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Edie Rose

Clare and I would just like to say thanks for all your messages. It's been a bit hectic around here, but I will get back to you - promise!We decided on a name for our baby girl on Sunday. It's Edie Rose, which we think fits her perfectly. Clare's parents came up to visit us at the weekend and made damn sure that we'd agree on a name before they left. There's nothing like a deadline to focus the mind.Here she is, ten minutes or so after she was born:

I’m a Dad

Our lovely baby girl arrived at 2.03am this morning, weighing in at 8lb and 13oz. Mother and baby are happy and healthy and I'm rather knackered. I'm not ashamed to admit that my eyes welled up with manly mist.Today would have been my Dad's 79th birthday. It's funny how these things work.

The Secret World

Radio 4's The Secret World is billed as a 'comedy series that offers an insight into the private lives of the famous', but don't let that rather off-putting description put you off. Pitching its tent somewhere between Radio 4 classic Dead Ringers and Chris Morris' sublime mongfest, Blue Jam, it's anthracite dark funny stuff that I highly recommend.On first impression the show might seem like an unofficial Dead Ringers spin-off, insofar as it features Jon Culshaw in a variety of roles and is produced by Bill Dare. Like Dead Ringers, it's also full of Radio 4 in-jokes (in one sketch, [...]

More PKD on the Radio…

To elaborate on that previous post (which, truth be told, I knocked out in a bit of a rush):The Today programme's Jim Naughtie was talking to David Davis (ex-shadow home secretary) and Derek Barnett (vice president of the Police Superintendents' Association of England & Wales) about calls for a debate about how police should handle public protests in the future. The conversation moved on to the recent arrest (and subsequent release on bail) of 114 people in Nottingham who were apparently planning to stage a big-ass protest at a power station.The bit that made my ears do a double-take was [...]

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Gig of my life – a Zine for Manchester: Tom Waits

The Cyberpunk Nexus: Exploring the Blade Runner Universe2025-07-22T05:14:42+01:00
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The Cyberpunk Nexus: Exploring the Blade Runner Universe

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BuzzFeed: Birmingham’s Secrets

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WOW247: Broad Street

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BuzzFeed: Brummie Indie Kids

BuzzFeed: ‘WTF Birmingham’2018-07-07T23:17:44+01:00
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BuzzFeed: ‘WTF Birmingham’

Time Out Birmingham: ‘Weirdest Streets’2018-07-07T23:17:59+01:00
Time Out Birmingham: ‘Weirdest Streets’
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Time Out Birmingham: ‘Weirdest Streets’

Time Out Birmingham: ‘Musical Streets’2018-07-07T23:18:22+01:00
Time Out Birmingham: ‘Musical Streets’
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Time Out Birmingham: ‘Musical Streets’

Time Out Birmingham: ‘Kingstanding’2018-07-07T23:21:00+01:00
Time Out Birmingham: ‘Kingstanding’
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Time Out Birmingham: ‘Kingstanding’

Time Out Birmingham: ‘Harborne’2018-07-07T23:18:56+01:00
Time Out Birmingham: ‘Harborne’
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Time Out Birmingham: ‘Harborne’

Time Out Birmingham: ‘Rock Venues’2018-07-07T23:24:11+01:00
Time Out Birmingham: ‘Rock Venues’
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Time Out Birmingham: ‘Rock Venues’

Time Out Birmingham: ‘Sauciest Streets’2018-07-07T23:24:28+01:00
Time Out Birmingham: ‘Sauciest Streets’
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Time Out Birmingham: ‘Sauciest Streets’

Time Out Birmingham: ‘Broad Street Stars’2018-07-07T23:24:45+01:00
Ozzy Osbourne Broad Street Star - photo by Tom Lennon
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Time Out Birmingham: ‘Broad Street Stars’

About me

My name is Tom Lennon, and I’m a freelance writer who specializes in humor at the geekier end of the pop culture spectrum. My work has appeared on various sites, including BuzzFeed and Time Out, and I contributed an essay to the book The Cyberpunk Nexus: Exploring the Blade Runner Universe. More recently, my article “The French Comic That Changed the World” appeared in the first volume of Metal Hurlant magazine (Humanoids Publishing, 2025).

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