Matthew Walker

Going to the shop in my round-the-house cardigan. Need to step it up.

Another Night In

#nowplaying open.spotify.com/track/1bba9F...

Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …

Captured some sort of Halloween heist the other day...

I've always wanted a PC that uses smart AI tools to tackle my holiday to-do list. #advertisements

Work pants. Chore jacket. Task hat. Errand vest.

No, LinkedIn, I don't want to follow Bill Gates or Steven Bartlett. 🗑️

Irritated by choice of front door (mock Georgian) on extended house (1960s) over the road. 🧐

Something for my LinkedIn...

No surprises? 🤣😆🤣😆🤣

Happy Bumfire Night!

What's the point of teaching schoolchildren about how mortgages work when there's fat chance of them getting one? 📻

I love Ducksh. 🦆

Patrick Roberts must be our best winger since Chris Burke. #bcfc

£4.50 for a bag of diabetes. The game's gone.

One gripe from today's game...
How are these raspberry slices? (Actual raspberry slice pictured for comparison.)

Saw some probably-too-old-for-this Trick N Treaters dressed as roadmen.

Ghost Story

spotify.link/37P80Y5jVXb

Black Cat

🎃 open.spotify.com/track/2u24s4...

Time for the annual, expensive-looking Shen Yun promo. What is it? Who goes to see it?

A woman with braided hair and glasses smiles while hugging a boy in a striped shirt. Text on the left states: "The economic value of contributions made by unpaid carers in the UK is £184 billion a year." The Carers UK logo is at the bottom left.

Did you know that unpaid carers save the UK over £184 billion a year?

This #InternationalDayOfCare we're calling for better support to recognise the enormous contribution millions of unpaid carers provide to family and friends across the UK every day.

I did go back, when challenged.

Just offered to pay for someone's shopping as the self checkout wasn't accepting their card then promptly walked off without paying for my own.

(I also like misspelling band names.)

That's What the Music Is for (When the Fair's Over)

I like The Appartments and I like their new album. 🍂
open.spotify.com/track/0RQpsK...

‘It’s been a cesspit, really, my life’: war photographer Don McCullin on 19 of his greatest pictures At 90, McCullin has spent seven decades recording conflict and tragedy – while escaping snipers, mortar fire and capture. He reflects on pain, pride and regret

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

10cm of snow to fall in the UK tonight reports the Birmingham Mail... in the Scottish Highlands. #dfo

NTS radio is back on TuneIn. No more Nick Robinson/Grimshaw.

Happy Divali

Just did the thing where you look for your glasses but you're already wearing them. 👴🏼