Basti Wocker's Avatar

Basti Wocker

@havivo.bsky.social

Author and Editor of Hampstead’s occasional, localist satirical magazine. "Required breakfast reading is the latest issue of Hampstead’s revered satirical rag, the Hampstead Village Voice..." — The New York Times.

92 Followers  |  66 Following  |  162 Posts  |  Joined: 13.10.2024  |  1.5863

Latest posts by havivo.bsky.social on Bluesky

Post image

In my first book I grassed myself up. In my second, I grass up everyone else. The first chapter is called: Nobody Likes A Grass… NAME DROP ME? NEVER! OUT 01/04/2026

02.01.2026 11:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

A band in our position cannot afford to be made to look Ridiculous. So get down to the Camden Club this Bank Holiday Sunday innit.
😎😵‍💫🤗😘

20.05.2025 14:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

🚨 Gridlock Alert 🚨 20/05/25

Avoid the White Stone Pond like the plague. Very badly thought out temporary traffic lights clogging up East Road and Heath Street.

20.05.2025 14:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Fancy a fun night out? Ridiculous will play the Camden Club, Chalk Farm this Bank holiday Sunday 25th May 2025. Doors 7:30pm. Band on stage at 8:15-ish. £12 on the door. Pic: Basti Wocker, Peter Noone, Jon Moss and Erran Baron Cohen.

19.05.2025 14:05 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Ridiculous taking a break from rehearsals for their upcoming gig at the Camden Club today. From left: Basti Wocker, Peter Noone, Jon Moss and Erran Baron Cohen. Come and join them on bank holiday Sunday 25/05/25 7:30pm at the Camden Club, Chalk Farm Road. £12. 🤗🙄🤪😎

16.05.2025 23:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image Post image Post image Post image

Come and see Ridiculous live at The Camden Club, London in 25/05/25. Doirs 7:30pm. £12 on the door. 😎🤪🙄😘 Advance booking via Eventbrite.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ridiculous...

10.05.2025 15:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Only a couple of weeks till @ridiculoustheband prance about at The Camden Club for another splendiferous night of sheer unadulterated joy! Book now via @eventbriteuk or turn up before 7:30pm to get in! £12 Squid on the door 🥸🤗😵‍💫😘

09.05.2025 09:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Reader reviews of The Joy of Addiction: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Verified purchase.

“Brilliantly written, funny and exciting and thoroughly enjoyable. There aren’t many books that have made me laugh out loud and this was definitely one of them.” — Michael, Barcelona. #bookstagram #goodreads

25.04.2025 09:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

If you haven’t read my little stranger-than-fiction addiction memoir yet, it’s available now on Amazon and at all good bookshops. Before writing the sequel, I’m currently working in on something completely different. Watch this space! 📚 #books #addiction #recovery

23.04.2025 21:36 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Okay girls and boys, if you haven’t yet done so, stick this one in yer diary. Yours truly and the band’ll be rocking your socks off with our 100% original repertoire, innit. 🤗🤪😎😵‍💫 Ridiculous live at the Camden Club. 25/05/25. 7pm. £12.

23.04.2025 17:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Here’s the editor’s leader article on page 7 of the spring Hampstead Village Voice. There’s more on the out of control petty crime epidemic on page 9. Available at good local newsagents now: Only £2. #hampsteadheath LBC #CrimeNews #hampstead

22.04.2025 10:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sorry, forgot to correct that typo — editor’s fault. A job at the Grauniad beckons!

21.04.2025 14:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

A well deserved award for the The Well Walk Theatre, is celebrated in the spring edition of the Hampstead Village Voice. Available now at local newsagents… and The Well Walk Theatre. 🎭 £2.

15.04.2025 10:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image Post image

The spring edition of the Hampstead Village Voice focuses on high street crime. We’ve never had it so bad. But there is hope! Get your copy at Hampstead Tube, Mag One, Peppercorn or the 24 Bus Terminus now! Only £2. #Hampstead

14.04.2025 16:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Get yer Hampstead Village Voice from a newsagent in Greater Hampstonia now for only £2. It’s a crack!

14.04.2025 10:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

There are a couple of fitting tributes to Henry Kelly in the current edition of the Hampstead Village Voice, including an amusing interview we did with him in 2008. He really was quite a character. RIP Henry.🥇 🙏

12.04.2025 14:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

25/05/25 is going to be a Ridiculous bank holiday! Come and see Ridiculous live in London. Book now via @eventbriteuk www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ridiculous...

11.04.2025 16:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

HAMPSTEAD FACES in the Hampstead Village Voice features Ridiculous drummer and Hampsteadite Jon Moss… but what’s on page 33? Get your spring edition only at local newsagents to find out. £2.

07.04.2025 15:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

HAMPSTEAD HEATH: What they mean by ‘Commercialise’ remains to be seen. Nevertheless, the ‘non-denial denial’ from the City of London is viewed cautiously by Heath Spy in the spring edition of the Hampstead Village Voice. At Hampstead Tube, Mage One, Heath News and the 24 bus terminus now! Only £2.

07.04.2025 09:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image Post image

This is sooo what you want to be doing today. Get your Hampstead Village Voice from Mag One, Hampstead Tube Station, The Well Walk Theatre, Peppercorn or any newsagent near Hampstead Heath, find a quiet corner and chill ☀️. #hampstead ☕️

06.04.2025 14:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

HOW TO DO HAMPSTEAD SUNDAYS No.1:
Get your Hampstead Village Voice from The Well Walk Theatre for only £2, then read it there over brekkie or tea. Splendid! #hampstead #hampsteadheath

06.04.2025 13:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

HOW TO DO HAMPSTEAD SUNDAYS No.1:
Get your Hampstead Village Voice from The Well Walk Theatre for only £2, then read it there over brekkie or tea. Splendid! #hampstead #hampsteadheath

05.04.2025 17:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image 03.04.2025 21:07 — 👍 19    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Post image

Happy St. Totteringham’s Day everybody!🔴⚪️🤗🥾🐓

03.04.2025 21:07 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Post image

Shoplifting has gone off the scale in Hampstead. The Spy takes a look at local policing and ‘a cunning plan’ that is bearing fruit. But is enough being done? Get your spring edition of the Hampstead Village Voice at all good local newsagents now. £2. #hampstead #pettycrime #shoplifting

03.04.2025 18:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

🇨🇭 OVERSEAS NEWS: read about the closure of the Swiss Cottage pub in ‘Switzerland’ and the Spy’s theory as to why it shut down. The Hampstead Village Voice is available now all over Greater Hampstonia… including the Walk Inn supermarket in Switzerland🇨🇭! £2.

03.04.2025 14:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Hampstead Community Centre was recently labelled ‘the Taliban’ by a resentful, publicity seeking art teacher. Arts critic Klaus von Kunst sets the record straight. The Hampstead Village Voice is at newsagents now. Only £2. #Hampstead Hampstead Community Centre, London. NW3

03.04.2025 10:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

The Hampstead Village Voice plunges into the deep end of the Kenwood Ladies’ Pond transgender debate in this spring edition. Read two very different viewpoints… if you dare! At newsagents now: only £2. #Hampstead Hampstead Heath City of London Ladies Pond, Hampstead Heath #hampsteadheath

02.04.2025 21:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

The spring edition of the Hampstead Village Voice is now at newsagents priced at £2. We ask that Hampsteadites form an orderly queue and refrain from fighting, biting or scratching to get their copies. Viva! #hampstead

31.03.2025 19:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

The first copy of the spring edition of the Hampstead Village Voice was just bought by Moosey-baby at Peppercorn in New End. Get yours there or at Mag One, Hampstead Tube, Heath News, Brooksby (Highgate) and all good newsagents now. Only £2!

31.03.2025 14:13 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@havivo is following 18 prominent accounts