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I’ve reviewed Richard E Grant’s very lovely Very Modern Odyssey (and didn’t write the headline)

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3d ago

Richard E Grant’s Very Modern Odyssey review – far more thrilling than the Christopher Nolan borefest

I’ve reviewed Richard E Grant’s very lovely Very Modern Odyssey (and didn’t write the headline)

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3d ago

Richard E Grant’s Very Modern Odyssey review – far more thrilling than the Christopher Nolan borefest

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Now THAT's a headline

Come see me for one last fringe show before it’s bedtime!

Never became as popular as "ET Phone Home" did it

Tomorrow at 15.45, then forever after* on BBC Sounds. Decipher the secret hidden message to win BIG CASH PRIZES 💲💲💲, a guided tour of Broadcasting House, and your own 10-part podcast series with a convicted felon. *for one year

Gareth Ceredig@garethceredig.bsky.social · 2w ago

A new thing on R4 next Friday. It's a devastating exploration of grief and childhood traumahahahahaaa no, not really. It's about a bunch of idiots and a bridge. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

It is putting it mildly to describe these people as a death cult.

New Substack up. The Andouillette does not Travel. open.substack.com/pub/harryswo...

The Andouillette Does Not Travel

Misadventures with a sausage.

open.substack.com

Stop everything. A Dempster review requires silence and a reverent mug of tea. 🩷

Sarah Dempster@dempster2000.bsky.social · 3w ago

I’ve reviewed deranged new daytime series The Hairdresser Mysteries

My kids have measles, I can’t afford gas, I can’t breathe the air, and I have explosive diarrhea. But at least now I can use Grok to see my coworkers naked

Terry Wogan. A wardrobe of beef in tweed.

Jeremy Dauber@jeremydauber.bsky.social · 2w ago

Random question: what celebrity have you met in real life who was dramatically better looking than ypu thought they were based on on screen appearance?

I wonder if a piece like this would be helpful to share with teenagers, to show them what grooming actually is. So clearly and simply written by Lucy Cavendish about her experience of being groomed by a hairdresser when she was a child: substack.com/home/post/p-...

Why We Do What We Do

The effects of abuse

substack.com

A good name for a bus stop, and also a fun party game for bishops.

"The maverick trillionaire pondered this. Could it be possible? Was he somehow...disliked? Did somewhere a person exist who doubted his genius? No. It could not be. He crafted his riposte & launched it with deadly accuracy. "I know you are", he replied archly. But what am *I*?" A masterful gambit."

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 2w ago

By the end of the interview Musk insists that more people like him than hate him. "They hate YOU," Musk tells the interviewer. "They hate YOU far more than they hate me."

THE DOG

Rabih Alameddine@rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 2w ago

Audrey Hepburn with her dog Mr. Famous on the Paramount lot, Hollywood, 1957

Emitting the following involuntary “body noises”: *Standing up = dying manatee winched from mineshaft *Sitting down = air escaping from punctured pouffe *Bending over = concussed bison wrestled into sack *Sneezing = final roar of once-proud warrior race

Black Aziz Anansi@blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 2w ago

What's your old person trait?

A Judgement in Stone - Ruth Rendell Innocent Blood - PD James The Fate of Mary Rose - Caroline Blackwood Cat’s Eye - Margaret Atwood Ghost Wall - Sarah Moss Every Day is Mother’s Day - Hilary Mantel The Bottle Factory Outing - Beryl Bainbridge

JacquiWine@jacquiwine.bsky.social · 2w ago

What are the books you yammer on about to anyone who'll listen? CASSANDRA AT THE WEDDING, Dorothy Baker MRS PALFREY AT THE CLAREMONT, Elizabeth Taylor THE AGE OF INNOCENCE, Edith Wharton THE BEGINNING OF SPRING, Penelope Fitzgerald IN A LONELY PLACE, Dorothy B. Hughes BALKAN TRILOGY, Manning 💙📚

Meta are sending Fucko the Knife Robot to stab you in the knee. To disable go to Accounts> Settings> Robots> Knife Robots> Fucko> Opt Out

"And the prime minister's car just driving up the Mall now, all four wheels on the ground, propelled possibly by an internal combustion engine, Keir Starmer and Lady Victoria no doubt in the back, continuing to respirate and draw oxygen into their lungs, on this unusually sunny..."

What an utterly reprehensible lot they are.

STICK IT UP YOUR JUNTA

Pleasepleaseplease let there be lots of close-ups of the horrible racist shits boohoo-ing in their horrible racist shorts

JUSTICE

Argentina not beating the allegations (1945 - present)