🎄 Christmas Special 2025 – No More Jockeys with Alex Horne, Tim Key + Mark Watson YouTube video by No More Jockeys

Here for those interested is the answer to my most frequently asked question of 2025 (and every other year till I die). I'll keep trying for a new set. MERRY BLOODY CHRISTMAS.

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Et bien sûr un joyeux noël !

Mark S Williamson  – folklore, facts and fables 6: three days to find out | The Quietus folklore, facts and fables 6: three days to find out by mark s. williamson Many Quietus readers will no doubt be familiar with Time Team, the archaeology programme broadcast by Channel 4 for a decade ...

My last piece of writing this year is on @spaceshipmark.bsky.social's charming folk LP and zine in tribute to archaeology telly programme Time Team. Review features reference to the Einstürzende Neubauten hard hat worn by @durotrigesdig.bsky.social on the show:

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Wolverhampton School of Art granted Grade II-listed status The brutalist-style building had been earmarked for demolition by the university.

This is fantastic news, Wolverhampton University School of Art and Design has been grade II listed, rather than knocked down as originally proposed.

#brutalist #brutalism #wolverhampton

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The Stone Roses - Waterfall (Live On The Other Side Of Midnight) 1989 1080p 60fps YouTube video by Mucky Fingers

RIP Mani
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The Michigan Kit-House Industry: Not Just a Flash in the Pan

Hey #A2Council and architecture fans, here is an interesting event tomorrow at the U-M Library: www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...

Mark Watson, matted dark hair, red checked shirt, mic in left hand, a postcard between his fingers. Backdrop is the logo of the Monkey Barrel Comedy Club. Yes, How Can I Help? Live In Edinburgh. Full special, Live on my YouTube at 5pm GMT.

Finally, and thanks to @alexprestonpod.bsky.social, I am able to share this feature-length version of my YouTube nonsense show. Recorded during the Fringe. I look very hot throughout. As in, actual hot. Overwarm. Dehydrated. Enjoy!

The Taskmaster S20 task in an American Gothic themed field. From L-R: Maisie Adam, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Alex Horne, Greg Davies, Phil Ellis, Ania Magliano and Reece Shearsmith.

Klaxon! Taskmaster Season 20 is nearly here.

A fresh batch of victims - Ania Magliano, Maisie Adam, Reece Shearsmith, Phil Ellis and Sanjeev Bhaskar - take on the Taskmaster from Thurs 11th Sep at 9pm BST on Channel 4 and an hour later on YouTube for viewers around the world.

Concrete chess piece

Concrete chess pieces on a chess board in a suburban estate

Brutalist chess piece

Two concrete chess pieces outside a 1960s house

Stopped to take some pics of these beauties. Lad cycling by shouts ‘They’re chess pieces!’ ‘They’re lovely,’ I say. ‘Yeah,’ he agrees, speeding off to deliver some drive by art knowledge in another part of town. William Mitchell, Basildon, 1966.

British treats: cucumber cocktails Cucumber is the ultimate British cocktail accompaniment and in one short month theses fruits (technical classification, they have an enclosed seed and develop from a flower) will be coming in season. ...

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10 Ways to Use Cucumber in Cocktails Cucumbers are the ideal cocktail ingredient, with natural compounds that work to balance the heat of alcohol in drinks. Find out how best to use this distinctive ingredient.

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Michigan’s The Printing Stewards discuss Letterpress, Typecasting, Metal Casting, and more! • Detroit Festival of Books Jody and Fritz and I toured an old tooling plant which houses some of their type casters, including a linotype, Ludlow, and an elrod. Together they run a

I’ll be at Detroit Bookfest this Sunday repping @printingstewards.bsky.social . detroitbookfest.com/the-printing...

s1g5 #jobgloves

Set 1, Game 1 – No More Jockeys [30.04.20] YouTube video by No More Jockeys

Five years ago today, the very first episode of "No More Jockeys" was uploaded to YouTube.

This phenomenon involving @alexhorne.bsky.social, @watsoncomedian.bsky.social and #TimKey was the catalyst to this incredible group of people.

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#NoMoreJockeys

THIS WAY UP Go to THIS WAY UP.

Good news, America… 🇺🇸

When you click this link to pre-order the MAP MEN BOOK…

lnk.to/mapmen

…it no longer takes you straight to Amazon, but now gives you LOTS of options for other retailers, so you can pre-order from the bookstore of your choice!

🗺️ 📖

I had this same cassette version. A seminal (#NMEclichealert) album for me

Ralph Gerganoff sighs in dismay maps.app.goo.gl/eZnHZi3CBb1Z...

“For the uninitiated, they are the science-fiction Stooges, an alternative reality radiation-mutated Talking Heads playing the folk music of the open American interstate highways and post-industrial wastelands.”

Riding the Detroit People Mover in 2019. The Soundtrack is Dark Matter by Surgeon

Balm, salve etc

Scott Hocking has a great resource of JMM in the Detroit area: www.scotthocking.com/jmm.html

Many! Off the top of my head in A2: Lakewood Elementary, Pattengill school, Georgetown condos, Page Rd condos, Traver Creek condos; in Ypsi: Westview Apts at EMU. Manchester: Klager Elementary. Plus lots of random scattered around. Check out the #MillerMelbergMonday hashtag on Instagram...

#Alwaysreadtheplaque

You are another now and yet the same.

Ok that was annoying

Mark and Jay hold a copy of Paul Hollywood's Bread book. They've scribbled out the title and written "Map Men Book"

MAP MEN BOOK!!! 🗺️ 📖

@markcooperjones and I are excited to announce we are releasing a MAP MEN BOOK this Autumn - all about maps that went wrong.

We haven’t designed the cover yet.

Pre-order your copy here lnk.to/MapMen
@harpercollins.bsky.social

A new favourite tree

That mysterious font is Festive, not Stymie What is that font? You know, THAT font? The chunky italic lettering you see on launderettes and council blocks, on post-war churches and new town butcher’s shops, across the UK. The font you’re thi…

If you’ve been affected by any of the typographic themes in this podcast, I can recommend this charming article by @raynewman.bsky.social telling the story of the Festive font precastreinforced.co.uk/2024/04/22/t...