Ivan @hellothisisivan.bsky.social · 2hThat’s Life! was just incredible. Its two most famous moments are a man being movingly celebrated by the now grown Jewish children he got out of Nazi Germany & a dog saying “sausages”. No other programme has ever had that range. 45817
Ivan @hellothisisivan.bsky.social · 19hWe contacted the Grim Reaper’s office but were told “This has nothing to do with us” 050
Ivan @hellothisisivan.bsky.social · 22hI see Educated Hedonistic Youth as a Suddenly, Last Summer situation 010
Ivan @hellothisisivan.bsky.social · 22hI think it’s great they make traffic cones just for goth students to steal 0131
Ivan @hellothisisivan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I like how someone has clearly gone “No, you need to put Margo on the cover” 2110
Reposted by IvanSam @samkarlharrison.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Man alive! It's @hellothisisivan.bsky.social! "Eventually we meet two particularly vivid characters: 82-year-old Cyril Fluck, who continues in the business in order to ‘keep me away from my wife, who hates the sight of me’, & the flashy Barry Quartermaine" thelionandunicorn.com/2026/09/26/l...thelionandunicorn.comLast night on YouTube: Man AliveIVAN KIRBY on the Britain of 1965-66, as revealed by the BBC documentary strand. 012
Reposted by IvanLion & Unicorn @lionunicorn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"Pauline, with her big eyelashes, blonde Vidal Sassoon hairdo and loudly patterned clothes, has a go-ahead job with one of the new boutique chains revolutionising the country’s fashion." It's @hellothisisivan.bsky.social on "Man Alive". thelionandunicorn.com/2026/09/26/l...thelionandunicorn.comLast night on YouTube: Man AliveIVAN KIRBY on the Britain of 1965-66, as revealed by the BBC documentary strand. 056
Ivan @hellothisisivan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Shocked and disgusted by a man who messaged me on Grindr about his diaper fetish. We call them nappies in this country thank you 020
Ivan @hellothisisivan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Yes, it’s Eileen the Singing Lollipop Lady accompanied by the glamorous Terry Durham! 010
Ivan @hellothisisivan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026This, from a 1975 BBC documentary on nuns, is honestly one of the most unexpectedly hilarious things ever, I promise 281
Reposted by IvanIvan @hellothisisivan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026“No you idiot, I said I wanted to watch gay PORN” 1359
Ivan @hellothisisivan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026If you’ve ever wanted to hear Rita Webb getting angry while Status Quo’s Pictures of Matchstick Men swells in the background TODAY IS YOUR LUCKY DAY 070
Reposted by IvanLion & Unicorn @lionunicorn.bsky.social · 23/08/2026"His story is often considered one of unrealised potential, derailed by his self-parodic turn as Jason King and then definitively by that fateful incident at Gloucester bus station." @hellothisisivan.bsky.social on Peter Wyngarde, born 99 years ago today. thelionandunicorn.com/2025/08/20/l...thelionandunicorn.comLast night on YouTube: The BaronIVAN KIRBY delights in the many faces of Peter Wyngarde. 046
Reposted by IvanIvan @hellothisisivan.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Strange how no item you see in a charity shop will ever seem like it comes from as unfathomably ancient an era as the Mrs Stephen Fry book 181
Ivan @hellothisisivan.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Two of my fave artists, in VERY different fields, beautifully united 020
Ivan @hellothisisivan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Bloody hell 1985 BBC report on Madonna, don’t hold back! 23313
Ivan @hellothisisivan.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Oxfam Bookshop in Hove are currently selling 1000 books from late local resident Raymond Briggs’ personal library 0103
Ivan @hellothisisivan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026“Sorry to hear that Oscar winning actress who was in Casualty has died. I met her once” “Fricker?” “No, we just shook hands” 020
Ivan @hellothisisivan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Not sure why how Janet knew the name & cause of death of an occupant of the house from less than 15 years ago is presented as such a mystery- she could quite easily have been told by a neighbour who’d lived in the street that long. 100
Ivan @hellothisisivan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Unexpected sighting of one of the Axons from Dr Who taking part in a protest against the redevelopment of Covent Garden in 1972 63313
Reposted by IvanBirmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Typeface of the day. Spotted in Oxfam's sheet music section 3724
Ivan @hellothisisivan.bsky.social · 24/06/2026On the beach listening to two couples from Tooting who’ve only just met but have both come down the seaside for the day bonding over how they knew Ronnie Biggs & Nosher Powell 280
Ivan @hellothisisivan.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I don’t see how gay Adam Chance is any different from the standard one 010
Ivan @hellothisisivan.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Tempted to buy this just for the lovely box. I have all the books, which are a completely random selection somebody’s just stuffed in there anyway! 050
Ivan @hellothisisivan.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Becoming single in your 40s is profoundly depressing. Dating apps are like a visit to the Mos Eisley Cantina. 0110
Reposted by IvanJohn Rain🥇 @johnrain.co.uk · 14/06/2026Out on the absolute lash (four pints) with @hellothisisivan.bsky.social 0141
Reposted by IvanBruce Gorrie @bsrg1.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Matchbook, Bluesville Jazz Club, Bilbao, 1966 1175
Ivan @hellothisisivan.bsky.social · 03/06/2026I love the irony that Barry Manilow wrote most of his own songs, but not this one 170
Ivan @hellothisisivan.bsky.social · 31/05/2026I’ve bought an orange shag pile rug. Peak Ivan has been achieved 0120
