A parlour game for attention-seekers.
18.11.2025 12:42 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@robbo59.bsky.social
Retired teacher of English. Busy doing stuff. π πΊπ¦ πͺπΊ Full disclosure: no interest in pets, crypto and sport. And donβt get me started on ludicrous names for shades of paint.
A parlour game for attention-seekers.
18.11.2025 12:42 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Suddenly the day seems just a bit brighter!π
18.11.2025 09:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0By Philippa Space.
18.11.2025 08:26 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I used to think she manifested the largest possible gulf between ambition and ability. But then I saw Chris Philp β¦
17.11.2025 17:07 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Never mind Proust and his madeleine: I just opened a tin of Dubbin. The years just rolled away.
17.11.2025 16:50 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0So β¦ Natasha is married to Amberβs dad β¦
#TheArchers
βWho, me, Mr Chisholm?β
17.11.2025 08:06 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thereβs a spare seat next to Liz Truss.
16.11.2025 17:38 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Cover of βThe Poems of Seamus Heaney.β
So happy to have the familiar brought together with work never published before. A treasure trove.
16.11.2025 09:04 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Quintessential.
16.11.2025 08:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Damn. Great band name wasted.
15.11.2025 15:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Orange snowflake.
15.11.2025 15:46 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Physical Graffiti.
15.11.2025 13:43 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Cover of the UK edition of βThe Poems of Seamus Heaney.β
When you know a book will be a companion for life.
#SeamusHeaney
#Faber
#PoetrySky
Not sure the northern England/Merseyside idiom βdo oneβ is used much at Mar a Lago - but then I canβt understand much of what he says.
14.11.2025 09:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Well worth waiting for!
14.11.2025 09:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βAnything can happen in the next half hour!β
14.11.2025 07:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Dear Donald
I think youβve got enough to worry about. So do one.
Yours
The BBC
βWeβ = I.
12.11.2025 08:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0For what itβs worth β¦
We have very high expectations of the BBC, one such being that they will tell the truth.
We have very low expectations of Donald Trump, one such being that he will lie.
The BBC occasionally disappoints our expectations. Donald Trump never does.
#BBC
Just look at all his medals.
11.11.2025 19:43 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Proof positive.
11.11.2025 18:14 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A clavichord, once played by Mozart, in a glass case in the National Museum, Budapest.
A piano, once owned by Beethoven and subsequently by Liszt at the National Museum, Budapest.
Two musical offerings.
A clavichord once played by Mozart; and a piano owned by Beethoven and subsequently Liszt.
Both in the wonderful National Museum in Budapest.
#Beethoven
#Liszt
#MusicSky
#ClassicalSky
Anything?
11.11.2025 11:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Image that simply says, βBACK THE BEEB.β
Now, more than ever.
11.11.2025 09:30 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0If you can, get vaccinated! I canβt understand why so many of my over-65 cohort havenβt done so yet. Come on guys - get those sleeves rolled up.
10.11.2025 09:16 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0If the thought of Farage joining their company in a few years doesnβt keep you awake at night, or at least make you very angry, we can not be friends.
09.11.2025 22:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Robbie Gibb for DG?
09.11.2025 21:32 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Mark Williams as Jesse in βThe Fast Show.β (BBC television.)
βThis week oi βave been mostly vibe coding.β
#Words
#EnglishLanguage
Lettuce pray.
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