John Grindrod

For me the Creme Egg Twisted is the hockey

The Winter Olympics is a bit like Christmas when there’s too many treats in the house. ‘Ooh I’ve found a whole extra bobsleigh I didn’t know we had.’

All ready for pancake day, with Pukka pies

I’m going to get pictures of my nails painted on my nails

Once reviled, now celebrated, London’s Southbank Centre is a genuine civic wonder The cultural complex’s national importance has belatedly been recognised

‘the listing protects that remarkable legacy too, a genuine civic and public investment in culture that elevated the public above the city, as if to take possession of it, whether you had a ticket or not.’

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Tempting

Good job I’m not about to go into an intense period of standing in front of groups of people. Maybe I’ll leave my face at home.

Lack of sunlight means you can call me ol’ psoriasis face.

John Grindrod - Tales of the Suburbs at The Portobello Bookshop Please come and join us for John Grindrod - Tales of the Suburbs on 24th March, at The Portobello Bookshop

And then I’m off to Edinburgh, to The Portobello Bookshop, in conversation with Rosa Campbell www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/john-...

*sings “pancake day” to the tune of Uptown Girl*

It needs to go on the page and stay on the page and not romp around the room and into the street

Those Wichita Lineman connected to the universe moments when writing are great and entirely unhelpful at the same time

It’s an absolute cracker

YouTube video by BBC Archive 1986: The Englishwoman's Wardrobe | Forty Minutes | BBC Archive

Heavenly kitsch, camp documentary, which is as much a wonderful series of vignettes visiting endearing individuals & eccentrics as a film about their heavenly fashions.
Sadly, a strong content warning is needed for the inclusion of Margaret Thatcher
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The Southbank Centre should be torn down, not listed Some bleak brutalism ought to be preserved as an example to future architects of what not to do. Just not this concrete monstrosity

we should give the phrase 'concrete monstrosity' a Grade II listing. Sure, examples are plentiful right now but we need to preserve it for future generations to illustrate how unimaginative the conservative mind is www.telegraph.co.uk/art/architec...

A robin has started with it’s messy scribble of a song, and the morning is underway

They have a real scream on them

Evocative though, right?

All the young dudes out by the industrial estate comparing souped up Peugeots and racing each other on the dual carriageways

Paired with Harry Hill’s TV Burp commentary it’s the greatest achievement of the modern age

rummaging in my drawers...
they're packed with treasure like this...

So great to hear that you’re home. The Winter Olympics feel drifty and strange at the best of times, I imagine they feel an ideal companion of constant untroubling noise and irrelevant jeopardy

Happy birthday!

Hey thank you! I don’t have any details myself yet… Be lovely to see you there

A building with a sign saying Punch Opticians

Way harsh

It was very ‘and now dancing to the music from
Falling Down it’s…’

Nadhim Zahawi posting a picture of a guy lying on the ground, who he “just walked passed” [sic].

Today we are studying the story of the Bad Samaritan

LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains Hidden histories, suburban secrets and queer lives lived in unexpected places.

After that am off to Bath’s Curious Minds festival to do an event there… bathboxoffice.org.uk/whats-on/lgb...