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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 3h

6pm at The Studio Beyond, Wood Street, Liverpool. October 11th 2026 6pm My play (as part of Liverpool Fringe 2026). The Girl Who Could Fly 2.0 (A Life in 12 Poems) With the brilliant Daisy Summerfield! studiobelow.co.uk/event/girl-w...

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 16h

Film of the Day Chunking Express (Hong Kong, 1994) www.saintvespaluus.co.uk/film-61-72/c...

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Chungking Express / Film (61 - 72) | Saint Vespaluus

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 20h

Autumn in Toxteth. (From photographer Dave Wood's 'Lovely Liverpool' page.)

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Robot Forster, produced to seduce to. @robotforster.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

One of my absolute favourites pops up again.

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Film of the Day Escape From New York (USA 1980) www.saintvespaluus.co.uk/film-37-48/e...

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Escape from New York / Film (37 - 48) | Saint Vespaluus

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Boz Scaggs?" "No! 'Boss slacks'!" "Cheers - they're Levi's Panatelas*." "Really? They make you look a million dollars - well, forty, maybe - back and front." *they really are!

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I was waiting at the doctor's this morning and ELO's 'Sweet Talking Woman' came on the shit commercial radio station (TAUTOLOGY KLAXON!) they were piping through the speakers. At the same time the 'Jeff Lynne dog' turned up on my Facebook memories. Serendipity!

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

New Viz 'The Viz Crown Court' Oh, f**k off! Someone is definitely having a pop here!

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Film of the Day The Battle of Britain (GB 1969) www.saintvespaluus.co.uk/film-13-24/t...

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The Battle of Britain / Film (13 -24) | Saint Vespaluus

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Everton 2 v 1 Birmingham City Goodison Park in the autumn sunshine. A fabulous way to spend a Sunday.

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I love this beautiful photo of Amy Johnson:

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Despite last month's warm weather, last week's 'Alfresco Mastermind' on Rose Lane (L18) was an unmitigated disaster; I shudder to think what 'Underwater Bullseye' (the David Lloyd centre, Speke) is going to be like:

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I love Alexei Sayle, but asking forty quid to see him being interviewed was a bit much Especially as he's not a particularly good interviewee*. *For such an eloquent and brilliant performer.

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Monday sees the publication of 'I Was Hooked - 78 writers tell the tale of their first trip to their beloved team's home ground. I supplied the Everton section. It's a beautifully designed book!

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Book 58 of 2026 Football 'autobiographies' are my guilty literary pleasure. I really enjoyed this book - I loved Bob and still do. The non-football bits were far more interesting (for me), but I enjoyed the tales of 77-78, and I appreciated the rehabiliation of Gordon Lee's reputation. A solid 7/10.

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Not sure about Tom Waits or his music, but beat that for a breakfast bargain!

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Nobody has EVER said to anyone, EVER: "You dress too well." Honestly. This country.

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

via Campbell Finnie

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

5 Terrible ITV Shitcoms of the 70s 1. Love Thy Neighbour 2. The Wackers 3. Mind Your Language 4. Lollipop Loves Mr Mole 5. Nearest and Dearest

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

'Roy's Not Racist' - a leftwing comic strip for our times. Roy goes in goal!

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Pick of the Pops, 2.10.78 A review from a while back; some very ghastly records - and one great one: www.saintvespaluus.co.uk/music/pick-o...

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Pick of the Pops 39 (2.10.78) / Music | Saint Vespaluus

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Least attractive teenage magazine cover ever - a giant Brian Moore hovers over England goalkeeper Peter Shilton like a giant red-jumpered village idiot. (Look-In, 1974)

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"I was dreaming of the past, And my heart was beating fast - I'll get you for this, Butler!"

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It took me years to create an actual physical representation of this gag, but in Al's Emporium in Halifax I once found a photo of 'The Moon's a Balloon' author - and something on which sit down. And thus: "Woah - we're half way there, Woah -Niven on...

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I remember bringing a bottle of 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗢𝗸𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 (from 'Thresher', or somewhere equally classy) round to my girlfriend's student hall room in 1980 and thinking myself as bohemian as Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell or Charles Boyer. Even the word 'Liebfraumilch' makes me feel ill these days!

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

National Poetry Day 2. At Castle Boterel - Thomas Hardy My favourite of Hardy's 'Emma' poems - and an absolutely beautiful, heartbreaking poem about love, loss, yearning and the transient nature of life:

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

National Poetry Day 1. John Hegley: Glad to Wear Glasses (1990) Mostly poems about dogs and (reading) glasses - and all the better for it! A lovely collection.

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Anyone else remember TV clown Charlie Cairoli's sidekick Jimmy Buchanan?

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I used to love Shoot! It cheered me up no end in the seventies. Andy Gray's anticipation of the 'Jedward' haircut here is uncanny:

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The French for 'tedious, monotone-voiced, co-commentator with an unfathomable vendetta against Jordan Pickford, and with all the footballing insight of a blind boil' is 'le dixon'.

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What sort of dickhead "Cannot tell water from champagne"? Honestly. This country.

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Dreaming. Vol 48. Live at The Bookbinder, L17. 05.10.26 Poets: you have five minutes!

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"The cottage pies weren't filling, I looked like Harry Pilling; You wouldn't call us ravers - Despite our love of Quavers." ('Up the Junction' rejected lyrics.)

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Favourite footballing Bee Gee? That's easy. Tommy!

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I know that Dominic Calvert-Lewin tried to push the boundaries of gender and gender roles within the Premier League community, but Roy Race could feel the winds of change back in 1976. Roy embraced androgyny with an almost Bowie-like zeal:

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A week on Sunday. My play. With the brilliant Daisy Summerfield. studiobelow.co.uk/event/girl-w...

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I can only speak for (and about) myself, but spot on:

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Liverpool Fringe 2026 - The Dreaming at The Bookbinder, Lark Lane:

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It's always been David Bowie for me, but a close second in the 70s was Bryan Ferry. Questionable politics, but he cheered me up so much in those awful, pre-punk days. And his playful, post modern covers album pishes all over Pin Ups! Happy 81st birthday, Bryan! m.youtube.com/watch?v=sDpC...

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Bryan Ferry - It's My Party (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1974) (Official Audio)

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Great British Trees. Number One: the Mick McCarthy tree

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The brilliant and beautiful John Foxx. 78 today!

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Apologies, Mike Yarwood forensic scientists: impression number one was - of course - Eamonn Andrews. Obviously. @1878paul.bsky.social and others.

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Would have loved to have had this besuited 'Telly Savalas' to join in (my one) Action Man's 'military' shenanigans! Just the comic possibilities of the cigar and lollipops - for starters - would have been worth the weeks of saving pocket money! *Kojak's 'pimp hat' is equally rubbish -- but great!

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Chauman @chaudman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Went to make my elderly mum's tea and then came back to watch the football. It's hard to see someone you once loved struggling with mobility and selfishly demanding attention. But that's Ronaldo for you.

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Bob Patin @bobpatin.com · 24/09/2026

TV ads for online gambling sites should be permanently banned.

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Diary 24.9.20 I'm used to people (even big-time fans) confusing Ziggy with Aladdin, but Tuesday night's GBBO convinced me of one thing: I'll watch any old shit with even the most oblique reference to David Bowie.

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