Colin Smith
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So that was Friday November 21st 2025. Crikey. Another day done, another day (more or less) here. So it goes. Oh well.
(Dated this very day in 1987, a mere 38 years ago, 2000AD #549, with its cover featuring Zenith by Dave Gibbons.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients of Planet Earth.
(Dated this very day in 1987, a mere 38 years ago, 2000AD #549, with its cover featuring Zenith by Dave Gibbons.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients of Planet Earth.
November 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
So that was Friday November 21st 2025. Crikey. Another day done, another day (more or less) here. So it goes. Oh well.
(Dated this very day in 1987, a mere 38 years ago, 2000AD #549, with its cover featuring Zenith by Dave Gibbons.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients of Planet Earth.
(Dated this very day in 1987, a mere 38 years ago, 2000AD #549, with its cover featuring Zenith by Dave Gibbons.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients of Planet Earth.
Even the boxes for Playmobil’s Asterix figures cheer me up. The packaging for the village of the independent Gauls is a joy. As indeed is the village itself. I wish we had the same for Pogo’s Swamp, & Dan Dare’s Southport Space Fleet HQ, & Midtown High with Spider-Man & the Spider Slayer etc etc
November 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Even the boxes for Playmobil’s Asterix figures cheer me up. The packaging for the village of the independent Gauls is a joy. As indeed is the village itself. I wish we had the same for Pogo’s Swamp, & Dan Dare’s Southport Space Fleet HQ, & Midtown High with Spider-Man & the Spider Slayer etc etc
A piece from Oct 14th 1967’s TV Guide about the upcoming Star Trek episode “I, Mudd”, which would air on Nov 3rd in the USA. The illusion of a planet of 2000 androids created from the cunning use of just 4 pairs of twins, you say?
November 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A piece from Oct 14th 1967’s TV Guide about the upcoming Star Trek episode “I, Mudd”, which would air on Nov 3rd in the USA. The illusion of a planet of 2000 androids created from the cunning use of just 4 pairs of twins, you say?
If you can get BBC6 on the iPlayer, and if you haven’t heard it already, there’s an Iggy Pop show about NYC in (mostly) the 60s & 70s, with Iggy answering listeners’ questions in-between tracks. If you can’t access it, then below are the tracks played. It makes for a splendid mixtape.
November 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
If you can get BBC6 on the iPlayer, and if you haven’t heard it already, there’s an Iggy Pop show about NYC in (mostly) the 60s & 70s, with Iggy answering listeners’ questions in-between tracks. If you can’t access it, then below are the tracks played. It makes for a splendid mixtape.
The Demolition of the Crown Hotel, Edinburgh, 1925, by David Macbeth Sutherland.
November 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The Demolition of the Crown Hotel, Edinburgh, 1925, by David Macbeth Sutherland.
So we found a little rotating bookcase in a thrift shop that’s perfect for our Terry Pratchett Discworld etc hardbacks. We’ll add the missing books in the series still on shelves elsewhere in the house, paint the wood & I do believe it’ll look rather splendid.
November 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
So we found a little rotating bookcase in a thrift shop that’s perfect for our Terry Pratchett Discworld etc hardbacks. We’ll add the missing books in the series still on shelves elsewhere in the house, paint the wood & I do believe it’ll look rather splendid.
David Bowie, train station platform, Kyoto, Japan, 1980, by Masayoshi Sukita.
November 21, 2025 at 11:45 AM
David Bowie, train station platform, Kyoto, Japan, 1980, by Masayoshi Sukita.
Good morning! It’s Friday November 21st 2025! Already? Crikey!
(Dated this very day in 1981, a mere 44 years ago, 2000AD #239, with its fabulous cover featuring Nemesis the Warlock & Torquemada by Kevin O’Neill.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
(Dated this very day in 1981, a mere 44 years ago, 2000AD #239, with its fabulous cover featuring Nemesis the Warlock & Torquemada by Kevin O’Neill.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
November 21, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Good morning! It’s Friday November 21st 2025! Already? Crikey!
(Dated this very day in 1981, a mere 44 years ago, 2000AD #239, with its fabulous cover featuring Nemesis the Warlock & Torquemada by Kevin O’Neill.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
(Dated this very day in 1981, a mere 44 years ago, 2000AD #239, with its fabulous cover featuring Nemesis the Warlock & Torquemada by Kevin O’Neill.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
So that was Thursday Nov 20th 2025. Crikey. Another day done, another day (more or less) here. So it goes.
(Dated today in 1982, just 43 years ago, 2000AD #292, with its cover featuring Judge Dredd by Ian Gibson.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients of Planet Earth.
(Dated today in 1982, just 43 years ago, 2000AD #292, with its cover featuring Judge Dredd by Ian Gibson.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients of Planet Earth.
November 21, 2025 at 12:03 AM
So that was Thursday Nov 20th 2025. Crikey. Another day done, another day (more or less) here. So it goes.
(Dated today in 1982, just 43 years ago, 2000AD #292, with its cover featuring Judge Dredd by Ian Gibson.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients of Planet Earth.
(Dated today in 1982, just 43 years ago, 2000AD #292, with its cover featuring Judge Dredd by Ian Gibson.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients of Planet Earth.
“Seeing It Through #1: The Firefighters”, a 1944 London Underground poster in praise of the capital’s WW2 firewomen & men, by Eric Henri Kennington.
November 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
“Seeing It Through #1: The Firefighters”, a 1944 London Underground poster in praise of the capital’s WW2 firewomen & men, by Eric Henri Kennington.
Swamp Thing, Abby & some awfully endearing frogs, by Charles Vess, 1987.
November 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Swamp Thing, Abby & some awfully endearing frogs, by Charles Vess, 1987.
Marc Bolan, bless him, in 1976, having his picture taken with the BBC staff working at a reception for Top Of The Pops.
November 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Marc Bolan, bless him, in 1976, having his picture taken with the BBC staff working at a reception for Top Of The Pops.
Dated this very day in 1965, TV Century 21 #44, with its front cover featuring Stingray launching a micro-torpedo, a back cover starring those fiendish Daleks, and, inside, a Stingray strip with absolutely gorgeous art by the great Ron Embleton. Not bad at all for 7 pennies, I’d suggest.
November 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Dated this very day in 1965, TV Century 21 #44, with its front cover featuring Stingray launching a micro-torpedo, a back cover starring those fiendish Daleks, and, inside, a Stingray strip with absolutely gorgeous art by the great Ron Embleton. Not bad at all for 7 pennies, I’d suggest.
Notting Hill Gate District Station, London, 1952, by Edward Bishop.
November 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Notting Hill Gate District Station, London, 1952, by Edward Bishop.
£8.55 for the lot. Including the plastic book-shelf thingy. Thrift shops are some of my favourite places on the planet.
November 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
£8.55 for the lot. Including the plastic book-shelf thingy. Thrift shops are some of my favourite places on the planet.
The front page of The Daily Mirror from this very day in 1937. It was a mere 88 years ago.
November 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The front page of The Daily Mirror from this very day in 1937. It was a mere 88 years ago.
Good morning! It’s Thursday November 20th 2025! Already? Crikey!
(Dated this very day in 1971, just 54 yrs ago, the week’s edition of Lion And Thunder, with its cover featuring the Martian invaders from H. G. Wells’ The War Of The Worlds.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
(Dated this very day in 1971, just 54 yrs ago, the week’s edition of Lion And Thunder, with its cover featuring the Martian invaders from H. G. Wells’ The War Of The Worlds.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
November 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Good morning! It’s Thursday November 20th 2025! Already? Crikey!
(Dated this very day in 1971, just 54 yrs ago, the week’s edition of Lion And Thunder, with its cover featuring the Martian invaders from H. G. Wells’ The War Of The Worlds.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
(Dated this very day in 1971, just 54 yrs ago, the week’s edition of Lion And Thunder, with its cover featuring the Martian invaders from H. G. Wells’ The War Of The Worlds.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
So that was Thursday Nov 19th 2025. Crikey. Another day done, another day (more or less) here. So it goes.
(Dated today in 1955, just 70 years ago, The Beano #696, with its Biffo The Bear cover-strip by the great Dudley D. Watkins.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients of Planet Earth.
(Dated today in 1955, just 70 years ago, The Beano #696, with its Biffo The Bear cover-strip by the great Dudley D. Watkins.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients of Planet Earth.
November 19, 2025 at 11:19 PM
So that was Thursday Nov 19th 2025. Crikey. Another day done, another day (more or less) here. So it goes.
(Dated today in 1955, just 70 years ago, The Beano #696, with its Biffo The Bear cover-strip by the great Dudley D. Watkins.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients of Planet Earth.
(Dated today in 1955, just 70 years ago, The Beano #696, with its Biffo The Bear cover-strip by the great Dudley D. Watkins.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients of Planet Earth.
Edward Bishop’s Summer Books cover for May 20 1954’s The Listener. I got a copy of this today & EB’s gorgeous art has got me longing so much for summer. It’s beautiful.
November 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Edward Bishop’s Summer Books cover for May 20 1954’s The Listener. I got a copy of this today & EB’s gorgeous art has got me longing so much for summer. It’s beautiful.
Judge Dredd, by Cam Kennedy & Ken Bruzenak, from 1993’s “Batman / Judge Dredd: Vendetta in Gotham”.
November 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Judge Dredd, by Cam Kennedy & Ken Bruzenak, from 1993’s “Batman / Judge Dredd: Vendetta in Gotham”.
It’s amazing what you can find in old books with unpromising covers opened out of idle curiosity.
November 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
It’s amazing what you can find in old books with unpromising covers opened out of idle curiosity.
Oct 1962: an amateur taking a family shot in a field by Hatfield’s DeHavilland Airport catches the terrifying sight of a crashing Lightning fighter. Escaping with just 150 feet to go, the pilot’s parachute just opened & he landed in a greenhouse, where he fortunately/unfortunately broke his legs.
November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Oct 1962: an amateur taking a family shot in a field by Hatfield’s DeHavilland Airport catches the terrifying sight of a crashing Lightning fighter. Escaping with just 150 feet to go, the pilot’s parachute just opened & he landed in a greenhouse, where he fortunately/unfortunately broke his legs.
Paul & Linda McCartney, London, 1992. I do rather like that shirt.
November 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Paul & Linda McCartney, London, 1992. I do rather like that shirt.
The Painter Painting Portraits Of A Hornsey Art Student, by John Bratby, 1958.
November 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The Painter Painting Portraits Of A Hornsey Art Student, by John Bratby, 1958.