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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 13h

Some super fucking annoying people aboard this train I’m on.

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 27/09/2026

This week in BORING OLD GAY, I’m agog at seeing Dallas in glorious HD, celebrating one of Scotland’s greatest sitcoms and shamelessly showing off two books with my name on them… boringoldgay.substack.com/p/dallas-doc...

Image of Sue Ellen Ewing in HD. HEadline: Dallas, Doctor Who and Double Sausage Suppers. Boring Old Gay #13 - Happy Returns…

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 26/09/2026

This sounds like my actual worst nightmare.

A 90-minute sober dance experience with a live DJ playing a wave of ambient, tribal, disco, soul and deep house. No choreography to learn. It's you, your unique expression, the music and your new Pleasure Pals for the afternoon. All bodies, ages and backgrounds come to Pleasure Medicine. This is a space of love and inclusion for all GBTQ+ men. If you're even thinking "is this for me?" it's probably a yes.

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 25/09/2026

Saw some peak Bluesky replying today when someone looking for reasonably priced picture framing in London was advised to go to the Lake District.

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 24/09/2026

Just saw a civilian man walking though central London wearing what can only be described as a Technicolor Dreamcoat.

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 23/09/2026

We had a young punk come in to tell us all about her youth lost to drink and drugs, then at the end she pulled out a black veil and revealed she was now a NUN.

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 20/09/2026

Enjoyed seeing this in Doctor Who Magazine this month, although it’s weird to see stuff I invented FAIRLY RECENTLY I’M SURE now being revived as retro.

Doctor Who Adventures-style comic strip cliffhanger panel.

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 19/09/2026

I’ve just described Will Best as “old enough to have seen Roland Rat The Series on television”. #strictly

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 17/09/2026

Godfrey Lagden, Conservative MP for Hornchurch, speaking in 1960 against decriminalisation of homosexuality:

We may well be in the position, if we do what we are asked to do, of seeing notices outside anyone's house saying, 'Homosexual experiences can be had within.' So far as I can judge, legally there would be nothing to prevent that.

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 16/09/2026

I’m guessing this is more to avoid paying overtime than a desire to inform.

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 13/09/2026

OMG the Queen of Scotty Road is a housemate in Big Brother. #bbuk

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 13/09/2026

Fast Forward fact - I was supposed to work there for two months as part of my degree but it closed down so I ended up its replacements, Girl Talk and Chatterbox instead. Chatterbox was an absolute flop but Girl Talk is still going to this day!

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 12/09/2026

There are too many American content creator gays in London at the moment pretending to be delighted by Percy Pigs.

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 09/09/2026

Obsessed with the unfolding saga in a local dog walkers’ group chat about an airline pilot who is dealing with stress by heading to the park with a metal detector then digging big holes, which people and dogs are then falling down.

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 07/09/2026

Bruno Tolioni’s finest moment.

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 02/09/2026

"Hi Paul, I hope you are well…" Oh really? Because I was hoping YOU were dead.

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 02/09/2026

Remember when they brought back Challenge Anneka and for some reason Anneka wouldn’t say the words “Challenge Anneka” when she was on the phone trying to blag stuff and would instead say “Anneka from the Challenge programme” so nobody knew what the hell she was on about?

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 02/09/2026

Sounds like you’re fucked every which way then, eh James?

James Cleverly: 'We can win big' in London mayor election with classic Tories policies
Exclusive: 'Personal attributes are at least as important as party affiliations, that's how you win London, the former Home Secretary tells The Standard

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 01/09/2026

There must surely be a tourist guide book out there that advises London is best seen walking four abreast, arms linked.

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 30/08/2026

This week in BORING OLD GAY, I’m celebrating 23 years in London, struggling with the complexities of modern doorbells and getting unexpectedly hot under the collar in M&S… boringoldgay.substack.com/p/london-liv...

LONDON LIVING
DOORBELL DING-DONGS AND
SHORT SHORTS

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 29/08/2026

Another truly demented Fast Forward cover. Bear in mind this magazine was for 8-12 year olds.

Fast Forward magazine with Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson on the cover. Headline Yippee! The birds are back, with the giant word SQUAAWK! underneath.

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Ten Acre Books @tenacrebooks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

We've been doing some stocktaking and have just added some discounted damaged books to our webstore. These have minor scuffs or denting, but are affordable reading copies for anyone who fancies a bargain. Order from tenacrebooks.co.uk

Covers of The Long Game, Drama and Delight, Penda's Fen: Scene by Scene and You Are Not Alone.

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 28/08/2026

When I was a lad you had to go to a dodgy newsagents in a rough part of town to access images like this.

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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.

Miss Piggy and Dolly Parton in fancy dresses posing together

photo of Tim Curry surrounded by muppets, smiling for a photo. A quote from curry is added “it didn’t go very well. It didn’t survive the shoot. She felt I wasn’t being faithful to her” it’s him discussing his ill fated affair with miss piggy

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 26/08/2026

The news industry continues to pursue its dream of making content wanted by nobody, created by nobody and read by nobody.

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Iain Clark @iainjclarkart.com · 24/08/2026

OR WHY NOT TRY (At the chippie today in Northumberland.)

BLACK PUDDING £5.75 OR £9.75 WITH CHIPS.

OR WHY NOT TRY

BLAGGIS!

HALF BLACK PUDDING AND HALF HAGGIS

£5.75 OR £9.75 WITH CHIPS.

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 24/08/2026

Do they even need a script now? Just point a camera in literally any direction!

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This Twitter exchange happened on 23 August 2012, so: happy I BET YOU DO ALMOND YOU DIRTY OLD BOLLOCKS day to all who celebrate

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 22/08/2026

Me when I leave the house feeling good about myself.

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 21/08/2026

H&M home have discontinued my favourite reed diffuser and I’m not ok.

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 21/08/2026

God, why is buying a doorbell so COMPLICATED, all I want is something people can press that goes ding fucking dong but apparently that's too much to ask.

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 21/08/2026

This year’s Doctor Who Annual is out now, compiled and designed by me and packed with new material plus the best bits from the last 20 editions remixed for the space year 2027! #doctorwho

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 18/08/2026

Not a duff song on it!

artwork for Belinda Carlisle The Best of Belinda Volume 1

Reverse of Best of Belinda with the track list.

Heaven Is a Place on Earth
(We Want) The Same Thing
Circle in the Sand
Leave a Light On
Little Black Book
Summer Rain (7" Edit)
Vision of You
Live Your Life Be Free
I Get Weak
La Luna
I Plead Insanity
World Without You
Do You Feel Like I Feel?
Half the World
Runaway Horses

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Jon 🎄 @pifflevalve.eurosky.social · 18/08/2026

Someone at work has floated the idea of a swear jar. I’m considering the Ethel Merman approach.

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 18/08/2026

“Wetherspoon pubs are an oasis of tranquillity and contemplation” apparently!

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 16/08/2026

This week in Boring Old Gay, I'm raging at my temporary commute, getting a man in to sort out my pole and wincing at some extreme 90s boy band falsetto… boringoldgay.substack.com/p/cannon-str...

boringoldgay.substack.com

Cannon Street, Curtain Poles and Crushed Dreams

Boring Old Gay #11 – Hanging by a Thread

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 16/08/2026

This week in Boring Old Gay, I'm raging at my temporary commute, getting a man in to sort out my pole and wincing at some extreme 90s boy band falsetto… boringoldgay.substack.com/p/cannon-str...

boringoldgay.substack.com

Cannon Street, Curtain Poles and Crushed Dreams

Boring Old Gay #11 – Hanging by a Thread

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 14/08/2026

Just found him opening the drawer with his teeth.

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 14/08/2026

The dog’s been a bit stressed since our house move so we got him some turkey and hemp calming treats, but now he’s absolutely fucking jonesing for them all day, hanging around the drawer where they’re kept looking mournful.

Black greyhound sniffing pooch & mutt treats

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