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Blackburn Rovers-supporting, ale-quaffing, gig-going, Midlands-dwelling, moustachioed grandpa to Nemo

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Great. Just great!

27.11.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How the world's richest man is boosting the British right How the world's richest man is boosting the British right

This is not only exceptionally good work, it is also presented in a very clear visual way. Bravo, Sky News!

news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

06.11.2025 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 311    πŸ” 100    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 4
Print of a comic strip by me who is Stephen Collins. The imagery of the comic starts off with a single electron and then each panel zooms out one step - first to the microchip, then the OLED screen, then the iPhone, the person holding the iPhone, and onwards

Script: 

An electron, forged in the first fire of the Big Bang


Courses through a deeply intricate maze of transistors and diodes 


mined with unfathomable ingenuity from our planet’s deep geological past


and assembled from all over the world


Into a device perfected through centuries of technological evolution


to perform a beautifully synchronised pixel dance on an OLED screen  


in an intricate moving pattern of shifting light 

[Show a phone screen with an Instagram post featuring Ryan Gosling and bearing the legend:]

WATCH RYAN GOSLING EAT A PASTY FOR THE FIRST TIME!  

whose choreography is powered by an global information network of unknowable complexity 

which is specifically tailored to the interests of the being observing the screen

who is a member of the most advanced species on Earth

[Show a shlubby looking GUY idly looking at the Ryan Gosling/sausage roll Instagram reel on his phone while sitting in his pants and a stained t-shirt and eating a massive bag of crisps] 

with a brain perhaps more capable of reconfiguring these signals into conscious thought than any other for billions of miles around

[Guy has a thought]:
β€œMmm…"

in this endless, silent void. 

[Pull back to show the Earth as a tiny blue dot among the stars with a thought bubble coming from it] 

"… I want a pasty.”

[ends]

Print of a comic strip by me who is Stephen Collins. The imagery of the comic starts off with a single electron and then each panel zooms out one step - first to the microchip, then the OLED screen, then the iPhone, the person holding the iPhone, and onwards Script: An electron, forged in the first fire of the Big Bang Courses through a deeply intricate maze of transistors and diodes mined with unfathomable ingenuity from our planet’s deep geological past and assembled from all over the world Into a device perfected through centuries of technological evolution to perform a beautifully synchronised pixel dance on an OLED screen in an intricate moving pattern of shifting light [Show a phone screen with an Instagram post featuring Ryan Gosling and bearing the legend:] WATCH RYAN GOSLING EAT A PASTY FOR THE FIRST TIME! whose choreography is powered by an global information network of unknowable complexity which is specifically tailored to the interests of the being observing the screen who is a member of the most advanced species on Earth [Show a shlubby looking GUY idly looking at the Ryan Gosling/sausage roll Instagram reel on his phone while sitting in his pants and a stained t-shirt and eating a massive bag of crisps] with a brain perhaps more capable of reconfiguring these signals into conscious thought than any other for billions of miles around [Guy has a thought]: β€œMmm…" in this endless, silent void. [Pull back to show the Earth as a tiny blue dot among the stars with a thought bubble coming from it] "… I want a pasty.” [ends]

new print now in my shop!

An electron's journey ✨

(Link in bio)

28.10.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 141    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
Remembrance of Things Pasta

She blew her fusilli,
my pretty penne,
when she found me watching
daytime tagliatelle.
Β 
Je ne spaghetti rien,
I responded in song,
but she did not linguini
for long,
Β 
just walked out
without further retort:
a hard lesson to be tortellini,
orzo I thought.
Β 
And so here I am,
on my macaroni,
and now my days feel 
cannelloni.


Brian Bilston

Remembrance of Things Pasta She blew her fusilli, my pretty penne, when she found me watching daytime tagliatelle. Β  Je ne spaghetti rien, I responded in song, but she did not linguini for long, Β  just walked out without further retort: a hard lesson to be tortellini, orzo I thought. Β  And so here I am, on my macaroni, and now my days feel cannelloni. Brian Bilston

Happy World Pasta Day to all those who celebrate.

25.10.2025 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 336    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 10
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Home | Matt Owen | Freelance Writer I offer a broad and diverse range of writing services. Get in touch!

If you could please do us a favour and RT (or whatever it is on here) my writing CV I would be extremely grateful. I am a very capable writer of words, mainly β€œhumorous”’ and if you have some PROPER paid work for me, please DM me. Thank you for your time www.mathew-owen.co.uk

12.10.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 163    πŸ” 374    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 13
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Blackburn Rovers Nuttall Street T-Shirt Step back in time to the old Nuttall Street entrance at Ewood Park – the gateway to the Blackburn End, where generations of Rovers fans queued to enter Ewood. This exclusive illustration captures the ...

I loved creating this design for Blackburn Rovers Fan Club.
Being a Blackburn lass it was an honour to be commissioned to do this.
shop.brfcs.com/products/exc...

05.10.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

2/2. Everyone using the phrase "land swap" should please specify which Russian territory Ukraine would be getting. So far it’s a euphemism for forcing Ukraine to give things up to Russia.

17.08.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2829    πŸ” 673    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 16
Lewis Travis requests to leave to join Derby?
Derby County I Birmingham City preview I Eustace I WBA review I Bradford City | Carabao Cup I Transfers I EFL John Eustace strikes again as Derby Rovers try to prise away club captain, Lewis Travis.… Lewis Travis requests to leave to join Derby?

🚨🚨 NEW PODCAST - OUT NOW 🚨🚨

🐏 Travis set for Rams?
πŸŽ’ Baggies match reaction
πŸ”΅ Birmingham to be too strong?
πŸ” Bradford preview
✍️ New signings reviewed

youtu.be/CudA1kCJmKM?...

#rovers #wba #blues #dcfc #efl

11.08.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
ENGLAND players beginning with B... πŸ€” Blackburn Rovers vs Man City for the last semi-final spot!
YouTube video by talkSPORT ENGLAND players beginning with B... πŸ€” Blackburn Rovers vs Man City for the last semi-final spot!

It’s the Quarter Final of the @talkSPORT cup & our boys are up against Premier League giants Man City for a semi final spot…βšͺοΈπŸ”΅

youtu.be/keEDOtEv2L4?...

11.08.2025 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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2 dog owners bumping into each other

06.08.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 111    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just announced: the UK's most famous libel firm, Carter-Ruck, is being prosecuted before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal for recklessly enabling a $4bn fraud

It's astonishing how reckless Carter-Ruck was - likely causing $$$ more to be lost to fraudsters

The full story:

06.08.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 296    πŸ” 117    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 31
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Couple hiring a rowing boat in the park

04.08.2025 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 162    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

Got my eye on a certain former cafe...

31.07.2025 06:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's little mystery: how come three of Lord Ashcroft's companies haven't filed their accounts for last year?

21.07.2025 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 155    πŸ” 75    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 4
Comic strip by Stephen Collins, it begins with a nighttime city scene. In the next few panels, a mysterious figure, giant in the moonlight, walks towards us through the skyline. His feet echo "boom, boom" in the empty night.

A large title panel declares this character's name:

THE TW*T COLLECTOR. 

He stands, giant, unseen in the empty city night, wearing a big pointy hat on his head, and a sort of long smock. He is carrying a large sack in his hand. 

Slowly, he raises his arm, his arm extends, freakishly long, longer still, through the open window of a tower block. It reaches inside someone's home, and slowly withdraws, now clutching a protesting, terrified man. The man's wife comes to the window to watch his departure.

slowly, the giant raises the little man and inspectes him in his hand. After a pause, the man says "b-but I'm not a tw*t!" 

There is another pause, after which his wife, calmly from off screen, says "you are a  tw*t, dear".

The Tw*t Collector summarily throws the man in his bag, which we now see is full of screaming people and is labelled TW*TS, then stomps off into the distance, through the moonlit city.

Comic strip by Stephen Collins, it begins with a nighttime city scene. In the next few panels, a mysterious figure, giant in the moonlight, walks towards us through the skyline. His feet echo "boom, boom" in the empty night. A large title panel declares this character's name: THE TW*T COLLECTOR. He stands, giant, unseen in the empty city night, wearing a big pointy hat on his head, and a sort of long smock. He is carrying a large sack in his hand. Slowly, he raises his arm, his arm extends, freakishly long, longer still, through the open window of a tower block. It reaches inside someone's home, and slowly withdraws, now clutching a protesting, terrified man. The man's wife comes to the window to watch his departure. slowly, the giant raises the little man and inspectes him in his hand. After a pause, the man says "b-but I'm not a tw*t!" There is another pause, after which his wife, calmly from off screen, says "you are a tw*t, dear". The Tw*t Collector summarily throws the man in his bag, which we now see is full of screaming people and is labelled TW*TS, then stomps off into the distance, through the moonlit city.

Sometimes, I long for him

20.07.2025 09:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1769    πŸ” 507    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 38

Great fun. Lovely people. Excellent venue. Wish I'd booked the 3 days

13.07.2025 10:37 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
[Title panel, over an image of a tennis racquet in amongst junk in a cupboard]:

Let's Not Do This Again

Cut to a TENNIS RACQUET being held in the hand of a man called TERRY.

RACQUET:

Right.

OK.

RACQUET:
So l just sort of... *hit it with my face*.

TERRY:
Yes.

[Pull back to show TERRY - overweight, sweating, playimng tennis but surrounded by loads of balls on the ground which he’s missed].

RACQUET:
At the net.

TERRY:
Over the net.

RACQUET:
Over. Over the net, yes. Sorry.

RACQUET:
It's just, y know we haven't done this since last -

[A ball gently hits the handle of the racquet]
*POF*

RACQUET:
UUUURRGH

RACQUET:
UUURGH CHRIST
MY HANDLE

TERRY:
Ssh!

RACQUET:
IT HIT ME ON MY HANDLE TERRY

TERRY:
Stop it!

RACQUET:
No Terry! You stop it! You stop this... this... charade!

RACQUET:
I am a 1993 Head Radical in hot pink, who belongs in a cupboard. You are an unfit man who thinks he likes tennis, but in reality belongs on the sofa.

RACQUET:
Why do we do this every year, Terry?

RACQUET:
Why do we go on playing this silly - 

[Ball gently hits the side of the racquet]
*KLANG*

RACQUET:
UUURRGGH IT
HIT MY SIDE BIT...

[Title panel, over an image of a tennis racquet in amongst junk in a cupboard]: Let's Not Do This Again Cut to a TENNIS RACQUET being held in the hand of a man called TERRY. RACQUET: Right. OK. RACQUET: So l just sort of... *hit it with my face*. TERRY: Yes. [Pull back to show TERRY - overweight, sweating, playimng tennis but surrounded by loads of balls on the ground which he’s missed]. RACQUET: At the net. TERRY: Over the net. RACQUET: Over. Over the net, yes. Sorry. RACQUET: It's just, y know we haven't done this since last - [A ball gently hits the handle of the racquet] *POF* RACQUET: UUUURRGH RACQUET: UUURGH CHRIST MY HANDLE TERRY: Ssh! RACQUET: IT HIT ME ON MY HANDLE TERRY TERRY: Stop it! RACQUET: No Terry! You stop it! You stop this... this... charade! RACQUET: I am a 1993 Head Radical in hot pink, who belongs in a cupboard. You are an unfit man who thinks he likes tennis, but in reality belongs on the sofa. RACQUET: Why do we do this every year, Terry? RACQUET: Why do we go on playing this silly - [Ball gently hits the side of the racquet] *KLANG* RACQUET: UUURRGGH IT HIT MY SIDE BIT...

one from 2015, I think.
This started as being about 'unfit people suddenly getting back into tennis because Wimbledon's on', but as I was writing turned into a thing vaguely about, being an imposter in your own job, or even your body? Which was much more interesting. it's fun when that happens

02.07.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 113    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just finished my new screenplay πŸŽ₯

08.05.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 117    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 2
Did Rovers deserve a place in the Play Offs?
Did Rovers deserve a place in the Play Offs?Sheffield United Review | Championship season ends I EFL | Premier League Promotion I LimbsBlackburn Rovers miss ... Did Rovers deserve a place in the Play Offs?

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Did Rovers deserve a place in the Play Offs?

πŸ’” Final day heartbreak
βœ”οΈ Was it a fair result
πŸ€₯ Does the table lie?
πŸ—£οΈ Fans Forum

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#rovers #brfc #sufc #lions #robins #pusb #boro

05.05.2025 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#TheCoalition βšͺοΈπŸ”΅

24.04.2025 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Cartoon. Three women are standing on the left a whole troupe of men on the right. The men declare: "So, Ladies, thanks for being the first to witness and report the resurrection and we'll take it from here."
By Nakedpastor

Cartoon. Three women are standing on the left a whole troupe of men on the right. The men declare: "So, Ladies, thanks for being the first to witness and report the resurrection and we'll take it from here." By Nakedpastor

Easter Sunday! And how Tradition works.

By @nakedpastor.bsky.social

20.04.2025 08:36 β€” πŸ‘ 996    πŸ” 313    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 8
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Gail Myerscough | Surface Pattern Designer & Illustrator | Manchester Surface Pattern Design & Illustration by Manchester based designer Gail Myerscough. Contemporary design meets mid century style. Contact for art licensing, commissions & collaboration enquiries.

If I’m being honest, I’m feeling pretty down about my small business. I’m working so hard but it’s been very quiet. It’s bloody difficult at the moment.
Please have a look at what I do and repost to spread the word.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk

09.04.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 310    πŸ” 358    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 39
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We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham

28.03.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 14785    πŸ” 4889    πŸ’¬ 544    πŸ“Œ 497
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man in the front row at a comedy club

22.03.2025 11:36 β€” πŸ‘ 163    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
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Gail Myerscough | Surface Pattern Designer & Illustrator | Manchester Surface Pattern Design & Illustration by Manchester based designer Gail Myerscough. Contemporary design meets mid century style. Contact for art licensing, commissions & collaboration enquiries.

Today has been one of those days where I haven’t sold anything in my online shop.
Being a small business is bloody hard work at the moment.
Please have a look at my shop and repost to spread the word.
Thanks.
gailmyerscough.co.uk

17.03.2025 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 81    πŸ” 112    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 6
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David Squires on … Mr Infantino’s trip to Washington and meeting with Donald Trump Our cartoonist on two larger than life presidents coming together to discuss Coldplay, a portal to hell and much more

David Squires on … Mr Infantino’s trip to Washington and meeting with Donald Trump

11.03.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

Here, for example, are three of Gail's designs cheering up my house with some memories of childhood. @gailmyerscough.bsky.social

10.03.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:

[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]

1
CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us. 

2
CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.

3
CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free 
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-

BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister 

4
BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?

5
HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill

6
HITLER:
What we are proposing -

CHURCHILL:
Hang on

7
HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -

8
CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here

BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate

9
CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate 
You don't debate fascists

10
HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!

11
HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...

CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-

12
HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!

BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak

[ends]

Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows: [scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech] 1 CHURCHILL: The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us. 2 CHURCHILL: Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war. 3 CHURCHILL: If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun- BBC PRESENTER: Thank you prime minister 4 BBC PRESENTER: Mr hitler, your response? 5 HITLER [in the studio]: Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill 6 HITLER: What we are proposing - CHURCHILL: Hang on 7 HITLER: Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement - 8 CHURCHILL: What's he doing here BBC PRESENTER: It's important we hear both sides of the debate 9 CHURCHILL: This isn't a debate You don't debate fascists 10 HITLER: Oh here we go with ze Godwins law! 11 HITLER: Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'... CHURCHILL: Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit- 12 HITLER [standing up, saluting]: RAUSS! BBC PRESENTER: *Please* Mr Churchill let him speak [ends]

09.03.2025 09:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5586    πŸ” 2680    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 149

Well, I never knewed!

I'm so here for this #RoversBeerClub

22.02.2025 05:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Enough is enough - Back us or cluck off
YouTube video by The Blackburn End Enough is enough - Back us or cluck off

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❌Coventry
❌Bristol City
😟Preston
πŸ€•Injuries
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πŸ“§Bumper Mailbag

Not going to lie, tough one this week. Is the writing on the wall? Tune in....

youtu.be/8ZPMzMEW-qU

#PUSB #BCFC #Preston #efl

28.01.2025 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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