Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialDavid Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 06/10/2026In general I’m resolutely against the use of AI in music but I’d make an exception for any technology that could eliminate Keith Jarrett’s constant humming, singing, grunting, and groaning while he’s playing. 162
mark-short.bsky.social @mark-short.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It's always interesting to see what Mondrian was up to before he went abstract, but that painting is a hard ask! 010
mark-short.bsky.social @mark-short.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Yes, the mauve edging on his jacket is to die for! 030
mark-short.bsky.social @mark-short.bsky.social · 23/09/2026First house I moved into had a hatch, but the hatch had no doors. My Dad made some doors for me, but they never shut properly despite many attempts at fettling them. 011
mark-short.bsky.social @mark-short.bsky.social · 19/09/2026...and a little shelter for the firewood! 010
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialJonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Authors! If you must respond to your bad reviews, do it as graciously as Oliver Hardy when Walter Winchell trashed the film 'Nothing But Trouble' in 1945. (Bookmarking this post in case I need it in November.) 410725
mark-short.bsky.social @mark-short.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I remember learning from the Farm Machinery book that PTO stands for Power Take Off, not Please Turn Over. 030
mark-short.bsky.social @mark-short.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Life is always better when one's cardigan coordinates with the dahlias. 050
mark-short.bsky.social @mark-short.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Dad and the kids get revamped, but poor old Gran remains the same. 240
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialRich Neville @richneville.bsky.social · 09/09/2026They’ve all forgotten their kit and are having to do fascism in their pants. 3140299
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialFunnyVia @funnyvia.com · 03/09/2026This is how I imagine my dog feels when he's protecting the house by barking at the leaves blowing by... 663094293
mark-short.bsky.social @mark-short.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I can't disagree with the sentiment, but the seated gentleman looks very much at ease with his environs. 130
mark-short.bsky.social @mark-short.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Or maybe the youngsters of Ladybirdland are just very stylish? 000
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialFolklore Twitcher @folkloretwitcher.bsky.social · 21/08/2026www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comRewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images showNational Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding 072
mark-short.bsky.social @mark-short.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I had to read through the artwork a couple of times to convince myself that you weren't "Ending freedom". 010
mark-short.bsky.social @mark-short.bsky.social · 09/08/2026My excitable six year self never saw many of the items featured in that book on seaside holidays. 030
mark-short.bsky.social @mark-short.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Good to see that teabags don't exist in Ladybirdland. 050
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialSimon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Well, I guess it was a success of sorts? In 1998, Honduras built a bridge designed to survive any storm. It survived a Category 5 hurricane perfectly but the river shifted, leaving it spanning over dry land. Source: www.reddit.com/r/geography/... 18822
mark-short.bsky.social @mark-short.bsky.social · 01/08/2026The illustration shows Mallard as it was then, in British Railways livery. But it is now in the garter blue livery it wore originally when it was owned by the LNER. 220
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialmarandina @marandina.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I have written to BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky asking them to include a reminder on their weather forecasts about treating dog walking with caution when temp is above 21C. Let's see what they come back with.. 1187
mark-short.bsky.social @mark-short.bsky.social · 23/07/2026The look of fascination and concentration on Mick's face! 010
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialNicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 21/07/2026“Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack.” ~ Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) #Photography, ‘Reading by candlelight, Rovaniemi, Finland,’ Werner Bischof, 1948. 0113
mark-short.bsky.social @mark-short.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Recommended: Proverb, a setting of words by Wittgenstein. Appeared in a Rover 75 advert! One to avoid: Three Tales. Clumsy video piece. 010
mark-short.bsky.social @mark-short.bsky.social · 08/07/2026I'm amazed that the trench is being dug by hand. It looks closer to the Victorian navvies than the present day. 020
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialJana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 07/07/2026#OTD #RedDevils #Belgium🇧🇪 01567439
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 03/07/2026Every day we stray further from god's light 4741057
mark-short.bsky.social @mark-short.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Yes, I think Blair had said he would serve his third term in full, then hand over the reins before the next election. 010
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialSimon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 27/06/2026I have to think of this cartoon by @tomgauld often when I read online comments regarding articles. Pretty sure RHPAC is the most common type of online comment… 615857
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialSimon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Today let's not worry about the interesting map showing the distribution of hogs in the USA but let's appreciate the comments underneath the map... 927070
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialDavid Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 24/06/2026"in recent years we have depicted Sir Kier Starmer as an incompetent maniac pursuing a left wing/ fascist agenda in an indecisive yet dictatorial manner. Now that he is gone, however, we realise that Sir Kier Starmer was the greatest Prime Minister this country has ever had." 4377
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialAdrian Giddings @cunabula.bsky.social · 23/06/2026This tangentially reminds me of the special shirts Sony had made for staff selling the first Walkmans. The selling point was they'd fit in a shirt pocket, which they didn't, unless you had a shirt with a slightly oversized breast pocket. 1151
mark-short.bsky.social @mark-short.bsky.social · 22/06/2026The album came out about a couple of years after the Peel session. I remember being amazed by The Fall Of Saigon, then being disappointed that I couldn't buy it. I just had the ropey copy I made off the radio. FWIW the session was repeated on Alan Freeman's Saturday afternoon show. 020
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialViz Comic @vizcomic.bsky.social · 22/06/2026This one just lives on my desktop at this point, ready to go 9551139
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialSimon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Patent applications per million inhabitants across Europe. The Alps are essentially the innovation engine of the continent. HT @milos_gis 02313
mark-short.bsky.social @mark-short.bsky.social · 09/06/2026When Water Supply and Electricity were Public Services... 010
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.social🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 31/05/2026When you’re having a completely normal day… then you come across these glowing dog sneakers 🐕✨😭 I can’t stop smiling. Ridiculously cute and an instant mood booster. 💖🐾🔥 14258771157
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialRailmaps @railmaps.com.au · 21/05/2026On one hand, this is sad and not at all funny. On the other hand, the flame had the greatest day of its life. 1142
mark-short.bsky.social @mark-short.bsky.social · 18/05/2026I used to have the Clarks Commandos handbook, a little guide to living the life of adventure that came with wearing the shoes. 130
mark-short.bsky.social @mark-short.bsky.social · 13/05/2026But how could any child resist the joy of cutting paper with pinking shears? 220
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialLarry Stephens @lsggbg.bsky.social · 29/04/2026SELLERS: A man named Roger Souther is staying with us. SECOMBE: Ah - Roger the Lodger. SELLERS: No - Souther the Boarder. (Goon Show S2 E14, 29 Apr 1952. Script by Spike Milligan & Larry Stephens. Edited by Jimmy Grafton.) 03210
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialSimon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Another item for my growing #badgeographyjoke collection. 4447
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialJason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 22/04/2026H.V. Morton knew how to enjoy himself. 113314
mark-short.bsky.social @mark-short.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Yes, the dog is the only one in the picture who makes eye contact with the viewer. He seems to be asking "What have I done to deserve this?". 030
![A short extract from In Search Of England, which reads
‘For the last ten days I have been miserable. I have been prostrate in bed with a red-hot throat and a foul temper which turned into a fine pathos, and the dismal belief that I was about to commit the supreme sin against good manners and die in an hotel. You may do almost anything in an hotel but die there.
One night, under the influence of a cocaine pill and a raw egg, I sat up and wrote the most miserable essay that has ever been written about the country graveyards of [England].’](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3u4yezfifhwdhtv4jjjbo7e4/bafkreiah5puzzfpwcjahp7zprkjp75tcal5k22km6od6k2gnlehdyfaewe)