Adam Macqueen
@adammacqueen.bsky.social
Author, Private Eye hack and Page 94 podcaster. Third 🏳️🌈Tommy Wildeblood thriller, The Inalienable Right, is out now: http://bit.ly/3EugugB
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🧵 It’s 🏳️🌈LGBT+ History month in the UK 🏳️🌈. So let me take you back to a time when life for gay people in this country was very different indeed.
I have a joke about Philoctetes but it's a stinker.
I have a joke about The Odyssey but it takes a detour.
I have a joke about Oedipus, but it’s a bit complex
December 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I have a joke about Philoctetes but it's a stinker.
Keeping excellent company in m'colleague @helenlewis.bsky.social's latest substack. Any or all of the three TW books would make ideal Christmas presents for everyone you know, alongside Helen's own The Genius Myth.
December 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Keeping excellent company in m'colleague @helenlewis.bsky.social's latest substack. Any or all of the three TW books would make ideal Christmas presents for everyone you know, alongside Helen's own The Genius Myth.
I think I would like to hang out with a giraffe. I also think the giraffe would get a lot out of it.
December 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I think I would like to hang out with a giraffe. I also think the giraffe would get a lot out of it.
Noooo! First they came for Wm Low, then Woolworths and John Menzies, and now...
News | Dumfries and Galloway Council proposes closing four museums
Sixteenth-century Castle of St John in Stranraer is among the sites at risk of closure
Sixteenth-century Castle of St John in Stranraer is among the sites at risk of closure
Dumfries and Galloway Council proposes closing four museums - Museums Association
Sixteenth-century Castle of St John in Stranraer is among the sites at risk of closure
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December 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Noooo! First they came for Wm Low, then Woolworths and John Menzies, and now...
My listening age is your mum
December 5, 2025 at 10:04 AM
My listening age is your mum
I wouldn't want Bernard Manning or anyone involved in the Black and White Minstrel Show running for prime minister either.
BBC News - Farage accuses BBC of double standards after racism allegations
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Farage accuses BBC of double standards after racism allegations
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Farage accuses BBC of double standards after racism allegations
The Reform UK leader turns fire on the BBC as he faces further questions about allegations of teenage racism.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I wouldn't want Bernard Manning or anyone involved in the Black and White Minstrel Show running for prime minister either.
BBC News - Farage accuses BBC of double standards after racism allegations
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Farage accuses BBC of double standards after racism allegations
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Hope it's proper old-school variety. Big opening number, banter with the band, couple of musical guests she duets with, comedy sketches, maybe a bit where she goes out on the street with a hidden camera and pranks people.
New: Liz Truss will tomorrow premiere the first episode of The Liz Truss Show.
Billed as "A bold new programme in a media landscape dominated by groupthink and timid consensus".
Truss: "The Deep State tried to destroy me but now I'm back and excited to launch this show."
Billed as "A bold new programme in a media landscape dominated by groupthink and timid consensus".
Truss: "The Deep State tried to destroy me but now I'm back and excited to launch this show."
December 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Hope it's proper old-school variety. Big opening number, banter with the band, couple of musical guests she duets with, comedy sketches, maybe a bit where she goes out on the street with a hidden camera and pranks people.
Please enjoy my massive enthusiasm for discussing yet another round of attempts to sell the Telegraph in part 3.
December 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Please enjoy my massive enthusiasm for discussing yet another round of attempts to sell the Telegraph in part 3.
I'm not sure you actually deserve it, but in case you don't know, this is by some distance the greatest Christmas playlist ever.
youtu.be/iQTxu3NzeXU?...
youtu.be/iQTxu3NzeXU?...
DJ Riko - Merry Mixmas 2015
YouTube video by DJ Riko
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December 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I'm not sure you actually deserve it, but in case you don't know, this is by some distance the greatest Christmas playlist ever.
youtu.be/iQTxu3NzeXU?...
youtu.be/iQTxu3NzeXU?...
You know what lads, I don't think she's actually going to get the opportunity to nationalise the internet so it's probably ok.
December 2, 2025 at 9:46 AM
You know what lads, I don't think she's actually going to get the opportunity to nationalise the internet so it's probably ok.
Left my water bottle on the kitchen table so assume I will look like this by the end of my train journey.
December 2, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Left my water bottle on the kitchen table so assume I will look like this by the end of my train journey.
These days you can't even name your school after a rapist, 'cos Woke.
December 2, 2025 at 7:41 AM
These days you can't even name your school after a rapist, 'cos Woke.
“You're not going to write about me, are you!?”
To which the only possible answer is “No, because you're clearly incredibly fucking boring.”
To which the only possible answer is “No, because you're clearly incredibly fucking boring.”
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
“You're not going to write about me, are you!?”
To which the only possible answer is “No, because you're clearly incredibly fucking boring.”
To which the only possible answer is “No, because you're clearly incredibly fucking boring.”
Surprising moment in Act 1 where a yet-to-be-housetrained Paddington does a big shit on the floor. Inevitable “woods” joke follows.
December 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Surprising moment in Act 1 where a yet-to-be-housetrained Paddington does a big shit on the floor. Inevitable “woods” joke follows.
What if on Christmas Eve you were visited by three spirits but they all just wanted to tell you you're fucking awesome?
November 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
What if on Christmas Eve you were visited by three spirits but they all just wanted to tell you you're fucking awesome?
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins - the man who created the @cpdinosaurs.bsky.social Crystal Palace Dinosaurs - and his scientific advisers genuinely did think St George defeated a pterodactyl. So there you go.
November 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins - the man who created the @cpdinosaurs.bsky.social Crystal Palace Dinosaurs - and his scientific advisers genuinely did think St George defeated a pterodactyl. So there you go.
“Woman-loving”.
November 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
“Woman-loving”.
My favourite Tom Stoppard story (which I am not going to check) is about when Harold Pinter phoned him up to see if he would support the move to change the name of the Comedy Theatre in the West End to the Pinter Theatre...
November 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
My favourite Tom Stoppard story (which I am not going to check) is about when Harold Pinter phoned him up to see if he would support the move to change the name of the Comedy Theatre in the West End to the Pinter Theatre...
Watch and learn, kids!
(Mostly you will learn how my unevenly-greying hair is making me look increasingly like Norman Lamont these days)
(Mostly you will learn how my unevenly-greying hair is making me look increasingly like Norman Lamont these days)
🚨NEW MEDIA CLUB OUT NOW🚨
Private Eye writer @adammacqueen.bsky.social and Residence Pictures' Cara Kotschy provide their thoughts (and gossip) on The Mail & Telegraph deal on the Media Club with @mattdeegan.com
Listen and watch now
📺 https://youtu.be/WOb0IYo4asA
🔈 https://podfollow.com/themediaclub
Private Eye writer @adammacqueen.bsky.social and Residence Pictures' Cara Kotschy provide their thoughts (and gossip) on The Mail & Telegraph deal on the Media Club with @mattdeegan.com
Listen and watch now
📺 https://youtu.be/WOb0IYo4asA
🔈 https://podfollow.com/themediaclub
November 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Watch and learn, kids!
(Mostly you will learn how my unevenly-greying hair is making me look increasingly like Norman Lamont these days)
(Mostly you will learn how my unevenly-greying hair is making me look increasingly like Norman Lamont these days)
A theologian writes: HE WAS LITERALLY BORN IN BETHLEHEM BECAUSE HIS PARENTS HAD TO GO THERE FOR A CENSUS TO DETERMINE TAX LIABILITY, YOU UTTER FUCKWIT.
November 28, 2025 at 11:35 AM
A theologian writes: HE WAS LITERALLY BORN IN BETHLEHEM BECAUSE HIS PARENTS HAD TO GO THERE FOR A CENSUS TO DETERMINE TAX LIABILITY, YOU UTTER FUCKWIT.
Bring back the days when Marks and Spencer's put out their own-brand ghost story collections, say I.
November 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Bring back the days when Marks and Spencer's put out their own-brand ghost story collections, say I.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: it's actually short for Allisterrible Heath.
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I've said it before and I'll say it again: it's actually short for Allisterrible Heath.
Forgive my ignorance, but what is the difference between "direct" and "indirect" racist abuse, and why is one better than the other?
NEW: Asked about allegations of racist abuse when he was at school, Farage reiterates his denials. He says Peter Ettedgui, who has spoken to the Guardian and the BBC is "the one person who said I directly abused him". He claims political bias in other allegations.
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Forgive my ignorance, but what is the difference between "direct" and "indirect" racist abuse, and why is one better than the other?
My phone just decided to treat me to a "memories" photo album entitled Cuddles and Purrs which featured not only my dead mum but no fewer than three of my dead pets set to delightfully cheery music. Cheers mate!
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
My phone just decided to treat me to a "memories" photo album entitled Cuddles and Purrs which featured not only my dead mum but no fewer than three of my dead pets set to delightfully cheery music. Cheers mate!