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Keep the red flag flying here.

#7syllablesentence #red

27.10.2025 19:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He's not slippery. He's a lying skunk.

12.10.2025 16:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's now 8 wars. Any advance on 8?

11.10.2025 19:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was their first real visitor since they moved in. Their new-build was warm and comfortable but felt, with its mimsy rooms and bare staircase, like sitting in a slipshod Wendy House. So the flickering light wasn't unexpected; the accompanying guttural growl beneath the floorboards was.
#WriteCBC

02.10.2025 11:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I get the feeling Franco and Mugabe probably sounded similar.

30.09.2025 16:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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But What If The Germans Invade?

In Episode 25 of Hooray For Pinewood - The History Of British Cinema we look at how film dealt with the threat of invasion. Spoiler: In the end it didn't happen.

open.spotify.com/episode/23dU...

30.09.2025 09:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Every Day I Write The Bookshop

30.09.2025 07:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, how dare these lefty evil rock stars make divisive statements extolling the virtues of... erm... kindness.

21.09.2025 12:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Forbes magazine celebrates the people who enable rapists and sociopaths to keep on raping and sociopathing.

16.09.2025 10:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"'Cause when they met it was moider."

16.09.2025 10:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Gainsborough Melodrama Podcast Episode ยท Hooray For Pinewood ยท S3 E24 ยท 31m

In the latest episode of Hooray For Pinewood - The History Of British Cinema we look at Gainsborough Melodramas, which were box-office gold during wartime and are barely remembered today.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

14.09.2025 11:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Balls. Now start reporting on your editor's involvement in helping Boris Johnson use his post-PM subsidy to enrich himself.

10.09.2025 13:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Seeing as Forbes is based in a country which is banning library books and deporting people without due process I think maybe they should start in their own backyard instead of lying about the situation in the UK.

09.09.2025 16:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Digging For Victory Podcast Episode ยท Hooray For Pinewood ยท S3 E23 ยท 35m

In Episode 23 of Hooray For Pinewood - The History Of British Cinema we look at how was used to keep us calm while we carried on.

podcasts.apple.com/sn/podcast/d...

07.09.2025 09:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenplay - The Black and Blue Lamp (1988) by Arthur Ellis & Guy Slater
YouTube video by Play For Forever Screenplay - The Black and Blue Lamp (1988) by Arthur Ellis & Guy Slater

One of John Woodvine's finest roles.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLt_...

05.09.2025 20:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The snuff box belonged to my grandfather. In my youth it held the eighth of Leb or gram of sulphate which lubricated my social life. Later on it held scraps of paper with phone numbers and a few business cards. These days it's where I keep my nightly blood-pressure and cholesterol pills.
#WriteCBC

04.09.2025 19:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Avisitors

#abbacars

01.09.2025 11:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I would expect The Barron Knights to be earning more at the end of the year when A Taste Of Aggro "Where are you all coming from/We're from Dartmoor, we're on the run") got to Number 3.

31.08.2025 12:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For me in 1963:

Fred Barker
Ollie Beak
Pussycat Willum

30.08.2025 17:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Richard Wattis at his finest.

29.08.2025 18:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Laughing At Hitler Podcast Episode ยท Hooray For Pinewood ยท S3 E22 ยท 36m

In the new episode of Hooray For Pinewood - The History of British Cinema we're looking at film comedy during World War II. What were people laughing at? And is it still funny? (Spoiler: Possibly)

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

24.08.2025 11:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think we're all United over your need for such a thing.

23.08.2025 15:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I Can Pee For Miles

16.08.2025 18:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Babbacombe Zoo

13.08.2025 11:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The Three Bells (Remastered)
YouTube video by The Browns - Topic The Three Bells (Remastered)

The Three Bells
youtu.be/y5pH7l3qdPw?...

12.08.2025 22:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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British Film During the Phoney War Hooray For Pinewood ยท Episode

Welcome to Season 3 of Hooray For Pinewood - The History of British Cinema! In Episode 21 we look at British film at the start of World War 2, otherwise known as The Phoney War.

open.spotify.com/episode/68pZ...

11.08.2025 00:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Fun for all the family:

09.08.2025 00:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tom Lehrer: Alma (concert live) (1965)
YouTube video by Alexander Shekhtman Tom Lehrer: Alma (concert live) (1965)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL6K...

27.07.2025 19:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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