David McGaughey

Quite disconcerted by the cycling commentator doing the cricket. Keep on expecting Sean Kelly to pop up saying "I don't think so, no" to every question

Ah, joyous football

The damage this government is doing to the future of the Labour Party is just incalculable. I really think a lot of people won't vote for them again. That grudging trust that, whatever else, they'll be the least inhumane & least incompetent option is gone. Why believe it again?

I think I figured it out. Lots of Australians. No Gary Pratt

Ireland beating Portugal 2-0? Ronaldo sent off? I'm not a massive fan of enjoying things, but ...

Reposting this. Most beautiful, timely, moving thing i've heard all year

YouTube video by ANTI- Records Mavis Staples - "Anthem" (Full Album Stream)

This is just the most magnificent thing. As if Cohen wrote the song specifically for her, for now www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDc0...

Watching Van der Ven, hoping, on the one hand, he stays fit, but knowing if his hamstring holds up for a couple more months, someone like Real Madrid will buy him for 100m in January

Postecoglou's Tottenham, you felt they didn't practice defending crosses, Frank's Tottenham, it looks like they don't practice striking crosses ... absolute U11 level ...

The Bear. I don't know if that counts as prestige TV at the start, but its cast were mainly little known to begin with, and it's added star names as it's gone along

Have just been imagining the album ‘Michael Buble Sings Joanna Newsom’ in quite frightening detail

YouTube video by The Overlap When Roy worked with Marinakis! 🎇

Hoping Roy Keane will have plenty to say about the interim manager at Celtic, because, really, there are few things better in this life than listening to Roy Keane repeatedly say the name "Martin"
www.youtube.com/shorts/X8uGb...

Highlight of many highlights so far in 'Mr Scorsese' is his mum going "I was in the Mean Streets" ...

Feels like Spurs' fate now hangs as much on Micky VDV as it did on Kane for years

Where’s her Pulitzer already? Joanna Newsom’s 20 best songs – ranked! Ten years on from the release of her rococo masterpiece, Divers, we count down the singer-songwriter-harpist’s most beautiful and devastating tracks

10 years ... too long. These songs are just so good. They are really just the best songs
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

This women's CWC is, so far, a great tournament. Nearly every match has threatened a surprise/been competitive

All chapters should be between 7 and 14 pages long, and should have titles.
Also, there should be at least one little piece of dialogue on every page, to make it more welcoming

He's a properly excellent screen presence - maybe the best songwriter/actor there is. He nearly always appears in good films, and lights them up. His appearance in Buster Scruggs is one of my favourite things ...

Good news - managed to beat my age in a 10k this morning. Less good news, I'm not 27 so that doesn't make me a world class runner...

Went to see this last night (good), so reposting this as i think it is one of the best extremely laboured puns, requiring specific knowledge, that i've ever made

Seems like this guy Hojlund’s got all the ingredients of a great striker. Just the kind of player a struggling big club in England should sign

AO boss: We're a British success story – the UK should be turbocharging us John Roberts, the founder of AO and so-called kitchen king, says tax rises are putting

No one has ever looked more like a British self-made millionaire www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It's funny that the Rubicon has been crossed of the most obviously true, defining thing of British politics in the 21st century being said out loud, and seeing how people react

I think I may switch to Bayern bullying Pafos, Harry Kane goals still bring me a little joy, whoever they're for ...

With a heavy cold, watching Spurs being totally overpowered by Bodo/Glimt, who are not themselves playing particularly well, on a plastic pitch, with Sam Matterface on commentary. Just don't think it's possible to imagine a less enjoyable football-watching experience ....

Super Furry Animals to play first tour in a decade The Welsh rock band will play a six-date tour next May starting in Dublin.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... I often hope SFA will make a new album, especially now Suede, Blur & Pulp have shown bands of that era can reunite to make great new music. But, really, the first 10 years of the Furries is just too perfect, there's no more to add; if it's just live shows, so be it

Aah, man, I loved Tony Harrison. In particular, I thank him for the most enjoyable permitted swearing of my school days. Taking turns to read a verse from 'v' and hoping you got a good one ...

The Daily Quiz Book: A quiz for every day of the year Buy The Daily Quiz Book: A quiz for every day of the year by McGaughey, David, Waley-Cohen, Jack, Richardson Puzzles and Games (ISBN: 9781913602475) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

New quiz book out today, if you like that sort of thing ...
www.amazon.co.uk/Daily-Quiz-B...

Hadn't noticed Erik Lamela had retired. One of my favourites ...

Thought it was quite a slow start to music this year, but in the last few weeks there have been loads of really good albums released