Geoff Tulley

Ah, that’s awful news. Loved following his journeys on the other place, he seemed full of goodness ♥️

Wonderfuling works! 👏👏👏

Wonderful book.

Appointmnet…every time 🤷🏼‍♂️

Have a good trip, Des, don’t spend the whole trip trying to pick up all the places that start with Tully…, you’ll be ‘informed’ a few hours in that it’s not feasible 🙄

RWR 353M, the car reg of a family friend’s blue Ford Capri.

Love the straight lines.

See, my advice to anyone in striking distance of Bedford would be treat yourself to this exhibition and the gig if you can make that too.

Hard to imagine that as a good fit for a crowd that had come for Dexys and the Teardrops 😊

💥
A one-off concert with bands fronted by 2 absolute one-offs!

They’d also played Rock City on the 12th June as part of the tour they were doing (a coachload of us went for my mate’s 18th birthday).
This looks like a one-off, presumably for the filming.

Strange Currencies is a beautiful thing.

Possibility of rain later, wasn’t sure if we should put the washing out, bloke next door is a Vicar, they’ve got theirs out, assume he’s been briefed from above so putting ours out too.

Wakefield Council putting singer/songwriters on 12-2 Sundays throughout the summer at Pontefract Castle. Today, local guy, Trevor Bird, just sang, in a blues style, about Catherine Howard’s affair with Thomas Culpepper here at the castle…and Henry’s response!

Just lovely here today

Take care, Stu ♥️

13 shots, 1 on, 5 off target…I wonder what happened to the other 7, did the ball disintegrate?

Add new Chairman to the list of those who shouldn’t be allowed to choose a club badge.

Our beautiful, iconic Owl and the winner of Hillsborough Primary School’s Year 5 design a badge competition.

‘If you feel able to, get up and dance to this one, everyone here knows this song, you’ll all know what it is 3 seconds in’

We must be nearing the end…no idea.

Our local annual music festival, gates opened at 2pm, 2.50pm the opening act, the Bisto Boys, set was interrupted by a bloke coming to the front of the stage and asking them to put a call out to see if anyone had a Rennie for his mate who’s got ‘bad indigestion’…someone did.

Time to pause, Melanie, I’m sure you didn’t enter politics, with the Labour Party at that, being a person who referred to other, less privileged, human beings, as needing to be cleaned up off our high streets.

They’re not cigarette butts or takeaway boxes, they’re not dog foul, Melanie.

Turns out it’s pretty easy being Iggy Pop in Wakefield.

2 mins of your time. It will be worth it.

What would we do without artists, writers, musicians, Mark?

This is so brilliantly done.

His range of work is incredible too.

Thanks for sharing.

On most occasions when I've read a book and been struck by its uniqueness, it's because of something unfamiliar about it, something strange I've never seen before. This is the first time one has stood out for its relentless and positively brilliant mundanity. The title characters of Irish writer Rónán Hession's debut novel are two meek, ungainly men in their mid-thirties, neither of whom has quite managed to make the leap into independent adulthood. One is a ghost writer of encyclopedias for children, the other is a part-time substitute postman, and both are still trapped in the orbit of their parents, at least until the death of Leonard's mother triggers a minor crisis of identity. It would be all too easy to write this story as a tragedy, or cast these unlikely heroes as sad sacks in a satirical mockery, but Hession has produced a warm comedy that valorizes their simplicity, their gentleness, and their humanity. It's rare that fiction makes true friendship its subject, at least not in a setting without life-or-death stakes, and this novel does it better than any I've read before. As with childhood role model Mr. Rogers, a first glance may leave the impression of mild blandness, but there's surprising power in Leonard and Hungry Paul's refusal to be mean. In the end the effect it leaves is one of strength. Read it—it's good for what ails you.

Our newsletter recommendation for @ronanhession.bsky.social's Leonard & Hungry Paul from @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social

At a Car Boot with work this morning.

Things I Overheard.

1. Stallholder, 30s, talking to a prospective customer - ‘they want you to just stay at home until you die, that’s what the Government want’

2. Stallholder, also 30s, ringing a bell & shouting - C’mon, come and get ye shite!’

2/2

At a Car Boot with work this morning.

Things you could buy:

1. Emergency Plastic Pants

2. Hand Gun Case - hand gun not supplied.

1/2

Three copies of Steve Ely's 'Eely' against an orange background.

Steve Ely's symphonic poem 'Eely' has been shortlisted for the ASLE-UKI award for a poetry book with an ecological theme. The winner will be announced next week at the ASLE-UKI conference in Galway. Full shortlist here:
asle.org.uk/2025-asle-uk...

Further info:
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...

‘Let’s get this straight from the start’ is a scrumptious thing #dexysattheBBC

“Everything is on fire,
but everyone I love is doing beautiful things
and trying to make life worth living,
and I know I don’t have to believe in everything,
but I believe in that.”

-Nikita Gill

#unabooksboardthoughta
#nikitagill

The image shows the 17th century painting “Landscape with Windmills near Haarlem” by the Dutch painter Jacob van Ruisdael.

Disgusted to see this beautiful landscape ruined by wind turbines.