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If you don’t have a plan, nothing can go wrong. SW London

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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 3h
His cup’s not bad either… 🤓
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Some call me... Tim? @tjmoore.co.uk · 05/10/2026
Jeffery Archer RIP. Only thing of note from my memory was the odd computer game of one of his books and this terrible review. Playable here www.bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=...
NOT A PENNY MORE, NOT A PENNY LESS … no sale

Price: £14.95 (cassette) £19.95 (disc)
Supplier: Domark, 204 Worple Street, London SW20 8PN.
Tel: 01-947 5622

The books of popular author Jeffrey Archer sell in their millions, and I enjoyed Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less when I first read it some years ago: it is a light-hearted romp of the “Don’t get mad, get even” genre, with an amusing twist in the tail.

Consequently, I was delighted when the adventure game was released. I booted the 40/80 track disc — to receive an error message. I managed to load the program by switching my disc drive to 40 track mode but, try as I might, I could not boot it in 80 track format. I have ordinary Cumana switchable drives and an Acorn DFS.

The loading screen showed a cleverly-drawn picture and there was a prompt asking which of the game’s three parts I wished to play. I loaded part one and discovered I was to be cast as Stephen Bradley, the American academic working at Magdalen College, Oxford. My task was to recover the money I had lost by investing in an oil company floated by that rogue Harvey Metcalfe who was now laughing all the way to his Swiss bank at my expense, and that of three other luckless punters.

I confess I liked neither the constant use of upper case letters nor the sloppy screen layout of the descriptions. They looked amateurish, as if the conversion for the BBC Micro had been delegated to the tea boy, but I persevered.

Starting in my room at Magdalen, I began to enter instructions, and rapidly discovered the limitations of the parser. I began to suspect that the tea-boy’s understudy must have had a hand in it, too.

Opening and examining various things I discovered a camera, three dossiers, Principia Mathematica, The Tatler and some phone numbers.

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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 7h
Caffe Tropea is owned by an Italian family, so I’m not clear what his point is. 🤓. (Also have been and it’s really nice.) caffetropea.co.uk/family/
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Family | Caffè Tropea
We opened our first London cafe in 1968! To this day we continue to provide a warm and welcoming atmosphere in the heart of Russell Square.
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 20h
Brilliant - I will check this out. Many thanks.
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 20h
😁
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 21h
Share someone who looks stylish wearing black and red.
Dennis the Menace from The Beano
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 21h
how i arrived on bluesky
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The Prisoner TV Series Intro Scene
Alt: Patrick McGoohan as TV’s The Prisoner resigning and driving off in his Lotus Super Seven Series II out of the Abingdon Street Car Park, London SW1.
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 21h
Well, that escalated quickly!
The acephalous Empress Valeria Maximilla
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 21h
Nice. Might have to do a rewatch: www.channel4.com/programmes/g...
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Grand Designs - Kennington 2012
Leigh and Graham convert and extend a landmark 150-year-old water tower in central London
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 21h
Oh that’s interesting - missed that article! Thanks. (Too busy reading books, I think 🤓) bsky.app/profile/selv...
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 22h
Intriguing… Bought this book on my trip to Venice this year but sadly didn’t make it to the Museo Correr.
Carpaccio In Venice 

Edited by Gabriele Matino and Patricia Fortini
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 22h
Gone too soon. That slag Lloyds will never take its place.
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terror @weedlejuice.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
My enemies are amassing on the outskirts of town. Probably to apologise for their grievous misconduct
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PJ Taylor @thepjtaylor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
all i'm saying...
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Nice one.
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Indiana Jones Looks Unsure
Alt: Indiana Jones Looks Unsure
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Thought I’d try to look it up and found this place instead. 👀 cafediana.co.uk cafediana.co.uk/images/menu/...
cafediana.co.uk
Home - Cafe Diana Official Website
Café Diana is a Notting Hill gem dedicated to Princess Diana, who was a frequent visitor and supporter since the opening in 1989. We are open all day
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Nineteen seventies?
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“What’s tomato with you?” 🤓
A tomato on a lead plate.
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
So she fancied your wife then? 🤓
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Crikey. Interesting read. Seems like pretty tough guy too.
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
No problem! 👍🏾 %
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
@thespoilist.bsky.social 😁
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Enthusiastic Standing Ovation at the Oscars
Alt: Standing Ovation at the Oscars
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just watched “The Venetian Affair” (do like to see films set in Venice). Schifrin’s soundtrack is nicely sparse and moody but film itself is quite slow-moving and bit bland in places unfortunately. Vaughan is great though.
Robert Vaughn as Bill Fenner on the Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo with the Scuola Grande di San Marco behindThe Venetian Affair (1967)

CASTOF CHARACTERS
Bill Fenner - ROBERT VAUGHN
Sandra Fane - ELKE SOMMER
Claire Connor - FELICIA FARR
Robert Wahl - KARL BOEHM
Giulia Almeranti - LUCIANA PALUZZI
Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud - BORIS KARLOFF

“Our Venetian affair is over.”
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Curious British Telly @curiousbritishtelly.co.uk · 04/10/2026
New Curious British Telly video is Network 21: The Illegal TV Station You Could Tune Into in 1986
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Network 21: The Illegal TV Station You Could Tune Into in 1986
YouTube video by Telly Viewer
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Supposing when somebody asks you the time, it’s not the one that’s written on the piece of paper?
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honey i am a guy & i shrunk the kids @snowrespecter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
if someone asks you the time tell them to mind their own business
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The Register @theregister.com · 04/10/2026
Spies, prime ministers, and balls: The BBC Domesday project @ 40
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Spies, prime ministers, and balls: The BBC Domesday project @ 40
The Centre for Computing History gathers the minds behind the project and the ones keeping it alive today
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Up theirs.
Red kite. Edlesborough, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I know I should be ashamed but I just couldn’t resist..
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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
'Kensington Interior,' (1912) depicts the hallway of 67 Ladbroke Grove, London, W.11, the house which belonged to Frank Emanuel's parents and where he lived from about 1890 until around 1920.
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Mmm. Still. 🕷️ 😬
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Arachnophobia Horror Movie Poster
ALT: Arachnophobia Horror Movie Poster
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Actually, that’s sounds quite horrible. Sleep with the lights on.
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I think you’re right. (Aside, I am hugely biased because there’s only one secret agent I think of with a Bentley Blower..)
Patrick Macnee in The Avengers in a 1930 6.5 Litre Bentley (License plate: RX 6180)Patrick Macnee (as John Steed) and Diana Rigg (as Mrs Peel) in The Avengers - with a Bentley
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I now feel a bit bereft, not having emergency maracas.🙂
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Always found that a bit odd. Bond in his way of life and tastes is usually seen as v modern and up to date for his time. Yet in some of the books he’s rolling around in this massive Bentley Blower.
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🤓
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Looking forward to you posting on this one.
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Bloody hell!
Casa da Passarella O Oenologo 2022

Dão DOC

Field blend of more than 24 varieties including Baga, Touriga Nacional, Alvarelhão, Tinta Pinheira, Jaen, Alfrocheiro, and Tinta Carvalha) from 90+ year old vines
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Interesting. Not tried a four grape blend. But taking points off for cost though! Just score it and if it’s too pricey don’t buy it. Feels a bit joyless to do it the other way. Boo. (Aside, have to admit - when winter draws in, I have been known to rock the collared shirt and jumper combo 👴🏾)
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Actually, on second thoughts, I think a formula like that might be a bit much for me.
Hugh Laurie in A Bit of Fry & Laurie S1E3 - Open University blooper sketch
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Honestly, when I saw your post - I just went straight there and could not resist 🤓
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
To
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Cheers! Might see if I can track down 6. V intrigued about “Macmillan’s” scoring system, though - particularly as mine are generally not helpful. bsky.app/profile/selv...
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thank you for saying Tron, instead of what I was thinking..
Walter (Desi Arnaz Jr.) and Automan (Chuck Wagner)
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Any recommendations off that list?
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The cab I got to take me home this eve turns out to be a lovely vehicle, so I’m taking a pic to show you all. Came out as well as you might expect. 🙄
Blurred pic of the interior of a Mercedes S-class somewhere in South London
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Selv @selv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thanks, I hate it. (I mean why would you take a tune and make all flattened and screechy like that? Just unpleasant.)
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