Paul

The worst of all this is how it’s now become expected to say “I hope you’re well” at the start of an email. I don’t hope you’re well, I wish you were DEAD.

Just a few more push-ups, and I can be slutty Hercule Poirot for Halloween. #halloween2026

Someone on my timeline appears to have gone absolutely crackers.

Second former Smash Hits editor to take charge at Radio Times.

I’m very here for the current trend of pop music sounding like the theme from The Love Boat. youtu.be/dIaiiQIcVQ4?...

This was such a disaster era typographically.

Hello to Series 7 Rory.

When I take over Strictly, the first thing I’m going to do is bring back the proper tension music.

Go to your camera roll and search “boat” then post a picture of a boat you like.

I can reveal that my dog doesn't think much of the new Olivia Rodrigo/Chappell Roan single.

She has a few - Kate Garraway, Richard Osman and Joe Swash.

October is SQUIRREL AWARENESS MONTH so I wanted to make you aware of these favourite squirrels, and also entertain you with some interesting findings!

They can rebrand this channel as many times as they like, I will call it UK Gold until I die.

Contemporary report from the News of the World in 1962 about a police raid on a Soho bar frequented by “undesirables”…

HORROR. youtu.be/5uLPDhCgS8M?...

You know who'll be heartbroken again? Trish.

Just once I would like to see a video of one of Zara Larsson’s fans being absolutely fucking TERRIBLE at the Lush Life dance on stage with her.

All this culture war bollocks about Aunt Bessie going woke cos she’s been redrawn like she’s some legendary British icon of yesteryear, she was invented in 1995 by a frozen food conglomerate to shift stock they could no longer flog to Butlins when that went out of fashion.

Having to take my dog five miles away to another branch of my vets for an emergency appointment because the one two streets away won’t see him today. One big eye opener of getting a dog has been finding out what a fucking RACKET the big corporate vet operations are running.

They’re doing free access at newspapers.com all this weekend if anyone has any rabbit holes they’d like to disappear down. www.newspapers.com/go/freeacces...

Peak NextDoor.

This week in BORING OLD GAY, I’m agog at seeing Dallas in glorious HD, celebrating one of Scotland’s greatest sitcoms and shamelessly showing off two books with my name on them… boringoldgay.substack.com/p/dallas-doc...

This week in BORING OLD GAY, I’m agog at seeing Dallas in glorious HD, celebrating one of Scotland’s greatest sitcoms and shamelessly showing off two books with my name on them… boringoldgay.substack.com/p/dallas-doc...

Saw some peak Bluesky replying today when someone looking for reasonably priced picture framing in London was advised to go to the Lake District.

We had a young punk come in to tell us all about her youth lost to drink and drugs, then at the end she pulled out a black veil and revealed she was now a NUN.

Enjoyed seeing this in Doctor Who Magazine this month, although it’s weird to see stuff I invented FAIRLY RECENTLY I’M SURE now being revived as retro.

I’ve just described Will Best as “old enough to have seen Roland Rat The Series on television”. #strictly

I’m guessing this is more to avoid paying overtime than a desire to inform.

I’m in this!