Isn’t it lovely here on Bluesky when someone who was an absolute and irredeemable cunt dies. It’s like that time a few years back when we were all on YouTube watching the big planes landing in the wind. United by something wholesome and pure. ❤️
A great day for anyone playing Obituary Euphemism Bingo. 66. “Provocative” 14: “Uncompromising” 21: “No topic off limits” 10: “One-of-a-kind” 28: “Led life to the full”.
Hey up people of Twitter! The Missus Wife @gailmyerscough.co.uk has had a bit of a slow old week so on this payday weekend if you’d be so kind enough to visit her site you’ll find a whole host of lovely things. Thank you! www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Gail Myerscough@gailmyerscough.co.uk · 2w agoJust sat here waiting for architecture lovers, music fans and mid-century design enthusiasts to find me... www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Jeanne Gibson, one of the last surviving Rosie the Riveters, died on July 29, 2026. She was 100 Years old. Born in Minneapolis in 1926, she was only 18 when she moved to Seattle to weld U.S. Navy destroyers at Todd Pacific Shipyards. Rest in peace, Jeanne
Anyone want to buy a house in L17? 2 minute walk to bus stops and Home & Bargain / Tesco. 6 minute walk to station, then 6 mins on the train to town. Lark Lane 5 mins. Quite street. DM for details.
Early Noughties, pre-Springwatch, Bill presented the annual short-lived @mojomagazine.bsky.social Pub Quiz. It was in a dark period of his life, battling depression, but he was great; funny, acerbic, steeped in weird rock lore. A short gig but his daughter Rosie later told us he loved doing it.
Matthew Sweet@drmatthewsweet.bsky.social · last wk.Farewell Bill, most radical of the Goodies. Present at Grosvenor Square with Tariq & Vanessa. Turned his harassment by the Met into slapstick TV comedy for kids. Angry, hairy, furiously talented.
RIP Bill Oddie. "On Ilkla Moor Baht’at," his version of a 19th Century Yorkshire song set to a parody of Joe Cocker's "With a Little Help from my Friends," done for John Peel's Dandelion label in 1970. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir_Y...
Bill Oddie - On Ilkla Moor Baht‘at, feat. Jim Capaldi (A-Side Single, 1970)
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Unexpectedly hugely sad to hear Bill Oddie has died. A brilliant songwriter, this one is a psychpop gem, shades of The Move and the Manfredd’s Up The Junction and catchy as hell. youtu.be/xYVBnizAwEE?...
The Goodies - Cricklewood
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Farewell Bill, most radical of the Goodies. Present at Grosvenor Square with Tariq & Vanessa. Turned his harassment by the Met into slapstick TV comedy for kids. Angry, hairy, furiously talented.
Ach, you know what? Why not. Here’s Alan Bennett’s closing monologue from ‘On the Margin’, missing for nearly 60 years, and found on a Sony CV2000 tape in the Galton and Simpson archive You, dear viewer, are one of the few people ever to have seen this. Enjoy! discover.york.ac.uk/collections/...
I’ve been standing stock still in this wood for about 10 minutes while I mess about with a photo on my phone. I look up, notice the shape, and slowly crouch down to film This has made me so happy I feel I could cry. It’s as close to magic as I hope to get.
Amazing to see @deaf-school-live.bsky.social with @sarahdeaves.bsky.social @kmale.bsky.social - one of the highlights was the intro film from @grantmcphee.bsky.social which was wonderful!!!
And in many ways, aren't we all a dog high on cannabis at Ben Nevis?
🌈Dr. Frizzle@swilua.bsky.social · 3w agoThis photo help
Murphy a very happy dog. He’s just had a Puppaccino and a fish cake,from the lovely coffee van on Meols prom.
Trump is precise here. Although Harold II sought to blame Trotskyite revisionists within the ranks for his defeat at Hastings, it was shrewd Norman capital investment and the resulting industrial innovations -- including overwhelming air superiority -- that proved decisive for William the Conqueror.
My lovely daughter is walking the Camino de Santiago, solo, in memory of her friend Juliette who died so tragically from meningitis earlier in the year. All money raised will go to the Meningitis Research Foundation. Should you be able to help she, and Juliette’s family, would be immensely grateful.
Agnes's fundraiser for Meningitis Research Foundation
Help Agnes Millar raise money to support Meningitis Research Foundation
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Double yellow. Sirius the Swinging Arm pub manager, chilling on the pavement.No need to panic this road is very quiet with very slow traffic,
Heat Diary: For the 28th edition of Science & Magic I wrote about parakeets, invisible horses, medication, claustrophobia and hallucinations. Read it here: www.violetterecords.com/science-and-...
