Nick Clay
@nickclay.bsky.social
11+ failure, frustrated musician, actual criminal defence lawyer.
When imagining Jeffrey Archer's latest book, Private Eye always had him calling his principal character, a man of singular talents given to exploits of derring-do, Geoffrey Bowman. Oh, and I also liked that they would refer to Archer as 'Archole', something that probably got right up his nose.
Jeffrey Archer was one December the subject of Private Eye’s diary. On Christmas morning, it had him say (if I recall correctly), the family all gather round to sings carols-with a crisp new fiver for the winner!
In the mid-50s, my late Dad was undertaking research at Durham University’s Kings College (now Newcastle University) & did some joint work with the prestigious Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. ORNL sent a photo showing off their expensive laboratory facilities. This is what he sent back.
With the Bayeux Tapestry currently on loan to the British Museum, I believe my old 11th Century band - Pink Noise - will 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 get the recognition we deserve.
Just in case you are interested, my brother, @jezclay.bsky.social, has written an obituary for Imperial College's website about our Dad, Peter Clay, who died last month. www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article...
Obituary Peter Clay
This obituary pays tribute to Dr Peter Clay, a former member of staff in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London.
imperial.ac.uk
Hey, Pop Fans! Surprising from beyond the grave inclusion of my old band’s track* included on this BBC R6 programme about music from Hull. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... *They got the name of the song wrong** but it’s the thought that counts, I suppose. **It’s actually Thin End of the Wedge #BBCR6
BBC Radio 6 Indie Forever - City Soundtracks, Made of Hull
Celebrating the artists, venues and scenes coming out of Hull with Emily Pilbeam.
bbc.co.uk
I asked my wife if she’d sent this. She said she hadn’t and that I was ‘Useless’ and ‘Annoying’ rather than those things.
fesshole 🧻@fesshole.bsky.social · 3mo agoI love my husband but he is such a cunt. He's childish, selfish and just an arsehole to be honest but after so many years and kids, I might as well stick it out with the prick
I ring my late father's occupational pension provider to report his recent death & choose option 1 to be put through to the 'reporting a bereavement' section. Their choice of hold music? Imagine watching a 70s cop show stake-out scene. Yes, the bass is funky & the guitar is wah-wah-ing like crazy.
I wrote about Beatles books without the word 'Beatles' in the title: the ones the Beatles read; the ones in their milieu; the books in the bibliographies of those books — and so on. helenbarrett.substack.com/p/my-beatles...
