Rob McMinn
@robmcminn.uk
Author, blogger, tea drinker, pizza perfectionist, Beatles person. UK and France. My novel, Codename Hirondelle, is out now. If I don't follow back, it might be because I spotted US politics in your feed. Sorry!
https://robmcminn.uk
https://robmcminn.uk
Got myself a second hand copy of White Heat and found this. Thanks, Dan, Jacqui & Ceinwen
(I actually taught someone called Ceinwen once 🤔)
(I actually taught someone called Ceinwen once 🤔)
December 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Got myself a second hand copy of White Heat and found this. Thanks, Dan, Jacqui & Ceinwen
(I actually taught someone called Ceinwen once 🤔)
(I actually taught someone called Ceinwen once 🤔)
I’ve reached the muddy bit
December 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I’ve reached the muddy bit
Apple News, which I pay for as part of my ONE subscription, is such a user-hostile reading experience, with its ugly design and scammy advertising. It is as bad as the worst content farms on the internet and trying to read anything is so dispiriting. Pure enshitification
December 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Apple News, which I pay for as part of my ONE subscription, is such a user-hostile reading experience, with its ugly design and scammy advertising. It is as bad as the worst content farms on the internet and trying to read anything is so dispiriting. Pure enshitification
Every time I see her picture I’m reminded of that spread in The Goodies Book of (Criminal) Records* about the Piltdown Man hoax, where they’d constructed a hominid’s skull using, in part, the bottom half of an old telephone. It was captioned “the characteristic telephone jaw” or something
December 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Every time I see her picture I’m reminded of that spread in The Goodies Book of (Criminal) Records* about the Piltdown Man hoax, where they’d constructed a hominid’s skull using, in part, the bottom half of an old telephone. It was captioned “the characteristic telephone jaw” or something
It’s another bagel Sunday
December 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
It’s another bagel Sunday
🎶 He knows when you are sleeping, he knows when you’re awake
Santa Claus is an Apple Watch
Santa Claus is an Apple Watch
December 7, 2025 at 8:55 AM
🎶 He knows when you are sleeping, he knows when you’re awake
Santa Claus is an Apple Watch
Santa Claus is an Apple Watch
Treated myself to a bottle of Rittenhouse whiskey.
Now, that’s some good rye 🥃
Now, that’s some good rye 🥃
December 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Treated myself to a bottle of Rittenhouse whiskey.
Now, that’s some good rye 🥃
Now, that’s some good rye 🥃
Esmé’s current sleeping spot is among the cuddly Christmas toys. With her people
December 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Esmé’s current sleeping spot is among the cuddly Christmas toys. With her people
Waitrose still selling stamps with the Queen
December 3, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Waitrose still selling stamps with the Queen
A frankly terrible cover, but it’s the new Tim Powers, set in 1920s Paris with the lost generation, so I’m in. But it had better include the line “…and Hemingway punched me in the nose” or I shall be taking names
December 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
A frankly terrible cover, but it’s the new Tim Powers, set in 1920s Paris with the lost generation, so I’m in. But it had better include the line “…and Hemingway punched me in the nose” or I shall be taking names
Look here, wordpress, this is clearly not a thing that is happening, so what on earth is going on?
December 2, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Look here, wordpress, this is clearly not a thing that is happening, so what on earth is going on?
I love how exaggerated this stock illustration of the Windscale fire is
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December 2, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I love how exaggerated this stock illustration of the Windscale fire is
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Another one of those wild days on the old blog, with a huge spike in visitor numbers.
No idea why it happens: assume it's something to do with content scraping. Strange thing is, it registers as individual visitors, so I assume they're also spoofing IP addresses. Cool
No idea why it happens: assume it's something to do with content scraping. Strange thing is, it registers as individual visitors, so I assume they're also spoofing IP addresses. Cool
December 2, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Another one of those wild days on the old blog, with a huge spike in visitor numbers.
No idea why it happens: assume it's something to do with content scraping. Strange thing is, it registers as individual visitors, so I assume they're also spoofing IP addresses. Cool
No idea why it happens: assume it's something to do with content scraping. Strange thing is, it registers as individual visitors, so I assume they're also spoofing IP addresses. Cool
Yeah. They suggested getting something to track sleep. Sends data to the phone and you get a graph like this (this one generated by my Apple Watch, but it’s similar)
December 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Yeah. They suggested getting something to track sleep. Sends data to the phone and you get a graph like this (this one generated by my Apple Watch, but it’s similar)
Had you drunk a whole bottle of wine when you made this headline?
December 1, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Had you drunk a whole bottle of wine when you made this headline?
Is there anything more satisfying than getting the dinner going in the slow cooker?
November 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Is there anything more satisfying than getting the dinner going in the slow cooker?
I’ve been up St. Paul’s so-called whispering so-called gallery and now I’m having a nice sit down
So much bling in here
So much bling in here
November 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I’ve been up St. Paul’s so-called whispering so-called gallery and now I’m having a nice sit down
So much bling in here
So much bling in here
More scenes from my walk
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
More scenes from my walk
Saw this beauty on my walk today
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Saw this beauty on my walk today
Cannot now help picturing Starmer wandering around the flat above No 11 crying sobbing playing the Rolling Stones “Angie” on repeat.
We’ve all been there
We’ve all been there
November 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Cannot now help picturing Starmer wandering around the flat above No 11 crying sobbing playing the Rolling Stones “Angie” on repeat.
We’ve all been there
We’ve all been there
Look at them. The contrarian/sociopathic six percent. They walk among us. It skews male, but generally crosses age/class demographics
November 23, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Look at them. The contrarian/sociopathic six percent. They walk among us. It skews male, but generally crosses age/class demographics
O the humanity 🧯
As someone who frequently sees a space inserted between the Mc and the Minn, I stand in solidarity with Val McDermind
As someone who frequently sees a space inserted between the Mc and the Minn, I stand in solidarity with Val McDermind
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 AM
O the humanity 🧯
As someone who frequently sees a space inserted between the Mc and the Minn, I stand in solidarity with Val McDermind
As someone who frequently sees a space inserted between the Mc and the Minn, I stand in solidarity with Val McDermind
Esmé has adopted the log basket s her new warm place
November 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Esmé has adopted the log basket s her new warm place
I’m sure that none of our fine upstanding MPs were susceptible to being approached by pretty women way out of their league on LinkedIn
November 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I’m sure that none of our fine upstanding MPs were susceptible to being approached by pretty women way out of their league on LinkedIn