Hugo Brady Brown
@aodhbc.bsky.social
Consumes radio, newspapers, books and bread, in varying quantities. Not interesting.
Eastern Ireland. July 2023
Eastern Ireland. July 2023
I remember coming across old authorities decrying the barbarism of the new verb 'to donate'.
November 30, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I remember coming across old authorities decrying the barbarism of the new verb 'to donate'.
"Say nothing!"
The warning voice of the guardian angel when we are tempted to add our tuppence worth.
"They won't welcome it," he goes on. "Read, mark, learn but don't stick your neb in."
The warning voice of the guardian angel when we are tempted to add our tuppence worth.
"They won't welcome it," he goes on. "Read, mark, learn but don't stick your neb in."
November 30, 2025 at 5:42 AM
"Say nothing!"
The warning voice of the guardian angel when we are tempted to add our tuppence worth.
"They won't welcome it," he goes on. "Read, mark, learn but don't stick your neb in."
The warning voice of the guardian angel when we are tempted to add our tuppence worth.
"They won't welcome it," he goes on. "Read, mark, learn but don't stick your neb in."
References here to OU all night made me wonder if the Open University still exists.
It turns out that it does, but no longer on television. All is now behind paywalls that once was the resort, relief and enlightenment of the insomniac.
It turns out that it does, but no longer on television. All is now behind paywalls that once was the resort, relief and enlightenment of the insomniac.
November 30, 2025 at 5:27 AM
References here to OU all night made me wonder if the Open University still exists.
It turns out that it does, but no longer on television. All is now behind paywalls that once was the resort, relief and enlightenment of the insomniac.
It turns out that it does, but no longer on television. All is now behind paywalls that once was the resort, relief and enlightenment of the insomniac.
Reposted by Hugo Brady Brown
'Waley’s translation revealed the sophistication of the Japanese world of the eleventh century. It transformed the understanding of world literature in the English-speaking world.'
Damian Flanagan: Shining Prince
Damian Flanagan: Shining Prince
Shining Prince
www.the-tls.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:56 AM
'Waley’s translation revealed the sophistication of the Japanese world of the eleventh century. It transformed the understanding of world literature in the English-speaking world.'
Damian Flanagan: Shining Prince
Damian Flanagan: Shining Prince
I'm not good when people are subtle or even hinting fairly broadly. If a waiter appears at your table and asks if you wouldn't mind paying the bill now and the coffee will be along presently, does that really mean 'You have sat here too long'?
('You can order the digestif out at the bar later.')
('You can order the digestif out at the bar later.')
November 30, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I'm not good when people are subtle or even hinting fairly broadly. If a waiter appears at your table and asks if you wouldn't mind paying the bill now and the coffee will be along presently, does that really mean 'You have sat here too long'?
('You can order the digestif out at the bar later.')
('You can order the digestif out at the bar later.')
"He is one of the finest musicologists of his generation, despite being tone-deaf (or perhaps because of it)."
November 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
"He is one of the finest musicologists of his generation, despite being tone-deaf (or perhaps because of it)."
"In the pigeon-coloured mud"
November 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM
"In the pigeon-coloured mud"
Reading the Philosophical Investigations for the first time (having once pretended to read the book and having moderately successfully answered questions plausibly), what strikes me is that, well, isn't it all just the bleeding obvious? I mean to say, it's not Kant. Or Hegel. Or the Tractatus.
November 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Reading the Philosophical Investigations for the first time (having once pretended to read the book and having moderately successfully answered questions plausibly), what strikes me is that, well, isn't it all just the bleeding obvious? I mean to say, it's not Kant. Or Hegel. Or the Tractatus.
"She read English at University College Dublin" - journalism
(She did what? - Ed)
(She did what? - Ed)
November 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
"She read English at University College Dublin" - journalism
(She did what? - Ed)
(She did what? - Ed)
"At one sitting"
The last book I read at one sitting was Animal Farm, but the bladder was more forgiving then.
The last book I read at one sitting was Animal Farm, but the bladder was more forgiving then.
November 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
"At one sitting"
The last book I read at one sitting was Animal Farm, but the bladder was more forgiving then.
The last book I read at one sitting was Animal Farm, but the bladder was more forgiving then.
Pushing the boat out now by using a third teabag.
November 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Pushing the boat out now by using a third teabag.
Whatever it is that's needed for a travel TV show that involves meeting people, Sandi Toksvig has it. She seems unusually natural and engaging, and she's able to let the person she's talking to shine brighter than herself. She should go far.
November 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Whatever it is that's needed for a travel TV show that involves meeting people, Sandi Toksvig has it. She seems unusually natural and engaging, and she's able to let the person she's talking to shine brighter than herself. She should go far.
It's quite an effort to retain the belief that Strictly isn't rigged in any way.
November 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
It's quite an effort to retain the belief that Strictly isn't rigged in any way.
Has the NLR given the party line yet on the name?
Has Tariq?
Has Tariq?
November 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Has the NLR given the party line yet on the name?
Has Tariq?
Has Tariq?
In microblogging, tone is all.
November 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
In microblogging, tone is all.
I see now that the dinner won't appear until after 8.05 pm tonight because Strictly. Should have bought chips.
November 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I see now that the dinner won't appear until after 8.05 pm tonight because Strictly. Should have bought chips.
Part of the shoe storage problem must be that we continue to buy them at the same rate, even though we no longer outgrow them. That and our wearing sneakers on every possible occasion and leaving those shoes all unworn at home. And Grensons' sales, of course.
November 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Part of the shoe storage problem must be that we continue to buy them at the same rate, even though we no longer outgrow them. That and our wearing sneakers on every possible occasion and leaving those shoes all unworn at home. And Grensons' sales, of course.
Someone must have got rid of a load of unsold fireworks on the feast of Black Friday: it's like the end of the world here now (or beyond the socio-economic fence, at least).
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Someone must have got rid of a load of unsold fireworks on the feast of Black Friday: it's like the end of the world here now (or beyond the socio-economic fence, at least).
What is this garbage and what's behind it? It appeared just now.
November 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
What is this garbage and what's behind it? It appeared just now.
A bad mistake: "There's no way back from a bad mistake."
Wise words indeed.
Wise words indeed.
November 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A bad mistake: "There's no way back from a bad mistake."
Wise words indeed.
Wise words indeed.
The future King-Emperor
I've Danced with a Man who's Danced with a Girl who's Danced with the Prince of Wales
YouTube video by saxondog2001
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November 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The future King-Emperor
More than a week of snooker clearing all before it in the TV schedules? My!
November 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
More than a week of snooker clearing all before it in the TV schedules? My!
The most reliable customer reviews of CDs on Amazon must be those by Sid Nuncius. But has the service stopped?
November 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The most reliable customer reviews of CDs on Amazon must be those by Sid Nuncius. But has the service stopped?
I don't think I was targeted with ads for thermal underwear even five years back. But winter draws on.
November 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I don't think I was targeted with ads for thermal underwear even five years back. But winter draws on.
Seamus Heaney captures some of that Ulsterness in speech. Such a foreign sound to us down here.
November 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Seamus Heaney captures some of that Ulsterness in speech. Such a foreign sound to us down here.