Magnus Lewis-Smith @mlewissmith.bsky.social · 09/10/2026We were in London last weekend and bumped into, unbelievably, Richard E Grant 120
Magnus Lewis-Smith @mlewissmith.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The reason the research is poor, of course, is because the reviewers write up their findings *after* finding a pub that sells pints for £3.99. See also walking guides that feature a pub lunch. The routes get noticeably confused in the latter half 100
Reposted by Magnus Lewis-SmithPound Shop Boys @poundshopboys.bsky.social · 06/10/2026On the occasion of the 40th anniversary... 03518
Magnus Lewis-Smith @mlewissmith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026AND it features a character named Arnold Wanker 000
Magnus Lewis-Smith @mlewissmith.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Yes that, and also: We the viewers (vaguely sort of think that we) know who the players are and what they're like and (believe that we) know when they're behaving out of character or suspiciously 000
Reposted by Magnus Lewis-SmithJoel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I often wondered why Conan Doyle used a real London address for Sherlock Holmes - wasn’t that going to annoy someone? - but I recently found out that Baker Street at the time didn’t go up as far as 221, so it was a safe “fake address”. 6848
Magnus Lewis-Smith @mlewissmith.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Thousands of hours, and that was just one flight 010
Reposted by Magnus Lewis-SmithNick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 19/09/2026The RNLI is the closest you will ever get to actual Batman. When rescue is visibly, viscerally, obviously impossible; when the water is a smothering, thundering black wall and the wind is screaming straight from Hell; when you are absolutely going to die: someone’s hand pulls you out and you don’t. 61262351
Magnus Lewis-Smith @mlewissmith.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Snuck it under the counter in the library during an English lesson 000
Magnus Lewis-Smith @mlewissmith.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I always thought it was french but it turns out to be Cosgrove Hall. Didn't know Robert Llewellyn voiced it either 100
Magnus Lewis-Smith @mlewissmith.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Magenta Freeman Hardy Willis - pretty much my real name anyway 000
Reposted by Magnus Lewis-SmithStandplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 25/08/2026 223472
Magnus Lewis-Smith @mlewissmith.bsky.social · 23/08/2026*Glares with some resentment at the drum kit in the corner* 020
Reposted by Magnus Lewis-SmithQagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026UK transit nerds are next level. 1444155716
Reposted by Magnus Lewis-Smithkilliemesoftly.bsky.social @killiemesoftly.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I’ve never seen one single clip that captures Britain in the late 70s and early 80s better than this. 1024969
Magnus Lewis-Smith @mlewissmith.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Ooh I had that for exactly the same reason. I have, twice, found it in a jukebox and obviously cued it up to play all afternoon. Eventually someone came out and unplugged it 010
Magnus Lewis-Smith @mlewissmith.bsky.social · 15/08/2026"JOIN ON ... blah-de-blah", Cambridge, 80s. Seems to be an Anglian thing 030
Reposted by Magnus Lewis-SmithStandplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 25/07/2026 5855331
Magnus Lewis-Smith @mlewissmith.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Not funny, but nevertheless a story which happened entirely in my mind. Because you need a mind to make a story. 010
Magnus Lewis-Smith @mlewissmith.bsky.social · 22/07/2026If it weren't for the fact that I don't believe a single one of them has any empathy whatever, I'd argue that they'd just watched him shuffle unsteadily across the stage, deliver a trivial package without thanks and have a stroke and die in front of them 100
Magnus Lewis-Smith @mlewissmith.bsky.social · 12/07/2026I'm weirdly proud: www.maptap.gg July 12 98🎯 98🎯 95🏅 92🏆 1😭 Final score: 665maptap.gg🎯MapTap Daily Geography GamePlay MapTap - the daily geography game! Find 5 world locations on a 3D globe with historical stories. Free browser-based daily game for geography lovers. 010
Magnus Lewis-Smith @mlewissmith.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Also, where's "salt'n'vinegar", surely the overwhelmingly popular choice? 000
Magnus Lewis-Smith @mlewissmith.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Interesting, possibly, but as usual I can't see the difference between several of the options hashtag colourblind 100
Magnus Lewis-Smith @mlewissmith.bsky.social · 11/07/2026'Staggered', with Martin Clunes. Does 'Waking Ned' count, given that it's Irish? 000
Magnus Lewis-Smith @mlewissmith.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Rocket science: "What goes up must come down" - sometimes it's true, sometimes it isn't. 030
Reposted by Magnus Lewis-SmithPhil Norman @mrphilnorman.bsky.social · 03/07/2026The BBC could steal a march on that pompous-looking Christopher Nolan film by putting this up on the IPlayer. 33513
Reposted by Magnus Lewis-SmithThe French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 23/06/2026All of France is scorching hot today. Except for one village in the northwest... 151578592
Reposted by Magnus Lewis-SmithJustin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 21/06/2026I've been down YouTube rabbit holes a while back with Gunhild Carling, and she appears to be able to play almost every instrument ever. 2122
Magnus Lewis-Smith @mlewissmith.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Does every university have a (apocryphal) story like this? I bet they do. In the 90s Edinburgh University had the civil engineering dept design a new main library. Reopening was delayed by years because they didn't account for the weight of the books 14272
Reposted by Magnus Lewis-SmithPostcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026You must forgive me for not writing for so long, but I just wanted to be on my own for a couple of years or so. 211338304
Reposted by Magnus Lewis-SmithComputer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 18/05/2026the only video worth rescuing from my deleted twtter 5368472113
Magnus Lewis-Smith @mlewissmith.bsky.social · 16/05/2026If the actor with the British accent is doing a European accent then it's 80s action 010
Magnus Lewis-Smith @mlewissmith.bsky.social · 12/05/2026If it had occurred to me I would absolutely have done this 010
Magnus Lewis-Smith @mlewissmith.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Of course you can, if you have a video recorder with audio dubbing, like the Ferguson videostar. Which was really really common in the 80s 2120
Reposted by Magnus Lewis-SmithPhenom-Enna (dir. Dario Argento, 1985) @hiddenbonusnoise.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Luke saw a woman he fancied in a video and ran across the galaxy to hit on her. If he grew up on Earth, he'd have been wearing a fedora at all times. Entitled 4Chan teenaged edgelord living in his uncle's basement vibes 1132
Magnus Lewis-Smith @mlewissmith.bsky.social · 03/05/2026And yet so uncynical in its intent. Despite the bleakness of the setup, everyone in it is desperate for connection 140
Magnus Lewis-Smith @mlewissmith.bsky.social · 28/04/2026I'm always worried about what they had for lunch when I see those scenes. 010
Magnus Lewis-Smith @mlewissmith.bsky.social · 26/04/2026I really really hate that British Gas advert that uses Walk Of Life as its jingle 010
Magnus Lewis-Smith @mlewissmith.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Hang on, I hate and resent this stuff, and dislike and distrust you for your weird and effete "feelings" and "imagination". This machine will write all the memos and illustrate all the brochures needed and as a lucky side effect, destroy your career, your industry AND you 010
Magnus Lewis-Smith @mlewissmith.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Just spent an age with the Merlin Bird app in the garden trying to find what was making a strange occasional high pitched squeak It was my shoes 000
Magnus Lewis-Smith @mlewissmith.bsky.social · 24/04/2026youtube.com/watch?v=SbI_... Believe it or not, a family friendyoutube.comAneka in Blake’s 7YouTube video by Geminin667 000
Reposted by Magnus Lewis-SmithMark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 21/04/2026I'm not sure my French is good enough to understand the full subtleties of Libé's review of the Michael Jackson biopic 16467149
Magnus Lewis-Smith @mlewissmith.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Here's a more enthusiastic review: we-my family-saw your show once in the Peartree in Edinburgh just after COVID. We had A SPLENDID TIME and still talk about it. 121
