Gareth Bellamy

Beware the 31st October #ott #offtopictuesday

Strong recommendation for this fantastic book if you're at all interested in why so many electronic bands appeared out of Sheffield in the late 70s. Focussing on the people rather than the synths etc. (Think you might appreciate this @lloydshepherd.com) manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526183231/

Incidentally the new Viz annual 'The Ratcatcher's Bait Box' (on sale now) could kill your entire family and make your house fall down. If you drop this 226 page hardback on your toe and hop wildly out into the street, a passing steamroller might veer into your house. Ideal Xmas gift, RRP £13.99

"Nuclear wessels..." RIP Walter Koening #StarTrek

From her home planet, or from ours?

Half term at the train station. Only for the hardcore UK commuter...

Sorry but this isn't how you take care of a hotel

And we’re off! Crisp sandwich station at the ready #CrispSandwichDay #CrispSandwichDayEve

I was just out yomping through some local woods when I saw this concerning sight. Remember, if you find evidence Dominic Cummings has been in your local area please call the emergency services on 999 immediately.#cummingsandgoings

It's not for me to say I should receive some sort of 'great dad award', but I spent yesterday driving through the storm and rain from Herts to Southampton and back to retrieve a bunch of keys son no.2 lost there recently while enjoying a weekend of refreshment. Props to the Southampton 5 0.

Raminou, c.1920 by Suzanne Valadon #womensart

In England, no women aged 20 to 24 died of cervical cancer between 2020 and 2024, according to a study published in The Lancet. Researchers link it to the HPV vaccine.

“WHERE’S YOUR FUCKING POPPY??!!”

Morning!

Captain My Captain RIP

Construction and infrastructure is going to be necessary and inevitable to surviving the future, but this does feel like the wrong direction entirely. Fossil fuels were us building the world wrong, and doing it again on purpose, when we can see the cost, seems ill.

Had this idea in lockdown, half-built it, forgot about it, remembered it again, though might as well finish it.

Too many, sadly www.sor.org/news/trade-u...

Great to see a newbuild in central London (near Holborn) carrying on the old tradition of putting the construction date on the drainpipes.

Finally the Bank of England has given us low interest rates x

Just to cheer everyone up: according to the latest poll Steve Hilton is losing the California governor race by 28 points.

I see the last four actors in with a chance of playing bond have been named.

As Halloween is round the corner we thought we’d share some medieval bats. A thread… 🧵 🦇

If closing surely the least expensive radio channel the BBC has (run by a tiny number of people, broadcasting the work of mainly dead people), bothers you, then why not sign this petition you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

Oh my DAYS

Similarly, when extending the hoover nozzle and changing the brush I imagine I'm a sniper preparing for a kill.

I'm happy to pay a licence fee surcharge to keep this case going for as long as is humanly possible

Some kind of spooky geographic coincidence that Trump Street is joined to Russia Row in London? #krasnov

I think every ai-made shitty poster for a jumble sale, church fair, small local event is someone not given the chance to make something, perhaps a bit shabby, themselves. To go through the process, to have a bit of fun, try something different. I'm here for the shabby stuff!

Oct 1947: Dividend Tea ad from Brooke Bond «Britain is not finished»

Amol Nitrate tier

*insert 'bold move Cotton' gif*

Sent someone at work an email with 'kind regards' as the sign off. They've just replied with a 'kindest regards'. How do I top that? 'Even kinder regards'?

What no-one will write about Burnham's "headphone dodgers" plan is that it's partly a neurodiversity issue. I wrote this open.substack.com/pub/maybeima...

Yomping in the hills yesterday before the rain raineth...

I think we’ve found the headline of the year.

Man City have just taken the lead in the Indoor cycling.

Well, happy ninth birthday to this tweet, I guess

They keep trying to figure out where Amelia Earhart's plane went down but, honestly, she's probably dead by now.

I like the idea this could be turned into a kind of regional It's A Knockout: www.itv.com/news/2026-10...