We had to bring in a ‘sticks stay in the park’ rule in the end.
06.03.2025 20:37 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
This was a great talk - thanks so much. A lot of books I now desperately need to read.
12.02.2025 11:43 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Same - love it. For a while Michael Chabon was giving a daily commentary on his approach to solving it!
21.11.2024 15:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Just fabulous!
21.11.2024 13:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
That time John Prescott decked the egg-chucker was one of those where-were-you-when moments. I’d just finished a stint as a runner on a tv panel show and was at a wrap party in a soho basement bar talking to @robinince.bsky.social who’d been a writer on the show. Simpler times.
21.11.2024 09:46 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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