Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Meet Richard Oliver Heslop, the too long-forgotten Bard of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Biography on the way, several years in the making – out Friday 9 October. 000
Reposted by Tony HannanDave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social · 17/09/2026My new book, 'Creative Journeys', is a collection of interviews with such glorious characters as Neneh Cherry, Maxine Peake, Jarvis Cocker, Paddy Considine, Terry Hall. All the info, the list of onstage special guests, tickets etc for the book tour here davehaslam.substack.com/p/john-simm-... 3159
Reposted by Tony HannanMarie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It's an insane policy to dump 1200 men, regardless of origin, together on the outskirts of a village. It all stems from not allowing asylum seekers to work and therefore rent homes, integrate etc. Obviously racism is also hugely at play, but this is making things so much worse. 381
Reposted by Tony HannanDavid Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Very few people know that Marvin Gaye also wrote a classic song here, Can I Get To Widnes? 9356
Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Very sad news of a variety becoming all too frequent. RIP 010
Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Just a reminder in these crazy days that, if you want to give your brain a wash, the beacon of sanity that is clivejames.com is still up onlineclivejames.comClive james“Humanity will surpass the first dirigibles as it has surpassed the first locomotives. It will surpass M. Santos-Dumont as it has surpassed Stephenson. After telephotography it will continually... 000
Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Advance Info sheet below for our new book of particular interest to those from – or living in – England's beautiful North East. It ain't just for Geordies, although that will help! Please forward to any indie bookshops you feel may be interested. 032
Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026‘Sky’s name is Harr Worth. I don’t know why but there it is…’ 010
Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Historian, author, songwriter, poet, humourist, man-about-town, lexicologist, Society of Antiquaries stalwart, President of Newcastle upon Tyne's Lit & Phil and a canny bit besides, Oliver Heslop was the Toon’s Victorian culture vulture, now sadly all but forgotten. Or he was! New book out October 8 021
Reposted by Tony HannanMike Critchley @mike-critchley.bsky.social · 02/09/2026It may be cheaper on Amazon but support your book shop @sthbookstop.bsky.social 051
Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Groovy! I’ve waited 130-odd years for rugby league to become cool and it’s finally happened 160
Reposted by Tony HannanDukenfield @dukenfield.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Freeview (UK) #film of the day : Les Yeux Sans Visage/ Eyes Without A Face (1959 86mins.) Georges Franju's magnificent surreal horror, starring Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli and Edith Scob. [ @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social 12.50AM Saturday] letterboxd.com/dukenfield/f...letterboxd.comA ★★★★★ review of Eyes Without a Face (1960)From the opening scene, in which a woman is seen driving through the countryside at night with a look of intense concentration on her face and a mysterious passenger in a hat and coat in the back seat... 2136
Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness 100
Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026That weren’t just any phone alarm… that were a NORTHERN phone alarm… 063
Reposted by Tony HannanEric Badofsky @ebadofsky.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Via @jakethackrayfan.bsky.social: For my music-loving friends in/around #London, I cannot recommend this event highly enough. • JakeFest 2026: Celebrating the comic, poetic, and storytelling genius of #JakeThackray • Aug 15, 2026 • Jamboree, 6 St. Chads Place, London More info: jakethackray.com 132
Reposted by Tony HannanTalking Pictures TV @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Coming soon! Sunday 30th August, 2:30pm FREDDIE DAVIES: A LIFE IN SHOW BUSINESS (2017) #FreddieDavies allows film maker #MartynTott a candid insight into his life story with rare clips and photos from his exceptional career #TPTVsubtitles 0115
Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026This is wonderful - ‘South: Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Glorious Epic of the Antarctic’ - watch it via BFI Player when you’ve a spare hour or so. Lovingly restored by BFI with a smashing new score by @neilkbrand.bsky.social Great penguin and husky action too. 163
Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I’ve actually been to Ceuta. About 42 years ago. Little backstreet cafe there, did a very nice fish soup. You can have that, Lonely Planet 120
Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Great tale. That’s Leslie Howard to Karloff’s left, I think, not long before his plane was shot down by the Nazis www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...theguardian.comThe Spin | Boris Karloff’s unlikely love of cricket lives on with foundation in his nameActor known for his haunting film roles was president of Hollywood CC and his estate helps to fund the Windrush cricket festival 010
Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Bring back lead pars that grab the reader with ‘who’, ‘what’, ‘where’ and ‘when’, before cracking on with ‘why’ and elaborating further from paragraph two. Thank you and good night. 121
Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 19/07/2026I first read this as couscous. Which AI could just as certainly be with a dash of lemon and sprig of coriander 030
Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026This analogy might work a little better had motor cars not gone on to play a big part in ****ing up the planet 011
Reposted by Tony HannanVicky the Labrat @vickythelabrat.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I wonder who wrote this? 2122
Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Agree completely re Captain Binface. But surely Tarquin Fin-tim-lim-bim-lim-bin- bim-bin-bim bus stop F'tang F'tang Olé Biscuit barrel is alright? 100
Reposted by Tony HannanDave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social · 07/07/2026When family history is a mystery... My grandmother told my dad that when she was younger she’d been held against her will in a clinic in Switzerland. I've started to explore to find out more. And it’s turned into quite a dark story. davehaslam.substack.com/p/a-beautifu...davehaslam.substack.comA beautiful girl locked in an atticInvestigating my grandmother’s barely believable story 24815
Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 07/07/2026That 2pm Farage statement in full: Прекратите меня придираться 130
Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 07/07/2026You read it here first: FIFA to give USA special trophy for coming 16th 79222
Reposted by Tony HannanStuart Millard @franticplanet.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Walked to the 'office' and now sat wiping my forehead like Mike McShane halfway through the props round 618326
Reposted by Tony HannanLisa Holdsworth @lisaholdsworth.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Still think the bloke who blasts music over every announcement is an absolute prick. 041
Reposted by Tony HannanLondon Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 03/06/2026‘𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘷𝘦, of course, is a bittersweet elegy – for the old Western way of life, for the era of American expansion, for the cowboy. It’s also, perhaps too subtly, a critique of those things.’ @jrobertlennon.com revisits Larry McMurtry. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukJ. Robert Lennon · Buffalo Bones: Larry McMurtry’s American WestMcMurtry bemoans the fact that readers take his characters at face value and misidentify cowboy selfishness as heroism... 0153
Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Two of the absolute greats. One of whom I am now proud to call a friend 010
Reposted by Tony HannanOlthwaite @olthwaite.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Caught an old Corrie. It reminded me why I used to watch it. Blanche thinks Ken's gay: 'He's started drinking camomile tea and having assignations with a confirmed bachelor...I've nothing against the gays, I'd walk over hot coals for Paul O'Grady.' Written by the ace Carmel Morgan. 163
Reposted by Tony HannanDavey Jones @daveyjones.bsky.social · 19/05/2026This is genuinely an excellent film, and I'm not just saying that because it also contains time-lapse footage of cartoons being drawn by me. 1132
Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 16/05/2026European Thighs Contest so far, Germans in the lead. Shout out too for the castrati #Eurovision 010
Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Eurovision tonight. I do hope this place is about to go all old style t*****r again 🇪🇺 200
Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 29/04/2026A remastered and extended version of Dig! is on BFI Player should anyone be interested and in need of humour 010
Reposted by Tony HannanMike Critchley @mike-critchley.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Absolutely delighted with Roger Protz’s review of Happy Hours - A Great British Pub Diary protzonbeer.co.uk/reviews/2026...protzonbeer.co.ukEpic crawl that stresses pubs' vital role – Protz On Beer, by Roger ProtzJournalist MIke Critchley has devoted 40 years to visiting pubs throughout the British Isles and has a feast of stories of history, architecture, good beer and breweries. He has seen… 094
Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 16/04/2026How could anyone resist an episode of Celebrity Cricket with Mr Pastry in it? This is what we want 171
Reposted by Tony HannanFirerMcFirer @aradfirer.bsky.social · 02/04/2026I made it my life mission to reference this as many times as I can 1952571141
Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 01/04/2026This is a thing of absolute beauty and magnificence - saddens me to realise that there is no way on earth I will ever find time to get through its 1,000 or so pages and do exactly that 010
Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 30/03/2026I’ve got no idea what you’d call this pudding, but it’s got ice cream, chocolate and apple in it and I’m liking it bigly 120
Reposted by Tony HannanIan McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 05/03/2026www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/.... Evening stroll soundtrack: a reading by Tony Harrison of his epically powerful V almost has me in tears as I walk @bbcsounds.bsky.socialbbc.co.ukArtworks - v. by Tony Harrison - BBC SoundsThe controversial poem by Tony Harrison, to mark his death. 3245
Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Joan Baez has NOT sacked all the journalists. Blatant misinformation 040
Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 22/02/2026If you fancy a nostalgia rush watch the repeat of Kenneth Williams’s Comic Roots episode on BBC iPlayer. Wonderful lump in the throat scenes of working class life in St Pancras, already disappearing by then. Classic telly 120
Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Mirthful stuff as ever by Mr K about t’ origins of Mrs M open.substack.com/pub/martinke...open.substack.comMrs Murton before she was Mrs Merton. A tale of TVA clue as to why Caroline Aherne became such a much-loved talent of the 1990s in British comedy, bar none. 010