Rallen
@rallen78.bsky.social
Dandy, northern, book obsessive, lover of gin, Iris Murdoch, cats & pubs. Pretentious, textbook Scorpio. likes Greggs
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An evening at the Phoenix club listening to the legend that is Robin Askwith. God how we love him.
December 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
An evening at the Phoenix club listening to the legend that is Robin Askwith. God how we love him.
This podcast has enriched me, given me such insight and improved the quality of my life no end. I didn’t think it was possible to love books even more. But it unlocked so many more
The first episode of Backlisted was published on 30th November 2015, ten years ago today. @backlisted.bsky.social
‘We can ask and ask but we can’t have again what once seemed ours forever.’ - J.L. Carr, A Month in the Country 🙏
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/1-j...
‘We can ask and ask but we can’t have again what once seemed ours forever.’ - J.L. Carr, A Month in the Country 🙏
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/1-j...
1. J. L. Carr - A Month in the Countr — Backlisted
In the first episode of a new podcast about books, John Mitchinson and Andy Miller are joined by novelist Lissa Evans and Unbound's Mathew Clayton to discuss J.L. Carr's A Month In The Country. If y...
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November 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This podcast has enriched me, given me such insight and improved the quality of my life no end. I didn’t think it was possible to love books even more. But it unlocked so many more
I’m in St James again looking at smoking jackets AND the pub here now sells Monster Munch! I’ve managed to slowly change the tone of the area.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I’m in St James again looking at smoking jackets AND the pub here now sells Monster Munch! I’ve managed to slowly change the tone of the area.
Just exclaimed with great indignation “it’s not gay! It’s a smoking jacket!” That told her. Honestly, to think people think “I’m” the weird one in the relationship.
November 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Just exclaimed with great indignation “it’s not gay! It’s a smoking jacket!” That told her. Honestly, to think people think “I’m” the weird one in the relationship.
@titsinscreenshots.bsky.social are you ok? You haven’t posted in a while
November 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
@titsinscreenshots.bsky.social are you ok? You haven’t posted in a while
Wonderful thread
Since we are once again dealing with "the only silent era comedians of note were men" I feel I need to stand up for the ladies.
Marion Davies!
Marion Davies!
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Wonderful thread
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Beatrice Lillie!
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Beatrice Lillie!
Can I get away with buying another tweed suit? Or do I need to be sensible ?
November 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Can I get away with buying another tweed suit? Or do I need to be sensible ?
I appreciate this may sound weird or obvious, but I think my freezer is too cold. Does anyone else have this problem?
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I appreciate this may sound weird or obvious, but I think my freezer is too cold. Does anyone else have this problem?
Just being out on a Blocklist of people that enjoy AI by someone called bsky.app/profile/cotr... not only do I not like AI, I don’t understand it or use it. How curious
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November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Just being out on a Blocklist of people that enjoy AI by someone called bsky.app/profile/cotr... not only do I not like AI, I don’t understand it or use it. How curious
Anyone who enjoys scathing reviews, this one by Simon Sheridan from ‘Keeping the British End Up’ is sublime. It gets more crazy the more you read. On ‘The Great British Striptease’ presented by Bernard Manning…
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Anyone who enjoys scathing reviews, this one by Simon Sheridan from ‘Keeping the British End Up’ is sublime. It gets more crazy the more you read. On ‘The Great British Striptease’ presented by Bernard Manning…
I saw them at Finsbury Park & literally could not believe what I was watching & hearing & spent the whole gig just watching Reni play. Never seen anything like it before or since. Like @iammilliam.bsky.social lamented. It’s tragic he only appears on two albums. What a waste.
I watch this every time I am feeling a bit miserable and want to remind myself what humans are capable of. He plays with effortless swing and grace, pinching cymbals like he’s picking daisies and harmonising so sweetly it’s as if he’s dragging Ian Brown back into key. youtu.be/4PBU_N5x4ls
Stone Roses - Waterfall 2013 Made of Stone HD
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November 23, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I saw them at Finsbury Park & literally could not believe what I was watching & hearing & spent the whole gig just watching Reni play. Never seen anything like it before or since. Like @iammilliam.bsky.social lamented. It’s tragic he only appears on two albums. What a waste.
Feels like my weekend is already over. Disaster in the cricket. Very depressing. And now I have to go for a 9k run in freezing rain. Brilliant. Just brilliant. #ashes
November 22, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Feels like my weekend is already over. Disaster in the cricket. Very depressing. And now I have to go for a 9k run in freezing rain. Brilliant. Just brilliant. #ashes
A quiet night in with wine listening to old music. Such a wonderful LP, surprised Slowdive weren’t bigger, I just missed the Shoegaze movement because I was too young, coming of age in Britpop. But like most things in my life, I always identified with an earlier time & not the one I was living in
November 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
A quiet night in with wine listening to old music. Such a wonderful LP, surprised Slowdive weren’t bigger, I just missed the Shoegaze movement because I was too young, coming of age in Britpop. But like most things in my life, I always identified with an earlier time & not the one I was living in
Saw this vintage Lotus f1 car from 1980 when I was strolling through Piccadilly last week. Magnificent to see it. Always had a passion for old motor racing when it was interesting and not a capitalist health and safety exercise.
November 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Saw this vintage Lotus f1 car from 1980 when I was strolling through Piccadilly last week. Magnificent to see it. Always had a passion for old motor racing when it was interesting and not a capitalist health and safety exercise.
Forgot how good this tune was. Also just noticed just how funky that bass is for a kids theme tune. Wonder if that’s where I got my love of funk from? Subliminally watching the Family Ness cartoon as a child? Move over Bootsy Collins!
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November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Forgot how good this tune was. Also just noticed just how funky that bass is for a kids theme tune. Wonder if that’s where I got my love of funk from? Subliminally watching the Family Ness cartoon as a child? Move over Bootsy Collins!
Happy Beaujolais day to all who celebrate the gloriously juicy* wine that is Beaujolais Nouveau!
Dating back 200+ yrs, winemakers in the south France would rush out the new vintage of their wines at the earliest possible date so it could be consumed young and fresh.
*how I like my women
Dating back 200+ yrs, winemakers in the south France would rush out the new vintage of their wines at the earliest possible date so it could be consumed young and fresh.
*how I like my women
November 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Happy Beaujolais day to all who celebrate the gloriously juicy* wine that is Beaujolais Nouveau!
Dating back 200+ yrs, winemakers in the south France would rush out the new vintage of their wines at the earliest possible date so it could be consumed young and fresh.
*how I like my women
Dating back 200+ yrs, winemakers in the south France would rush out the new vintage of their wines at the earliest possible date so it could be consumed young and fresh.
*how I like my women
So Mani from the Stone Roses has died. I loved his bass playing so much I named one of my cats Mani (the one on the right)
That’s another major part of my youth gone.
That’s another major part of my youth gone.
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
So Mani from the Stone Roses has died. I loved his bass playing so much I named one of my cats Mani (the one on the right)
That’s another major part of my youth gone.
That’s another major part of my youth gone.
I call this post “living the dream”
November 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I call this post “living the dream”
Taking this further. It’s depressing to think people would also have to dress in tracksuits, crocs and baseball caps instead of velvet tunics, shiny breast plates and hats with big feathers
If the UK is on the brink of civil war, as Musk claims, it follows that in 300 years time there will be be a new generation of civil war re-enactment societies.
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."
November 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Taking this further. It’s depressing to think people would also have to dress in tracksuits, crocs and baseball caps instead of velvet tunics, shiny breast plates and hats with big feathers
Reposted by Rallen
If the UK is on the brink of civil war, as Musk claims, it follows that in 300 years time there will be be a new generation of civil war re-enactment societies.
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."
November 15, 2025 at 9:12 AM
If the UK is on the brink of civil war, as Musk claims, it follows that in 300 years time there will be be a new generation of civil war re-enactment societies.
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."
I do have a passion for glassware & also Art Deco and well, I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen anything more beautiful. Opalescent glass Art Deco sculpture by French artist Lucille Sevin (created between the 1920/30s)
November 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I do have a passion for glassware & also Art Deco and well, I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen anything more beautiful. Opalescent glass Art Deco sculpture by French artist Lucille Sevin (created between the 1920/30s)
At an AI curated wine tasting. Partly because the robot was so cute on the flyer I wanted to be able to post it on social media. Some…interesting choices.. V taking copious notes. Mine consist of “lovely stuff” & “drinkable” which I appeared to have spelt “drinkably”… cheers!
November 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
At an AI curated wine tasting. Partly because the robot was so cute on the flyer I wanted to be able to post it on social media. Some…interesting choices.. V taking copious notes. Mine consist of “lovely stuff” & “drinkable” which I appeared to have spelt “drinkably”… cheers!
@danmckee.bsky.social this beer mat feels very you
November 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
@danmckee.bsky.social this beer mat feels very you