Joe Oliver
@joeolyver.bsky.social
Interested in History; particularly the Weimar Republic, Churchill post 1945, Theatre, Shakespeare, reading, writing, napping.
Completer finishe
Completer finishe
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Day 7 is Snowball I complete with tyre marks. Too soon?
December 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Day 7 is Snowball I complete with tyre marks. Too soon?
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Day 6 is the man himself - Homer!
‘There’s only one fat guy who brings us presents and his name ain’t Santa’
‘There’s only one fat guy who brings us presents and his name ain’t Santa’
December 6, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Day 6 is the man himself - Homer!
‘There’s only one fat guy who brings us presents and his name ain’t Santa’
‘There’s only one fat guy who brings us presents and his name ain’t Santa’
It’s the most wonderful time of the year - a glorious round up of the best rip-off Christmas Laplands scandals from The Guardian www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
December 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
It’s the most wonderful time of the year - a glorious round up of the best rip-off Christmas Laplands scandals from The Guardian www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Day 5 is Bart as a Happy Little Elf (Elf Barto?)
December 5, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Day 5 is Bart as a Happy Little Elf (Elf Barto?)
This year’s overpriced advent calendar is….The Simpsons
(How could you Krusty?! I’d never lend my name to an inferior product)
(How could you Krusty?! I’d never lend my name to an inferior product)
December 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This year’s overpriced advent calendar is….The Simpsons
(How could you Krusty?! I’d never lend my name to an inferior product)
(How could you Krusty?! I’d never lend my name to an inferior product)
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Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
A few years ago Prunella Scales sent out Christmas cards to people who donated to one of the many charity projects she and Timothy West supported - obviously I kept it and just dug it out
(I enjoy the repeated amendments to make certain people knew who they were from)
(I enjoy the repeated amendments to make certain people knew who they were from)
October 28, 2025 at 11:11 AM
A few years ago Prunella Scales sent out Christmas cards to people who donated to one of the many charity projects she and Timothy West supported - obviously I kept it and just dug it out
(I enjoy the repeated amendments to make certain people knew who they were from)
(I enjoy the repeated amendments to make certain people knew who they were from)
Love a special offer
October 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Love a special offer
Always a sight to see
October 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Always a sight to see
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“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit
October 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit
As Les Miserables celebrates it’s 40th anniversary 😮 here’s a great 1985 promotional flyer I found.
It’s overshot it’s closing date a little…
It’s overshot it’s closing date a little…
October 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
As Les Miserables celebrates it’s 40th anniversary 😮 here’s a great 1985 promotional flyer I found.
It’s overshot it’s closing date a little…
It’s overshot it’s closing date a little…
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truly one of the most unintentionally funny things i've ever seen someone post online about themself
September 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
truly one of the most unintentionally funny things i've ever seen someone post online about themself
Claimed earlier that with enough support I’d be able to reach the summit of Everest and was rightly relentlessly mocked by colleagues. How hard can it be…?
September 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Claimed earlier that with enough support I’d be able to reach the summit of Everest and was rightly relentlessly mocked by colleagues. How hard can it be…?
New favourite notebook unlocked. 📘✍️
September 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
New favourite notebook unlocked. 📘✍️
Ruefully concluded I couldn’t get anything in the Times quiz before realising I was trying to solve the answers..
August 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Ruefully concluded I couldn’t get anything in the Times quiz before realising I was trying to solve the answers..
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I once read a National Trust leaflet on walking with wildlife which I swear to god contained the line "if approached by cows, don't keep close to your dog. instead let them off the lead and arrange a rendezvous point where you can meet"
August 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I once read a National Trust leaflet on walking with wildlife which I swear to god contained the line "if approached by cows, don't keep close to your dog. instead let them off the lead and arrange a rendezvous point where you can meet"
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Andrew Neil got 1.7 million views just asking questions about whether this bonkers conspiracy theory was true. When given the answers, he got 200k views for noting it was 'Twitter bollocks peddled by numpties'. He then took credit for 'discrediting' the conspiracy, not amplifying it!
June 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Andrew Neil got 1.7 million views just asking questions about whether this bonkers conspiracy theory was true. When given the answers, he got 200k views for noting it was 'Twitter bollocks peddled by numpties'. He then took credit for 'discrediting' the conspiracy, not amplifying it!
Musket balls from the battlefield of Sedgemoor found last year (!)
Presumably they weren’t buried spelling out Monmouth’s slogan
Presumably they weren’t buried spelling out Monmouth’s slogan
June 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Musket balls from the battlefield of Sedgemoor found last year (!)
Presumably they weren’t buried spelling out Monmouth’s slogan
Presumably they weren’t buried spelling out Monmouth’s slogan
Still finding the ‘Private School fees mean we can’t afford five holidays a year’ story hilarious.
The fact that the parents were supposedly called Alex and Alexandra with their children Ali, Harry, and Barry…
The fact that the parents were supposedly called Alex and Alexandra with their children Ali, Harry, and Barry…
Exclusive: Telegraph was deceived by source in case of "faked" story about £345k per year banking couple who had to cut down on Waitrose shops to fund school fees pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/n...
Telegraph withdraws banker school fees story after being deceived by source
Fake Telegraph article about rich banker struggling to afford school fees was result of deception by a source.
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June 7, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Still finding the ‘Private School fees mean we can’t afford five holidays a year’ story hilarious.
The fact that the parents were supposedly called Alex and Alexandra with their children Ali, Harry, and Barry…
The fact that the parents were supposedly called Alex and Alexandra with their children Ali, Harry, and Barry…
Brought some special Narnia stamps entirely because I love the classic Pauline Baynes illustrations which came with them..
May 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Brought some special Narnia stamps entirely because I love the classic Pauline Baynes illustrations which came with them..
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The reader of the audiobook I'm listening to has a number of eccentricities, one of which is not knowing what Roman numerals are and reading them out as collections of letters
May 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The reader of the audiobook I'm listening to has a number of eccentricities, one of which is not knowing what Roman numerals are and reading them out as collections of letters
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very cool that for ten years people at the heights of political commentary insisted to the point of rage that the paramount threat to free speech was “censorious” college students
after announcing that foreign students are being banned from Havard, Noem warns "this should be a warning to every other university to get your act together."
May 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
very cool that for ten years people at the heights of political commentary insisted to the point of rage that the paramount threat to free speech was “censorious” college students
Various visions of Falstaff
May 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Various visions of Falstaff
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My review of Hamlet Hail to the Thief is here: www.northernsoul.me.uk/hamlet-thief... I can’t stress this enough: you have to go and see this production, it’s a masterpiece @the-rsc.bsky.social #hamlethailtothethief
Hamlet Hail to the Thief, Aviva Studios, Manchester
Review: Hamlet Hail to the Thief, Aviva Studios, Manchester.
www.northernsoul.me.uk
May 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
My review of Hamlet Hail to the Thief is here: www.northernsoul.me.uk/hamlet-thief... I can’t stress this enough: you have to go and see this production, it’s a masterpiece @the-rsc.bsky.social #hamlethailtothethief