Thomas Penny
@thomaswpenny.bsky.social
Writer, editor, bereaved single Dad, Quaker, allotmenteer and very amateur musician.
Lover of strangers.
Lover of strangers.
Is that graphic an intentional nod to Richard and Linda Thompson?
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Is that graphic an intentional nod to Richard and Linda Thompson?
This kind of doggy bag?
November 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This kind of doggy bag?
The poppy on the front of the Telegraph looks absurd next to its gleeful reporting of a right wing foreign power's attempt to destroy a British institution.
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The poppy on the front of the Telegraph looks absurd next to its gleeful reporting of a right wing foreign power's attempt to destroy a British institution.
It's my daughter's birthday and my starting word came up on Wordle... a doubly auspicious day!
November 8, 2025 at 9:33 AM
It's my daughter's birthday and my starting word came up on Wordle... a doubly auspicious day!
Yes, @theguardian1.bsky.social, "even just a tiny tweak can make a world of difference..."
It's Kyiv, Not Kiev!
Please please please update your style guide.
This stuff matters.
#kyivnotkiev
It's Kyiv, Not Kiev!
Please please please update your style guide.
This stuff matters.
#kyivnotkiev
November 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Yes, @theguardian1.bsky.social, "even just a tiny tweak can make a world of difference..."
It's Kyiv, Not Kiev!
Please please please update your style guide.
This stuff matters.
#kyivnotkiev
It's Kyiv, Not Kiev!
Please please please update your style guide.
This stuff matters.
#kyivnotkiev
The most important lesson for Labour is that they need to improve their typeface and branding.
"70s film poster" is clearly the look need to win...
"70s film poster" is clearly the look need to win...
November 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The most important lesson for Labour is that they need to improve their typeface and branding.
"70s film poster" is clearly the look need to win...
"70s film poster" is clearly the look need to win...
Analysis from my Tolkien nut daughter...
October 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Analysis from my Tolkien nut daughter...
The new Springsteen box set is magnificent.
Alternate versions, outtakes and new recordings of songs from one of the greatest albums of all time.
It's had "mixed" reviews, but if you like Springsteen you'll love it.
And if you're interested in songwriting you'll love it.
Try it.
Alternate versions, outtakes and new recordings of songs from one of the greatest albums of all time.
It's had "mixed" reviews, but if you like Springsteen you'll love it.
And if you're interested in songwriting you'll love it.
Try it.
October 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
The new Springsteen box set is magnificent.
Alternate versions, outtakes and new recordings of songs from one of the greatest albums of all time.
It's had "mixed" reviews, but if you like Springsteen you'll love it.
And if you're interested in songwriting you'll love it.
Try it.
Alternate versions, outtakes and new recordings of songs from one of the greatest albums of all time.
It's had "mixed" reviews, but if you like Springsteen you'll love it.
And if you're interested in songwriting you'll love it.
Try it.
The Huguenot Museum in Rochester (Kent, not NY) is full of reminders of the many wonderful benefits brought to Britain by refugees.
Today was a celebration of the acquisition of Francis Barraud's "His Master's Voice" from HMVs old Oxford Street store.
Lovely to meet so many of the artist's family.
Today was a celebration of the acquisition of Francis Barraud's "His Master's Voice" from HMVs old Oxford Street store.
Lovely to meet so many of the artist's family.
October 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The Huguenot Museum in Rochester (Kent, not NY) is full of reminders of the many wonderful benefits brought to Britain by refugees.
Today was a celebration of the acquisition of Francis Barraud's "His Master's Voice" from HMVs old Oxford Street store.
Lovely to meet so many of the artist's family.
Today was a celebration of the acquisition of Francis Barraud's "His Master's Voice" from HMVs old Oxford Street store.
Lovely to meet so many of the artist's family.
Who's solving the Louvre robbery?
Right answers only
Right answers only
October 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Who's solving the Louvre robbery?
Right answers only
Right answers only
"We're just at the start. We're going to go into other cities that we're not talking about purposely. We're getting ready to go in."
October 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"We're just at the start. We're going to go into other cities that we're not talking about purposely. We're getting ready to go in."
Happy Norman Yoke Day to all who celebrate.
October 14, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Happy Norman Yoke Day to all who celebrate.
The freshly opened centre for humanities at Oxford University looks amazing.
Not bad as the new home for the Tories' "rip-off degrees".
Not bad as the new home for the Tories' "rip-off degrees".
October 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The freshly opened centre for humanities at Oxford University looks amazing.
Not bad as the new home for the Tories' "rip-off degrees".
Not bad as the new home for the Tories' "rip-off degrees".
I tell you who did win the Nobel Peace Prize: The European Union, in 2012, for" promoting peace, democracy and human rights for six decades".
And they deserved it.
And they deserved it.
October 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I tell you who did win the Nobel Peace Prize: The European Union, in 2012, for" promoting peace, democracy and human rights for six decades".
And they deserved it.
And they deserved it.
An amazing story from the new biography of Billy Bragg, told through the eyes of his fans.
Geoff had taken his 15 year-old son George to see him during a trip to France in 2008...
Geoff had taken his 15 year-old son George to see him during a trip to France in 2008...
October 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
An amazing story from the new biography of Billy Bragg, told through the eyes of his fans.
Geoff had taken his 15 year-old son George to see him during a trip to France in 2008...
Geoff had taken his 15 year-old son George to see him during a trip to France in 2008...
The season of mists, mellow fruitfulness and APPLE PIE!
October 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The season of mists, mellow fruitfulness and APPLE PIE!
Here he is in black shorts...
October 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Here he is in black shorts...
Astonished to find this flyer from GymBox circa 2009.
What were they thinking? How did anyone ever think it was clever or OK? How are they still in business?
A slice of the haves sneering at the have-nots that helps explain some of the forces that have shaped subsequent British politics.
What were they thinking? How did anyone ever think it was clever or OK? How are they still in business?
A slice of the haves sneering at the have-nots that helps explain some of the forces that have shaped subsequent British politics.
October 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Astonished to find this flyer from GymBox circa 2009.
What were they thinking? How did anyone ever think it was clever or OK? How are they still in business?
A slice of the haves sneering at the have-nots that helps explain some of the forces that have shaped subsequent British politics.
What were they thinking? How did anyone ever think it was clever or OK? How are they still in business?
A slice of the haves sneering at the have-nots that helps explain some of the forces that have shaped subsequent British politics.
A Monday conference Haiku...
To win in Britian
It might help for the Tories
To show contrition
To win in Britian
It might help for the Tories
To show contrition
October 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
A Monday conference Haiku...
To win in Britian
It might help for the Tories
To show contrition
To win in Britian
It might help for the Tories
To show contrition
It's October, so mince pies are officially in season.
October 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
It's October, so mince pies are officially in season.
Rebellion was never more mundane...
September 23, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Rebellion was never more mundane...
Much better... and beautiful!
September 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Much better... and beautiful!
Why on earth is the BBC running a live blog of this American hate fest?
The murder of Charlie Kirk was sad and significant, but do we really need live coverage of a series of white men seeking to make political capital from it?
Why is a public service broadcaster amplifying his hateful views?
The murder of Charlie Kirk was sad and significant, but do we really need live coverage of a series of white men seeking to make political capital from it?
Why is a public service broadcaster amplifying his hateful views?
September 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Why on earth is the BBC running a live blog of this American hate fest?
The murder of Charlie Kirk was sad and significant, but do we really need live coverage of a series of white men seeking to make political capital from it?
Why is a public service broadcaster amplifying his hateful views?
The murder of Charlie Kirk was sad and significant, but do we really need live coverage of a series of white men seeking to make political capital from it?
Why is a public service broadcaster amplifying his hateful views?
"Please, no Mr Gulliver, we're not on fire!"
September 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"Please, no Mr Gulliver, we're not on fire!"