So long as Mr. I Haven"t Actually Been Listening But I Will Now Ask 99 Longwinded And Only Vaguely Related Questions still gets to do his thing, just as everybody else wants to go home, we should be fine.
Highly recommemded
"The job of an op-ed page is to hold a megaphone to power..."
Apparently.
Jayme Lawson from Sinners hit the nail on the head and said how I felt with the whole BAFTAs situation.
I'd like to inform the world that I enjoyed this book.
CORRECTION:
"Says Tax-Dodging Emigrant"
Oh, my. Only a couple of pages into this memoir but this is simply gorgeous...
Well said, that man.
New blog post: a list of upcoming novel competitions for 2026 anneolearyblog.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/n...
I need tp get put more. I just this like the openong to a Colson Whitehead novel?l.
Fun fact: only Irish crows say "cá". Spanish crows, for example, say "dondé".
(Don't shake your head like rhat. It's Monday. I'm doing my best).
NEW: Pete Hegseth - Bench Pressing the Pentagon
Profiling the American Secretary of War for the New Yorker was a genuinely humbling experience. Hard to believe this is my job sometimes.
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/pete-hegse...
Superb as always.
The beard line is an absolute chef's kiss moment.
I know its a long shot but to rub salt into the wounds of yesterday my youngest left his scarf somewhere at the match yesterday. Got a load of badges on from this seasons Home games. Hes gutted.
Any reposts appreciated in the hope it might be recovered.
"... it happens all the time in the classes I teach..." ... Oh, please, yes. Lke a card from the bottom of the deck. So easy, so simple, so, so good. One line. You know who she is and you don't even realise you have been told.
Enviably/ annoyingly perfect writing.
Thanks for sharing.
It's always fun when good actors knowingly ham it up. Gas too how it even listed many of the works it was paying loving homage to.
I know some see the Mystery genre as a challenge/ battle of wits & I get why they'd feel cheated but, purely as a bit of crack, I was well entertained.
Every Christmas Eve, I like to watch "It's a Wonderful Life". Every year, something new surprises me. Something like this skull-shaped paper weight on Potter's desk.
It's a wonderful fim.
Look at me. Look at me. Everybody stop what you're doing and look at me!! 😜
"... the loudest drunk in a decaying pub..."
Do yourself a favour and click on the link below. You won't just read this, you'll wallow in it.
Absolutely sublime.
Thanks, Amne.
I'm absolutely thrilled my book has made this list.
In my heart, I know it's a very good book but you'd be a fool not to humbled and grateful for such an opportunity. Hopefully, I don't get tongue-tied and can get it out into the world now.
"Buy me a coffee"
Ignore that hungry child but also...buy me a coffee.
Also, once somebody puts the notion into your head of adding a Sid James' style cackle immediately afterward, the word 'pervious' is much more fun to say.
There was an old lady who swallowed her sisters,
I don't know why,
She swallowed her sisters,
Perhaps they're Russian.
That's a perfect joke.
A photo of the website of Passport to Christmas - a Meet Santa Experience on at the National Stud.
Because nothing screams Christmas like preparing your children for the administrative and bereaucratic nightmare of dealing with the Irish Passport Office...
The Irish papers' football coverage in a nutshell: "Our u/21s were hammered 4-0 by Andorra yestrday but not to worry, here's yet another in-depth rehashing of that Manchester United story we keep running and running and..."
Sad that this leak appears to have come from the office of Minister Jim O'Callaghan (FF).
FG had seemed most likely to start bashing* immigrants.
Maybe FF will start punching down too after their recemt election fuck-up?
(*Metaphorically, of course. They're not thugs. They just incite thugs).
Ah, Matthew, it's Ken Early, ffs. What do you expect?
A fella wouldn't wrap his mother-in-law's chips in one of Ken Early's opinion pieces.
Maybe I'm happy Celia has taken my place at the top of the leaderboard.
How'dja like them manzanas?
Your move, Duolingo.
