎸🎤🔥
youtu.be/-wVWjl9Kq6U?...
19.02.2026 22:34 — 👍 390 🔁 51 💬 35 📌 8
It's Kenneth Williams' centenary on Sunday, unlikely as that may seem. This piece by Gilbert Adair is a superb appraisal and one I recall reading at the time. It seemed to break the mould of newspaper obituaries, not least in addressing his sexuality very directly. Of interest @bcdreyer.social?
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20.02.2026 11:23 — 👍 36 🔁 8 💬 3 📌 2
Whelp...never using an in-room coffee machine in a hotel again
19.02.2026 14:19 — 👍 3887 🔁 647 💬 1552 📌 438
Good to see the principle that no one is above the law is being upheld in the UK, but take note of the fact that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has not been arrested because of the harm he may have done to girls, but because of the harm he may have done to profits
19.02.2026 15:33 — 👍 652 🔁 178 💬 31 📌 7
Back cover of the short story flash fiction collection POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE by Nick Black
Front cover of the short story flash fiction collection POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE by Nick Black
My odd, sweet, sad, funny, dark, bright ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐-reviewed book of short stories, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE is now available directly from me, via eBay www.ebay.co.uk/itm/26752117... or through Amazon www.amazon.co.uk/Positive-Neg...
#books #booksky 📚💙 #amwriting #shortstories #flashfiction
27.12.2025 09:02 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
YouTube video by U2
U2 - The Tears Of Things (Lyric Video)
Best U2 song in decades.
youtu.be/a4pBXzDPErQ
#U2 #DaysOfAsh
19.02.2026 16:18 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Florence Welch of Florence + the Machine lying on some rocks
I know she's not a Yorkshire teen but Florence Welch would've made a great Cathy...
#WutheringHeights #FlorenceAndTheMachine
19.02.2026 15:17 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
YouTube video by mrdodo
Phil Collins-Genesis Afterglow Live 1980
Totally agree with all of the above. From 1980, Phil's singing so soulful and invested in here, breaks me up every time, one of my favourite live clips. And then he takes to the drum kit! No Hackett required.
youtu.be/mN0jJcCqVqg?
19.02.2026 08:36 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Best two!
19.02.2026 13:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
It's good to know that The Royal Family can still unite the nation at times of adversity.
19.02.2026 10:46 — 👍 144 🔁 19 💬 2 📌 0
Blackadder In The Suez. (Got no further than the title.)
19.02.2026 09:01 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Horror Express (1972) movie poster. As a train travels along the rails, the smoke from it forms a red-eyed evil entity that chokes a dark-haired woman with it's hand.
#NowWatching 📽️💀 Horror Express (1972) #horror
19.02.2026 04:39 — 👍 554 🔁 49 💬 43 📌 6
Night Lights #oilpainting #art
19.02.2026 03:33 — 👍 5801 🔁 628 💬 100 📌 15
YouTube video by mrdodo
Phil Collins-Genesis Afterglow Live 1980
Totally agree with all of the above. From 1980, Phil's singing so soulful and invested in here, breaks me up every time, one of my favourite live clips. And then he takes to the drum kit! No Hackett required.
youtu.be/mN0jJcCqVqg?
19.02.2026 08:36 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Ohhh!! I was going with your Cold War theme, just saying I'd rather a new series with the as-was team rather than a reboot.
19.02.2026 08:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Ideas lead to idols. Only wonder leads to truth.
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England seemed to him to be nothing but horrors and misery now. The very shapes of the trees were like frozen screams.
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Giving the Sky a try. First book On Tour is out now via Velocity Press. All borrowed and recycled music opinions my own🫖
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