The Hustler (1961)

 

Gadjo dilo (1997)

 

Bank Holiday (1938)

 

Doubles Troubles

 How's this for a 'whoops' shot?

Throwing for D19 . . . hit D3

Throwing for D16 . . . hit D7

Throwing for D9 . . .   hit D14

Bust!!!

"A hundred years ago today . . .

The good stuff you find on Twitter.

The front page of the Daily Herald from January 23rd 1924 announcing both the death of Lenin and the formation of the first (Minority) Labour Government:

Via here.

Reacher (2023)

 

Priestley on Air (2003)

 

Yellowbeard (1983)

 

A thought . . .

Now that I have rediscovered how to post embedded 'tweets' - fuck you, Musk - onto the blog, I'm tempted to flood the blog with embedded posts for the next 24 hours.

Shine a light . . .

Oh, this is good . . .  this is very, very good. If I came up with a joke as funny as this, I'd be dining out on it for the next ten years.

Keir Starmer's biography by Tom Baldwin is due out on 15th February, taken from over 100 hours of interviews with Sir Keir
Here's some actual footage of the William Collins editor reviewing the final draft: pic.twitter.com/qTfviN1A9Y

— troovus (@troovus) January 6, 2024

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

 

I'm going back to 2023

First meme of the year  . . . first prediction of the year . . . and the first fuck up of the year. Nice to set off on the right foot for the New Year. (Yep, already broke my New Year Resolution as well  . . . but that was hours ago.)