Daniel Tandy

Apostrophe protector, film & video game lover, writer, real ale drinker, misophoniac and slave to two adorable cats.

[Daniel Tandy @DanTandy]

@GFRobot Lilo and Stitch really pulled the rug on that one.

[Daniel Tandy @DanTandy]

@jamie_graham9 A genuinely suicidal protagonist was a bold move back then and still is. Classic film and one of Gibson’s best performances.

[Daniel Tandy @DanTandy]

@jamie_graham9 I was conned into buying ten of these.

I was stung.

[Daniel Tandy @DanTandy]

@inigokennedy Loving it! 👍🏻

[Antidepressant Content @depressionlesss]

trust me, once you love a cat. you will love every single cat you meet everywhere.

[Fesshole🧻 @fesshole]

I try to park my Vespa next to another Vespa in the carpark whenever possible so they can chat, in Italian.

[Daniel Tandy @DanTandy]

@jamie_graham9 Then JFK, to redress the balance.

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

Rest in peace, Patricia Routledge 🙏🏻

In memory of her, I encourage everyone to read these words of hers from February last year.

Whether young or old, you're bound to get something out of it.

*****

"I’ll be turning 95 this coming Monday. In my younger years, I was often filled with worry — worry that I wasn’t quite good enough, that no one would cast me again, that I wouldn’t live up to my mother’s hopes. But these days begin in peace, and end in gratitude.

My life didn’t quite take shape until my forties. I had worked steadily — on provincial stages, in radio plays, in West End productions — but I often felt adrift, as though I was searching for a home within myself that I hadn’t quite found.

At 50, I accepted a television role that many would later associate me with — Hyacinth Bucket, of Keeping Up Appearances. I thought it would be a small part in a little series. I never imagined that it would take me into people’s living rooms and hearts around the world. And truthfully, that role taught me to accept my own quirks. It healed something in me.

At 60, I began learning Italian — not for work, but so I could sing opera in its native language. I also learned how to live alone without feeling lonely. I read poetry aloud each evening, not to perfect my diction, but to quiet my soul.

At 70, I returned to the Shakespearean stage — something I once believed I had aged out of. But this time, I had nothing to prove. I stood on those boards with stillness, and audiences felt that. I was no longer performing. I was simply being.

At 80, I took up watercolour painting. I painted flowers from my garden, old hats from my youth, and faces I remembered from the London Underground. Each painting was a quiet memory made visible.

Now, at 95, I write letters by hand. I’m learning to bake rye bread. I still breathe deeply every morning. I still adore laughter — though I no longer try to make anyone laugh. I love the quiet more than ever.

I’m writing this to tell you something simple:

Growing older is not the closing act. It can be the most exquisite chapter — if you let yourself bloom again.

Let these years ahead be your TREASURE YEARS.

You don’t need to be famous. You don’t need to be flawless.

You only need to show up — fully — for the life that is still yours.

With love and gentleness,

Patricia Routledge

*****

Once more, rest in peace. 🤍

[Daniel Tandy @DanTandy]

@jamie_graham9 I had heard that episode was something special. It really is superior to anything following Aliens. Just about to embark on episode 6…

[BIGGEST ICE🥶 @Realerz_Jayice]

Sorry, we go again next year.

[HSA-Hillsborough Survivors Support Alliance CIC @HillsboroughSu1]

The girl in the left of this photo is the daughter of one of our members. She is comforting a lad from Ireland who couldn't find his brother. If anyone knows who the lad is, please get in touch. She really wants to know that he found his brother, and he is OK.
Thank you

[HSA-Hillsborough Survivors Support Alliance CIC @HillsboroughSu1]

Statement from Hot Water Comedy Club

[Fesshole🧻 @fesshole]

I usually hate snakes. When dog walking recently, a grass snake slithered up to me. I was scared at first, but then saw it had some sort of net wrapped around it. I carefully removed it, getting less & less scared. After, the snake seemed to nod before slithering off. Fear cured.

[Daniel Tandy @DanTandy]

@jamie_graham9 You wonderful softy.

[Darth Craven @CrazyCraven01]

Danny Rose looks like he’s about to deliver bad news to Darth Vader... 🤣🤣

[ShaneSaw M̷a̷s̷s̷a̷c̷r̷e̷ @FinalDude78]

I very much enjoyed Event Horizon 🍿

[Fesshole🧻 @fesshole]

My fess is that I carry an old toy race-car in my pocket at all times. Whenever the work day gets to be too much, I secretly take it out for a vroom across my desk. It sounds crazy but it relieves stress and reminds me that the world is a load of bullshit. Everyone should try it.