Presenter, Radio Four’s Front Row and Start the Week. https://bsky.app/profile/tds153.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/tds153.bsky.social/post/3mm2tb2roos2gHigh Rigg. Not the most arduous of Wainwrights (apart from a steep little pull at the start). But a lovely five mile circular, with a bit of everything. Below, the view south to Thirlmere, Helvellyn under a veil of rain to the left, Raven Crag on the right waiting for the sunshine to reach it.17 May 2026 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:ptmm4x5u6e7o5fa5cune2fiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2tb2roos2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/tds153.bsky.social/post/3mlysydsua22gGoing to bed. But obviously Belgium should win. Or Italy, because the singer was such a poster boy for graceful aging. #Eurovision16 May 2026 21:44 +0000at://did:plc:ptmm4x5u6e7o5fa5cune2fiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlysydsua22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/tds153.bsky.social/post/3mlyshqhbxs2gOK. I was flagging. But it was definitely worth lasting out for Lordi doing “Save All Your Kisses For Me”. https://OK.as16 May 2026 21:35 +0000at://did:plc:ptmm4x5u6e7o5fa5cune2fiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyshqhbxs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/tds153.bsky.social/post/3mlymc7fgcc2gAs usual, 40 minutes into Eurovision and I start wondering if I’ve eaten the wrong kind of mushroom. #Eurovision16 May 2026 19:44 +0000at://did:plc:ptmm4x5u6e7o5fa5cune2fiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlymc7fgcc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/tds153.bsky.social/post/3mlyl24sgd22gThe Danish lad seems to have gone to the scary bit of the sex dungeon. #Eurovision16 May 2026 19:22 +0000at://did:plc:ptmm4x5u6e7o5fa5cune2fiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyl24sgd22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/tds153.bsky.social/post/3mlvqzr6cbk2jTwo fascinating bits of Cashiana https://substack.com/@adamrutherford/note/p-197819076?r=i2du&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action15 May 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:ptmm4x5u6e7o5fa5cune2fiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvqzr6cbk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/tds153.bsky.social/post/3mlvlr2xsj22u*Wes Anderson faints* [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 May 2026 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:ptmm4x5u6e7o5fa5cune2fiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvlr2xsj22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/tds153.bsky.social/post/3mltjjmpdic2wWent Wainspotting today. Carrock Fell looking east. Didn’t bother taking a picture of the spectacular horizontal hail later because my left ear was full of ice.14 May 2026 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:ptmm4x5u6e7o5fa5cune2fiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltjjmpdic2whttps://bsky.app/profile/tds153.bsky.social/post/3mlppnubgec2dObviously it’s hard to believe that President Trump wouldn’t have thought something through. But if you paint the Reflecting Pool swimming pool blue it won’t reflect any more will it? It’ll just look like a paddling pool. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 06:51 +0000at://did:plc:ptmm4x5u6e7o5fa5cune2fiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlppnubgec2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/tds153.bsky.social/post/3mlnnzoavgc2gGreat new products from Bait and Switch Incorporated… https://open.substack.com/pub/popularinformation/p/we-were-promised-a-gold-plated-trump?r=i2du&utm_medium=ios12 May 2026 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:ptmm4x5u6e7o5fa5cune2fiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnnzoavgc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/tds153.bsky.social/post/3mlnnpg2p4c2gA comprehensive ban on the use of phone text messages to advance the plot of television thrillers. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 11:10 +0000at://did:plc:ptmm4x5u6e7o5fa5cune2fiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnnpg2p4c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/tds153.bsky.social/post/3mlnfzlz6422gMinisterial leapfrog: a pertinent phrase from Antony Beevor’s fascinating book about Rasputin.12 May 2026 08:53 +0000at://did:plc:ptmm4x5u6e7o5fa5cune2fiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnfzlz6422ghttps://bsky.app/profile/tds153.bsky.social/post/3mln4hkzyak2dIn separate reports today’s Times notes that enjoying the arts, drinking coffee and eating olive oil all slow aging. If they add liquorice allsorts to the list I should achieve standstill12 May 2026 06:02 +0000at://did:plc:ptmm4x5u6e7o5fa5cune2fiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mln4hkzyak2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/tds153.bsky.social/post/3mlfp6x6aak2uFascinating. But I think it gets the finger movements wrong… sinceyouarrived.world/taken https://sinceyouarrived.world/taken09 May 2026 07:16 +0000at://did:plc:ptmm4x5u6e7o5fa5cune2fiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlfp6x6aak2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/tds153.bsky.social/post/3mlemqqbcxs2nPoor David Attenborough. This is like when your family betray you and tell the waiter it’s your birthday. And they come out with a piece of chocolate cake with a sparkler in it and sing Happy Birthday. That, but times ten thousand.08 May 2026 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:ptmm4x5u6e7o5fa5cune2fiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlemqqbcxs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/tds153.bsky.social/post/3mlaz3nbifk23OK...just to clarify. I KNOW this is a tulip. But I don't know what variety of tulip it is. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:ptmm4x5u6e7o5fa5cune2fiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlaz3nbifk23https://bsky.app/profile/tds153.bsky.social/post/3mlavonvbcc2kHave a flower. I don’t know what this is and I’m startled that it deigned to appear in our garden. But I like its moxie too…07 May 2026 09:29 +0000at://did:plc:ptmm4x5u6e7o5fa5cune2fiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlavonvbcc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/tds153.bsky.social/post/3mlaufuh6s22tI like this man's moxie... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/07/french-professor-florent-montaclair-accused-award-prize07 May 2026 09:06 +0000at://did:plc:ptmm4x5u6e7o5fa5cune2fiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlaufuh6s22thttps://bsky.app/profile/tds153.bsky.social/post/3ml2dbswsv22aWastwater: gloomiest and loomiest of the lakes. Seen from the path down from Middle Fell.04 May 2026 18:43 +0000at://did:plc:ptmm4x5u6e7o5fa5cune2fiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2dbswsv22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/tds153.bsky.social/post/3mkxq42wdms24Sheep detective. Current case? Trying to work out why I’ve stopped to take her picture.03 May 2026 17:55 +0000at://did:plc:ptmm4x5u6e7o5fa5cune2fiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxq42wdms24https://bsky.app/profile/tds153.bsky.social/post/3mkub3y3gvk2wThis is fascinating (ht @levparikian.bsky.social) [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 May 2026 08:48 +0000at://did:plc:ptmm4x5u6e7o5fa5cune2fiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkub3y3gvk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/tds153.bsky.social/post/3mkt6vi6q722dThe third episode of Should I Marry A Murderer is astonishing. And the whole series is like a real life version of that Zendaya film The Drama. With the central character Snapchatting their own descent into madness. Complete with hearts and glitter filters.01 May 2026 22:36 +0000at://did:plc:ptmm4x5u6e7o5fa5cune2fiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkt6vi6q722dhttps://bsky.app/profile/tds153.bsky.social/post/3mkrokk42fs24Impressed by our new dishwasher. And the take-away service. Less impressed that I forgot to take all our cutlery out of the old one.01 May 2026 08:11 +0000at://did:plc:ptmm4x5u6e7o5fa5cune2fiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrokk42fs24https://bsky.app/profile/tds153.bsky.social/post/3mkq5wikins2oOn Front Row tonight: glorious Zurburán, The House of the Spirits as a Prime mini-series and Tom Wright’s play about Brian Epstein, Please Please Me. Join @mmdelgado.bsky.social and @markravenhill.bsky.social and me at 7:15 on Radio Four.30 Apr 2026 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:ptmm4x5u6e7o5fa5cune2fiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkq5wikins2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/tds153.bsky.social/post/3mkpz56pqic2o“Yeah..but did I pass or not?”30 Apr 2026 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:ptmm4x5u6e7o5fa5cune2fiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpz56pqic2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/tds153.bsky.social/post/3mkpvzkosik2mNo I am *NOT* taking a picture of a Banksy. I am taking a picture of people taking pictures of a Banksy. It’s a very different thing.30 Apr 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:ptmm4x5u6e7o5fa5cune2fiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpvzkosik2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/tds153.bsky.social/post/3mkozc2ffwk2pWell I was thinking of going to the gym this morning. Hardly seems worth it now.30 Apr 2026 06:45 +0000at://did:plc:ptmm4x5u6e7o5fa5cune2fiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkozc2ffwk2p