Ben House

Despite Macca being an executive producer this wasn’t a hagiography. A good watch #Wings #PaulMcCartney

Juanita: Kiteless: To Dream Of Love - Remastered

Second Toughest In The Infants was released 30 years ago today. You will not hear a greater suite of music openning an album than the 16 minutes of Juanita: Kiteless: To Dream Of Love #Underworld

open.spotify.com/track/3FaOFE...

Definitely need to go from the front today at Cheltenham. Even on the Cross Country course it’s paid to make all or be bang there #Cheltenham #CheltenhamFestival

You won’t see a better ride than that all week that Harry Cobden’s just given Kitzbuhel in the Brown Advisory. Judged from the front to perfection #Cheltenham #CheltenhamFestival #Horseracing

A novel set in suburban England examining the lives of the residents of a of new build cul-de-sac. The titular bbq takes place on Saturday July 13th, 1985 - Live Aid. Really enjoyable with a well drawn cast of characters #Booksky #Fiction

I’m a fan of the @restisclassified.bsky.social podcast but this is the first of David McCloskey’s novels I’ve read. Intricately plotted across Istanbul, Tehran & Tel Aviv the action soon plunges us into the continuous warring between Israel and Iran through a captured Persian Jewish dentist #Booksky

Set in 1970’s Newcastle/Northumberland and 2000’s Andalusia, this is a novel with a tight narrative around a crime family coming to terms with the impact on them of a botched job. #Booksky #CrimeFiction

This new biography of Gordon Brown is a comprehensive and fascinating look at the great all-rounder of New Labour. Tremendously driven with conviction and purpose, Brown is someone I’ve always admired and since leaving office has arguably grown into an even more important voice #Booksky

Catherwood turns a seminal and critical decision of the Second World War into a slog in only 187 pages. Has the tendency to reference his own book throughout “our book” which is also frustrating. It’s not our book, mate, it’s yours. Own it! #Booksky #Churchill #Tito

I recently finished this. The last four years of the 1980’s in New York City, the final term of the city’s mayor, Ed Koch. Racial divides, AIDS activism, high profile criminal cases and colossal characters. Superb #Booksky #NewYork

Good riddance Frank

Frank sacked! To Dare Is To Do but hopefully not too late. The trigger needed pulling weeks ago #COYS

Horrific… and that’s just Shane’s punditry. The rugby is even worse #6Nations #SixNations #M6N #ITV

Presenting from the touchline adds absolutely nothing to the broadcast #SixNations #6Nations #M6N #ITV #BBC

Bridgerton S4: why am I watching an overt Cinderella copy? Not even subtle #Bridgerton #Netflix

The Don returns. This seems like an authors equivalent to when a band or artist release an album of b-sides and demos. 6 short stories of which the standout, I think, is “True Story”. Some are Winslow-by-numbers but still a great read if you’re a fan of Don’s (which I am). #Booksky #DonWinslow

Picked this up in the gift shop at the Churchill War Rooms. Despite the novel’s title, not a single mention of a box of dodgy VHS tapes! #Booksky

Castell Coch doing a sterling job as an Austrian castle in tonight’s Industry #Industry #BBC #iplayer #Wales

You say in the acknowledgments “I hope the book will be as much fun to read as it has been to write.” I can confirm it was! Really enjoyed it.

This revealing book by @guttmannaviva.bsky.social is an insightful examination of how much Mossad relied on European intelligence, specifically Club de Berne, to operate its covert #WrathOfGod assassinations. It’s superb. Read both this and The Revolutionists also released last year #Booksky

Get out, Frank!*

*I have no idea what happens going forward just get him gone #COYS

"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."

An enjoyable account of a city very dear to my heart #Booksky #Liverpool #ScouseRepublic

“I love The Beatles”

“Yeah, so do I”

“What’s your favourite Beatles book?”

“Mmm. Tough one. I’d have to say…”

#Booksky

The first book of 2026 was a gruelling read but I don’t mean that disparagingly. Supremely researched and illuminative #Booksky

This a monumentally poor side and squad who are devoid of coaching, a vision and style from a manager who is only taking these players and club in one direction. I can’t see the case for it turning round under Frank. Don’t let this drag on #COYS

Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge from The Simpsons.

'Might I suggest private chat in the turret? You have selected MUTUALLY ASSURED TRAITOR DESTRUCTION'

Abbey Road
Revolver
The White Album

Of the 42 books I read in 2025 these were my 4 favourites:

4 Rivals In The Storm - @damiancollins.bsky.social
3 Liverpool and the Unmaking of Britain - @samwetherell.bsky.social
2 Three Weeks in July - Adam Wishart & James Nally
1 The Traitors Circle - @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social

#Booksky

They didn’t go quick but that gives a payoff of a finish like that. A cracking horse race #KingGeorge #Kempton #TheJukeboxMan #HarryRedknapp #Horseracing