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selv.bsky.social
City dweller, successful fellow. If you don’t have a plan, nothing can go wrong. SW London
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What's it like getting old? If you enjoy forgetting stuff, you're going to love something I can't recall

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@barneyfarmer.bsky.social

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"The next generation"? Was he inspiring a group of 75 year olds?

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Extraordinarily interesting history, & a really well-presented website.

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Nelson #London

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'The Tower and the City' (1985) by David Gentleman davidgentleman.com

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R4 PM, just now: "The BBC understands..." Who dis, Mrs Brown? Julia Bradbury? Tim Davie? The cast of Ghosts?

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Just a reminder...

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Apologies for the X screenshot, but J has just sent me an image that has revealed one of the deepest fundamental truths of the universe, broken it wide open, I feel like something has snapped at a quantum level

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Morning

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The future of electronic shopping, as imagined in 1985. Not far off from reality.

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"All three Leicester parliamentary constituencies have been treated akin to personal fiefdoms by previous Labour MPs, going back to the 1980s and 1990s."

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Just remembered a time when I was on Twitter and for a solid month and a half I got regular advertisements for Finnish armoured personnel carriers in my feed. Happy days..

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In February 1991, Sesame Street aired a Twin Peaks parody! Here's Agent Cookie trying to discover why a small northwestern town is called 'Twin Beaks'. Ask the Log Bird...

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A musician and his centuries old violin. Stolen in a second from a London pub. Brilliant violinist David Lopez Ibanez tells me about the nightmare moment he realised it had gone. Dealers are now looking out for his Lorenzo Carcassi and say the thief won't make a penny. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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All four (4) series of The Ricky Gervais Show originally broadcast on Xfm London - REMASTERED with LOST BITS open.spotify.com/playlist/7ll...

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For those looking for a new way to enjoy the XFM Ricky Gervais Show w/ Stephen Merchant & KARL PILKINGTON, check out this 10-Part BEST OF compilation covering the entirety of the radio show in ~10 hours Captures the essential gimposity of the show 🍊 😂 open.spotify.com/playlist/3fS...

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I never knew it was that easy.

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Not now King Thutmose II.

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Fun fact. All the stage school kids were so thin that Grange Hill had to put out an advert in national newspapers to cast Roland.

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