Daniel Weir

More local news. [And for reference for those who are baffled and intrigued: youtu.be/hn5m4m5VdP8?...

Sadly I think it would take longer than a day.

Screenshot of newspaper headline that states "Owner of King's Lynn wood refused permission to feel trees"

Meanwhile, in local news.

Desert Island Discs - Adeel Akhtar, actor - BBC Sounds Adeel Akhtar, actor, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.

Well, it's good to know that Adeel Akhtar, who I thought seemed like a lovely bloke, appears to be a lovely bloke. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

"Bang! And *everything* is gone."

A small felt alien in oranges and purples rather testicular in shape with vines and fronds projecting from it at all angles and a big sort of trumpet coming out the top on a black felt background

Made a little felt Triffid, based on the Penguin paperback cover.
In retrospect I wish I hadn’t chosen the most nutsack colour to sew what was already quite a bollockular form but sometimes I quite enjoy having created myself a bit of an obstacle to deal with, or in this case, a testicle to surmount

You should - it's well worth it. A great day of festivities to welcome in the new year properly :)

Another great creation. And I've got a copy of that same Penguin edition (I love the triffids!) and have always been a little bemused by that Buster Gonad inspired cover treatment.

A close-up photograph showing some heads of wheat, which make up the "costume" of the straw bear.

While the world slowly disassembles, I took part in some distraction avoidance activities and had a grand day in Whittlesea, at the Straw Bear Festival, where I got the opportunity to get up close and personal with the star of the show.

Heading out into the flatlands.

Checking the internet, there are apparently 44 places called Paradise, with more than a few in the US - which currently seems a stretch eh?

Ha - well spotted - this was indeed the village I grew up in, and while it was a fine place to grow up, I think I'd have expected a little more to be twinned with paradise!

You’re safe :)

Half Man Half Biscuit - Midnight Mass Murder [Official Audio] Midnight Mass Murder by Half Man Half Biscuit. Taken from the latest album The Voltarol Years. Available on CD, download and to stream here: https://HMHB.lnk.to/thevoltarolyears Lyrics: https://halfmanhalfbiscuit.uk/the-voltarol-years/midnight-mass-murder/ https://www.hmhb.co.uk/ https://halfmanhalfbiscuit.uk/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/6hBQq083tyW3yrF1gdVt4Q

Sparing a thought for all the clergy personnel involved in services later tonight:

Reckon it's time to sign up then :) particularly if this is a sign of things to come - great to hear Rosie Cavaliero starring too, she's great.

Hoping there's more of this kind of thing planned in 2026!

This was great :)

If only we'd had David Gandy about in 1974 to stop the the rise of the bad "narrative" of the father as a "useless fool" :)

It is! Bit baffled it’s getting taken off iPlayer tomorrow, you’d think they might extend it a little given the subject.

Man Alive - The Office Party Documentary, first transmitted in 1970, that visits a typical office and films the preparations for the annual Christmas party, the event itself and the aftermath.

Now that my birthday is out of the way I’m happy to allow the focus to shift onto festivities of a more seasonal kind. So I’m starting with an office party from 1970 care of the people at Man Alive (if you want to join me be quick as it’s pulled from iPlayer tomorrow): www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

YouTube video by HBO Thoughts and Prayers | Official Trailer | HBO

Watched this late last night - for reference, if you're looking for something cheering, then I'd perhaps put it towards the bottom of your 'to watch' list. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRv2...

Deserves a much bigger audience, although Sean Harris is more than a little alarming.

@dustysevens.bsky.social Always odd to get post on a Sunday night, but a neighbour who's been away for a fortnight has just passed on your postcard that was delivered to them in error. Glad they made the effort to return it to me - now starting a new category in my postcard collection.

A still from the film The Goob, showing actor Liam Walpole (who plays Goob) on a moped, riding along an empty fenland road.

Post a movie where you’re from. (Well almost.)

You and me both - and to be honest I would be happy to know less about the rest too :/

An impressionistic photograph of The Shard in London, by Simon Roberts

An impressionistic photograph of the River Thames, and the Houses of Parliament in London, by Simon Roberts

An impressionistic photograph of St Paul's Cathedral in London, by Simon Roberts

An impressionistic photograph of the Grosvenor Bridge, and the Battersea Power Station building in London, by Simon Roberts

Love these photographs by @simoncroberts.com, that appear in a new book, After London, published by the people at Hoxton Mini Press. Not wholly sure they "invite us to imagine a future transmuted by climate crisis", however, regardless as to whether they do or don't, they're some first-class work.

Still, good to see the planet's billionaires managing to avoid condemnation eh?

Always meant to get a picture of that when I was down that way last, but forgot. Surely in the top 10 of road sign graffito?

Electronic Sound is always worth investing in - and this issue looks of particular interest. If nothing else am intrigued how "the thinking man's Limahl" (c) Smash Hits, aka Nik Kershaw, was involved in the Cold War.

YouTube video by MELT THE FLY Sink or Skim (Full length)

Which is a roundabout way of pointing you towards this really great short documentary on the world of competitive stone skimming. youtu.be/l5gEI33klgI?...