David Quantick
@quantick.bsky.social
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE AUSTEN? (French & Saunders, BBC Radio 4) writer. AND OTHER STORIES collection: https://tinyurl.com/msmv7amc. Pre-order IMAGINE A FRIEND:
https://www.starsandsabers.com/books/imagine-a-friend/
https://www.starsandsabers.com/books/imagine-a-friend/
This is a great book if you're in Barnes.
It's a great book if you're not in Barnes, to be fair.
It's a great book if you're not in Barnes, to be fair.
Looking forward to discussing Sam Leith's wonderful, illuminating history of children's books The Haunted Wood for Barnes Literary Society this Tues 27 Jan at St Mary's Church, Barnes, 7.30pm. Always great fun to talk to Sam, who knows a lot. barnesliterarysociety.org.uk @oneworldbooks.bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 1:23 PM
This is a great book if you're in Barnes.
It's a great book if you're not in Barnes, to be fair.
It's a great book if you're not in Barnes, to be fair.
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Braverman joining Reform is a bit of a surprise. I didn't realise she was that left wing.
January 26, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Braverman joining Reform is a bit of a surprise. I didn't realise she was that left wing.
This looks great (although the last time I was in the Jolly Butchers I was nearly struck by a flying chair while I was playing pinball).
For North/ North East London speakers and learners of Italian: my friend Simon is organising a monthly Italian language meetup at the Jolly Butchers in Stoke Newington. First session Monday Jan 26. Do share!
January 26, 2026 at 9:54 AM
This looks great (although the last time I was in the Jolly Butchers I was nearly struck by a flying chair while I was playing pinball).
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In anniversary news which I can’t quite verify, it may be 39 years (possibly more) since the Indian Air Force dressed their helicopters up as elephants for Republic Day
January 26, 2026 at 9:46 AM
In anniversary news which I can’t quite verify, it may be 39 years (possibly more) since the Indian Air Force dressed their helicopters up as elephants for Republic Day
"She hasn't said much yet..."
January 26, 2026 at 9:39 AM
"She hasn't said much yet..."
LAUREN LAVERNE: And for your next record you've chosen Don't Rain On My Parade, tell us why.
Kemi Badenoch on ITV about Robert Jenrick: "Everyone watching your show will have a work colleague like this, a drama queen. It's always somebody else who's done something. They were not there at the scene of the problems. But when there's something to take credit for, they rush to the front."
January 26, 2026 at 9:12 AM
LAUREN LAVERNE: And for your next record you've chosen Don't Rain On My Parade, tell us why.
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Winterwatch playing the hold music from my bank.
January 25, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Winterwatch playing the hold music from my bank.
Quick quiz - name the only song title Paul McCartney has used twice, once in the Beatles and once not in the Beatles.
January 25, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Quick quiz - name the only song title Paul McCartney has used twice, once in the Beatles and once not in the Beatles.
"Some supports of a Labour leadership challenged were blocked from nominating someone for a Commons seat."
"Burnham?"
"Well, it didn't do them any good."
"Burnham?"
"Well, it didn't do them any good."
January 25, 2026 at 3:20 PM
"Some supports of a Labour leadership challenged were blocked from nominating someone for a Commons seat."
"Burnham?"
"Well, it didn't do them any good."
"Burnham?"
"Well, it didn't do them any good."
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"What kind of creature bore you
Was it some kind of bat?
They can't find a good word for you
But I can
Twat!"
Happy 77th birthday to John Cooper Clarke , Born today 25th January 1949
#photooftheday #punkpoet
📸Antonio Olmos
Was it some kind of bat?
They can't find a good word for you
But I can
Twat!"
Happy 77th birthday to John Cooper Clarke , Born today 25th January 1949
#photooftheday #punkpoet
📸Antonio Olmos
January 25, 2026 at 9:18 AM
"What kind of creature bore you
Was it some kind of bat?
They can't find a good word for you
But I can
Twat!"
Happy 77th birthday to John Cooper Clarke , Born today 25th January 1949
#photooftheday #punkpoet
📸Antonio Olmos
Was it some kind of bat?
They can't find a good word for you
But I can
Twat!"
Happy 77th birthday to John Cooper Clarke , Born today 25th January 1949
#photooftheday #punkpoet
📸Antonio Olmos
Every year Hastings hosts Fat Tuesday, a fantastic grass roots music festival. This year I'm doing a horrific quiz.
www.facebook.com/events/16071...
www.facebook.com/events/16071...
Quantick's Quiz
Music event in Saint Leonards, United Kingdom by Hastings Fat Tuesday on Saturday, February 14 2026
www.facebook.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Every year Hastings hosts Fat Tuesday, a fantastic grass roots music festival. This year I'm doing a horrific quiz.
www.facebook.com/events/16071...
www.facebook.com/events/16071...
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Ironically, this quote is fake
“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
January 25, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Ironically, this quote is fake
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#DavidsMonthOfMusic
Day 25: A song that starts with Y
Buzzcocks - You Say You Don't Love Me
youtu.be/LTWYapCe7UQ?...
Day 25: A song that starts with Y
Buzzcocks - You Say You Don't Love Me
youtu.be/LTWYapCe7UQ?...
January 25, 2026 at 8:51 AM
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
Day 25: A song that starts with Y
Buzzcocks - You Say You Don't Love Me
youtu.be/LTWYapCe7UQ?...
Day 25: A song that starts with Y
Buzzcocks - You Say You Don't Love Me
youtu.be/LTWYapCe7UQ?...
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of course now you'd triggered me @quantick.bsky.social it resulted in this.
January 24, 2026 at 9:14 PM
of course now you'd triggered me @quantick.bsky.social it resulted in this.
January 24, 2026 at 4:57 PM
I remember these ads, and everyone pointing out that all the experimental new comedy in it had been on Channel 4 first.
For Jim Moir/Vic Reeves' birthday, a reminder it's thirty years this year since this advert.
January 24, 2026 at 4:56 PM
I remember these ads, and everyone pointing out that all the experimental new comedy in it had been on Channel 4 first.
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For Jim Moir/Vic Reeves' birthday, a reminder it's thirty years this year since this advert.
January 24, 2026 at 10:01 AM
For Jim Moir/Vic Reeves' birthday, a reminder it's thirty years this year since this advert.
Depressed myself by counting how many people on TOTP 1976 I've met.
January 23, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Depressed myself by counting how many people on TOTP 1976 I've met.
I tested out my new cheap tent before going on a camping holiday that turned out very badly, so it was defintely a portent.
January 23, 2026 at 9:17 PM
I tested out my new cheap tent before going on a camping holiday that turned out very badly, so it was defintely a portent.
Early Spands, love em. The New Romantics before it all crystallised into the appalling Duran Duran were fun.
January 23, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Early Spands, love em. The New Romantics before it all crystallised into the appalling Duran Duran were fun.
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Can't wait for XTC doing Sgt. Rock Is Going To Help Me on #TOTP shortly, and @quantick.bsky.social complaining that there's "Not enough Colin".
January 23, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Can't wait for XTC doing Sgt. Rock Is Going To Help Me on #TOTP shortly, and @quantick.bsky.social complaining that there's "Not enough Colin".
The Bare-Naked Ladies turned up unannounced in the NME offices and sang their new single, in our faces.
Needless to say they were never mentioned in the paper again.
Needless to say they were never mentioned in the paper again.
January 23, 2026 at 7:30 PM
The Bare-Naked Ladies turned up unannounced in the NME offices and sang their new single, in our faces.
Needless to say they were never mentioned in the paper again.
Needless to say they were never mentioned in the paper again.
