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The poster for Splitsville

The poster for Splitsville

75. Reminded that Splitsville came out in the UK last week, and it's one of the funniest films I've seen in a while, with a particularly good job done by Dakota Johnson in fitting into this slightly odd unromantic comedy from Michael Angelo Corvino and Kyle Marvin
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74. It's bad form to keep butter in the fridge and then spread it direct, but you get into the habit when in a hot country. But it does have a pleasing side effect, namely that if you are making a sandwich (say a jambon buerre) you have to slice the butter, which means much more butter
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Hot Luis Franquelo in 1926 on the cover of  tin of Victoria Lager

Hot Luis Franquelo in 1926 on the cover of tin of Victoria Lager

A Victoria glass

A Victoria glass

73. There really isn't much between the Spanish lagers we get on the coast here in Andalusia, particularly on draught. So I might follow the marketing, and its now rare that the packaging shows someone enjoying the product: so here's to Victoria lager's old sweaty dude
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The small dot over the letters i and j is called a tittle

The small dot over the letters i and j is called a tittle

71. Today I learnt that the dot on an I or j is called a tittle.
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70. Hooray for random responses on Bluesky. Now I know about the Percontation Point, a piece of punctuation proposed to mark rhetorical questions though it was proposed in the 1580's and hasn't really taken off, has it⸮
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Lumo, the Basel Eurovision mascot

Lumo, the Basel Eurovision mascot

69. I'm boycotting Eurovision this year, but it doesn't mean I didn't snort when I saw Lumo, the Basel 2026 mascot.
A testicle in a toupée.
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A still from Deadlock Season 2

A still from Deadlock Season 2

68. Deadloch is back. Which means the crown of the best swearing on TV has to go back to Madeline Sami as Detective Eddie Redcliffe. There doesn't seem to be much in the way of promo images, but I just love the subtitle on the sign here.
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They're filling the pool....

They're filling the pool....

67. They've finished refurbishing the pool. They're filling the pool. I can swim again
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A tram track BBQ

A tram track BBQ

66. French Tram BBQ's, to cook sausages while on a march
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...with some of the more annoying tropes of that genre being central to the plot (people hiding the truth from each other). But the continuation of the simulated food technology, along with some quite bold swings at the end means it maintains its momentum
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The English language poster for Hard To Be A God

The English language poster for Hard To Be A God

64. Talking earlier about Aleksei German's Hard To Be A God reminded me how much I enjoyed it, which for a filthily presented 170 minute Russian miserablist medieval sci-fi is quite something. Not least because I saw it in the ICA which has the most uncomfortable cinema seats in London
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The lovely cebollitas, small, white, sweet pickled onions

The lovely cebollitas, small, white, sweet pickled onions

Me, drinking the pickle juice

Me, drinking the pickle juice

63. It's 'end of the small, white pickled onions day here in Puerto Banus, which means it is drink the lovely, lovely pickle juice day.
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Poster for Monarch Legacy Of Monsters season 2

Poster for Monarch Legacy Of Monsters season 2

62. I enjoyed Monarch S1 more than expected, but it's clear S2 they've listened to critics and stuffed it with lots of monsters. They've also brought Keiko forward in time, and let Kurt Russell loose. Of course none of this stops Monarch babies being THE WORST but its still fun
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A Team Van Lookalike from Lookalikes.co.uk

A Team Van Lookalike from Lookalikes.co.uk

61: "...Today, still wanted by the government they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them....maybe you can hire The A-Team Van Lookalike”
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(Guaranteed fun just scrolling down the A-Z on lookalikes.co.uk/a-to-z/ )

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The cover of Elizabeth Bear's novel Machine

The cover of Elizabeth Bear's novel Machine

60. Whilst Elizabeth Bear's Machine is in itself a satisfyingly diverse(including aliens and ai's)bit of space opera, it is even more successful as an example of how to pace a mystery.With a nicely flawed and borderline curmudgeonly lead (chronic pain edition) its meaty conspiracy stuff
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Poster for Marie and Rosetta

Poster for Marie and Rosetta

57: Beverley Knight is a lynchpin of the West End , and if the play parts of Marie and Rosetta aren't quite as sharp as they could be, the music - and Knight's voice and control of the audience - makes it well worth a watch. Ntombizodwa Ndlovu holds her own against the pro
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The Thames between Westminster and Lambeth Bridges

The Thames between Westminster and Lambeth Bridges

56: The Thames. A working river on a sunny day. A bench, a book and a moment of calm #agoodthing

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Poster pour Mon Crime

Poster pour Mon Crime

56: Flipping through iPlayer I noticed they had Mon Crime which translates badly as The Crime Is Mine, François Ozon's delightful feminist black screwball comedy from 2024 which I was a big fan of but went under the radar. Watch if you like the idea of Isabelle Huppert playing a diva
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A poster of Cold Storage, with tits and sunglasses graffitied on to the glass presumably for a previous poster

A poster of Cold Storage, with tits and sunglasses graffitied on to the glass presumably for a previous poster

55. I love a defaced film poster, I had a brief period where I would turn the Fargo poster of Steve Buscemi clutching his face into one where he was on a phone.But can you work out what poster was in this cinema display before the current one, merely from the graffito sunglasses and tits
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7" single of The Rockingbirds Gradually Learning

7" single of The Rockingbirds Gradually Learning

54. I had to test the cheapo record player having moved it with something, so I grabbed a single randomly from the 7" shelf that is never in not no order and the gods of serendipity were smiling to give me that UK country classic Gradually Learning by The Rockingbirds
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A Spanish Advert for Terry Prachets's Mundodisco novels

A Spanish Advert for Terry Prachets's Mundodisco novels

53. Just discovered that the Terry Pratchett Discworld novels are called Mundodisco novels in Spanish. Which sounds like an awesome mid sixties Spanish answer to Top Of The Pops #totp
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52. The wonderfully droll trailer for Icelandic film The Love That Remains, narrated in an accented deadpan which tells us what the film is about, and also at the end that we should check it out. Or we can also go see something else. It's OK
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51. Doing tech support for Mum with dementia 1500 miles away is not without difficulties. So thank heavens for non standard solutions like scanning a QR code through a Teams video and then driving my Mum's fire stick remotely. I love a sticky tape and paperclip fix
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie - Odeon Mothers Day Ad
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie - Odeon Mothers Day Ad YouTube video by Ryan’s Cinema Openings and Closings

50. I wonder when the marketing team for the Super Mario Galaxy animated eyeache realised that its global release date coincided with the UK's Mother's Day? Rather than ignore this, they've rolled with it and made an ad saying why it's the perfect choice. It makes me laugh every time
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Super Furry Animals - Ice Hockey Hair
Super Furry Animals - Ice Hockey Hair YouTube video by SFAVEVO

49. All the way through the Winter Olympics I've had Ice Hockey Hair by the Super Furry Animals on my brain's A-List playlist. This has not been a trial, but I tried to exorcise it by playing all of Radiator yesterday which just gave me 3 more earworms
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A contemporaneous portrait of the self styled second coming of Christ Ann Lee

A contemporaneous portrait of the self styled second coming of Christ Ann Lee

48. Saw The Testament Of Ann which is a phenomenally good thing but I have already skeeted it, so instead the #agoodthing tonight is me imagining the moment Amanda Seyfried,or the production team,bought up this photorealistic portrait of the real Ann Lee, and decided to maybe forgo a prosthetic spam

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Ademola Bello, journalist

Ademola Bello, journalist

Poster for My Father's Shadow again

Poster for My Father's Shadow again

46. I saw My Father's Shadow yesterday with an intro by journalist Ademola Bello. The film was great, but the introduction was #agoodthing including in its 8 minutes
A personal connection
The political context
The filmmaking context
And one good joke

A perfect intro (which I told him after)

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Ferdinand I of Austria

Ferdinand I of Austria

45. Discussing motor-racing's Ferdinand Habsburg (full name Ferdinand Zvonimir Maria Balthus Keith Michael Otto Antal Bahnam Leonhard Habsburg-Lothringen) I had to google him to see if he had any family traits*, and a picture of a previous Ferdinand came up.

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44. Had a mildly stressful morning (applying for a Spanish visa) so let that all drain away with a three film day, Hamlet, Whistle and No Other Choice - and they were all brilliant and fun in their own well defined ways. God I love the cinema
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The Hazards Of Love by The Decemberists

The Hazards Of Love by The Decemberists

43. Been listening to the Testament Of Ann Lee soundtrack a lot, more on which soon, but the last track - I assume from over the credits - put me heavily in mind of The Hazards Of Love by the Decemberists, a terrific pseudo-folk tale concept album that stomps hard and is #agoodthing

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