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A pedant writes: i did HenryIVpt1 at school & saw Timothy Dalton in production at Roundhouse. Think there’s scene where Falstaff pretends to be HenryIV and wears a cushion on head for a crown. But a giant sausage would be better
Thanks. I think I remember the Club being near the Bus Station?
Where did this talk take place James? I used to follow Tre on Twitter but lost touch when I left. It looks fascinating
Shakin’ “Shakespeare” Stevens
All Hail the Bard!
I’ll be in my office.
Saw a copy of the Helicopter Quartet in Oxfam a few years back but the price was too much for me
Dour/droll Scottish performer Ivor Cutler sitting with his hands on a musical keyboard. He wears a horizontally striped waistcoat over a plaid shirt with a plain tie. He has a plain peakless cap on his head
The true Bonny Ivor
You may think your planet is very advanced, communicating with pictographs - but where is the alt text?
Noem More Mr Nice Guy
Pistols sacked Matlock, ostensibly because he liked The Beatles
We Brits can’t check in, but we CAN leave
Paternal grandfather served in Army just after WWI - then worked for Esso overseeing a bunch of petrol stations. Maternal grandfather was a clerk in the City of London. Fought in WWII inc at Anzio and was a POW for last few months. Then back to being a clerk.
IIRC DH Lawrence was quite keen on the word. Is “ripeness” an appropriate alternative?
Meh Girl, amirite?
…and Music Bluesky lay silent, save for the ghostly echo of maracas 🪇
In my mind I always hear easy peeler sung to this tune
I love that record. The ‘Slaughter’ track appeared at the end of an NME compilation tape in the early 1980s celebrating reggae on Island Records. I had to hear the rest of the album
Falcon: Speak up! I can’t hear you!
Fins ain’t what they used to be
Peter Gabriel wrote plaintively about this experience
I like a bit of a cavort
Wiki has some fascinating insights into the character, including this:
The most famous of Haddock's expressions is any of a number of permutations of 'Billions of blue blistering barnacles!' (mille millions de mille milliards de mille sabords!).
My Mum has a habit of interrogating foreign waiters, and asked a Belgian one what they called Captain Haddock in his language.
“Cap-it-aine ‘Addock” he wearily replied.
Putting “Blistering Barnacles” into Google Translate
The Dark Descending
Seeking Social Media Manager.
Must have own staple gun
Fake headline for Daily Telegraph column by Allister Heath that reads: Labour’s grotesque obsession with The Allister Heath Headline Generator is bankrupting Middle England
Even a stopped clock…