John Rivers
@johnrivers.bsky.social
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John Rivers
@johnrivers.bsky.social
· Jan 28
"Listen to me you overdeveloped German sleazeball!" #eldorado
Scottish bid for recognition at an Oxfordshire roundabout
December 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Scottish bid for recognition at an Oxfordshire roundabout
Henrietta Churchill Godolphin, blimey
December 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Henrietta Churchill Godolphin, blimey
Met my twin brother earlier
December 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Met my twin brother earlier
Went to see the Christmas lights at Blenheim Palace. All rather lovely.
December 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Went to see the Christmas lights at Blenheim Palace. All rather lovely.
Always a festive pleasure to cross the 15 Roundabouts of Milton Keynes.
December 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Always a festive pleasure to cross the 15 Roundabouts of Milton Keynes.
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Why are kids getting into comics and is their timing spot on?
Why are kids getting into comics and is their timing spot on?
What is driving a surge in enthusiasm for comics among children and how may it benefit their future?
www.bbc.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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If she had published under a male pseudonym, her work would have been prized rather than patronised. Vale Joanna Trollope
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
Joanna Trollope, bestselling chronicler of ordinary life, dies aged 82
Her novels, including A Village Affair and Other People’s Children, drew on what Fay Weldon called a ‘gift for putting her finger on the problem of the times’
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
If she had published under a male pseudonym, her work would have been prized rather than patronised. Vale Joanna Trollope
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
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RIP Stanley Baxter.
This is his 1985 Christmas Hamper, a prime demonstration of the lengths BBC LE would go to for him, with The Wizard of Oz and The Jewel In The Crown spoofs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q_N...
This is his 1985 Christmas Hamper, a prime demonstration of the lengths BBC LE would go to for him, with The Wizard of Oz and The Jewel In The Crown spoofs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q_N...
Stanley Baxter's Christmas Hamper 1985
YouTube video by VintageLynx
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:37 AM
RIP Stanley Baxter.
This is his 1985 Christmas Hamper, a prime demonstration of the lengths BBC LE would go to for him, with The Wizard of Oz and The Jewel In The Crown spoofs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q_N...
This is his 1985 Christmas Hamper, a prime demonstration of the lengths BBC LE would go to for him, with The Wizard of Oz and The Jewel In The Crown spoofs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q_N...
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Remembering Stanley Baxter with this 1984 ad for the BBC Micro
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Remembering Stanley Baxter with this 1984 ad for the BBC Micro
Are articles about what is and isn't a Christmas movie tedious filler that should have been strangled at submission by any editor with half a brain? on.ft.com/pleasefuckoff | opinion
December 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Are articles about what is and isn't a Christmas movie tedious filler that should have been strangled at submission by any editor with half a brain? on.ft.com/pleasefuckoff | opinion
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An “unbudgeable turkey”
December 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
An “unbudgeable turkey”
All Doctor Who stories should end with this exact exchange.
December 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM
All Doctor Who stories should end with this exact exchange.
Hans is halfway between the gutter and the stars.
December 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Hans is halfway between the gutter and the stars.
"And then I saw one, fierce yellow eye, fixed on me out of the darkness. I braced my rifle against my shoulder and fired. Brought the head home as a souvenir."
For the very first time Cosgrove Hall Films’ internationally acclaimed animation collection will go on permanent display in a new, purpose-built space. Danger…
https://downthetubes.net/forever-home-unveiled-for-cosgrove-hall-films-iconic-animation-collection-at-the-newly-refurbished-sale-library/
https://downthetubes.net/forever-home-unveiled-for-cosgrove-hall-films-iconic-animation-collection-at-the-newly-refurbished-sale-library/
December 12, 2025 at 9:20 AM
"And then I saw one, fierce yellow eye, fixed on me out of the darkness. I braced my rifle against my shoulder and fired. Brought the head home as a souvenir."
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The Seattle Star
Thursday,December 11,1913
Thursday,December 11,1913
December 12, 2025 at 3:52 AM
The Seattle Star
Thursday,December 11,1913
Thursday,December 11,1913
This was my haircut 1980-87
Pudding basin hair-cut and
snake belt.
‘Peter’, 1974
Artist: Harry Wingfield
snake belt.
‘Peter’, 1974
Artist: Harry Wingfield
December 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This was my haircut 1980-87
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The right move. Young people's dreams shouldn't be limited by borders or bureaucracy.
December 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The right move. Young people's dreams shouldn't be limited by borders or bureaucracy.
"Calm down, Liz"
December 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"Calm down, Liz"
We all know the sort of exclusive club Liz would enjoy
Liz Truss is back.
The short-lived UK prime minister and businessman Robert Tchenguiz are launching an ultra-exclusive club in London.
Truss and Tchenguiz are hoping to recruit 700 founding members — each paying £500,000. Find out more here: on.ft.com/493H1hI
The short-lived UK prime minister and businessman Robert Tchenguiz are launching an ultra-exclusive club in London.
Truss and Tchenguiz are hoping to recruit 700 founding members — each paying £500,000. Find out more here: on.ft.com/493H1hI
December 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
We all know the sort of exclusive club Liz would enjoy