Jim Parkyn

Your week in clay! I love the mutant vegetables, thanks for that suggestion, you know who you are 😆🥑🍅🥕🍆🥦 And on Friday I’m very much looking forward to a bonus of plasticine portrait making with @CraftFestival's for the first day of #digitalcraftfestival🙌

@owainroberts #totalsomething I would say but not energies 😂

Anyone else have their electricity from #Totalenergies ? Our meter has been faulty for over six months, and therefore have no heating for our property. Millions of phone calls and emails and they still won’t fix it. Not recommended at all if you’re thinking of changing supplier.

"Warning as lead and arsenic wash up on beach." Remember those plastic beads now washing up along a 70 mile stretch of the English coast, the ones belonging to Southern Water that they told you were inert and totally harmless? Turns out they're contaminated with lead, arsenic and cadmium amongst other things. And @EnvAgency does what exactly? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@Baddiel Have you visited Bum The dog? The much bigger cousin of Bobby near Princes Street Gardens? Not so well known it worth a visit..kind of and very near Vojtek the Bear

Been to Edinburgh many many times and not sure I’ve ever visited the grave of Greyfriars Bobby, the dog so loyal it wouldn’t leave the side of his owner even after he died. Tried to find a similar memorial for Greyfriars Tiddles, the cat who as soon as his owner karked wondered off in search of a living person to give him Scrumbles, but no sign.

@MuseumCommodore This was the first game I ever played on the Amiga and from the front of the box to the many many times I died I loved every second of it. Great sound and music as well

"Blood Money" (1989) by Psygnosis on the Commodore Amiga offered fast-paced, multi-directional shooting.

@MuseumCommodore Got through a few and the micro switch noise drove my mum nuts but was such a great joystick

Some of the best joysticks in the 1980s were the Quickshot series from Spectravideo. Who owned this one?

@JamesMoir10 Brilliantly captures them! My favourite as well

Black Guillemots. My favourite seabird.

We had great fun delivering Careers in Animation workshops at Castleton Primary with @jimparkyn! Thanks to staff and pupils for their warm welcome. We were impressed by how well everyone worked together and the care the young people put into their animations. #ncw2025 #animation

Congrats to #BenElton on winning the @aardman #Slapstick Comedy Legend Award! Thank you to Aardman for continuing to support the festival for over 20 years 👏 It was brilliant having Ben in conversation with @adamhillscomedy y'day at @BristolOldVic, tag us in any photos 📸

Ben Elton gets the Slapstick/ Aardman Comedy Legend Award at the culmination of the very good 2025 @slapstickfest. This was the 20th Slapstick and I’ve been at all of them. It’s another example of one of the things that’s good about Bristol - festivals you don’t get elsewhere.

@Jimbo_McGibbits @MuseumCommodore Mine too!

What's the first game that comes to mind?

@ernyberny @aardman Cracking

Celebrating watching Wallace & Gromit - Vengeance Most Fowl on the telly with cheese and crackers!

@LynseyTheTerf Cunt

This is massive Supreme Court rules WCs can sued for nuisance or trespass for dumping sewage even if “There has been no negligence or deliberate misconduct”, by the WC That opens the way for 1,000s of claims by fishing clubs, swimmers, riparian owners against WCs. WOW just WOW!

@Ornsack I prefer their early stuff anyway!#dogturdsglastonburylive

Glastonbury line-up is dog turds this year. You heard it here first.

Spot. On. #RestoreNatureNow restorenaturenow.com

@sophiepavs @BeaverTrust @S_KingWild @rcampbellpalmer @emccandless89 @kernowbeaver 😥 Can't believe how time has flown! Still think this was your finest hour 🦫, courtesy of legend @jimparkyn ; youtu.be/2O0nzAP-5c8?fe…

@evabishop @sophiepavs @BeaverTrust @S_KingWild @rcampbellpalmer @emccandless89 @kernowbeaver Was so much fun! We must do something again!

4 years after joining a budding start-up, it’s time to leave @BeaverTrust - now a 14-strong charity as ambitious as ever. Such an honour to work with people who have inspired and challenged me, offering experiences I’ll never forget. Time to ride solo…thank you @BeaverTrust 🤎

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@UpstartThunder @aardman Hope it went well! I like open with a burp! Sets the tone

I am about to do a talk to a New Zealand Uni for @aardman academy at 10pm... I had some cola an hour ago so I'm trying to get all the burps out now.

@Mr_M_Pennington @SlapstickFest 😂

@jimparkyn @SlapstickFest Immense! Don qui wwhoooo tea!

Am thrilled that I got to design and make Don Quixote Morph for Terry Gilliams Award for Visual Comedy It is a proud moment to know that he is the owner of something I had a hand in after having enjoyed his work for so many years. Thanks to @SlapstickFest for involving me.