BenW
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Sound and fury signifying nothing
Good to know that as a young boy he could pop downstairs for a Pot Noodle, a can of Monster and a scratchcard.
A picturesque spot for an alfresco bath, but one wrong move and you'd find yourself in an alpine remake of Last of the Summer Wine.
Hungry travellers, wheelchair users, passengers who like being pursued by camp bears - the Swiss have thought of everyone.
Book review for Buzz: Where Tourists Seldom Tread: Postcards from Bypassed Britain by Chris Moss silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-...
So sad. "Legend" is overused, but not for this guy. The patron saint of joyous, positive, gutsy attacking football.
Book review for Buzz: Underdogs by Louise Powell silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/07/comm...
Chedworth Roman Villa is the place to go if you like mosaics. Lovely leisurely day spent pottering there yesterday. Good audio guide complemented by informative volunteers, plus we were able to get hands-on with artefacts.
Well, at least this magnificent unit can say he's played up front in a World Cup semi-final.
Up hill and down dale: @jonpountney1.bsky.social's portrait of the Valleys silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/07/up-h...
Sorry to see Murat Yakin exit the World Cup. Fair play for taking the piss out of Interpol by hiding in plain sight.
Book review for Buzz: Rebel Grrrls: The Real Story of Women and Punk by @mollytie.bsky.social silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/07/wome...
Photozine review: Vancouver Chromes by @marcdavenant.bsky.social silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/07/just...
Big thanks to @thewallich.bsky.social for this morning's street art walking tour in Cardiff, as part of the weekend's Meeting of Styles event.
First visit to Vicino last night - Sonder's new(ish) bar in Canton. Nice cocktails and wine, and the high-quality "table food" options are the size of restaurant starters and incredible value.
#NowPlaying For a period in the mid-90s, I would have argued that this lot were the greatest live band going. (Admittedly, my frame of reference was limited - my first gig was seeing them at the Riverside in Newcastle in 1996 on the Scream Dracula Scream tour...)
"The power of culture to bring people together": filmmaker/musician/DJ Don Letts comes to Newport to screen his documentary about the Windrush generation In Those Days and answer some questions silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/06/powe...
Excellent jolly in Bath yesterday, taking in two of the oldest and most characterful pubs in the city (the Old Green Tree and the Star) and capped with a typically great meal at Yak Yeti Yak. 👌
Anger is a (positive) energy: on documentary Gentle, Angry Women and the significance of the Greenham Common protest then and now silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/06/ange...
As ever, a cracking annual day of volunteering at @caerheritage.bsky.social's Trelai Park archaeological dig yesterday. Weather was kind, and we got our hands dirty excavating the Bronze Age roundhouse floor. Thanks to all the gang!
Recommended - it's a nice little free-but-welcoming-donations museum we stumbled on last month. Staff were lovely. A reminder to check out more of the exhibits closer to home at St Fagans, though...
Raised voices: I spoke to @myfanwytristram.bsky.social about her project/'documentary comic' Noisy Valley, which tells the protest stories of residents in and around the Rhondda silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/06/rais...
And then there's this one by John Bulner, from his book The North. There are probably enough to make an amazing photobook on just that subject! Would love it if someone did so.