King Richard I 👑 @icarfaem.bsky.social · 17hCan only post to BlueSky from my phone currently but just wanted to spread the news: Jeffrey Archer’s dead. Someone once donated his prison diaries to the lunch room at my work. Turn to any random page: absolutely mind-boggling blandness which should never have been published. 000
Reposted by King Richard I 👑Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I had this bit about Jeffrey Archer from the 1995 HIGNFY video memorised for whenever I needed a handy fact about him. 421692646
King Richard I 👑 @icarfaem.bsky.social · 17hI've been thinking about that pool at the Capitol in Washington D.C. Pondering. Ruminating. Meditating. Mulling over what Lincoln might have thought of it. Contemplating, musing. Hmmmm.... 🤔 000
King Richard I 👑 @icarfaem.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Onto the next old reading and it's another Jules Verne Master Zacharius, or The Clockmaker Who Lost His Soul from 1854. 010
King Richard I 👑 @icarfaem.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Great episode and... well we know what's coming. 030
King Richard I 👑 @icarfaem.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Dun dun dunnnnnnnnn! With every answer comes more questions. 110
King Richard I 👑 @icarfaem.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It's a little-known fact that this spacesuit came from Kubrick's 2001. 110
King Richard I 👑 @icarfaem.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This would make a great Doctor Who cliff-hanger... 130
King Richard I 👑 @icarfaem.bsky.social · 05/10/2026My god, that's a big girthy station. I'm thinking of Thunderbird 2, and not just because it's green. 110
King Richard I 👑 @icarfaem.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I've totally forgotten why Delenn has been summoned to meet the Grey Council. 110
King Richard I 👑 @icarfaem.bsky.social · 05/10/2026jms would write dialogue that the actors had said at the lunch table. I can absolutely see Jerry Doyle coming up with this. 120
King Richard I 👑 @icarfaem.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I'm sticking rigidly to the fortnight schedule... except when it's something that can't wait. Monday 19th September 1994, 6pm #Babylon5 160
King Richard I 👑 @icarfaem.bsky.social · 05/10/2026That was my favourite Bond film until Casino Royale came out. Now, for me, in 2nd place. 010
King Richard I 👑 @icarfaem.bsky.social · 05/10/2026FOOD is not "cheeky". 😡 And I know one of you wants to reply with a photo of a peach. Stop it. 010
Reposted by King Richard I 👑Lisa Carey @msleedy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Genuinely concerned about what's happening to the space-time continuum in this toilet. 1143546786
King Richard I 👑 @icarfaem.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Good morning. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kTEWRuL3EMyoutube.comKon Kan - I Beg Your Pardon | LyricsYouTube video by Guava Bike Jam 011
King Richard I 👑 @icarfaem.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It's taken me over 20 minutes to realise where I know Conor O'Farrell from. He was Albano in Dark Skies! 000
King Richard I 👑 @icarfaem.bsky.social · 04/10/2026No more Strange New Worlds for 2026, so back to the rewatch. 110
King Richard I 👑 @icarfaem.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Good Lord. In 3 weeks' time The Evil of the Daleks will start. John Bailey. 110
King Richard I 👑 @icarfaem.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Saturday 18th January 1958 "To the Ken Tynan party as 120 Mount Street. It was quite fabulous! Gore Vidal, George Nader, Peter Brook. O! Loads of fabulous people. I got too drunk and left about 2 o'c." 000
King Richard I 👑 @icarfaem.bsky.social · 04/10/2026No idea, but Google's AI (which I find to often be wrong) says "yellow tack" refers to the 1957 paint scheme overhaul adopted by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL) I thought it miight be the original colour for Blu Tack, but Wikipedia says no Yellow Blu Tack until 2003. 110
King Richard I 👑 @icarfaem.bsky.social · 04/10/2026"A mystery singer makes a recording that 'sends' the whole of Fort Baxter, and Bilko decides to discover the identity of this potential gold mine." There's a clue in the title: 03-17 DOBERMAN THE CROONER Tuesday 14th January 1958, 8pm #ThePhilSilversShow 100
Reposted by King Richard I 👑Joe Brown @joebrownlondon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026#OnThisDay 50 years ago BR introduced their revolutionary InterCity 125 on regular services between London Paddington and Bristol/South Wales. Video clip from the BBC Archive from a couple of weeks before the launch previewing the new trains, full video: buff.ly/QGnH3Et 26812
King Richard I 👑 @icarfaem.bsky.social · 04/10/2026"Look at that face, he is the Right Hon. Lord Carruthers to a tee!" "That is my dad and he's an ignorant old git!" 010
King Richard I 👑 @icarfaem.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Trevor Bannister's got a lot more range than he had in Are You Being Served. 110
King Richard I 👑 @icarfaem.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Cy Town, Dalek operator! Last seen in The Goodies. 110
King Richard I 👑 @icarfaem.bsky.social · 04/10/2026There's a guy on YouTube who's been upgrading the episodes using software. He's certainly improved Harold's coat. 100
King Richard I 👑 @icarfaem.bsky.social · 04/10/2026"Harold joins the local amateur dramatic society. Rehearsals take place at the yard and Albert thinks he will give the acting lark a go as well." Monday 28th February 1972, 9.25pm #SteptoeAndSon #Poloponies 120