Mastodawn

Matthew Sweet Jan 31, 2023

"When I first came here, I had no desire to do anything and I’d have been quite happy to sit in that room for the rest of my life. But I feel like I’ve actually got a future now. I’ve got dreams again.”

Read about Tom's story with St Basils:
http://stbasils.org.uk/stories/tom/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/StBasilsCharity/status/1620368944476622848

Tom - St Basils

"I was very low when I first came here but now it feels like I’m right up there, it doesn’t feel like it could get much better than this. I’m happy, I’m ready to start my apprenticeship, I’ve got a girlfriend now and I’m on the ‘move on’ scheme, just waiting to hear about a flat – I don’t know what’s left!"

St Basils

Matthew Sweet Jan 30, 2023

My favourite expletive, coincidentally

RT @[email protected]

Galaxy clusters are smashing together to form 'flaming cosmic narwhal' https://www.newscientist.com/article/2357092-galaxy-clusters-are-smashing-together-to-form-flaming-cosmic-narwhal/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1675119400

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/newscientist/status/1620195314916261895

Galaxy clusters are smashing together to form 'flaming cosmic narwhal'

Six of the most powerful astronomical observatories have captured a stunning image of Abell 2256, which is made of multiple galaxy clusters smashing together

New Scientist

Matthew Sweet Jan 30, 2023

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The UK and the USA: two countries divided by a common language 🇬🇧🇺🇸

🎟️ http://theunfriend.com

#TheUnfriend

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/theunfriendplay/status/1619287944908472320

The Unfriend | A Chichester Festival Theatre at the Criterion Theatre

Following its acclaimed sold-out run at Chichester Festival Theatre, prepare to welcome The Unfriend to the West End for a strictly limited run at the Criterion Theatre.

The Unfriend

Matthew Sweet Jan 30, 2023

RT @[email protected]

Gonna tell my kids this is how Deleuze met Guattari.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/acidhorizonpod/status/1620101604144975876

ACID HORIZON 👁️ on Twitter

“Gonna tell my kids this is how Deleuze met Guattari.”

Twitter

Matthew Sweet Jan 30, 2023

Stumbled on what would seem to be a very early (1807) variant of the I am Grimaldi/Pagliacci story. Punchline needs work.

Matthew Sweet Jan 30, 2023

What a delightful - and coherent - picture of the past. These chaps are the gardeners employed by an Edwardian bacon magnate.

RT @[email protected]

Who remembers pioneering TV gardener #PercyThrower btd 1913? I remember him well and he seemed to be a fixture on television when I was growing up. However until I purchased what I thought was a random album of #postcards I knew little about him.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/PaulSuttonKing/status/1619977481150406657

Paul Sutton-King on Twitter

“Who remembers pioneering TV gardener #PercyThrower btd 1913? I remember him well and he seemed to be a fixture on television when I was growing up. However until I purchased what I thought was a random album of #postcards I knew little about him.”

Twitter

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Matthew Sweet Jan 30, 2023

Still, a chance to go back to the compassionate and informed writing of Ian Jack on this matter. This piece is one of the classics. https://granta.com/leonardos-grave/

Leonardo’s Grave

‘Tragedies needed heroes. Titanic’s band supplied them.’

Granta

Matthew Sweet Jan 30, 2023

Hmm. The band on the Titanic were not, as Lee Anderson suggests, “Playing the same tune and ignoring the obvious”. Some drowning people, it seems, must labour in metaphor forever, no matter how little sense it makes.

RT @[email protected]

Exclusive:

Tory MP likens government to Titanic band in heated WhatsApp exchange about small boat crossings

https://news.sky.com/story/lee-anderson-tory-mp-likens-government-to-titanic-band-in-heated-whatsapp-exchange-about-small-boat-crossings-12798763

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/SamCoatesSky/status/1619778279032131585

Lee Anderson: Tory MP likens government to Titanic band in heated WhatsApp exchange about small boat crossings

Sky

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Matthew Sweet Jan 29, 2023

Nobody can say I don't engage with the primary sources

Matthew Sweet Jan 29, 2023

Online now. I thought I could handle it. Kids, learn from my mistakes. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/binge-watched-240-hours-crossroads-what-learnt/

I binge-watched 240 hours of Crossroads. Here's what I learnt

As Helena Bonham Carter plays soap star Noele Gordon in Nolly, the original Crossroads is back as a 94-disc box set. Who dares watch it all?

The Telegraph