Now that I'm doing Substack properly it seems a little odd - somehow disloyal - to essentially be blogging regularly again after all this time, but not to be doing it here. So I'm going to do a bit of cross-pollination. I'm including some o…
On a street in London, between Highbury and Highgate, I recently found a piece of A4 photo-quality paper with what I took to be the signature of the writer, actor and Python Eric Idle. Not even close. So... what I have in fact is a piece of…
First, the straight-forward practical answer: All six episodes of the ninth series of my radio show John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme are now available here, on BBC Sounds. And the CD and digital download will be released in August by Pen…
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Here's something I didn't know: silhouettes were, as you might not be surprised to learn, named after a Monsieur Silhouette. But, as you might be surprised to learn, he didn't invent them. Étienne de Silhouette was an unpopular French finan…
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Posted by John Finnemore at 12:46 pm 47 comments Hello! I am very excited to announce that this autumn I will be doing a live stage show for two weeks only at the Shaw Theatre in London. Here's the poster, and tickets are on sale here. Post…
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Posted by John Finnemore at 5:46 pm 25 comments On Sunday, Kevin and I had another look at the papers in, er, John and Kevin's Sunday Papers ; and tried to settle the equally vexed questions of who will win the next election; and why we've
- Just going to shops, can I get you anything? - Thanks! Toothpaste; Earl Grey tea; and the I-Spy book of Oxford. - …Ok. But I'm only going to the little Sainsbury's. What if they don't have it? - Then normal tea's fine. - No, I meant… what…
Posted by John Finnemore at 6:55 pm 32 comments Labels: Get Dressed Ye Merry Gentlemen Posted by John Finnemore at 10:00 pm 157 comments Labels: Badverts, Get Dressed Ye Merry Gentlemen So anyway, apparently there was once a type of wombat
Shortish one this week, I'm afraid, and no pictures, because I'm in Cuba, about to start a cycling trip. I know, get me... When I get back, I'll come back to this post and put a notebook picture in. Also, this may well be my last wifi for s…