On a round I’ve not been on for about ten years. Noticeably more artificial lawns and enormous cars. Here are some pics

Found a box of mates’ bands demo tapes from the 80s and 90s. Eee lad, it wa’ all fields round ‘ere

Picture I did for the front room. Found the perfect spot for it. About shoulder height just inside the doorway 👍

Still available from @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social or your favourite indie bookshop 📚

David Collard@davidcollard.bsky.social · 3d ago

Marking three years since the publication of 'Sports and Social' by @kevinboniface.bsky.social

Always, always meet your heroes. 💙

My week in pictures 😬

'Post Modern' - an evening of back-to-back highlights, with thanks to @kevinboniface.bsky.social, @susannacrossman.bsky.social, Paul Kavanagh and @tonywhite.bsky.social

Fab evening, a literary event with brilliant work from @kevinboniface.bsky.social @tonywhite.bsky.social and more. I read Une Lettre à Bachelard. Thanks @davidcollard.bsky.social for hosting and all the audience who came.

Friends, join us this evening, I'll be delivering a Lettre à Bachelard (in English) for this great cabaret event with @tonywhite.bsky.social @kevinboniface.bsky.social & other fab writers. I'll be talking Bachelard, telegrams, imagination, fire & the house. For tickets DM @davidcollard.bsky.social !

David Collard@davidcollard.bsky.social · 6d ago

This evening at 7pm (BST). Free, and all welcome. If not already invited you can contact me via my website: davidjcollard.wixsite.com/my-site

This evening at 7pm (BST). Free, and all welcome. If not already invited you can contact me via my website: davidjcollard.wixsite.com/my-site

David Collard@davidcollard.bsky.social · last wk.

Thursday 24th September at 7pm (BST) join me and authors Kevin Boniface, Susanna Crossman Paul Kavanagh & Tony White for POST MODERN, an online event featuring writers connected with postal services. Free & all welcome. If not already invited email me via m'website: davidjcollard.wixsite.com/my-site

I'll be sharing some thoughts on the New Zealand artist Len Lye, who worked for the General Post Office Film Unit in the 1930s, making some dazzling animated shorts such as 'Rainbow Dance'.

Thursday 24th September at 7pm (BST) join me and authors Kevin Boniface, Susanna Crossman Paul Kavanagh & Tony White for POST MODERN, an online event featuring writers connected with postal services. Free & all welcome. If not already invited email me via m'website: davidjcollard.wixsite.com/my-site

All welcome. If you're not already on the guest list email me via my website for an invitation. davidjcollard.wixsite.com/my-site

POST MODERN: an online gathering next Thursday 24th September at 7pm (BST). Featuring authors Kevin Boniface, Susanna Crossman, Patrick Kavanagh and Tony White. What connects them? Here's a clue:

Animated Postman Sorting Mail

Alt: Postman Pat sorting parcels

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Can I just take you’re name for this Special Delivery Coopland How do you spell that? Like the baker’s in Filey Can’t say I’ve ever been Well they’ve got one in Scarborough too Do you want this letter or not?

Starlings rule

My favourite thing is when the Ring doorbell says ‘We’ll be right there’ (I mean who even says that anyway?) and you wait for ages and nobody comes

RIP Catherine Ringer withnFred Chichin Rita Mitsuko 1988. Paris By Robert Doisneau

This is sad news. I came home from my high school French exchange trip completely smitten by Catherine Ringer and Les Rita Mitsouko. Cool, massively creative and a bit eccentric. Perfect faroutmagazine.co.uk/les-rita-mit...

Catherine Ringer, singer of Les Rita Mitsouko, dies at 68

The singer of iconic French pop band Les Rita Mitsouko, Catherine Ringer, has died at the age of 68 following a short illness. Find out more here.

faroutmagazine.co.uk

Spider at work on our kitchen window

Don’t know who the team in blue are but they’ve just conceded two goals in the time it’s taken me to deliver the post to nos 46 and 48. “Heads up lads, you’re still in this!”

1. Forster Square, Bradford, early 2000s. Probs taken with a Sony Compact Cyber-Shot 2. St Peter's Street, Huddersfield, 2026. iPhone 11 Round About Town: thirty years of life out and about as a postal worker now available from all the podcast places shows.acast.com/round-about-...

A-frame blackboard with the slogan ‘Action CuRes all feaR’ prominently displayed in a front garden on my post round

Simpler times: 10 September 2015 The music in the Co-op is Groovy Train by The Farm. The man in a fleece jacket and ruck sack has just burped ostentatiously by the pre-packed sandwiches.

This was the point I emphasised about Palantir when I wrote about tech soverignty - their model is to make bits of the state dependent on them and them jack up the price. samf.substack.com/p/sovereignt...

Sovereignty for sale

Tech monopolies and the future of the nation state

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Amy Borrett@amyborrett.ft.com · 3w ago

Britain’s state-owned electricity system operator has awarded Palantir a £21mn contract without inviting rival bids, arguing critical processes are too reliant on its tech to run a competitive procurement process Latest for @financialtimes.com: as.ft.com/r/7fe6c0b7-2...

Tripped over the stone frog at the house where the woman asked me to stop bringing hate mail* *She meant junk mail

Round About Town Episode 22: Her from Number 14 Available here: kevinboniface.co.uk/podcast

Kevin Boniface - Podcasting/Broadcasting

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CAR PARK OFFICE

30 years of observational notes since becoming a postal worker. Round About Town Episode 22: Her from Number 14 "A little gem of a podcast" M00nmouse via Apple Podcasts