Peter Bejan Cole

I sing, play piano, teach, and write songs and other things.

[Peter Bejan Cole @peterplaysmusic]

My dad was from Croydon and my Mum was from Scunthorpe. So, I call my inner landscape 'Croythorpe'.

[Peter Bejan Cole @peterplaysmusic]

"We'll be DANCIN' in the pale moonLIGHT!/ HOT DAMN! I had a good time TONIGHT!" Some band sang that hook in a bar on Ludlow St twenty years ago. We got up to dance, but were asked to sit down as they 'didn't have a dancing license'. Memories eh.

[Jonathan Fine @jonathanbfine]

sometimes you can tell from a person’s underlining in a used book that they aren’t going to make it

[Rory Sutherland @rorysutherland]

Samuel Pepys describes the 17th Century equivalent of smartphone addiction. (Incidentally the watch cost £14).

[Peter Bejan Cole @peterplaysmusic]

She was a human toblerone. She seemed sweet, but in the end she only hurt people.

[Peter Bejan Cole @peterplaysmusic]

@mrianleslie 'I never yet met philosopher who could bear the toothache patiently', as the bard said.

[Peter Bejan Cole @peterplaysmusic]

So, Neanderthals practised dentistry and could even remove cavities. New competitor for world's oldest profession.

[Peter Bejan Cole @peterplaysmusic]

@mrianleslie Yep! Not Only But Also was originally only meant as a showcase for Dudley's music.

[Peter Bejan Cole @peterplaysmusic]

New substack: Victor Hugo's essay foretells videos replacing books. https://t.co/cyQM6F0X5W

[Peter Bejan Cole @peterplaysmusic]

@vonHatti Thanks! Yeah, I'll put it on my Substack when I get to it. Do sign up! Am putting some fun stuff on there, songs etc. https://t.co/FyVP4DQkpj

[Peter Bejan Cole @peterplaysmusic]

@vonHatti Lots of good jokes in it! I have a project to do a side-by-side of it with the actual Russian history. For kids. Just need a publisher and someone who knows Russia like I know kids/funny

[Peter Bejan Cole @peterplaysmusic]

Sinatra was ‘the most profoundly lonely person I’ve ever met’ says a recent bio. Only child of a midwife mum and fireman dad, so a v solitary childhood. At bedtime he would say, ‘I’m going to put it in the bag’. He always had a ‘night lunch’ on his bedside.

[Peter Bejan Cole @peterplaysmusic]

One day I would like to own every rough guide so I could do a whole walking tour of the world in one year.

[Peter Bejan Cole @peterplaysmusic]

'Twas Wordsworth who wrote, 'The world is too much with us', although if he'd had to carry around a tiny technicolour talking window into the ever-unfolding hijinks of everyone living, he might have been like #phoneburnout #digitaldetox #offlinelove

[Peter Bejan Cole @peterplaysmusic]

‘Get Off The Man Bus, Eva: A Tale Told in only 3-Letter Words’ 3/3

[Peter Bejan Cole @peterplaysmusic]

‘Get Off The Man Bus, Eva: A Tale Told in only 3-Letter Words’ 1/3

[Peter Bejan Cole @peterplaysmusic]

‘Get Off The Man Bus, Eva: A Tale Told in only 3-Letter Words’ 2/3

[Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore]

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better