They're also very selective about what goes up and what doesn't. I read something a couple of years ago (by Jack Monroe, I think) saying that if the M&S 'Dine in for £10' deal had gone up in line with some of their other products, it'd be over £30 now. Not quite as tempting an offer.
Cover of 'Seconds Minutes Hours' by Crumb
2026 First Listens
#21 - Crumb 'Seconds Minutes Hours'
Hadn't heard of this, or these, until an article about it popped up while I was scrolling through FB the other day.
It's a decent listen. Not massively original, but my God, there were FAR worse 90s emo albums that sold far more than this.
Cover of 'The Umbrella Man and Other Stories' by Martin Fitzgerald
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Two hooded figures with lamps approach a moonlit, isolated cottage. A woman answers the door. We have come for the child, says the hooded figure So soon? she asks It is time, says the hooded figure. The woman is distraught. We should never have got him a library card! What is done cannot be undone, says the hooded figure We couldn’t see the harm! We just wanted him to enjoy reading! For most, it ends there, says the hooded figure, turning away and walking into the wilderness Oh lord, What have I done! says the woman, the child walks past her and out into the darkness with them. Do not cry mother. I am a writer now.
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Awful man.
Happy cake day, chief!
Oh jeez. Fingers crossed for a speedy recovery!
Brilliant live as well.
Creatures, old records, psychedlia and time, sounds pretty much like my perfect book. And I'm always on the lookout for a great bookmark.
Everything Will Swallow You, with an owl bookmark.
Everything Will Swallow You, with a Green Man bookmark.
Everything Will Swallow You, with a chicken bookmark.
THREAD. Today I'm giving away 3 signed hardbacks of my latest book, each with fab linoprint bookmarks, made by my mum Jo.
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You might like it if you like:
Folkloric creatures
Old records
Intricate psychedelic stories
The idea of circular time
All shares much-appreciated.
Between grassroots this morning and Mrs N's birthday, been out for most of the day. Managed to catch most of the match though.
Had worse Sundays.
Ebay listing showing the programme from a 1950/51 Leeds vs Albion Rovers friendly, for the bargain price of £1,800.
Tonight, on the latest episode of "How fucking much?!"
Note to self, next time there's a "turn the commentary off" option, take advantage of it. You'd think it had just been Brazil 1982 vs Brechin City, to listen to them.
Gravenberch had 3 shredded wheat for his pre match meal.
Fundraising idea. Golden Goal tickets, but instead of the time of the first goal, the winner is whoever gets the time of the first mention by the commentators that Gomez has never scored before.
Joe at centre forward, Gakpo at right back, then?
Is Liverpool's pass completion below 50% yet here? Because it feels like absolutely everything is just going straight back to a blue shirt.
Cover of 'A Bit Of Liverpool' by The Supremes
2026 First Listens
#20 - The Supremes 'A Bit Of Liverpool'
Didn't know this existed until I stumbled across it while searching for something else.
Is it any good? Well, they're great, and the songs are great. Absolutely loved it.
I'm in sunny Yorkshire, Martin. Very sunny indeed, today. You'd struggle to get a shot away from the sixth floor window with this sun in your eyes!
Brilliant news. Can't wait til my copy arrives (I'm hoping for the thing that sometimes happens with pre orders, where the post moves a bit quicker than they're expecting it to, so it lands a day or two early)
Great thread
Struggling to think of a better candidate.
"I received a letter from Joe Maplin this morning, in his own words as usual, so I'll read it out."
Of course it is, because it's always the same with this stuff, isn't it - it never stops.
Add the DRA to the increasingly long list of organisations that can just fuck right off.
All my dad's stories about Watford 1970 and its aftermath have come into my head a few times this season.
Andy Robertson has played every game the way we like to think we'd have played it, if we'd been good enough to get the chance.
I mean, if you were Iran and had no intention of building nuclear weapons you'd definitely start exploring that possibility now, wouldn't you ?
If they had a sense of humour (or mischief) they'd put them on the top shelf so you need a ladder to reach them.
Display of "Happy St George's Day" cards in a shop
Since when has THIS been a thing?