Now re-watching #JonathanMeades' 'Magnetic North' series of docs. One of his best series? So good on drink, good, architecture, and art.
January 27, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Now re-watching #JonathanMeades' 'Magnetic North' series of docs. One of his best series? So good on drink, good, architecture, and art.
"To be northern (European) is to be at ever unease with oneself." #JonathanMeades. Yes. That's me.
January 27, 2026 at 12:15 PM
"To be northern (European) is to be at ever unease with oneself." #JonathanMeades. Yes. That's me.
See the #JonathanMeades doc 'Double Dutch'.
I've always thought that Norwich train station has a bit of the Continent about it. Dutch-style?
Fuck it. Was hoping to get back to Belgium for my forthcoming 'significant' birthday in March, but not sure my current MH could take it, so have just booked a break in Norwich at The Maids Head. Plenty of beer in the city, and there's obviously The Belgian Monk for your continental beer needs.
January 13, 2026 at 2:46 PM
See the #JonathanMeades doc 'Double Dutch'.
Again, #JonathanMeades getting it spot-on with his lambasting of #Putin's fascism in his 2008(!) series 'Magnetic North'.
December 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Again, #JonathanMeades getting it spot-on with his lambasting of #Putin's fascism in his 2008(!) series 'Magnetic North'.
"I haven't eaten bear, but I have eaten beaver." Oh, #JonathanMeades.
December 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"I haven't eaten bear, but I have eaten beaver." Oh, #JonathanMeades.
Love #JonathanMeades - an admission that made me close to a pariah when I worked at Historic England...
December 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Love #JonathanMeades - an admission that made me close to a pariah when I worked at Historic England...
Reassuring to find that #JonathanMeades is a fan of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_.... One of my favourite artists.
Caspar David Friedrich - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Reassuring to find that #JonathanMeades is a fan of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_.... One of my favourite artists.
Did #JonathanMeades ever do a doc on Trieste? I'd pay to see that.
December 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Did #JonathanMeades ever do a doc on Trieste? I'd pay to see that.
The Hanseatic League. "God's first attempt at the EU." Another #JonathanMeades zinger.
December 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The Hanseatic League. "God's first attempt at the EU." Another #JonathanMeades zinger.
I was just about to make a pithy comment about #JonathanMeades' critique about northern European art and @bsky.app failed to save it. Draft function?
December 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I was just about to make a pithy comment about #JonathanMeades' critique about northern European art and @bsky.app failed to save it. Draft function?
Just realised that #JonathanMeades docs are as eclectic as those of #AdamCurtis, but infinitely more intellectually coherent. Curtis is all superficial style, no real substance. Meades does both. I will not be taking any further questions.
December 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Just realised that #JonathanMeades docs are as eclectic as those of #AdamCurtis, but infinitely more intellectually coherent. Curtis is all superficial style, no real substance. Meades does both. I will not be taking any further questions.
Ah, #JonathanMeades on Buckfast Tonic Wine (aka the infamous Buckie). "Brewed in Devon by monks; experts in peddling delusion." Zing!
December 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Ah, #JonathanMeades on Buckfast Tonic Wine (aka the infamous Buckie). "Brewed in Devon by monks; experts in peddling delusion." Zing!
Fewer reality tv shite shows, more #JonathanMeades docs! #BBC
December 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Fewer reality tv shite shows, more #JonathanMeades docs! #BBC
I'd forgotten that #JonathanMeades royally rips the piss out of #DonaldTrump in the first episode of his 'Off Kilter' series about Scotland. From (checks notes) 2009.
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I'd forgotten that #JonathanMeades royally rips the piss out of #DonaldTrump in the first episode of his 'Off Kilter' series about Scotland. From (checks notes) 2009.
Oh, fuck. Watching #JonathanMeades European docs makes me want to revisit the continent again. I love northern Europe. Its art, its food, its beer, its culture. Eurostar me, baby!
December 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Oh, fuck. Watching #JonathanMeades European docs makes me want to revisit the continent again. I love northern Europe. Its art, its food, its beer, its culture. Eurostar me, baby!
Oh, I love #JonathanMeades. Sadly, too 'edgy' for the blandified modern #BBC. Can we start up a crowdfund for more Meades docs? I'd cough up money for that.
December 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Oh, I love #JonathanMeades. Sadly, too 'edgy' for the blandified modern #BBC. Can we start up a crowdfund for more Meades docs? I'd cough up money for that.
Ah, #JonathanMeades can still make me snort out loud with his waspish cultural criticism every time.
December 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Ah, #JonathanMeades can still make me snort out loud with his waspish cultural criticism every time.
All of #JonathanMeades' docs are, of course, great, but I think that 'Magnetic North' is one of his finest. Glad to find that I'm not alone in my love of Northern Europe.
December 3, 2025 at 11:56 AM
All of #JonathanMeades' docs are, of course, great, but I think that 'Magnetic North' is one of his finest. Glad to find that I'm not alone in my love of Northern Europe.
Possibly my first suggestion for a @richards7370.bsky.social poll (though I’ve voted on some past ones)… for #5DebutAlbums1014 here is ‘Total Strife Forever’ by East India Youth. Under his real name, William Doyle, he went on to make a record with #JonathanMeades.
October 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Possibly my first suggestion for a @richards7370.bsky.social poll (though I’ve voted on some past ones)… for #5DebutAlbums1014 here is ‘Total Strife Forever’ by East India Youth. Under his real name, William Doyle, he went on to make a record with #JonathanMeades.
Worship 4 #1964
East Kilbride
“The epic scale of this book is as awe-inspiring as the buildings. All are accompanied by minimal - yet informative - captions and fascinating contextual quotations from the likes of #JonathanMeades, #JohnGrindrod and Elaine Harwood.”
C20 Mag, Gareth Gardner
East Kilbride
“The epic scale of this book is as awe-inspiring as the buildings. All are accompanied by minimal - yet informative - captions and fascinating contextual quotations from the likes of #JonathanMeades, #JohnGrindrod and Elaine Harwood.”
C20 Mag, Gareth Gardner
August 14, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Worship 4 #1964
East Kilbride
“The epic scale of this book is as awe-inspiring as the buildings. All are accompanied by minimal - yet informative - captions and fascinating contextual quotations from the likes of #JonathanMeades, #JohnGrindrod and Elaine Harwood.”
C20 Mag, Gareth Gardner
East Kilbride
“The epic scale of this book is as awe-inspiring as the buildings. All are accompanied by minimal - yet informative - captions and fascinating contextual quotations from the likes of #JonathanMeades, #JohnGrindrod and Elaine Harwood.”
C20 Mag, Gareth Gardner
Still think that there might be room for European City States in a fractured future. @hutchinsondave.bsky.social #JonathanMeades #MagneticNorth
July 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Still think that there might be room for European City States in a fractured future. @hutchinsondave.bsky.social #JonathanMeades #MagneticNorth
"The Hanseatic League. God's first attempt at the EU." Damn right. #JonathanMeades
July 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
"The Hanseatic League. God's first attempt at the EU." Damn right. #JonathanMeades
I miss #JonathanMeades on the #BBC. Can you imagine programmes like this being made these days? It's now all Wallace flashing his dick on cookery shows and strictly come, ah, who gives a fuck?
July 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I miss #JonathanMeades on the #BBC. Can you imagine programmes like this being made these days? It's now all Wallace flashing his dick on cookery shows and strictly come, ah, who gives a fuck?
Absolute gold from Jay Rayner. I can trust a skinny chef, but I can never trust a skinny food critic. #jayrayner #jonathanmeades www.theguardian.com/food/2025/fe...
February 21, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Absolute gold from Jay Rayner. I can trust a skinny chef, but I can never trust a skinny food critic. #jayrayner #jonathanmeades www.theguardian.com/food/2025/fe...
The 20 year wait is finally over. #EmptyWigs is here...
Jonathan Meades' compendium of tales is told through frames within frames, mazes within mazes, colliding narratives and quick changing moods.
https://buff.ly/3WXyjv7
#books #JonathanMeades
Jonathan Meades' compendium of tales is told through frames within frames, mazes within mazes, colliding narratives and quick changing moods.
https://buff.ly/3WXyjv7
#books #JonathanMeades
February 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The 20 year wait is finally over. #EmptyWigs is here...
Jonathan Meades' compendium of tales is told through frames within frames, mazes within mazes, colliding narratives and quick changing moods.
https://buff.ly/3WXyjv7
#books #JonathanMeades
Jonathan Meades' compendium of tales is told through frames within frames, mazes within mazes, colliding narratives and quick changing moods.
https://buff.ly/3WXyjv7
#books #JonathanMeades