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Adrian Clark @mradrianclark.bsky.social · 2h

I'd forgotten that his sidekick was Donald Gee (among many things, the vicar in Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads)

Adrian Clark @mradrianclark.bsky.social · 2h

Of course, we didn't memorise ALL phone numbers. There was no need to. Jim's was written on the back of your maths book, Andy's was on an old Our Price Records receipt etc...

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 17h

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 1d

Um. There’s a woman presenting this too.

ok.co.uk @ok.co.uk · 7d

Rylan Clark is set to delve into the eerie world of witchcraft in his new show, The Witches Of Essex.

Rylan Clark slams 'misogyny' in British witch hunt as he fronts new Sky show

Rylan Clark shares the spotlight with professor Alice Roberts in The Witches Of Essex, where the pair delve into the dark history of witch hunts - and one discovery rattled Rylan.

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Adrian Clark @mradrianclark.bsky.social · 1d

For my generation, our televisual vocabulary was built upon the idea of "TV as a little theatre OR cinema in your living room". This is a great thread about how we've largely lost half of that.

Andrew Orton @andreworton.bsky.social · 1d

The death of multi-camera TV: a thread. I know most of you will know the technical parts of this (and may have read it in the other place) but bear with me. 1/ 🧵

A shot from the studio rehearsal of Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan episode 'Volcano', showing several actors ont he TARDIS set, with various video cameras around the scene.

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Adrian Clark @mradrianclark.bsky.social · 1d

I love exploring French supermarkets - all the regular genres of products we expect, but with loads more interesting varieties!

Adrian Clark @mradrianclark.bsky.social · 1d

There's a "chip sauce" variety too, but not in the Scottish sense, more like a tangy dill flavour.

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Adrian Clark @mradrianclark.bsky.social · 1d

A little supermarket in Caen - seems to be quite a big brand round here.

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Adrian Clark @mradrianclark.bsky.social · 1d

I applaud this development in crisp culture.

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Adrian Clark @mradrianclark.bsky.social · 1d

Oh go on then... one last visit to the cosy, friendly Moon & Sons pub in Caen. Fabulous beer (local, Belgian and... Irish, strangely enough) vegan food and loads of fantasy literature references for people better versed then me.

A gothic but cosy Halloween-themed corner, with autumnal colours, warm lighting and happy drinkers.

A comfortable pub scene, full of colourful!19th century bric-a-brac. The ceiling is painted like the night sky.

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Adrian Clark @mradrianclark.bsky.social · 1d

Envious that the Echinops at the botanical garden in Caen are still going strong. Feels like a late bonus burst of summer after a couple of chilly days. Four species of butterfly too.

Purple Echinops flowers in front of autumn-tinged trees.

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Adrian Clark @mradrianclark.bsky.social · 2d

Looks more like Nyhavn in Copenhagen!

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Adrian Clark @mradrianclark.bsky.social · 2d

Ah yes, just checked and you're right!

Adrian Clark @mradrianclark.bsky.social · 2d

Nice example of linguistic "false friends" here:

Nick Stone @typejunky.bsky.social · 2d

Been doing a lot of reading on the shoe industry. Interesting fact, a Skiver as in the trade of thinning leather down on seams etc, is from the OE/ON ‘skifa’ ‘to cut or split’. The term skiver to avoid work is from the Middle French ‘esquiver’ to escape.

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Adrian Clark @mradrianclark.bsky.social · 2d

(This was in Bayeux, so maybe more standard behaviour for neat middle-aged chaps here.)

Adrian Clark @mradrianclark.bsky.social · 2d

A few minutes before seeing this, a bloke walked past me, dressed as Obelix. A very neat, middle-aged and fairly slim bloke, so the costume looked quite anomalous.

Gabby HC, but a ghost, hiding in a corner @scriblit.bsky.social · 2d

Unsolicited Asterix pics

Asterix and Obelix the Gauls, looking worried

Asterix, Obelix & Dogmatix the dog, strolling happily

Iain from Bake Off 2025, a short king with a very gaulish mullet & moustache who just generally exudes Asterix Energy

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 4d

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 4d

They should stop polling, and just stick with the big one we had in 2016 that revealed that roughly half of us will believe any old shit.

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Adrian Clark @mradrianclark.bsky.social · 4d

"If there was an election tomorrow, which there won't be, and in fact, if you compare UK political opinion now with 4 years ago... shall we just ignore the polls?"

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Adrian Clark @mradrianclark.bsky.social · 4d

I think a lot of us were asking that question in 2016. Nine years later...

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🅢🅗🅔🅔🅝🅐 @sheena-mck.bsky.social · 5d

This made me laugh more than it probably should 😂
#funny

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Adrian Clark @mradrianclark.bsky.social · 5d

Byeeeeeeee

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 6d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 7d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Adrian Clark @mradrianclark.bsky.social · 6d

Yep. Farage is terrible, but at least he's consistent. Everything he says (even the fake "man of the people" stuff) is of a piece with the golf club bore. God only knows what Jenrick is prepared to shapehift into.

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 6d

John Hosier, the producer of this, long-term partner and eventual husband of Biddy Baxter.

Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 6d

If you're wondering why so many of my generation ended up with the eyes and ears and minds that we did it's because we could watch stuff like this on schools programme. This is simply astounding.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gED...

Shoreditch Experimental Music School 1969

YouTube video by Elen Nas

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 6d

If you're wondering why so many of my generation ended up with the eyes and ears and minds that we did it's because we could watch stuff like this on schools programme. This is simply astounding.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gED...

Shoreditch Experimental Music School 1969

YouTube video by Elen Nas

www.youtube.com

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