M Boy D
@mikeyboydunne.bsky.social
The Uxorious MBD
“So much telly, so little time.”
“So much telly, so little time.”
#BBC’s strategy in choosing guests for #QuestionTime seems to be to invite those who can be most divisive, most provocative, most arrogant, and thereby increase viewing figures. Hence, the regular appearances of #ZiaYusuf… www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Question Time - 2026: 05/02/2026
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Dorking. On the panel are Emma Reynolds, Julia Lopez, Munira Wilson, Zia Yusuf and Oli Dugmore.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 7:51 AM
#BBC’s strategy in choosing guests for #QuestionTime seems to be to invite those who can be most divisive, most provocative, most arrogant, and thereby increase viewing figures. Hence, the regular appearances of #ZiaYusuf… www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Today is Candlemas - which is a beautiful name. A chance to celebrate 'the return of light'
Artist: Roger Hall
Artist: Roger Hall
February 2, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Today is Candlemas - which is a beautiful name. A chance to celebrate 'the return of light'
Artist: Roger Hall
Artist: Roger Hall
Anybody who has worked in Education knows that the children of pushy middle class parents are greatly over represented in EHCP plan numbers. These changes are long overdue… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Ministers on lobbying blitz to avoid Labour rebellion over Send changes
Government has ‘learned lesson’ of botched welfare overhauls but MPs say they will not back cost-saving measures
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Anybody who has worked in Education knows that the children of pushy middle class parents are greatly over represented in EHCP plan numbers. These changes are long overdue… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Today, St Brigid’s Day, marks three years since Ireland’s first public holiday named after a woman. It’s a chance to celebrate the vital role women play in Irish culture and history.
Discover St Brigid's story on the @dib.ie https://www.dib.ie/biography/brigit-brighid-brid-bride-bridget-a0961.
Discover St Brigid's story on the @dib.ie https://www.dib.ie/biography/brigit-brighid-brid-bride-bridget-a0961.
February 1, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Today, St Brigid’s Day, marks three years since Ireland’s first public holiday named after a woman. It’s a chance to celebrate the vital role women play in Irish culture and history.
Discover St Brigid's story on the @dib.ie https://www.dib.ie/biography/brigit-brighid-brid-bride-bridget-a0961.
Discover St Brigid's story on the @dib.ie https://www.dib.ie/biography/brigit-brighid-brid-bride-bridget-a0961.
RIP Sly Dunbar…https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jan/27/10-of-the-greatest-songs-by-sly-dunbar-reggae-drummer-grace-jones-bob-dylan-sly-and-robbie
10 of the greatest songs by Sly Dunbar – from reggae classics to Grace Jones and Bob Dylan
After his death aged 73, we look back at a selection of the hundreds of tracks the Sly and Robbie drummer had a hand in making
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:32 AM
RIP Sly Dunbar…https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jan/27/10-of-the-greatest-songs-by-sly-dunbar-reggae-drummer-grace-jones-bob-dylan-sly-and-robbie
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Tears of joy! SCOTLAND HAS JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS INTO LAW unanimously!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing [email protected] now!WOOP!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing [email protected] now!WOOP!
January 27, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Tears of joy! SCOTLAND HAS JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS INTO LAW unanimously!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing [email protected] now!WOOP!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing [email protected] now!WOOP!
I agree with a lot of what A.N. Wilson says about Hamnet, the movie. For me, the absence of any religious context or reference, at all, is kind of ridiculous… open.substack.com/pub/anwilson...
HAMNET
Thoughts in the cinema about Mrs Shakespeare and others
open.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:08 PM
I agree with a lot of what A.N. Wilson says about Hamnet, the movie. For me, the absence of any religious context or reference, at all, is kind of ridiculous… open.substack.com/pub/anwilson...
#Trump is like one of those needy #Instagram influencers who has to post new content every day, in case his followers forget him. The rest of us should just unfollow him…https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c24g6pj2071o
Putin invited to join US-led Gaza 'Board of Peace', Trump says
Neither the Kremlin nor the US president has confirmed whether Putin has accepted the offer.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 10:59 AM
#Trump is like one of those needy #Instagram influencers who has to post new content every day, in case his followers forget him. The rest of us should just unfollow him…https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c24g6pj2071o
#Carrick’s big challenge will be to break down opponents who come to Old Trafford, park the bus and try to nick the game. #MNUMNC
January 18, 2026 at 10:59 AM
#Carrick’s big challenge will be to break down opponents who come to Old Trafford, park the bus and try to nick the game. #MNUMNC
This is a well-balanced assessment of #Churchill, not for fragile Mail or Express readers, though… www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Churchill: When Britain Said No
Documentary covering Winston Churchill's failure to be re-elected following the Second World War, with input from first-hand witnesses and historians.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 1:59 AM
This is a well-balanced assessment of #Churchill, not for fragile Mail or Express readers, though… www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
I fought a war for mine…https://c.org/RwSKHyQ75w
Sign the Petition
Stop restricting Freedom Pass travel in London
c.org
January 10, 2026 at 3:34 PM
I fought a war for mine…https://c.org/RwSKHyQ75w
This series exaggerates eveything so much it becomes a lurid fantasy for today’s overstimulated audience..https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/dec/21/amadeus-review-mozart-series-pale-petty-version-of-movie
Amadeus review – this Mozart series is a pale, petty version of the movie it’s based on
Will Sharpe and Paul Bettany’s new TV drama is flat, airless and banal. It’s a crass affair with a thin, half-hearted performance from Sharpe
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:35 PM
This series exaggerates eveything so much it becomes a lurid fantasy for today’s overstimulated audience..https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/dec/21/amadeus-review-mozart-series-pale-petty-version-of-movie
I used to think Darren #Fletcher must be Alex #Ferguson’s love child, so often did he play him for no obvious reason. Now Darren has a chance to emulate his dad… #MUFC #Amorim
January 5, 2026 at 4:52 PM
I used to think Darren #Fletcher must be Alex #Ferguson’s love child, so often did he play him for no obvious reason. Now Darren has a chance to emulate his dad… #MUFC #Amorim
New Year is Christmas’s Protestant brother, trying too hard and definitely not as cool…🥱👎🏻
January 1, 2026 at 12:18 AM
New Year is Christmas’s Protestant brother, trying too hard and definitely not as cool…🥱👎🏻
This is a great #Christmas movie I’d never heard of, with brilliant screenplay by Isobel Lennart…https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0078tph
Holiday Affair
Romantic drama in which two very different men court a widow. In search of a gift for her son, the widow meets a sales clerk who proceeds to woo her. Her fiance is not impressed.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This is a great #Christmas movie I’d never heard of, with brilliant screenplay by Isobel Lennart…https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0078tph
I read this novel by Howard Jacobson a few years ago. Im getting keen to see this Marty Supreme movie… substack.com/@howardjacob...
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET STOLE MY LIFE
Quite out of the blue, against the spirit of the times, and in defiance of every objection from the sporting gods, table tennis is all the rage.
substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I read this novel by Howard Jacobson a few years ago. Im getting keen to see this Marty Supreme movie… substack.com/@howardjacob...
FIFA / Trump corruption…https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jq48eC2OvPk
Trump stops prosecuting corruption in soccer after FIFA gives him a prize
YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
FIFA / Trump corruption…https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jq48eC2OvPk
Happy Winter Solstice!
December 21, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Happy Winter Solstice!
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You don’t seem to like London very much, or our mayor. But people around here live longer than Americans, and we’re much less likely to get murdered. As for your Sharia law claims - have you ever actually been here?
✏️ @jamesrball.com
✏️ @jamesrball.com
A letter to Donald Trump, from London
You don’t seem to like London very much, or our mayor. But people around here live longer than Americans, and we’re much less likely to get murdered. As for your Sharia law claims - have you ever…
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
You don’t seem to like London very much, or our mayor. But people around here live longer than Americans, and we’re much less likely to get murdered. As for your Sharia law claims - have you ever actually been here?
✏️ @jamesrball.com
✏️ @jamesrball.com
RIP Steve Cropper. What a legacy! youtube.com/watch?v=N8e5...
Forgotten Fretmasters #11 - Steve Cropper
YouTube video by The Guitar Historian
youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
RIP Steve Cropper. What a legacy! youtube.com/watch?v=N8e5...
I’d give my right arm to see this show. Pity it’s only on in LA…https://youtube.com/watch?v=vxx2i9hkHKE
The Wainwrights – If We Make It Through December
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I’d give my right arm to see this show. Pity it’s only on in LA…https://youtube.com/watch?v=vxx2i9hkHKE
This is overdue - there are still people lost in the Barbican who will never be found…https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/dec/05/barbican-revamp-to-give-london-arts-centre-a-new-lease-of-life
Barbican revamp to give ‘bewildering’ arts centre a new lease of life
Project will make the famously confusing London landmark easier to navigate and more accessible
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
This is overdue - there are still people lost in the Barbican who will never be found…https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/dec/05/barbican-revamp-to-give-london-arts-centre-a-new-lease-of-life
Wake up, America!
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Wake up, America!