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David O’Toole @thespectacle.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

@arsecannonpics.bsky.social Here’s a little ‘un from Castle Hill, Tenby. Frankly, it was cannon central.

A mini-cannon defending Tenby against attack from Somerset.

David O’Toole @thespectacle.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

That meme about words doing heavy lifting? ‘Set’ here means ‘possibly in 5 billion years’ and ‘collide’ means waft across each other like the smoke from two cigarettes at opposite ends of the bar.

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David O’Toole @thespectacle.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Brazil was more prescient than we thought.

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David O’Toole @thespectacle.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Good on Ricky Gervais! It was about time someone explored the comic potential of cats 🐈 👏🤭😹😿.

Ricky Gervais publicity photo where he poses like Jesus crucified, for reasons.

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David O’Toole @thespectacle.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

It’s the collar, a really bad one, that makes this look awful

Ex-Tory Zahawi in an England football shirt which has a multi-coloured collar and looks a bit like a necklace.

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David O’Toole @thespectacle.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Thought you might like to see what’s in that space today.

Picture of Tate Turbine Hall and notice.
Notice reads:

YVONNE RAINER
TRIO A
10-11 July 2026 at 14.00-20.00
Turbine Hall, Free
Experience Trio A, the landmark dance by one of the world's most influential choreographers, Yvonne Rainer.
First performed in 1966, Trio A challenged traditional ideas of modern dance.
At the time, conventional dance was led by the plot, characters or musical score but Rainer wanted to instead focus on the body's energy. The dance features a steady sequence of movements, such as toe-tapping and rolling
Rainer choreographed the dancers to avoid eye contact with the audience, so they became more 'object-like, but not objectified. The dancers do not try to match their movements with one another - each dancer finds their pace based on their own bodies.
Rainer developed this dance after she co-founded the Judson Dance Theater
- a collective of choreographers, filmmakers and artists - in the flourishing avant-garde art scene of early 1960s New York. The group was inspired by the minimalist ideas of North American choreographer Merce Cunningham and composer John Cage, who centred chance and repetition in their work.
Redefining dance for a new generation of artists, Rainer's radical methods are now standard features of contemporary dance today.
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Trio A, Tate Modern is hosting free performances and screening the 1978 film of Rainer dancing Trio A in the Tanks Lobby, Blavatnik Building, Level O.
DANCE
BY
EFLECTIONS
Suppers cy Dac Belectors by Van Geet 6 Arpe
celaboraton with Saders Wiels for the supply of studio space and dramanu

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David O’Toole @thespectacle.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Invincible on Prime is cracking. Great TV. Never felt scared for superheroes before. It’s like an 80s sci-fi adventure cartoon but with Superman villains that tear the good guys to pieces.

A still from the cartoon Invincible where the eponymous superhero is about to smash someone in the face.

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David O’Toole @thespectacle.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Me watching my team get beat 3-0

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David O’Toole @thespectacle.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Hello Ian, can you tell me the name of this bird please?

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David O’Toole @thespectacle.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Slight tangent but this Mae Ploy red curry paste is delicious.

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David O’Toole @thespectacle.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

On London there are flocks of these who will come to your hand and fed of you have an apple

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David O’Toole @thespectacle.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

An update. It’s pretty buzzing inside. The sound of lots and lots of people chatting.

Exterior of The Tankard pub on a London street corner. A Union Jack waves, there are many bright blue parasols above wooden tables on the pavement. A cyclist passes by close to the camera.

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David O’Toole @thespectacle.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Saw Gormeley in Winchester this week. The mud round the feet marks the annual flood of the crypt of Winchester cathedral.

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David O’Toole @thespectacle.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

@rogerprotz.bsky.social Hello Roger, here’s some good news. The Tankard was closed for at least a year to my knowledge but is springing back to life. 200 years old, the Chaplin’s drank there. Was a spot for watching the patients in the asylum that is now the Imperial War Museum.

Street view of the Tankard Kennington Road. Shows rooftop which once was a viewing gallery where patrons could watch mental health patients in the nearby hospital, now a park.

A notice taped to the pub telling readers the pub will reopen following redecoration. It has several scannable codes for more information. @THETANKARD_PUB is a contact.

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David O’Toole @thespectacle.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

I was at George Smiley’s house on Sunday

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David O’Toole @thespectacle.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

For Arsenal fans, here’s me with the actual FA Cup in 2015. #COYG #ARSENAL

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David O’Toole @thespectacle.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

The most harmless bit of virtue signaling ever. Fuck Zuck.

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David O’Toole @thespectacle.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

@nytimes.com Hello NYT! While this fact check is “true” presenting with with a straight face is gaslighting your readers. It helps Trump. ‘Trump claims George Soros has a unicorn farm. There is no evidence for this”. You are sane-washing insanity. Do better.

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David O’Toole @thespectacle.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

These two monster slabs have stolen the riverside from South Londoners. From Lower Marsh you could see Parliament. Generations could see Big Ben along Westminster Bridge Rd. Stolen by money-bastards. I feel sick. Gone forever. 🤢 #parkplaza Shame on you.

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David O’Toole @thespectacle.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Which order would have these sherbets? What world the last two be? I wouldn’t want orange and lemon, too similar. Strawberry and raspberry likewise.

Five sherberts, possibly raspberry strawberry lime orange and lemon. Christmas colours. English pleasures.

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