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Habitually make things up, mostly in comic book form. Writer of The Queen's Favorite Witch and Santa Claus Vs the Nazis, among other things. Benjamindickson.com

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For World Book Day yesterday I went to work as HG Wells' The Invisible Man.

06.03.2026 08:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm pretty sure Churchill would have told him some time ago that he was a twat.

03.03.2026 20:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They certainly love their macho operation names.

28.02.2026 18:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

okay, here it is, the five key takeaways from this by-election:

1. Denton Kebab House
2. The Crispy Cod, Denton
3. Reddish Tandoori, Gorton
4. Cottage Chippy, Gorton
5. The Continental Takeaway, Denton

27.02.2026 05:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 1075 ๐Ÿ” 270 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21 ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

Got rejected for Macc-Pow. ๐Ÿ˜”

22.02.2026 21:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Pfft. I don't believe in lightbulbs.

22.02.2026 13:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Before mass migration it never occurred to us to put doors in shops. We used to have to climb in and out through the windows. And do you remember the telephone boxes that only a child could fit in, that also often blocked the doors of pubs? Town planning was truly awful before migrants turned up.

21.02.2026 15:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have just learned that the UK is generating 50% of all its electricity from renewable sources, primarily wind - and is building more capacity all the time. Even right now, in winter, about 10% is coming from solar. We're approaching the time when fossil fuels will be for emergency backup only.

21.02.2026 13:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Parklife

18.02.2026 20:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
15.02.2026 12:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I got a grand total of ยฃ2.73. Not exactly a fortune, but I'm still massively grateful to those people who took one of my books out.

12.02.2026 20:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Kickstarter! Do it!

11.02.2026 16:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
APPARENTLY it costs the
NHS over ยฃ300,000 a year
to remove foreign objects from
people's rectums. Why aren't we
removing British objects instead?
Was Brexit all for nothing?
Gerry Paton, London

APPARENTLY it costs the NHS over ยฃ300,000 a year to remove foreign objects from people's rectums. Why aren't we removing British objects instead? Was Brexit all for nothing? Gerry Paton, London

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09.02.2026 23:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 934 ๐Ÿ” 262 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

On this week's edition of "I've just realised the Pope is Catholic"...

06.02.2026 11:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Every American needs to watch this:

05.02.2026 20:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 20567 ๐Ÿ” 10311 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 582 ๐Ÿ“Œ 986

Ian McKellen is the shiniest and most precious of national treasures.

05.02.2026 16:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In my classroom I often use the sentence "Let's eat Grandma!" to demonstrate the importance of punctuation. This example is far more effective, and utterly unusable ๐Ÿ˜‚

01.02.2026 13:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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31.01.2026 10:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And very unfair on the people who worked on it!

30.01.2026 13:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've also noticed that, when a film finishes and the credits go into a small box in the corner, when I go to click the "watch credits" button it takes me back to the main menu, and will go back to the start if I click it again. Very annoying.

30.01.2026 12:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I read that post and immediately thought of the 4 Yorkshiremen sketch. If you're not on drugs you have no business being up at 4am.

29.01.2026 20:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

80s children's entertainers all turned out to be such wrong 'uns

23.01.2026 07:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"Denmark is irrelevant. You will be assimilated."

21.01.2026 10:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Holy jesus tapdancing christ on a bike. Ned, I misunderestimated you.

17.01.2026 22:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And yet we still haven't had a Bananaman/Judge Dredd crossover strip. Come on Ned, pull your finger out

17.01.2026 21:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you like what we do with initiatives like this supporting emerging creators, our community outreach, our platforming of socially conscious work, and our commitment to marginalised voices, please repost/spread the word about BF's work.

We're currently at about only half the followers we had on X.

17.01.2026 16:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 29 ๐Ÿ” 28 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I know Britain only sent one soldier to Greenland, but that soldier is basically Britain's answer to Chuck Norris.

17.01.2026 21:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you! We just got rejected for an Arts Council Grant to finish the series (books 2 and 3) but will be applying again. We will finish it one way or another!

16.01.2026 12:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ok, here's the plan. We make up prizes. A lot of prizes, so many he can't keep up. If we end up giving him several prizes a day, each of which require him posing for the camera etc, maybe he won't have the time and headspace to invade anywhere.

16.01.2026 08:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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