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Duncan Doubleu
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The emphasis is on coping.
Watched Carry-On last night. Enjoyed it but feel sad that we've been denied the chance to see Taron Egerton's and Jason Bateman's roles played by Kenneth Connor and Peter Butterworth.
November 29, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"Or as they're now known, Sting".
Malen has a cut on his head where he got hit. Young Boys fans are singing "you're shit and you know you are," to the police, for some reason.

#AVFC
November 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
That's one happy doughnut.
Everything’s terrible, so let’s look at my sourdough doughnut filled with blackberries and cream
November 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
They missed the assassin. Turned up in a 4x4. Opened the boot. Put on a rucksack, grabbed a holdall and purposefully strode away. He was definitely an assassin. Classic assassin behaviour that.
November 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The peace and quiet of the supermarket car park shattered by a new arrival leaving their engine running.
November 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
This would have been funnier said in conversation, probably.
We're all just waiting for the program(me) to finish.
You can keep your Poirots and your Marples, the greatest murder mystery moment on tv is when John Nettles discovers Selina Cadell has been popped into a tumble drier
November 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We're all just waiting for the program(me) to finish.
You can keep your Poirots and your Marples, the greatest murder mystery moment on tv is when John Nettles discovers Selina Cadell has been popped into a tumble drier
November 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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The power of Crufts compels you
November 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Embarrassingly, spent far too long trying to remember where I knew this line from. Knew it wasn't 'Livin’ on a Prayer' but I was unable to hear anything else.
November 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Still catching up from yesterday. Wish there was a feature for this. Like just hit a button that says "catch up from yesterday" and then hit make update.
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Watching this and thinking of Conor Hourihane's six year old tweet, like a normal person.
November 27, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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One year ago today I had the whim to start this little Bluesky account to keep alive memories of #LeedsOtherPaper - thanks to everyone who has since followed, shared, replied, re-posted and added your own stories. Please keep 'em coming. And tell your mates that the northern star still shines...
Half a century has passed since the birth of Leeds Other Paper, an alternative local newspaper that uncovered many of the city’s less told stories. LOP lasted from 1974 to 1994, during which time it reported on social, political, economic and cultural life in Leeds from an alternative perspective.
November 27, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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'Rising Sun', Blackheath (1942) by Francis Dodd

(Private collection; sold by richardtaylorfineart.com)
November 27, 2025 at 8:34 AM
One of the team at Waitrose once called my food shop packing 'extraordinary' that I took to be a compliment, (because it is actually outstanding). I use the self-service tills now but still invite staff and fellow patrons to stop and admire my genius.
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 27, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I think Cliff might actually be churning these out under duress. This is basically a hostage photo. Bloke's knackered.
Time to get your Cliff Richard 2026 calendars.

And if you'd like a little preview, this is the thread for you.

Straight away, the cover pulls you in. He's so young and trendy!
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Immediately asked a question over Teams and bottled it. Answered like the consummate professional I pretend to be when really I wanted to let them know I was calling the Coastguard.
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
From now on, whatever the question, I'm only ever responding with one of the following:
I just found this old picture of a poster that was on the wall at the school my friend taught at and there’s some incredible stuff in there
November 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
And then just a few hours later, Pope John Paul II died. Shameful.
November 25, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I was led to believe we'd have hoverboards by now.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Twelve months on Bluesky and when this eventually succumbs to darker forces, I'm definitely, definitely not signing up for the next new, shiny, purest thing.
If I had a pound for every time I said I'd never join Bluesky, I'd probably have about seventeen pounds.
November 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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There is no way you can guess how the thread that ends in this instant classic begins.
The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Also watched Duel.
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Took the gentle teasing of Christmas into the everyday up a notch last night by watching The Man Who Invented Christmas. It's alright and probably the right choice for the final week of November. Too early for the really good stuff. Christopher Plummer's great in it, mind.
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Yer man belatedly acknowledging that “This sounds like a dick move...”, in what is already a festival of dick moves.
Men's romance fantasy novels are so interesting.
November 24, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Been to IKEA
It was okay
It was OKEA
November 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM