Chris Addison

@mrchrisaddison.bsky.social

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Spy. Dammit! Ex-spy. Not in the Epstein Files, but in Alan Bennett's Diaries Is it about work? Please contact: Rob Aslett roba@avalonuk.com Avi pic by Clara Wolden. Background pic designed by Gentleman Jim Gloster. This account mutes killjoys.

Tammy Beaumont, running after clonking the first ball she faced in her last match as an England player, at Lord’s.
Me, at Lord’s this morning, wearing a replica England shirt emblazoned with the name Beaumont and the number 12
A restaurant called ‘Dim Sum Library’
The England women’s cricket team standing on the boundary at Lord’s, awaiting the toss.
Rita Ora performing by the pavilion at Lord’s cricket ground. Members of the England team look on in training kit.
A score notification from Sky Sports Cricket, naming the two batters at the crease. It reads Pope Phillipe.
A grounds man behind the flags at the Oval, as the national anthems are sung.
Me. Looking smug with the pitch of the Oval cricket ground in the background.
A headline from the Financial Times, reading: Putin sours on Trump over his latest Ukraine shift
A bottle of Jever Fun non-alcoholic beer.
An excerpt from an article that reads: Asked by a reporter whether he was confident Iran would give up its nuclear ambitions, John Kennedy, a Louisiana Republican senator, answered: “Unless you were homeschooled by a day drinker, no one’s confident that Iran is going to do anything.”
A metro bank branch with a huge picture of England cricketers Sophia Dunkley, Issy Wong and Lauren Filer.
A black-and-white portrait of Galina Ustvolskaya. Probably taken some time in the 1950s or 69s. A youngish woman, with a soulful expression.
A black-and-white portrait of Soviet composer Nikolai Roslavets, taken some time in the 1920s. His hair is swept back, he's bearded, his clothes are all black and his saturnine face wears an expression somewhere between exasperation and disappointment.
Otto the cat. A ragdoll.
A German beer label, which reads ‘Lager Hell’
A cricket match, being played on the grounds of Trinity College, Dublin.
A banner in Merrion Square, Dublin, which reads: “Oscar Wilde House Visit.”
A shop front. The shop is called Donutelier. As in, an atelier for donuts.
A shot from Spinal Tap 2 featuring the band as played by Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, and the promoter and manager as played by Chris Addison and Kerry Godliman.
A packet of raspberry beignets.
The stage set for RAYE’s This Tour May Contain New Music show.
Michael Palin as Luigi Vercotti in the television programme Monty Python's Flying Circus. He wears a sharp suit, black shirt, cheap tie, sunglasses and is surrounded by pornography. He is on the phone. A disembodied hand holds a microphone out towards him. He is smiling.
British comedy double-act Eddie Large and Syd Little.
Lynda Baron as Nurse Gladys Emmanuel in the sitcom Open All Hours.
A packet of Spaghetti Number Five
A pop-up text box on Deliveroo informing me that I’ve been entered into a draw for a ticket to the FIFA World Cup
A picture of a bald man of a certain age with excellent spectacles. That man is Neil Tennant.
A small decorative rabbit next to an equally sized decorative carrot.
An enormous sign on a theatre staircase which reads ‘Please Be Aware - 3 More Steps’.
A just unpacked vinyl copy of RAYE’s new album.
Tom Hollander as Simon Foster in the film 'In The Loop', being interviewed by the press and saying "To walk the road of peace, sometimes we need to be ready to climb the mountain of conflict."
A sign, advertising Hackney Gelato.
An extract from a blog, which reads: At most they will be able to say: They started it because it was fun. They like thumping things and this was a thing they could thump. They were insane with the most degenerate notions of what it is to be a man and ended up accidentally converting it into a foreign policy.
Daffodils in full bloom, a Victorian church in the background, shops to the right.
Rudy Giuliani, dressed in a yellow suit, with a yellow and blue tie and pocket square
A bunch of North Korean generals so covered in medals that they’ve run out of room on their jackets and had to start putting them on their trouser legs.
A shop sign which reads “Sam’s Barbers”.
A bottle of Bloody Mary Mix with Pickle Juice from The Pickle House.
Waking this morning to the devastating and baffling news about Rob and Michelle Reiner. Rob was one of my great heroes and it was one of the major privileges and joys of my professional life to get to work with them both. I took every opportunity I could to stand next to him at the monitors to watch how he worked - which was with vision, curiosity, playfulness and remarkable fluidity. I don’t think you can name another director who had such an incredible run of films that hit hard with audiences and critics together: Spinal Tap to A Few Good Men, taking in The Sure Thing, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally and Misery. Every single one a classic. I continue to boggle at the achievement. I will forever cherish the time I got to spend working and mucking about with Rob and Michelle. All my love to those who loved them.
A bag of Wicklein’s Meistersinger Allerlei lebkuchen.
A book: 'An Anthology of Christmas' by Auriol Bishop, published by Dorling Kindersley.
A pint of Guinness with a big slug taken out of it.
A Lime bike basket containing two used surgical gloves.
Alana King‘s bowling figures. Four wickets for no runs off 2.3 overs.
Joe Marler in The Celebrity Traitors, wrapped in a pink blanket.
A Spanish ice cream advert for something called a ‘Creamy Bell’
A headline, which reads ‘Almost one million Euros has been granted to revitalise Cillian Murphy’s Dingle cinema.’
The famous cover of The Beatles’ Abbey Road album, featuring the four members of the band walking in profile and single file across the road.
Headline from the Financial Times, which reads: Meta to mine AI interactions to help target advertising.
A headline from the Financial Times, which reads: US billionaire Josh Harris’s firm in talks for Aga cooker unit.
From the Sky electronic programme guide: Pat Sharp’s Forgotten No. 1s
An advert for The Thick of It: 20 Years On featuring pictures of Armando Iannucci, Peter Capaldi, Chris Addison and Rebecca Front, whose face is completely covered with a ‘Sold Out’ sticker.
A picture of Dame Edna Everage, sporting flamboyantly framed glasses.
Harry Shearer, Chris Addison (that’s me, feels weird to refer to myself in the third person), Christopher Guest, Michael McKean on set in New Orleans.
A photo from the premiere of Spinal Tap 2: The Emd Continues, in which Rob Reiner, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and Christopher Guest are standing in front of the screen like they’ve been called up on stage by the headmistress during assembly.
A still from the first episode of The Thick of It in which the minister and his two aides attempt to concoct a policy in the back of a car that can be announced when the car stops.