Peter Mitchell

I wrote this quite a few years ago now. CW: what you'd expect. richarddsmyth.com/2020/11/03/o...

and, uh

um,

Captain Birdseye and Mr Muscle at it like knives, with the Honey Monster looking on from the cuck chair

[as I tumble naked, battered and bruised down a bloody conveyor belt to be minced into chum to sate the infinite hunger of Gorek Vingoth, The Galaxy Chomper] we could have avoided this if it wasn't for the Left's ridiculous purity tests

This is only 10 days away.

Get your tickets here: www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk/lortburnspec...

What should I talk about at this, gang? Hullo birds, hullo sky? The history of eco-fascism? The joys of freelancing, har har har? The problems with nature writing (but bear in mind we've only got a couple of hours)? Coffee photography?

I cannot emphasise just how much, if you live in the North East, you should come to the next LORT BURN SPECIALS on Oct 18, if only to get hold of some of this epochal swag

Ever since I met you the other day I've felt guilty for being rude about Vineland just as you were en route to see it! (it was cool to meet you irl though)

London Councils Face Losing Half Their Share Of Children's Services Funding Some of London’s poorest areas could see their share of funding for children’s services halved under Labour’s plans to reform local government gran...

Some of London’s poorest areas could see their share of the children’s services funding formula halved under Labour’s plans to reform local government grants.

By me, for Politics Home: www.politicshome.com/news/article...

One thing that really jars for me with the playing off of minorities against each other in this really transactional way (by the government and others) is remembering that my Cypriot grandfather learned bits and pieces of Bengali from working with Bangladeshi chefs in a Jewish restaurant.

his NAME was HENRY 😡

ALERT for Owen Hatherley / Peter Mitchell fans

for more of these japes, come see the author at LORT BURN SPECIALS in Newcastle on the 18th instant bsky.app/profile/lort...

i don't know where you are, or who, or if you exist, but i'll be talking with him about it in newcastle on the 18th: www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk/lortburnspec...

it's fucking great btw

it is

ah ha ha ha, ah ha, lol

sorry but this is completely wonderful in all respects

hattip to @mattsymonds.bsky.social here, lurking in the background like my evil Worm Twin

I urge anyone thinking about protesting this weekend to recognise and respect the grief of British Jews. This is a moment of mourning. It is not a time to stoke tension and cause further pain. It is a

This is wild, wild and wrong, stop it

risograph print - red flowers, green print over saying THROW SAND IN THE GEARS OF GENOCIDE

risograph print - green flowers, red print over saying THROW SAND IN THE GEARS OF GENOCIDE

our @fossilfreebooks.org comrade @peter.polari.com has made these gorgeous risograph prints to raise money for the Sameer Project, a Palestinian-led mutual aid group supporting people in Gaza. Only 50: get yours quick polari.press/shop/art-pri...

I, myself, do not wish to give them the benefit of the doubt

Today is the 89th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street so here's "Cable Street" by Albert Turpin from his post-war work, most likely to mid to late 1950s. This is actually a view of Grace's Alley, just off Cable Street. #AlbertTurpin #BattleofCableStreet #EastLondonGroup

what

lol

Only two weeks until our next Lort Burn Specials event at @alphabettitheatre.bsky.social in Newcastle.

We've got Owen Hatherley talking about his new book and the impact of European emgires on 20thC Britain plus the usual other great stuff.

Tickets: www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk/lortburnspec...

Happy Cable Street Day to all who celebrate. Comes earlier every year these days doesn't it

nah man I'm gonna go and climb some hills while they're all frosty and such

wonderful