Darren Maughan

@darrenm1973

"life started to be obscured by miasmic clouds of cowardice and treachery." Sibyl Pietzsch, movie script writer in Berlin 1931. A Teessider in Vauxhall, London (UK). I like science fiction, 20th century architecture, football (Middlesbrough) and politics.

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Darren Maughan@darrenm1973· 29d

Lionel Hutz is holding a bottle of scotch and it's early in the morning.

Darren Maughan@darrenm1973· 29d

Three panel image of Homer Simpson on a hammock.
Panel 1 : (Homer) it must be the first instance of a fox not being attracted to a bin
Panel 2 :(brain) there it is, Homer
Panel 3:(brain) the cleverest thing you'll ever say and nobody heard it.

Darren Maughan@darrenm1973· Jul 13

I know he did more famous roles but Sam Neill did do one of the best guest roles on the Simpsons as Malloy the cat burglar. RIP.

Malloy the cat bury. An older man with grey hair and a mustache, he is twirling the latter. Sam Neill voiced the character in an episode of the Simpsons.

Darren Maughan@darrenm1973· Jul 12

To celebrate last night's defeat of the pagan hordes*, I'll have some Lindisfarne mead. *American BSkyB: it's a joke, calm down, we Brits are aware of our history especially myself with,you know, Irish parents.

I am holding out a bottle of Lindisfarne spiced mead.

Darren Maughan@darrenm1973· Jul 9

Don't forget the Furries

Count Binface is on the left applauding Andy Burnham who's in the middle. On the right is a man in a fox suit with the sign "Protect British wildlife" written on it. The occasion is the Makersfield by-election Burnham won.

Darren Maughan@darrenm1973· Jul 7

He reminds me of Steve Coogan in this scene from the Day Today

Steve Coogan in the Day Today's soap opera The Bureau.

Darren Maughan@darrenm1973· Jul 6

Darren Maughan@darrenm1973· Jul 6

I've seen that guy in Whitby

An exhibit from the Whitby Museum in the middle stands the magnificent specimen between a pigeon and a moth. A card reads:

Sea Bishop

Made by fishermen for sale to gullible visitors.

A strictly mythical monster created by some fishermen from small skate jinnies, the skate wings were tied back with twine making the head stick out, then dried

Darren Maughan@darrenm1973· Jul 6

For those slagging off English food,. especially comparing it to Mexican, this week I had a Yorkshire pudding burrito and it was lush. The side was roasties and gravy. It really filled me up. I'm sure the North Americans will be up in arms but it worked.

A food bag with the words Yorkshire Burrito written on it.

Darren Maughan@darrenm1973· Jul 5

Neymar after scoring his penalty, squaring up to Nyland #branor 🇧🇷🇪🇬

Darren Maughan@darrenm1973· Jul 5

This is how to take a penalty. John Hickton for Middlesbrough v Sunderland, FA Cup, 1975 at Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough. Long run up, no arsing around. Strangely, Boro in black and blue stripes and Sunderland in white shirts. #branor 🇧🇷🇳🇴

Darren Maughan@darrenm1973· Jul 4

Hydration break #CANMAR 🇨🇦🇲🇦

Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman are drinking (from the film Casablanca)

Darren Maughan@darrenm1973· Jul 4

I spent a small fortune at the Folio Society pop-up sale today and I worked out I saved nearly 300 quid on them!

SHIRLEY JACKSON-THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE
The Tombs of Atuan -URSULA K. LE GUIN
SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES
RAY BRADBURY
KINDRED-OCTAVIA E. BUTLER
GOODBYE TO ALL THAT-ROBERT GRAVES
Susan Sontag ON PHOTOGRAPHY
THE CHILDREN OF ASH & ELM:A HISTORY OF THE VIKINGS - Neil Price
The Desert and the Sown - Getrude Bell

Darren Maughan@darrenm1973· Jul 4

I'm queuing up for the Folio Society pop-up sale in Glaziers Hall, London Bridge. It opens at nine. This was 7.50am.

A queue of people on Tooley Street, London Bridge, waiting for the Folio Society pop-up sale. A lovely couple have a temperamental dog who is behind me.

Darren Maughan@darrenm1973· Jul 3

Hydration break #AUSEGY 🇦🇺🇪🇬

From the Simpsons: the Australian PM is on an inflated tyre, floating on water, with a can of Foster's.

Darren Maughan@darrenm1973· Jul 3

I mean everyone on Teesside thinks people from Hartlepool are odd, so why not?

Sideshow Bob on a Jumbo screen saying:

BY THE WAY, I'M AWARE OF THE IRONY I'M ORIGINALLY FROM MIDDLESBROUGH, SO DON'T BOTHER POINTING THAT OUT.

Darren Maughan@darrenm1973· Jul 3

This is what Asa Briggs says and considering he only studied 6 "cities" the fact that Boro isn't one is an anomaly. I suspect Middlesbrough will only become a city if it's incorporated with Stockton and Redcar and becomes a greater Teesside.