Brendan O'Grady

Whatever would Bruegel the Elder think? (read the quote in yr previous piece and thought - this PR person is *wasted* in current role...)

This is really very good. And weird. Best opening paragraph...ever?

Essential listening, especially if you have been waiting for decades for someone to say this to Parris, starts from 23 minutes in.

Record-breaker: Leonard Barden’s chess column celebrates 70 years and a place in history Now 96, this week marks a milestone for our columnist, whose astonishing career has set a Guinness World Record

‘After 70 years, 14 prime ministers, and nearly 4,000 articles, Leonard Barden is still going strong. In all that time he has never missed a week – rain or shine, in sickness and in health. And now, officially, he is a record-breaker.’

By @seaningle.bsky.social

Many people are saying this (in West Ham WhatsApp groups)

@sarahoconnorft.ft.com exposé on the internet form-filling hell of the apostrophe-haver

Apollo 11 lunar lander in front of the moon. The earth is half a distant blue ball over the moon's horizon. Photo was taken from the Command Module by Michael Collins

This photo contains every human who was alive on July 20, 1969.

Except for Michael Collins

I for one welcome our new Trisolaran overlords...

Saw BDB play it in full a few months back in a little theatre style venue in London - transcendent

Looking at a French festival lineup... the Lads have been absolutely bodied here by Google Translate

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Lava [Instrumental Intro: 0:00-2:06] / [Intro] / Death smells like boiled eggs / Death, a hot stove glowing red / Lava, sticky like peanut butter / Lava, the ultimate stonecutter / [

genius.com/King-gizzard...

This is just the lyrics to a King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard song?

Can’t praise this enough - it’s a beautiful, profound, wise, moving piece about what it means to have a disabled child, and about love. Do read it …

*chanting*

crosstabs, crosstabs

Crosstabs, Cross tabs

CROSSTABS, CROSSTABS

What a day to be in Manchester...

Essex roundabouts that could also be Metallica albums:

...Lincoln-centric?

THE NEW INDIE 2008-2010 - the further we get away from this the more it's obvious it was a very good era
Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/6Pw...
Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
YouTube: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

super list, cheers! A pretty great era for indie, sandwiched between two pretty bad ones...

I was at this, my first festival, aged 16. Wiiiiiiild. Bookmarking to rewatch in full...

Very ...

I was let go after 3 months I think, in Autumn 1996.

This morning my dad texted me "karma"

my favourite 29 songs of 2024...

open.spotify.com/playlist/2NY...

Just saw Ringo Starr and Ronnie Wood live in concert 🤩 (some bloke called Paul on bass, pretty decent)

The Shining (1980)

Copenhagen! good museums, great cafes/coffee and foodie restaurants. Tivoli Gardens, the traditional fairground/theme park in central Cp, is lovely at Christmas. And the Louisiana modern art museum 1hr outside Cp is stunning

But who will speak up for the cat-less child men

YouTube video by Movieclips Field of Dreams (5/9) Movie CLIP - People Will Come (1989) HD

youtu.be/7SB16il97yw?...

James Earl Jones, voice of Star Wars’ Darth Vader, dies aged 93 American actor starred in films including The Great White Hope and won two Tony awards in prolific stage career

"People will come Ray. People will most definitely come." RIP JEJ

www.theguardian.com/film/article...

What are some of your family idioms that make no sense to anyone outside of the clan / household? We have:
- 'going rubby-round', when a cat rubs up against your legs because it wants dinner
- 'don't tell John', a generic name for cat treats that are human food e.g. ham
- 'osbidge', meaning a horse