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David Brunt @davidbrunt.bsky.social · 3h

Buy it, it's lovely.

Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 13h

On any morning when I place four Weetabix into two bowls, I worry about separating each of the biscuits from the immediate companion that they have spent all that time next to in the packet. I suspect that this might qualify as odd behaviour.

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Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 14h

🎶 “He loves only gold…”

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Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

A catalogue fell out of the newspaper this afternoon. I’m not one to denigrate anyone else’s design choices… but would anyone really want a cushion that looks as if you’re sitting on a great big pie…? 🤔

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Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The raging satsuma… The preposterous tangerine… The deadly wotsit… The deranged cheeseball… The Russian asset… etc., etc.

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Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

(When it was just a gag for SCRIBBLOGRONS, the back was different, but when I did the full “replica” book version*, well… it needed the full lot. A lot of work for a tiny gag, but worth it, I thought 🙂) * Still available BTW via the Lulu Bookstore 😉

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Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Brian Blessed & Bernard Bresslaw! Blimey! Plot wise, a slightly troubling edition in which the Z-Carsies solve nothing & spend most of their time fire-fighting. The situation is only resolved because a victim 10 years ago just happened to have 3 sons who dish out a bit of vigilante street justice.

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Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Three adverts in one commercial break extolling the dubious virtues of their AI services… All of these companies have yet to re-edit their promos to ensure that the furious clementine doesn’t consider them to be the enemy…! 😂

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Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I forget sometimes how much effort went into doing this piece of nonsense 😂

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Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I remember Glossop getting a mention in THE MEANING OF LIFF (he says, picking a gobbet of lunch from the corner of his mouth…)

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Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The peculiar choice of calling an A4 size envelope a type A3 envelope… 🤔

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Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Walk of the Week (081026): Old Glossop and Swineshaw Reservoir

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Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The NEWTOWN EYE calendars are starting to arrive in the world… 🙂 Available via the Lulu bookstore www.lulu.com/shop/martin-...

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Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I spent today writing again. Which was nice.

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Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Here's a blast from the past... 😃 THE OGRON OOO MONSTER BOOK

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Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

...of course, the GRUNTLEIGHVERSE embraced the notion of a frowning [NOT]LEK ages ago... 😉

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Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Oh… just realised I haven’t plugged the Gruntleigh books for a while* 😂😂😂 (*well, at least 20 minutes anyway 😉)

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Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Anyway, I now know who the two people (so far?) who wanted one of these are, so that’s nice. But if you happen to know someone else who might like one, do feel free to share… www.lulu.com/shop/martin-...

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THE NEWTOWN EYE CALENDAR 2027

The NEWTOWN EYE calendar brings together 24 of your favourite front cover layouts made using words and pictures inspired by the black & white reruns of Z-CARS on TPTV. Experience once again these occa...

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Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Christ on a bike! One afternoon a week of Alzheimer’s support and I’m totally floored… I can’t imagine how the full time carer copes with it… 😱😱😱😱😱

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Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Another weekend, and I’m reading another memoir… (and I can’t believe it took me so long to notice this homophone), it’s all about Nigel Neill…!

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Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

What’s that thing about the madness of doing the same thing again and again, and expecting a different result…? Anyway… there’s another new show out tomorrow… 😉

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Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Now available... The NEWTOWN EYE CALENDAR 2027 - only from the Lulu Bookstore 😉

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Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Z-CARS - "You Get All Kinds" (Newtown Eye 200564)

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Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Blubbering and Cake, I think… 🤔 (…although that makes it sound like an ITV detective show)

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Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Next Time on... VISION ON SOUND WARREN CUMMINGS on Euston Films' SPECIAL BRANCH Sunday October 4th 2026, 7:00pm (UK time) @FabRadioInt Ch 1 fabradiointernational.com Podcast version also available after 7:00pm via podcasters.spotify.com/

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Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Does a quick bit of maths… and petrol already works out at $10.50+ per (imperial) gallon in the UK… That’s kind of sobering…

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Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

…and a celebration of the inevitable autumnal decay 🙂 (3/3)

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Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

That astonishing new garden… (2/3)

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Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Autumn colours (and a brand new garden) at @RHSBridgewater (021026) (1/3)

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Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“They morosely come at night. Morosely.” 😉

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Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Ah, well… My Beloved did watch the first series of that however many moons ago it was, so I couldn’t honestly claim I’d never seen it like the rest 😂

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Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

(…to be fair, I don’t watch footballing either, or royalty pomping about, and have never seen any of the Saturday night light entertainment talent shows. I’m starting to suspect that I might not pass the basic citizenship test 😱)

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Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Contrary to popular belief amongst the bread and circuses media, there are some of us who have never seen one episode of either the treachery hour, or the slebs go dancing show, have no intention of doing so, and don’t really consider either of them to be newsworthy… 🤔

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Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Walk of the Week (011026): LYME PARK FROM POYNTON

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Martin A W Holmes @hwam.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Well, I think most of the words for the article I've been working on are now written. They're not necessarily in the right order, but they are at least there... 🙂

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