Watched I Swear tonight - the biopic of Tourettes awareness campaigner John Davidson. It really is a must-watch movie: informative, funny, painful but uplifting, and with a first-rate cast.
Or Zoolander 2
If the real game even resembled the adverts it would be worth playing. Instead, it's a half-assed version of Candy Crush.
If there was a version of Royal Kingdom that was even half close to the one in the adverts, people might actually play it.
Young Catherine and Hareton > Cathy and Heathcliffe
Suella Braverman defects to reform. Also in the news: Bears shit in the woods.
Thanks Laurence. The sign up is new, and I'm still fiddling to improve it. I'll have a look into changing the captcha.
I'm really hoping websites make a comeback this year. They're not as draining as social media and mine could do with the hits. www.gerardmckeown.co.uk if you're interested.
Why is it called Alvin and the Chipmunks? Alvin IS a chipmunk. It should be called Dave and the Chipmunks.
Thanks Mike. Hope you had a great Christmas.
My short story Baltic Christmas is on BBC Radio 4 this afternoon at 3:45pm. Listen in. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
My short story Baltic Christmas is on BBC Radio 4 this afternoon at 3:45pm. Listen in. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Given the significance of the tarantula in Home Alone (without it Kevin gets caught), should spiders be considered Christmas animals? Sub question: can you reuse Halloween (spider) decorations at Christmas?
Utterly delighted to be joining Ballerini Book Press, with a new story collection, Blurred Edges, planned for publication in the first half of 2026. Huge thanks to Renée Ballerini for this wonderful opportunity.
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I have some short stories on my website that are no longer available online. Wish I'd added UVB-76 just because I might have got a few visits from stray googles.
Even though Scrooge changed his ways and became generous, his name is still used to describe people who are like the old Scrooge. This just isn't right!
Haven't seen those yet, but will give them a watch.
Was watching Cunk last night. My social media keeps throwing me hilarious clips of her. I'm long overdue seeing the full show.
Philomena Cunk's face when she's told Aristotle never said, "Dance like nobody's watching," is comedy gold, all because of some very fine dramatic acting by Diane Morgan
Been listening to my Spotify Wrapped over the past few days. A number of songs reminded me of my dad and my cat, who both passed away this year, so it's been bittersweet, but overall a good experience.
I have a new story playing on BBC Radio 4 on Boxing Day. Perfect to listen to if you're getting cosy while waiting out a turkey hangover www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
The one person Grok would never roast is Elon. It's programmed to love him.
I'd forgotten how colds tend to linger, especially when you wanted to do something at the weekend.
A spoken word piece I did during lockdown. I always liked how this one turned out. youtu.be/_sKqzDo3t8A?...
Google with that wee blue troll and his fishing rod.
A spoken word piece I did during lockdown. I always liked how this one turned out. youtu.be/_sKqzDo3t8A?...
To be fair, I haven't really put enough effort in here yet. Maybe it's post-Twitter burnout.
This place resembles LinkedIn. No one seems to want to be here, but it feels like they've been told they need to be here. Can we just get Musk to sell Twitter to someone who isn't a first class goatse.
The last one was objectively shite.
What's going on over here capitalistdefectors.com
