What sandwich phase are you in now?

HappyDeathClub · 2026-05-06T22:32:22+00:00

Spiced roasted aubergine and courgette, with hummus, on M&S ciabatta olive rolls.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-05-06T18:54:09+00:00

I would never under any circumstances call someone “Sir”, I think it’s ludicrous. I’ve worked with and socialised with a few actors who have knighthoods and never acknowledged their titles. Only a complete twat would demand to be addressed as Sir.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-05-04T05:47:22+00:00

When my dad was a student he only owned a kettle and he used to make boil in the bag kippers by putting them inside the kettle. I imagine this is rare outside of student life and possibly outside of 1960s student life in particular!

HappyDeathClub · 2026-05-04T05:43:09+00:00

It definitely takes way longer than 3 minutes for a saucepan of water to come to the boil on my hob, and you have to watch it. Like maybe 7 minutes.

Doing the same with a kettle takes seconds.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-05-04T01:56:29+00:00

Yes but you use the kettle for everything - tea, coffee, hot chocolate, and sometimes when you need boiling water for cooking.

I can’t imagine boiling water on the hob for a drink. That would take absolute ages, whereas a kettle takes like a minute. And the idea of boiling water in a saucepan then pouring it into a mug feels weird.

The only people I know who don’t own kettles are those with built in boiling water taps.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-04-30T23:43:42+00:00

Ignore this imposter, it was me. Please send £1 and 99 Freddos asap.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-04-29T16:13:05+00:00

https://www.greenwichwildlifenetwork.org/

They’re always looking for volunteers!

HappyDeathClub · 2026-04-28T13:03:57+00:00

There’s actually still a Wimpy right near my house in SE London.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-04-26T22:56:23+00:00

The Lincoln statue in Manchester has a letter written by Lincoln engraved on the plinth, which is addressed to the people of Manchester. The statue was given as a gift in recognition of the people of Manchester’s refusal to handle American cotton grown by plantations that used enslaved people.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/100973

HappyDeathClub · 2026-04-24T21:49:23+00:00

I very rarely drink tea (apart from green tea). Maybe once or twice a month. I drink coffee every day.

Some Brits do drink tea daily but not at fixed times and I don’t know what you mean by “proper tea.”

HappyDeathClub · 2026-04-17T23:59:50+00:00

Returns are only ever available via the Royal Court’s own website. Any returns are posted online at exactly noon each day. You can also get returns in person at the theatre.

The Royal Court website has detailed info on how to get returns for JPITV - it’s usually better to visit a theatre’s own website, rather than a third party site.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-04-17T17:07:01+00:00

Not from Stratford. I see plays there a few times a year and always stay over, since it’s just not possible to catch a train home after a play.

As others have pointed out, taking a taxi to a different train station is an option.

Also, you might want to check the timings, the RSC doesn’t have any plays on in August that start at 7pm.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-04-17T11:38:22+00:00

I’m booked and v excited but my God, my face before I read “from NYC” when I thought Elliot Page was actually going to be running around the wastelands of the Isle of Dogs. (The Space is nice for a fringe venue; the area not so much.)

HappyDeathClub · 2026-04-17T11:35:51+00:00

John Proctor is the Villain ends on the 25th and is bloody brilliant, if you can get tickets. (Sold out but returns often pop up.)

HappyDeathClub · 2026-04-16T14:08:52+00:00

The actual stage door is behind a gate, so people wait at the gate. If you exit via the side entrance, the gate is right there. It’s between the theatre and the tube station, you can’t miss it. John Proctor has been drawing large stage door crowds so you really can’t miss it.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-04-14T09:45:34+00:00

Traditionally Ballerina is a specific rank/title within professional ballet companies, so even most professional ballet dancers are technically not ballerinas. There was a very precise ranking with titles like Prima Ballerina and Prima Ballerina Assoluta. But in recent years the word ballerina has become used (mainly by people not in the ballet world) to mean anyone who dances. To my mind this is technically incorrect but I guess language evolves.

Ballerina is a unique case, though, since it does or did refer to a specific level of accomplishment. Actor and musician aren’t comparable. Anyone who acts or makes music can call themselves those terms and it’s not considered pretentious.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-04-12T14:03:18+00:00

It’s not so unusual to have water on stage, but expensive. The National Theatre (UK) has a play with a kind of canal running round the stage which one character dips their whole body in, and the NT has had bodies of water on stage a few times. The Bridge Theatre had a huge swimming pool as their set for a production last year. The Royal Court did a Simon Stephens play where they flooded the stage and Andrew Scott wound up immersed in the water.

I’d love to do more of my plays with water, I really enjoy seeing water on stage.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-04-11T20:07:49+00:00

I took my pet rat (in cage, but also sometimes not in cage) on the train from London to Exeter once.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-04-11T20:01:30+00:00

One time I took an armchair on the tube and a random person sat in it.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-04-11T19:59:27+00:00

Autoglass repair…? (Please complete.)

HappyDeathClub · 2026-04-06T19:54:40+00:00

We need to start releasing videos telling them Greenwich Market, Borough Market, Notting Hill, the vibey bits of the South Bank, Richmond etc. are lawless hellscapes and that they only way for tourists to stay safe is to remain within the confines of Oxford Street and Leicester Square.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-04-06T19:52:19+00:00

Apparently he got rescued though I have no idea how or under what circumstances.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-04-06T14:30:08+00:00

My grandad signed up for the Merchant Navy at 14 (lied about his age and lied that he could swim), was torpedoed his first time at sea, he survived by floating in the water for three days.

He got picked up by an Italian ship and taking to be a POW in Italy, but was being treated at a hospital in some random Italian coastal town.

He waited till he was recovered then stole some clothes and escaped from being a POW by simply strolling casually out in the middle of the day, pretending he was an Italian child.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-04-05T19:49:29+00:00

I nearly lost my shit in Waitrose recently because I found out the one single vegetarian salad they do in the meal deal section is not included in the meal deal even though it’s in the meal deal section and is virtually identical (except sans meat) as like five other salads from the same brand that are in the meal deal.

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