Sebastian Dobson

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song of the South

Just heard a great line from the writer Paul Waldman: Trumpism is based on the idea that "our worst selves are our truest selves". It is fundamentally a bleak, brutal view of human nature — we all secretly want to be sadistic and corrupt so let it all out. It's not true but it explains a lot.

Did he wear a suit?

“That's not even Michael Nesmith's real hat!”

Anne McKevitt? I remember she used the adjective ‘funky’ *a lot* to describe her colour schemes.

Now waiting for Quentin Tarantino to remake Strauss’s operetta as “Die, Fledermaus!”

Fingers crossed, Eleanor!

Thank you!!!

Swaying backwards and forwards at Christmas Eve mass after closing time is probably as far as it goes.

5% council tax hike would be a five-finger discount.

YouTube video by billbailey Bill Bailey - Dr Qui - Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra

Not a patch on Dr. Qui

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Vacuuming Loud and Clear

They’ll still have to attend interviews with their Jobcentre work coach though…

The background track from John Lennon’s “Happy Xmas (War is Over)”used in this post promoting a patriotic celebration of this “#christainholiday” stops just before the song mentions that Xmas is also “for black and for white [and] for the yellow and red ones.”‬

George Bluth (Jeffrey Tambor) confronted by White Power Bill (David Reynolds) in a scene from ‘Arrested Development’.

There are also those who believe in the cleansing power of the pipe.

Through his life and extraordinary talent, the immigrant and refugee child Tomáš Sträussler who became known to us all as Tom Stoppard made British theatre and this country a better place to be.

You might even argue that he helped redefine Englishness through his astonishing legacy of work.

They are going to have a hard time selling themselves to a party which has only MP (Kruger) who went to a Russell Group university and has a postgraduate degree.

Not a very crafty hike.

It’s crime that veterans of “It’s a Royal Knockout” haven’t been acknowledged with their own medal.

Taiwanese ambassador to Finland performs with his metal band at Taiwan-Finland cultural event! 🤘✊️
That's what I call great ambassador

The tagline “from a place you’ve never heard of” seems like a pointed reference to widespread ignorance of the Gallipoli campaign outside Australia and NZ at that time.

a man wearing a blue shirt says well in white letters ALT: a man wearing a blue shirt says well in white letters

Or even worse than that, a total eclipse of the heart.

Always happy for an excuse to bring out this gem

It’s the face of a man who has suddenly realised that he’s become everything that his younger self despised. That could never be said of you.

Who would go the effort of putting on a suit and tie for a photoshoot and then deciding ‘ah f**k it, let’s do it in the kitchen.’?

There was a period during 2005-12 when Matthew Elliott was Allister Heath’s brother-in-law (Elliott and Florence Heath were co-founders of the Taxpayers’ Alliance in 2004 and their union was blessed with marriage). I often wonder whether the two ex-brothers-in-law stayed in touch after the divorce.

Now imagining an alternative history in which 1930s Mickey Mouse continued taking on the establishment rather than selling out to it.

“Nigel’s a big supporter of Israel, he can’t possibly be racist!”

Unless the topic under discussion is religion, kicking off with “well, Sarah, I’m a Christian…” is never a good start, but dear Lord…