John David
@johnedavid.bsky.social
Bloke with a painfully short attention span and a love of British naval war films.
I think might be the last person in my company working today, though to be honest not a lot is happening. I’m mainly sitting here resenting the customers who are (very) occasionally contacting me.
December 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I think might be the last person in my company working today, though to be honest not a lot is happening. I’m mainly sitting here resenting the customers who are (very) occasionally contacting me.
Noel Coward - Could You Please Oblige Us With A Bren Gun?
YouTube video by AlbamRecords
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December 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
You know it’s bad news when Fergus Walsh is presenting a story on BBC News. Still could be worse, could be Orla Guerin.
December 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
You know it’s bad news when Fergus Walsh is presenting a story on BBC News. Still could be worse, could be Orla Guerin.
Nice to hear Tice having to defend Farage’s antisemitism on Today, and getting a bit of a kicking from Emma Barnett. Shame it wasn’t Farage.
December 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Nice to hear Tice having to defend Farage’s antisemitism on Today, and getting a bit of a kicking from Emma Barnett. Shame it wasn’t Farage.
Steve Cropper, one of my favourite guitarists, and the genius writing so much of Stax’s output has died. Looks pretty cool in this clip too.
youtube.com/watch?v=iFQE...
youtube.com/watch?v=iFQE...
(1967) GREEN ONIONS - Live - Booker T. and MG's
YouTube video by LeeEstradaMusic
youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Steve Cropper, one of my favourite guitarists, and the genius writing so much of Stax’s output has died. Looks pretty cool in this clip too.
youtube.com/watch?v=iFQE...
youtube.com/watch?v=iFQE...
Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (original version)
YouTube video by valliseasons1
youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The hypocrisy of the media going after Reeves for supposedly misleading the British public, when they gave a free hand to all those Brexit lies is, predictably, not surprising.
November 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The hypocrisy of the media going after Reeves for supposedly misleading the British public, when they gave a free hand to all those Brexit lies is, predictably, not surprising.
Reposted by John David
They had style, they had grace
Rita Hayworth gave good face
Lauren, Katherine, Lana too
Bette Davis, we love you
Ladies with an attitude
Fellas that were in the mood
Don't just stand there, let's get to it
Strike a pose, there's nothing to it
Vogue
Rita Hayworth gave good face
Lauren, Katherine, Lana too
Bette Davis, we love you
Ladies with an attitude
Fellas that were in the mood
Don't just stand there, let's get to it
Strike a pose, there's nothing to it
Vogue
November 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
They had style, they had grace
Rita Hayworth gave good face
Lauren, Katherine, Lana too
Bette Davis, we love you
Ladies with an attitude
Fellas that were in the mood
Don't just stand there, let's get to it
Strike a pose, there's nothing to it
Vogue
Rita Hayworth gave good face
Lauren, Katherine, Lana too
Bette Davis, we love you
Ladies with an attitude
Fellas that were in the mood
Don't just stand there, let's get to it
Strike a pose, there's nothing to it
Vogue
Reposted by John David
Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
November 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Our beautiful silver birch always clings onto its leaves for longer than its neighbours. Gorgeous golden luminescence.
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Our beautiful silver birch always clings onto its leaves for longer than its neighbours. Gorgeous golden luminescence.
First Woolwich away, and PSG away tonight. Not sure I can handle this much humiliation in one week. No wonder Saturday’s Fulham tickets have gone on general sale.
November 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
First Woolwich away, and PSG away tonight. Not sure I can handle this much humiliation in one week. No wonder Saturday’s Fulham tickets have gone on general sale.
Jimmy Cliff has crossed the final river. For my money reggae’s greatest soul singer.
November 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Jimmy Cliff has crossed the final river. For my money reggae’s greatest soul singer.
Seeing England cricketers using baseball gloves in training always looks wrong.
November 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Seeing England cricketers using baseball gloves in training always looks wrong.
Currently re-reading Evelyn Waugh’s Sword of Honour trilogy. What a brilliant portrait of a now vanished well-to-do England in the 30s and 40s. Terrific writing.
November 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Currently re-reading Evelyn Waugh’s Sword of Honour trilogy. What a brilliant portrait of a now vanished well-to-do England in the 30s and 40s. Terrific writing.
In Morocco for a couple of days. Making ourselves go slowly blind on cocktails made from the local whiskey.
November 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
In Morocco for a couple of days. Making ourselves go slowly blind on cocktails made from the local whiskey.
#WhenTaken #627 (15.11.2025)
I scored 924/1000👑
1️⃣📍575 m - 🗓️14 yrs - 🥈173/200
2️⃣📍141 m - 🗓️1 yrs - 🥇199/200
3️⃣📍785 km - 🗓️3 yrs - 🥈173/200
4️⃣📍868 m - 🗓️7 yrs - 🥇191/200
5️⃣📍185 km - 🗓️5 yrs - 🥇188/200
Broke 900 points, go me!
I scored 924/1000👑
1️⃣📍575 m - 🗓️14 yrs - 🥈173/200
2️⃣📍141 m - 🗓️1 yrs - 🥇199/200
3️⃣📍785 km - 🗓️3 yrs - 🥈173/200
4️⃣📍868 m - 🗓️7 yrs - 🥇191/200
5️⃣📍185 km - 🗓️5 yrs - 🥇188/200
Broke 900 points, go me!
November 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
#WhenTaken #627 (15.11.2025)
I scored 924/1000👑
1️⃣📍575 m - 🗓️14 yrs - 🥈173/200
2️⃣📍141 m - 🗓️1 yrs - 🥇199/200
3️⃣📍785 km - 🗓️3 yrs - 🥈173/200
4️⃣📍868 m - 🗓️7 yrs - 🥇191/200
5️⃣📍185 km - 🗓️5 yrs - 🥇188/200
Broke 900 points, go me!
I scored 924/1000👑
1️⃣📍575 m - 🗓️14 yrs - 🥈173/200
2️⃣📍141 m - 🗓️1 yrs - 🥇199/200
3️⃣📍785 km - 🗓️3 yrs - 🥈173/200
4️⃣📍868 m - 🗓️7 yrs - 🥇191/200
5️⃣📍185 km - 🗓️5 yrs - 🥇188/200
Broke 900 points, go me!
Already stupidly excited at the prospect of a Nando’s breakfast at the airport on Sunday.
November 12, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Already stupidly excited at the prospect of a Nando’s breakfast at the airport on Sunday.
U2. Just not very good. Poor musicians too, I reckon I could work out the bass parts to most of their songs in about 5 minutes, and I’ve not picked up a bass in more than 30 yrs.
What is your biggest musical blindspot for someone precisely your age?
For me - an elder millennial - it is that I have never knowingly listened to INCUBUS, nor could I name even one of their songs if you put a gun to my head.
For me - an elder millennial - it is that I have never knowingly listened to INCUBUS, nor could I name even one of their songs if you put a gun to my head.
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
U2. Just not very good. Poor musicians too, I reckon I could work out the bass parts to most of their songs in about 5 minutes, and I’ve not picked up a bass in more than 30 yrs.
There is nothing more tedious in journalism than BBC news reporting on BBC news. Self-regarding nonsense.
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
There is nothing more tedious in journalism than BBC news reporting on BBC news. Self-regarding nonsense.
The Tories spent 14 years blaming the country’s economic woes on Labour, but Labour aren’t afforded 14 months of blaming the Tories?
November 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The Tories spent 14 years blaming the country’s economic woes on Labour, but Labour aren’t afforded 14 months of blaming the Tories?
Wish I could drop my ongoing obsession with middle-aged men in the public eye who either dye their hair wear wigs.
October 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Wish I could drop my ongoing obsession with middle-aged men in the public eye who either dye their hair wear wigs.
Still slightly reeling from The Wedding Present on Saturday night. Corduroy was so good…
October 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Still slightly reeling from The Wedding Present on Saturday night. Corduroy was so good…
The Wedding Present tonight in Kentish Town. Blimey they were good.
October 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The Wedding Present tonight in Kentish Town. Blimey they were good.
Are there any decent pubs within walking distance of The Forum in Kentish Town?
October 24, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Are there any decent pubs within walking distance of The Forum in Kentish Town?
Nationalists come first and second in Caerphilly. Blimey.
October 24, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Nationalists come first and second in Caerphilly. Blimey.