Tim Riley
@timriley.bsky.social
Reading. Writing. Sub-optimal parenting.
Room service, Galway.
November 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Room service, Galway.
A US copy without having to resort to Amazon. Thank you @alibris.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
A US copy without having to resort to Amazon. Thank you @alibris.com
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Plaudits to whoever put this poster up next to the Park Road Tesco in Toxteth.
November 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Plaudits to whoever put this poster up next to the Park Road Tesco in Toxteth.
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On this day in 1970, Charles Schulz replied to a 10-year-old kid who had written and asked, “What makes a good citizen?"
November 9, 2024 at 9:40 PM
On this day in 1970, Charles Schulz replied to a 10-year-old kid who had written and asked, “What makes a good citizen?"
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...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
In the footsteps of Ingrid Bergman, Naples.
October 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
In the footsteps of Ingrid Bergman, Naples.
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I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
October 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
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An early look at next week’s cover: "Remote Control,” by Barry Blitt.
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September 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
An early look at next week’s cover: "Remote Control,” by Barry Blitt.
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One American who’s always guaranteed a good reception in London. Aaron Copland at the Barbican this evening.
September 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
One American who’s always guaranteed a good reception in London. Aaron Copland at the Barbican this evening.
2019. The last time this happened.
September 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
2019. The last time this happened.
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You know you’re living in strange times when Last Night of the Proms feels like the least jingoistic thing happening in Britain at the moment.
September 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
You know you’re living in strange times when Last Night of the Proms feels like the least jingoistic thing happening in Britain at the moment.
Jane Austen x The Early 1970s.
September 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Jane Austen x The Early 1970s.
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About fifteen years ago, we got Terence Stamp in to do a voice-over for a TV commercial. He was just as charming as you’d have hoped. “I started off working in advertising” he said. “The first ad I ever wrote was for a knitting machine: ‘Knit faster with Knitmaster.’ “
August 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
About fifteen years ago, we got Terence Stamp in to do a voice-over for a TV commercial. He was just as charming as you’d have hoped. “I started off working in advertising” he said. “The first ad I ever wrote was for a knitting machine: ‘Knit faster with Knitmaster.’ “
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It’s Billy Wilder’s birthday
The day after his death, Le Monde’s front page obituary had the headline:
‘Billy Wilder dies. Nobody's perfect.’
The day after his death, Le Monde’s front page obituary had the headline:
‘Billy Wilder dies. Nobody's perfect.’
June 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
It’s Billy Wilder’s birthday
The day after his death, Le Monde’s front page obituary had the headline:
‘Billy Wilder dies. Nobody's perfect.’
The day after his death, Le Monde’s front page obituary had the headline:
‘Billy Wilder dies. Nobody's perfect.’
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Punk rock kid buskers (‘The Whops’, tiktok) near the Edgware Rd. They run into Paul Simonon, play Death or Glory for him. He asks if they know The Guns of Brixton. They do -
June 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Punk rock kid buskers (‘The Whops’, tiktok) near the Edgware Rd. They run into Paul Simonon, play Death or Glory for him. He asks if they know The Guns of Brixton. They do -