Simon Varwell

Loves trains, the outdoors, travel, Esperanto, ambient and post-rock music, dystofic, good food and scrontous beer. Hates car-centric societies, late stage capitalism and courgette. He/him. Inverness | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🇪🇺 Work: @hisasimon.[bsky.social](http://bsky.social )

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Last Notes

2026-06-06 11:10:35 UTC

It’s a little known fact that a major German WW2 submarine drama was commissioned by one of the stars of The Deer Hunter.
Yes, Das Boot was made for Walken.

2025-10-25 22:24:25 UTC

Whichever Aussie cafe conceives of this, I’m there. I’m imagining chilli, perhaps black beans.
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2025-10-24 19:44:00 UTC

Dinner this evening. Very chuffed, though possibly a little too much rice and could’ve made more bbq sauce.
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2025-10-18 18:31:12 UTC

Much as I loved all the food and drink in Belgium, it’s good to get home and eat some veg (ok and some chicken).
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2025-10-14 21:24:06 UTC

😶
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2025-10-05 09:54:01 UTC

This is exactly what’s been swimming round my head in less articulate words. If we imagine all Jews must be intimidated or offended by protests against genocide, don’t we then equate all Jews with perpetration of genocide and isn’t that straight out of the ugliest Middle Ages conspiracies?
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2025-09-21 18:32:00 UTC

Crikey!
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2025-09-15 18:04:06 UTC

I dearly hope the Greens start talking about a land value tax once again. It’s the key to so many things including cultural renaissance (not that a second home tax isn’t also a good thing).
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2025-09-09 21:37:00 UTC

I mean… what would you even put this on? Savoury or sweet?
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2025-07-30 13:49:55 UTC

I’ve been exploring Perth the last couple of days. It’s been roasting hot.
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2025-07-13 14:45:15 UTC

The thing about boiling potatoes is you have to remember to turn them over halfway through.

2025-07-06 22:31:10 UTC

Nessie’s got herself a hat.
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2025-06-22 19:42:58 UTC

Out for a walk in the woods above Inverness, and I discovered the new location for Inverness’s sadly missed music venue, and I also stumbled across what seems to be an Aztec pyramid/temple.
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2025-05-29 19:50:09 UTC

Some scenes from beautiful Plymouth.
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2025-05-29 19:15:12 UTC

Greetings from Plymouth. The city’s a bit shit in places but the shorefront is lovely.
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2025-05-24 18:05:55 UTC

What do you call it when there’s just a slight reduction in the number of children’s doctors in Orkney?
Peedie attrition.

2025-05-16 07:46:51 UTC

The thought occurs that speaking Greek must be really easy: you just speak English, but miss out all the French and German words.

2025-04-27 13:52:42 UTC

I believe this is how you Brussels.
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