Harry Pearson

For my Elvis book I met the Finnish academic who performed and recorded Elvis songs translated into both Latin and Sumerian.

"Of course, they did not have blue suede shoes in Sumeria," he told me, "so I had to translate the song as 'on my sandals of sky blue leather, please do not stand".

No this is a scene from 'Wailing Well' by M R James.

Glowing firefly squid along the coast of Tokyo, Japan

Totally disrespectful lack of wing collar and tails

Czechs express zero gratitude for our efforts says Chamberlain

His documentary Remember the Future is really good.

Yes, I think Jonathan Meades said something like 'people used to believe in the future' which is true.

Bought her Xmas cards last year. Lovely.

Used to eat in the restaurant with my Dad in the early 1970s. He always claimed we'd be able to see the Isle of Man 'if only it wasn't so cloudy '

YouTube video by DJtheFooligan Petula Clark - A Well Respected Man (The Kinks song in French)

Her French version of The Kinks' Well Respected Man is a classic youtu.be/XQFmWTFgJ_U?...

Beaver interuptus...

HAPPY NEW YEAR?

It will be if you purchase the superb @wsc.co.uk 2026 calendar, featuring #football #photography by myself, Simon Gill and Paul Thompson - and designed by Doug Cheeseman.

Grab your copy while stock last: www.wsc.co.uk/shop/wsc-202...

Do you want to gift aid? No, I have an appointment I need to get to next month.

Cracking @camsell59.bsky.social article in latest @wsc.co.uk issue, on away fans in the home end. I still wake up in a cold sweat remembering time I instinctively jumped up to celebrate a late Thierry Henry goal at the Riverside & sitting through the 4-4 in the Leazes lower tier at St James’ Park!

'He's looked like an insurance salesman wearing an ape mask'. Pleased to rediscover Richard Stark's Parker books

Wish I could make this - if you're in the vicinity go and hang.

See it, say it, sick of it

Remember: Every railway PA rhyme is a crime

Thanks for the sweets, Richard. Right on time for the next pod.

Haha. Excellent.

Weather arctic. Seas septic. Companions acerbic. Food bubonic. Wish you were here.

Mr Rodway from Rodway and Watson.

Excellent. I think you can buy that now.

Marjorie Antrobus and her 'girls'...

Gotta build your brand.

@camsell59.bsky.social

Don't they fight anymore? When I saw them in action they were kicking and shoulder charging one another.

All Aboard - Rail Fans' Author Panel - "The most magical little bookshop" Please book early for this event. Tickets are £5 and redeemable against a copy of either Tom's or Nige's book purchased on the night.

North-easterners!

Later this month, on the 200th anniversary of passenger train travel (to the day!), I'll be heading to Stockton – the original final destination of that first journey – to talk trains with Tom Chesshyre at Drake the Bookshop. Do come!

www.drakethebookshop.co.uk/product/all-...

For all you lovers of brilliant record titles, I give you Harry Secombe's Parisian concept piece – Comme Secombe Ça