My favourite time to visit Venice is the depths of Winter. No tourists to speak of - but breathtakingly pretty. Lead-black canals and brutal, eye-watering light. (View Post)

No match for Combustible Edison: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combustible_Edison Their 'Carnival of Souls' is still a regular listen of mine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STwDhzqMhDw An… (View Post)

Say what you like about this new government, but they've set up the thought police pretty damn sharpish. A bit of efficiency at last! (View Post)

R4's PM programme tonight made a bit of a point of reading out the names of people who had already appeared in court after the disturbances. And specifically which of them had cried when they we… (View Post)

Does the other half of their brain also ask "Why aren't they reporting on the Sudan war? Or jfc - what the hell is happening in Myanmar? Or why the tax/benefit system is so punitive?".… (View Post)