Rob Chapman

Contains; Jazz. Jokes. Nazis. The IRA. More jokes. Kinder Transport. Transport Caffs. Lenny Bruce. Samuel Beckett. Estate Agents. Harold Pinter. More jokes. Top of The Pops. Top of The Form. Stanislavski. Peter Cook. Peter Sutcliffe. "I wouldn't open with it".

Tom Georgeson dies aged 88 as family pay tribute to Boys From The Blackstuff legend liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool…

Not generally a fan of the Oscars but huge congratulations to Mr Nobody Against Putin for winning best documentary. An eye popping and astonishingly brave piece of work.

Well, I've just done a most enjoyable Zoom chat for a podcast and I've been able to articulate for the first time some of the ideas and thoughts and riffs that went into Drum. More details once I have the link but boy that was fun.

@tubebaker Lacks pace and range.

@rcscribbler Hall of the Mountain King ?

Things I miss about no longer being young. An occasional series. Being able to play tunes on my cheeks. The Lone Ranger was a speciality.

@Lucie_Fur99 @msloobylou The lifts at York Railway station sound exactly like Matt Berry. You are on to something.

@msloobylou I worked in a building with a lift that announced the floors in a voice that sounded like Matt Berry. But wasn't. That's my Matt Berry story.

Was at a Christmas drinks do at The Groucho when a woman in our group hissed: “Matt is on his way. Say hello or he’ll leave.” Who…? I asked. “MATT BERRY!” She exclaimed. “He left last year! Matt B arrived, got a pint & chatted to some mates. As she rattled with anxiety nearby.

@Edwardmetcalf4 It mentions that in his Guardian obit. Yes he was.

@rcscribbler He later became Headmaster at my local high school (Hexham), lovely chap!

It was 55 yrs ago this term that trendy history teacher Mr Eavis (brother of Michael) let us perform Feel Like I'm Fixing To Die in the school concert. Sail away across the day-glo bay Country Joe McDonald. Sail on forever. RIP.

Season 1 of Small Prophets may have ended but as Paul Hudson @Hudsonweather on Look North just revealed that rabbit will be back on Thursday.

The most left wing and anti-Trump sentiments, not to mention common sense I'm seeing and hearing on my news today is coming from senior military advisors and former air vice marshals and generals. Interesting, no?

Glasgow Central described on R4 news just now as "Scotland's busiest railway station' in a perfect illustration of the Londoncentric tone of news coverage. "Paddington, a London terminal serving mainly the west of England and Wales..."

Every Arsenal corner this season

@NewsMutt R4 I think. Might have been 3. 8.30 news.

@rcscribbler On which station? Just listened through and couldn't find it. Even so, while unfortunate, scripts often come in very late and aren't always subbed as they should be.

BBC radio news at 8.30 reported that Ian Huntley killed his victims in 2022 and even allowing for a typo does nobody employed by the corporation possess a modicum of wait a minute that can't be right self awareness.

I bet Robert would love these. Should be an LP cover.

@piphinchley Yay!

@rcscribbler Every blue moon I get £2.50 from some long gone agent! Yes

Happy Festive Wotsits - may you be warm, well fed and happy in 2026 and may the planet be more peaceful. X

@Ersatz_F Possibly my favourite moment in the entire IT Crowd.

People coming so I am running around tidying. Trying to create the illusion of being just like everyone else.

Oldie but goody. Man buys an acid tab. Goes home and leaves it on the kitchen table. Goes upstairs. Comes back down later and it's disappeared. Says to his Mum "have you seen my tablet?" Mum says "never mind your tablet. There's a dragon on the shed." Barry Cryer.

You can come up with all the erudite theories you like but this is one of the eternal truths of pop music.

My 1991 piece on the short lived INK magazine (1971-1972) is now up on the website. Would probably have benefitted from a sub's clean and polish (when subs existed to do that sort of thing.) Might be of historical interest to all you counter-culturalists. rob-chapman.com/ink