Jenny Smyth

Fun to do when you can’t sleep is imagine a period UK version of Columbo. Think I’ve come up with the perfect version of the tec:Roy Kinnear as CAMPBELL. Then there’s the endless possibile killers: Jon Pertwee as a hypnotist, Penelope Keith as a champion dog breeder, Peter Cushing as a royal florist

A yellow street sign in Japanese with three black flying through the sky. Below is text that says ネコ飛出し注意 (neko tobidashi chūi) Means “watch for cats darting out”

ネコ飛出し注意 (neko tobidashi chūi) Means “watch for cats darting out” and I love this sign.

but they’ve already made the perfect Beatles film

I heard there was a secret ooze
It turned four turtles into dudes
But you don't really care for pizza, do ya?

They fought like this,
Two swords, a stick
A couple sai
Some nunchuck tricks
Those Ninja boys-a callin

Cowabunga

A graph showing babies named "Marmaduke" since 1996. There are three spikes.

I had to know for sure, so I checked the Office of National Statistics.

Three Marmadukes born in 2001, four in 2015, three in 2019. Absolutely no Marmadukes born in any other year since 1996.

WHAT CAUSED THE MARMADUKES?

I featured a 1930s house with few original details last week. This 1930s art deco house in Gosforth, Newcastle is the complete opposite. Packed with original '30s touches and up for sale for just the third time ever. Bathroom is very special. bit.ly/43N5vtl

PEOPLE OF BLUESKY! Ahhhhhh, it smells good here. Behold a trailer for season 2 of Poker Face! It’s gonna be a good one. May 8th on the almighty Peacock!

We can upload 3 minute videos now.

YOU KNOW THE RULE

The Ambassador's Reception

A screenshot of Google's AI Overview answer to the question "is haggis an animal". It says "Yes, the haggis is a small, furry mammal native to Scotland" and goes on to give the typical "asymmetrical legs" details.

The Scottish have won the AI Wars.

Downpour Downpour is the best app for making games on your phone. Collage together photos, drawings and text, and then connect them into an interactive story. It's genuinely quick and easy to use — you can mak...

did you know? i made an app that lets you make games on your phone by taking pictures of things. it's good! downpour.games

Digital illustration of the side profile of a cat by Jae Savaiano

Happy Monday!!! Which means share your pet photo in the comments and I’ll draw as many as i can this week at random. Tips and a follow are appreciated but not required.

A close up of a 2 colour screen printed pink and orange ink on white t-shirt, featuring two cats cuddled up on a sofa playing videogames.

A sticker that looks like a trading card, featuring 4 cats sleeping in a pile in a sunbeam. The text reads: 'NAP CATS 2000hp 2 energy: Sunbeam Everyone goes to sleep, the game ends.'

A photo of three mugs featuring cat illustrations.

A close up of our glow in the dark skull cat t-shirt - the screen print is glowing green, featuring an illustration of many skulls with a small happy cat in the centre.

Here's a handful of things from our big merch drop, now live!
🐱💖

Go check the rest over at shop.oursuperadventure.com/collections/new!

Manager: "What's this milestone 'Living on a prayer' ?"
Me: "That's the documentation deliverable."
Manager: "What's the status of that?"
Me: "We're halfway there"
Manager: "Why is progress so slow?"
Me: "You fired Tommy"
Manager: "So?"
Me: "Tommy used to work on the docs"

"The Mob," New Jersey, 1961
Walter Chandoha was called the Richard Avedon of Cat Photography.
Over the course of his decades-long career he created over 90,000 images of cats.
They appeared in magazines, on the cans of cat food, in calendars & his books.
"The Mob" is one of his most famous photos.

Does anyone fancy two tickets to see Patti Lupone at the London Colisseum tomorrow evening? Regular seats in the balcony. £50 each. We can’t go now unfortunately.

The Fantastic Four's gorgeous mid-century kitchen, with curvy kitchen island and ceiling lights. Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby are showing a random guy around it, because it's so nice.

The Fantastic Four's gorgeous mid-century kitchen again, with a better view of the storage cupboards on the left and a nice selection of cookware, including a Cathrineholm casserole dish. Oh, and the Thing and a robot are also present.

Still thinking about him*

*he's a kitchen
#FantasticFour

Jam inside pull out the d

Nah the printer trying to get me a call from HR

The Top Class Wednesday Update is on the way - The Lang Cat Mark Polson writes this week’s #Update while heading South for tomorrow’s #langcatlive Divide And Conquer and is enjoying taking some time out to reflect on previous events from days gone by.

@theactualpolson.bsky.social writes this week’s #Update while heading South for tomorrow’s #langcatlive Divide And Conquer event and is enjoying taking some time out to reflect on previous events from days gone by.

Read the full #Update on our website: thelangcat.co.uk/the-top-clas...

A 7 panel comic, created by Lee Gatlin. Panel one shows Benjamin Grimm sat on a sofa watching TV with Reed Richards entering the frame. Reed is saying "Did I miss anything" to which Ben replies "Nah it just started". Panel 2 shows Reed saying "Ugh. Hang on, I've gotta go to the bathroom". Ben replies "It's fine, I'll pause it" Panel 3 shows Ben, alone on the sofa, whistling to himself. Panel 4 is the same scene but now Reed's head is stretching into the frame saying "OKAY". Ben says "BOOP" and clicks the remote. Panel 5, same scene. Ben is saying "Are you still in the BATHROOM", Reed's extended head says "SHHH" Panel 6, close up on Reed's head. The speech bubbles read "Don't" "Don't look at me" "Just" Panel 7 is a close up of Ben and Reed's extended head. Reed is saying "Watch the show. Just watch the show". Ben is staring at him and saying "Oh I am"

Praying that the new Fantastic Four movie has this exact scene by @neilaglet.bsky.social in it, beat for beat.

3 days to go until hashtag#langcatlive: Divide & Conquer!

✅ The slides are done

✅ The sting video is complete (and it's a cracker...)

✅ Speakers have been briefed and are ready to go

✅ T-shirts all good to go

✅ SOCKS

We can't wait to see you all there - thelangcat.co.uk/event/langca...

[To the tune of 'Wouldn't It Be Nice' by The Beach Boys]

🎵Wouldn't it be nice
🎵To eat a Minion
🎵Holding up a towel to hide from god
🎵And wouldn't it be nice
🎵Though quite forbidden
🎵Savouring the yellow flesh of Bob

🎶'Alas, what hast thou done?
Thou art a pynke ponye girle
Yn the daunse at the clubbe!'
'Nay, modir! Ich am but seekinge mirthe
On the stage yn myne heeles
It ys wher Ich belonge down at the
Pynke Ponye Clubbe
Ich shal keepe on daunsinge
Downe yn West Hollywoode' [lute solo]🎶

Things to Remember Tonight:

1. Keep pets inside and play classical music to hide the noise of bagpipes.

2. Keep your haggis in a tin and only take it out when you plan to read a poem to it.

3. Never go back to a lighted haggis.

4. Burns should be run under cold water immediately.

STORM SHOW ALERT 🚨
Set your alarms for 07:00 GMT (revised from 08:00). I’ll be at Heathrow Airport to catch arrivals as highly skilled Pilots battle crosswinds in #StormÉowyn 💪🏻

“Get in the van!” - The Lang Cat In 1999 I caught the bug for playing in bands with my friends and since then I’ve never not been in a band. I’ve played guitar and sung on most of them and most of the time has been spent playing in p...

Kicking off our more personal blogs for 2025 is this story from Rich Mayor.

Take a trip back to the summer of 2019, when Rich and his band, Captain Trips, made their way across Europe, bringing their music to gigs and festivals along the way. thelangcat.co.uk/get-in-the-v...

🔊🔊 SOUND ON

Are you ready to take a side?

Have a look at who's gracing the Kings Place stage on 6 February for #langcatlive: Divide and Conquer.

More info and tickets here: https://buff.ly/47HU3xL

Don't forget we're not streaming this one so you'll miss out if you're not there...

For those on BlueSky unfamiliar with this modern British tradition:

During times of high winds, we all jump on YouTube and watch planes trying to land at Heathrow, with excited commentary from the UK's premier plane nerd channel.

Currently live here!

www.youtube.com/live/egvoBvc...