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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Doesn’t it make you proud that the same principles and standards that underpin UK customer services are also at the heart of our national security? It’s so wonderfully British, not to bother answering the phone. 🇬🇧 #NationalSecurity #MOD #RAFFairford #Whelford #CustomerServices #TheGuardian

Screenshot from The Guardian, Sunday 27/09/26. A resident near to RAF Fairford says that the airbase didn’t answer the phone to someone who tried to report security concerns.

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Alright, babs! It’s International Day Of Birmingham! (For two days, just to confuse people.) We are Lycett-lite this time, as Joe’s pretend pub is in that there London, but there’s loads on in the council house, today & tomorrow. Join us! #IDOB #MrEgg #InternationalDayOfBirmingham #Birmingham #Brum

Mr Egg dances to the Heavy Beat Brass Band, outside Birmingham council house for day one of the International Day Of Birmingham 2026.

The Heavy Beat Brass Band, Barbara Nice and the guy from Birmingham, Pennsylvania, outside Birmingham (UK) council house for the International Day Of Birmingham 2026.

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It was an absolute joy to meet @robinince.bsky.social at my local #TheHeath bookshop earlier. We more or less confirmed that we’d met around 30 years ago, as I’d always suspected, at #TheBear in #Bearwood, when Robin did our Thursday comedy club & I pretended I knew how to run the sound desk.

Robin Ince with Chig, earlier today (Wednesday 23/09/26) at The Heath bookshop in King’s Heath, Birmingham.

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The fact that two international icons were born on exactly the same day in 1949 has been embedded in my brain for a few years now. So, this morning, when #BBCRadio2 mentioned that #BruceSpringsteen is 77 today, I immediately thought ‘Happy birthday, Floella’! 😀 Happy 77th birthday to both of them! 🥳

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

So that was summer 2026. It’s now 01:04 BST. Welcome to autumn! 🍂 #AutumnalEquinox

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Get your tea out of the MEE-CROW-WAH-VEY. It’s Nigella time! #GBBO #BakeOff #Nigella #Channel4

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It’s the last day of summer, and the sky has turned into The Simpsons. (The autumnal equinox - and start of autumn in the Northern hemisphere - is at 01:04 tomorrow morning, Wed 23/09/26.) #AutumnEquinox #AutumnalEquinox #LastDayOfSummer #TheSimpsons #SimpsonsClouds

A view of the sky over Birmingham on the last day of summer, Tuesday 22/09/26. The clouds appear to be in parallel lines, reminiscent of the opening credits of The Simpsons.

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Happy Earth, Wind & Fire Day* to all those who celebrate! (*And the penultimate day of summer in the Northern hemisphere.) #EarthWindAndFire #21September youtu.be/Gs069dndIYk

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Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)

YouTube video by EarthWindandFireVEVO

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

⚽️ 🐓2-3🦁 Phew! A league win, at the 5th attempt. But Villa’s players tried their best to give it away, after leading 0-3 at 86 minutes. We’re up to the giddy heights of 15th. Onwards and upwards! ⚽️ #TOTAST #TOTAVL #AstonVilla #AVFC #Talksport @avfc-official.bsky.social

Screenshot of BBC Sport’s result page for Spurs 2-3 Aston Villa on Saturday 19/09/26.

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It’s always nice when the train company tells you why your train has arrived 14 minutes late, even though it was on time for most of the journey. Train tannoy, on arrival at #Euston just now; “There was a bit of conjunction (sic) on the network.” So, glad that’s clear. Thanks, #LondonNorthwestern.

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I really like DJ Spoony, but at this point in human evolution, we should be long past the days when a radio presenter would read out something from ‘Ben Doon & Phil McCavity’ & not realise what they’ve done. 😳 (Still childishly funny though. Congrats to whoever it was.) #DJSpoony #Radio2 #BBCRadio2

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

⚽️ Half of Villa’s players have left. The remaining players are being forced to promote a despicable, corrupt regime on their shirts. Two games played, two games lost. No goals scored, five conceded. But, rejoice! We’re not bottom of the #PremierLeague! I love alphabetical order! #AstonVilla #AVFC

The bottom of the Premier League after Aston Villa 0-1 Arsenal on 31/08/26. All teams have played two matches. Spurs are in 20th, below Aston Villa because of alphabetical order.

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I know who one of these 25 people is, and I’ve vaguely heard of the person at #1. And that’s it. I am 245 years old. (And I don’t use #TikTok.) #RollingStone #ContentCreators #FingerOnThePulse

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

‘The Conservative Party - doing everything wrong since the 1970s.’ This is absolutely perfect imagery. #Conservatives #ConservativeParty #Tories #KemiBadenoch #MargaretThatcher

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Wordle 1,899 X/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 #Wordle, I hate you. So many options for the first letter on this one. My 53-day streak ends on the last day of the month. Grrr.

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Grrr! Infuriatingly close on guess #3. Wordle 1,898 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 #Wordle

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Talent show winners fail to pick up their prize.

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dolly Parton Tim Curry The Grim Reaper is having a cull of 80 year-olds. Fingers crossed he knows the way to the White House.

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Kacey Musgraves is unfazed by Buster Gonad hanging out (ahem) in the roof space. #KaceyMusgraves #BusterGonad #Viz

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

‘Manchester United and Spurs both heading for relegation after start of season shocks.’ #PremierLeague #ManchesterUnited #ManUnited #Spurs #TottenhamHotspur

The bottom of the Premier League table after only two games have been played, showing Coventry City at the bottom and Manchester United in 19th. They both lost their opening matches. Spurs are in 18th, on alphabetical order. They have not played yet.

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

WILL THIS RAIN NEVER END? What a terrible Summer we’re having! I bet the reservoirs are overflowing… blah, blah, blah…

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I think I still prefer ‘I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing’. #CocaCola

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Let’s hope it’s not candlelit. 🤮

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

🏃‍♀️🇬🇧 TeamGBNI has won 4 of the last 5 gold medals decided at the #EuropeanAthleticsChampionships, with the 2 relays ending last night, the mixed 4x100m relay tonight & now #GeorgiaHunterBell in the 1,500m. Plus medal records for Dina & Amy. Not bad! #Birmingham #AlexanderStadium #Athletics #BBCSport

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The temperature has dropped so significantly tonight that I’m considering going to bed UNDER the duvet! #Heatwave #ClimateChange

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 It turns out there IS something worse than coming 4th in a medal event; finishing 4th, 5th and 6th when you were in 1st and 2nd on the final bend. What a finish though ‘for the neutrals’! #EuropeanAthleticsChampionships #Birmingham #Athletics #TeamGBNI #10000Metres

Winner and unofficial result for the men’s 10,000 metres, World Athletics Championships, Alexander Stadium, Birmingham. Saturday 15/08/26.

Provisional result for the men’s 10,000 metres, World Athletics Championships, Alexander Stadium, Birmingham. Saturday 15/08/26.

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Saturday Night. (Kudos to @mrandrewcotter.bsky.social for also getting the joke onto our TV screens, just moments after it entered my head too.) #EuropeanAthleticsChampionships #Athletics #Birmingham #BBCSport #JoeWigfield 🇬🇧 #Whigfield 🇩🇰

Team GB 10,000 metres runner Joe Wigfield, on the start line before the final at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium.
Saturday night, 15/08/26.

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

#Farage is too cowardly to attend the count (with the Count) for the pointless by-election that he stupidly created. It’s a shame we’ve never amended UK election law to say that you can’t take your seat unless you’ve attended the declaration and signed a paper version of it. #ClactonByelection

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

WWPD? (What would #Putin do?) Once you frame this attempt by #Trump to incapacitate US forces in the context of what would suit #Russia, it makes more sense. #USNavy #AircraftCarriers

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

If people in #Clacton are complaining that they’re constantly in traffic, as this #ReformUK twunt just claimed, it’s because they’re in vehicles. They should try not being in vehicles. Then there’d be more space on the roads. 😄 #Newsnight #ClactonOnSea #ClactonByelection #ClimateChange

Some poncey twunt getting out of his depth on BBC TWO’s Newsnight as he tries to defend Farage’s utterly pointless and very costly by-election in Clacton-on-Sea today.

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

🏃‍♀️It did seem baffling earlier that #AudreyWerro was reinstated after falling over, but then I remembered she’s Swiss🇨🇭, so she probably has #Infantino’s number in her phone. Maybe he had a word? 😄 #EuropeanAthleticsChampionship #Athletics #Birmingham #Switzerland #Suisse #BBCSport

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

📺 I’m thrilled to be featured in tonight’s superb #PaulHeaton Night on #BBCTWO. When I say ‘featured’, I mean I’m in this crowd, watching Paul in the Preston rain at #Radio2’s #PartyInThePark in 2024. Give me several hours & a magnifying glass & I might tell you where. @paulheatonsolo.bsky.social

Crowd shot of the audience watching Paul Heaton at BBC Radio 2’s Party In The Park 2024, at Moor Park in Preston. It was drizzling with rain during the set.

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

#WilliamOrbit apparently died back on 23 July*. No cause of death has been revealed, but no one has said that he didn’t do #Wordle that day and die of shock at the answer. Makes you think. NB. ‘TRUMP’ is also 5 letters. *23 July was also the date of death for #AmyWinehouse (2011) & my Dad (2017).

Pre-screen for the NYT’s Wordle puzzle on 23 July 2026.

NYT’s Wordle solution on 23 July 2026, showing that day’s answer as ORBIT.

Screenshot of part of William Orbit’s Wikipedia page, showing his date of death as 23 July 2026.

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Astonishingly, at 22:15, we still don’t have a result in the Greater Manchester mayoral by-election. They started counting second preferences really late. Why did it take so long to count first preferences? Apparently, they haven’t said. 🤷 #GreaterManchesterMayor www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...

bbc.co.uk

Manchester mayor by-election: Labour and Reform UK candidates face off in second round of vote

The contest was triggered when now-Prime Minister Andy Burnham stood down from the role following his election as an MP last month.

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

For 73 years, the answer to the question ‘which song has spent the most weeks as UK #1?’ has been I Believe by Frankie Laine. 18 non-consecutive weeks in 3 runs at the top in 1953, starting when the official singles chart was barely 5 months old. Today, that changes. 1/ #OfficialChart

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Another astonishing & infuriating example of BBC ‘balance’ just now, as #JeremyVine discusses water shortages with environmental expert @georgemonbiot.bsky.social & a know-nothing ‘celebrity’. Balance is not between experts & the uninformed. I’ve cracked and offered my services to #BBCRadio2.

My text to BBC Radio 2’s Jeremy Vine show, offering my opinions on anything at all.

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

It’s officially 30+30 Years Of Hurt, as of today. I apparently watched the 1966 World Cup final, but as I was 2 months and 24 days old, my recollection of it is a little hazy. #WorldCupFinal #WorldCup1966 #1966AndAllThat #England1966 www.theguardian.com/football/202...

theguardian.com

England’s 1966 World Cup heroes were fun, humble and unlike today’s stars

After securing the trophy 60 years ago, some still supplemented their income by performing in working men’s clubs and as after dinner speakers

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I’d like to complain in the strongest possible terms about Michael Sheen’s guest hosting tonight of #TheFolkShow on #BBCRadio2; one hour simply wasn’t long enough! #Radio2 #MichaelSheen #FolkShow #IsThereNothingThisManCannotDo?

Screenshot of BBC Sounds tonight, during Michael Sheen’s guest hosting of The Folk Show on BBC Radio 2.

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I really wasn’t expecting to be one of the FOUR people who got to ask a question on LIVE #AnyQuestions? tonight. Go to 45’10” for my FIVE WHOLE SECONDS of on-air glory as I quiz the entirely right wing & centrist panel about #Trump & #Burnham. #Radio4 #UoB #Birmingham www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

bbc.co.uk

Any Questions? - Saqib Bhatti MP, Lord Falconer, Baroness Fox, Polly Mackenzie - BBC Sounds

Alex Forsyth presents political debate from the University of Birmingham.

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I always thought #AnyQuestions was recorded a bit earlier, then broadcast ‘as live’ on #Radio4, just like #QuestionTime is delayed on the telly. Imagine my surprise, turning up at 18:15 tonight to be in the #AQ? audience and finding out we’re LIVE at 20:00 after sitting waiting for 100mins! #UoB

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Second #OzzyDay performance for me. This is Bostin’ Brass, a brilliant group of musicians, last seen by me at Ozzy’s funeral parade on #BroadStreet, nearly a year ago. This is the last of their 5 performances across #Birmingham city centre today. #OzzyOsbourne #BostinBrass #CBSO #Brum

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Greetings from Birmingham’s first #OzzyDay. The #CBSO is performing #OzzyOsbourne and #BlackSabbath classics, here in the #BullRing. As luck would have it (for me and the ghost of #Ozzy), the orchestra is right outside the #AstonVilla shop. He would’ve appreciated that. #Birmingham #Brum

The CBSO performing in Birmingham’s BullRing on Ozzy Day, the first anniversary of Ozzy Osbourne’s death on 22/07/25.

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The singer of 1979 number 31 smash hit Head Over Heels has sadly died, at 75. He was also known for his permed hair and being pretty good at football. #KevinKeegan youtu.be/a6QKT3x3ii8

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Kevin Keegan - Head Over Heels In Love (1979)

YouTube video by Musikladen

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Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Trying to decide today if I have; (a) been targeted and bitten by ankle-loving insects or (b) been abducted by aliens and returned to Earth overnight

My left ankle, with three newly-acquired red dots. They are probably insect bites, but who knows for sure? 👽🛸

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