Am re-reading #AdrianMole and just got to this bit… this was written over 40 years ago… I almost despair! Sue Townsend was an absolute genius though 👏 #booksky
April 28, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Am re-reading #AdrianMole and just got to this bit… this was written over 40 years ago… I almost despair! Sue Townsend was an absolute genius though 👏 #booksky
Welcome to Cathode Ray's, the café where the tea is piping hot and the drama's 4:3.
Our first episode digs into teenage kicks, comparing #PressGang, #AdrianMole, and #GrangeHill. Available everywhere now!
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🍰 Spotify tinyurl.com/2p69h7kn
🍫 YouTube tinyurl.com/mre46fm3
Our first episode digs into teenage kicks, comparing #PressGang, #AdrianMole, and #GrangeHill. Available everywhere now!
☕ Podbean tinyurl.com/3a9s3bd8
🍰 Spotify tinyurl.com/2p69h7kn
🍫 YouTube tinyurl.com/mre46fm3
April 14, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Welcome to Cathode Ray's, the café where the tea is piping hot and the drama's 4:3.
Our first episode digs into teenage kicks, comparing #PressGang, #AdrianMole, and #GrangeHill. Available everywhere now!
☕ Podbean tinyurl.com/3a9s3bd8
🍰 Spotify tinyurl.com/2p69h7kn
🍫 YouTube tinyurl.com/mre46fm3
Our first episode digs into teenage kicks, comparing #PressGang, #AdrianMole, and #GrangeHill. Available everywhere now!
☕ Podbean tinyurl.com/3a9s3bd8
🍰 Spotify tinyurl.com/2p69h7kn
🍫 YouTube tinyurl.com/mre46fm3
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4 on the Commodore 64. Feels like a lifetime ago. I look back fondly on those pixelated diary entries, tapping away at a clunky keyboard, lost in Adrian’s world of teenage angst and dry wit. Simpler times, in 8-bit. Thanks Sue Townsend ❤️🫶📖
#C64 #AdrianMole
#C64 #AdrianMole
May 29, 2025 at 5:04 AM
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4 on the Commodore 64. Feels like a lifetime ago. I look back fondly on those pixelated diary entries, tapping away at a clunky keyboard, lost in Adrian’s world of teenage angst and dry wit. Simpler times, in 8-bit. Thanks Sue Townsend ❤️🫶📖
#C64 #AdrianMole
#C64 #AdrianMole
Celebrating Sue Townsend's wit and observational genius creating #AdrianMole, it's also important to remember her passionate campaigning against poverty - as Roy Hattersley did with this lovely response to an article she wrote (which is quoted in its replies).
I hope Hull History Centre won't mind me sharing this lovely letter from Roy Hattersley's papers, on the sad news of his passing aged 93.
RIP.
RIP.
June 15, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Celebrating Sue Townsend's wit and observational genius creating #AdrianMole, it's also important to remember her passionate campaigning against poverty - as Roy Hattersley did with this lovely response to an article she wrote (which is quoted in its replies).
ICYMI
We opened Cathode Ray's this week! Thanks to everyone who’s joined us for a cuppa.
Our first episode digs into teenage kicks, comparing #PressGang, #AdrianMole and #GrangeHill.
Available everywhere now!
☕Podbean tinyurl.com/3a9s3bd8
🍰Spotify tinyurl.com/2p69h7kn
🍫YouTube tinyurl.com/3w624f8y
We opened Cathode Ray's this week! Thanks to everyone who’s joined us for a cuppa.
Our first episode digs into teenage kicks, comparing #PressGang, #AdrianMole and #GrangeHill.
Available everywhere now!
☕Podbean tinyurl.com/3a9s3bd8
🍰Spotify tinyurl.com/2p69h7kn
🍫YouTube tinyurl.com/3w624f8y
April 19, 2026 at 7:53 AM
ICYMI
We opened Cathode Ray's this week! Thanks to everyone who’s joined us for a cuppa.
Our first episode digs into teenage kicks, comparing #PressGang, #AdrianMole and #GrangeHill.
Available everywhere now!
☕Podbean tinyurl.com/3a9s3bd8
🍰Spotify tinyurl.com/2p69h7kn
🍫YouTube tinyurl.com/3w624f8y
We opened Cathode Ray's this week! Thanks to everyone who’s joined us for a cuppa.
Our first episode digs into teenage kicks, comparing #PressGang, #AdrianMole and #GrangeHill.
Available everywhere now!
☕Podbean tinyurl.com/3a9s3bd8
🍰Spotify tinyurl.com/2p69h7kn
🍫YouTube tinyurl.com/3w624f8y
#AdrianMole January 1981
First month and near everything is already in place - Mr Lucas, Grandma, Nigel, Pandora, Bert Baxter, Barry Kent, Adrian's poetry. The Lucas divorce/affair is already underway, but a surprising amount of this month is spent on the dog.
First month and near everything is already in place - Mr Lucas, Grandma, Nigel, Pandora, Bert Baxter, Barry Kent, Adrian's poetry. The Lucas divorce/affair is already underway, but a surprising amount of this month is spent on the dog.
OK, let's do it. Not a blog, but a thread. May copy and paste into a blog later but for now it's here.
Why am I reading through Sue Townsend's Adrian Mole series?
Honest answer is that I'm feeling low and it's comfort food. But also think the books and my relationship with them is worth exploring
Why am I reading through Sue Townsend's Adrian Mole series?
Honest answer is that I'm feeling low and it's comfort food. But also think the books and my relationship with them is worth exploring
March 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
#AdrianMole January 1981
First month and near everything is already in place - Mr Lucas, Grandma, Nigel, Pandora, Bert Baxter, Barry Kent, Adrian's poetry. The Lucas divorce/affair is already underway, but a surprising amount of this month is spent on the dog.
First month and near everything is already in place - Mr Lucas, Grandma, Nigel, Pandora, Bert Baxter, Barry Kent, Adrian's poetry. The Lucas divorce/affair is already underway, but a surprising amount of this month is spent on the dog.
Stephen Mangan is an award winning actor, presenter+writer. His roles inc in TV hits #GreenWing; #Episodes + #AdrianMole. He also plays the much loved Nathan in BBC drama #TheSplit +has appeared in many award winning theatre productions in the UK+ on Broadway. He talks to @laurenlaverne.bsky.social
Desert Island Discs - Stephen Mangan, actor - BBC Sounds
Stephen Mangan, actor, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Stephen Mangan is an award winning actor, presenter+writer. His roles inc in TV hits #GreenWing; #Episodes + #AdrianMole. He also plays the much loved Nathan in BBC drama #TheSplit +has appeared in many award winning theatre productions in the UK+ on Broadway. He talks to @laurenlaverne.bsky.social
The genius of Sue Townsend’s 80s satire lies in the way it speaks to the struggle of teenagers everywhere.
🎧 Listen in now to hear why Jonty and Sophie love this book so much, and why you should give it a read (or a re-read)!
#AdrianMole #SueTownsend #teenbooks #classicbooks #80sengland #80stvshow
🎧 Listen in now to hear why Jonty and Sophie love this book so much, and why you should give it a read (or a re-read)!
#AdrianMole #SueTownsend #teenbooks #classicbooks #80sengland #80stvshow
August 5, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The genius of Sue Townsend’s 80s satire lies in the way it speaks to the struggle of teenagers everywhere.
🎧 Listen in now to hear why Jonty and Sophie love this book so much, and why you should give it a read (or a re-read)!
#AdrianMole #SueTownsend #teenbooks #classicbooks #80sengland #80stvshow
🎧 Listen in now to hear why Jonty and Sophie love this book so much, and why you should give it a read (or a re-read)!
#AdrianMole #SueTownsend #teenbooks #classicbooks #80sengland #80stvshow
#AdrianMole May 1981
With his mother gone, his dad blows all the money on flowers to win her back, the red electricity bill is unpaid, and they are cut off. It's still light humour but there is certainly a grim undercurrent now, which we will return to a few times.
With his mother gone, his dad blows all the money on flowers to win her back, the red electricity bill is unpaid, and they are cut off. It's still light humour but there is certainly a grim undercurrent now, which we will return to a few times.
#AdrianMole April 1981
His mother has moved to Sheffield with Creep Lucas, and his dad is not coping, so this month is the start of one of the recurring themes of the books, the experience of precarious poverty. For all Adrian's melodrama, this part is no joke.
His mother has moved to Sheffield with Creep Lucas, and his dad is not coping, so this month is the start of one of the recurring themes of the books, the experience of precarious poverty. For all Adrian's melodrama, this part is no joke.
#AdrianMole March 1981
Things finally come to a head with Adrian's parents, his father finds out about the affair, his mother moves to Sheffield with Mr Lucas. Adrian starts a paper round to pay Barry Kent's menaces money, and sees Pandora's house and her pony, Blossom.
Things finally come to a head with Adrian's parents, his father finds out about the affair, his mother moves to Sheffield with Mr Lucas. Adrian starts a paper round to pay Barry Kent's menaces money, and sees Pandora's house and her pony, Blossom.
April 1, 2025 at 10:13 PM
#AdrianMole May 1981
With his mother gone, his dad blows all the money on flowers to win her back, the red electricity bill is unpaid, and they are cut off. It's still light humour but there is certainly a grim undercurrent now, which we will return to a few times.
With his mother gone, his dad blows all the money on flowers to win her back, the red electricity bill is unpaid, and they are cut off. It's still light humour but there is certainly a grim undercurrent now, which we will return to a few times.
Looking forward to helping out on this on the 16th August
@rideleicester.bsky.social #SueTownsend #AdrianMole Ride,
not sure if Pandora is putting in an appearance.
letsride.co.uk/rides/ride-l...
@rideleicester.bsky.social #SueTownsend #AdrianMole Ride,
not sure if Pandora is putting in an appearance.
letsride.co.uk/rides/ride-l...
Ride Leicester Sue Townsend Adrian Mole Ride
...
letsride.co.uk
August 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Looking forward to helping out on this on the 16th August
@rideleicester.bsky.social #SueTownsend #AdrianMole Ride,
not sure if Pandora is putting in an appearance.
letsride.co.uk/rides/ride-l...
@rideleicester.bsky.social #SueTownsend #AdrianMole Ride,
not sure if Pandora is putting in an appearance.
letsride.co.uk/rides/ride-l...
11.33-12noon for Jan Hudson talking @rideleicester #SueTownsend #AdrianMole & cycling in sunshine ! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Radio Leicester - Listen Live - BBC Sounds
Listen live to BBC Radio Leicester on BBC Sounds
www.bbc.co.uk
April 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
11.33-12noon for Jan Hudson talking @rideleicester #SueTownsend #AdrianMole & cycling in sunshine ! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#AdrianMole April 1981
His mother has moved to Sheffield with Creep Lucas, and his dad is not coping, so this month is the start of one of the recurring themes of the books, the experience of precarious poverty. For all Adrian's melodrama, this part is no joke.
His mother has moved to Sheffield with Creep Lucas, and his dad is not coping, so this month is the start of one of the recurring themes of the books, the experience of precarious poverty. For all Adrian's melodrama, this part is no joke.
#AdrianMole March 1981
Things finally come to a head with Adrian's parents, his father finds out about the affair, his mother moves to Sheffield with Mr Lucas. Adrian starts a paper round to pay Barry Kent's menaces money, and sees Pandora's house and her pony, Blossom.
Things finally come to a head with Adrian's parents, his father finds out about the affair, his mother moves to Sheffield with Mr Lucas. Adrian starts a paper round to pay Barry Kent's menaces money, and sees Pandora's house and her pony, Blossom.
#AdrianMole February 1981
Most of this month is spent developing on the last, so let's talk about a question that comes to mind in 2025: is Adrian neurodivergent?
The first answer I have to give is "no, he's a fictional character in a series of comic novels" but...
Most of this month is spent developing on the last, so let's talk about a question that comes to mind in 2025: is Adrian neurodivergent?
The first answer I have to give is "no, he's a fictional character in a series of comic novels" but...
March 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
#AdrianMole April 1981
His mother has moved to Sheffield with Creep Lucas, and his dad is not coping, so this month is the start of one of the recurring themes of the books, the experience of precarious poverty. For all Adrian's melodrama, this part is no joke.
His mother has moved to Sheffield with Creep Lucas, and his dad is not coping, so this month is the start of one of the recurring themes of the books, the experience of precarious poverty. For all Adrian's melodrama, this part is no joke.
#AdrianMole March 1981
Things finally come to a head with Adrian's parents, his father finds out about the affair, his mother moves to Sheffield with Mr Lucas. Adrian starts a paper round to pay Barry Kent's menaces money, and sees Pandora's house and her pony, Blossom.
Things finally come to a head with Adrian's parents, his father finds out about the affair, his mother moves to Sheffield with Mr Lucas. Adrian starts a paper round to pay Barry Kent's menaces money, and sees Pandora's house and her pony, Blossom.
#AdrianMole February 1981
Most of this month is spent developing on the last, so let's talk about a question that comes to mind in 2025: is Adrian neurodivergent?
The first answer I have to give is "no, he's a fictional character in a series of comic novels" but...
Most of this month is spent developing on the last, so let's talk about a question that comes to mind in 2025: is Adrian neurodivergent?
The first answer I have to give is "no, he's a fictional character in a series of comic novels" but...
#AdrianMole January 1981
First month and near everything is already in place - Mr Lucas, Grandma, Nigel, Pandora, Bert Baxter, Barry Kent, Adrian's poetry. The Lucas divorce/affair is already underway, but a surprising amount of this month is spent on the dog.
First month and near everything is already in place - Mr Lucas, Grandma, Nigel, Pandora, Bert Baxter, Barry Kent, Adrian's poetry. The Lucas divorce/affair is already underway, but a surprising amount of this month is spent on the dog.
March 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
#AdrianMole March 1981
Things finally come to a head with Adrian's parents, his father finds out about the affair, his mother moves to Sheffield with Mr Lucas. Adrian starts a paper round to pay Barry Kent's menaces money, and sees Pandora's house and her pony, Blossom.
Things finally come to a head with Adrian's parents, his father finds out about the affair, his mother moves to Sheffield with Mr Lucas. Adrian starts a paper round to pay Barry Kent's menaces money, and sees Pandora's house and her pony, Blossom.
The BBC has greenlit a new 10-part series adaptation of Sue Townsend's classic comedic book The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4. / #AdrianMole
The BBC has greenlit a new 10-part series adaptation of Sue Townsend's classic comedic book The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4. / #AdrianMole
The BBC has greenlit a new 10-part series adaptation of Sue Townsend's classic comedic book The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4.
dlvr.it
November 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The BBC has greenlit a new 10-part series adaptation of Sue Townsend's classic comedic book The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4. / #AdrianMole
Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3⁄4 is a much-loved 80s classic, and for good reason.
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🎧 Tune in tomorrow to hear why!
#adrianmole #suetownsend #80snostalgia #80stvshows #teenbooks #classicbooks
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🎧 Tune in tomorrow to hear why!
#adrianmole #suetownsend #80snostalgia #80stvshows #teenbooks #classicbooks
Why does Jonty love this book so much?
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August 4, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3⁄4 is a much-loved 80s classic, and for good reason.
buff.ly/I8k9YtG
🎧 Tune in tomorrow to hear why!
#adrianmole #suetownsend #80snostalgia #80stvshows #teenbooks #classicbooks
buff.ly/I8k9YtG
🎧 Tune in tomorrow to hear why!
#adrianmole #suetownsend #80snostalgia #80stvshows #teenbooks #classicbooks
He's gone full Adrian Mole... "I only got one Valentine’s Day card. It was in my mother’s handwriting so it doesn’t count.... Pandora looked luscious today, she was wearing a split skirt which showed her legs. She has got a scab on one of her knees...." #AdrianMole
February 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
He's gone full Adrian Mole... "I only got one Valentine’s Day card. It was in my mother’s handwriting so it doesn’t count.... Pandora looked luscious today, she was wearing a split skirt which showed her legs. She has got a scab on one of her knees...." #AdrianMole
Currently listening to Robert Harris's book about the Hitler diaries. It's reminding me of my old friend Aidy Mole, who was so disappointed that he wasn't going to be able to read about what maniacs eat for breakfast.
#AdrianMole
#BookSky 💙📚
#AdrianMole
#BookSky 💙📚
October 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Currently listening to Robert Harris's book about the Hitler diaries. It's reminding me of my old friend Aidy Mole, who was so disappointed that he wasn't going to be able to read about what maniacs eat for breakfast.
#AdrianMole
#BookSky 💙📚
#AdrianMole
#BookSky 💙📚
#ChangingEnds star Oliver Savell to lead cast of BBC's new drama adaptation of The Secret Diary of #AdrianMole. More details:
www.tvzoneuk.com/post/secretd...
www.tvzoneuk.com/post/secretd...
THE SECRET DIARY OF ADRIAN MOLE: CHANGING ENDS STAR OLIVER SAVELL TO LEAD BBC SERIES BASED ON HIT BOOK AND CLASSIC TV SERIES
The BBC has commissioned The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ from Big Talk Studios (Ludwig, The Outlaws) for BBC iPlayer and BBC One. Based on Sue Townsend’s best-selling book of the same name, t...
www.tvzoneuk.com
March 30, 2026 at 11:40 AM
#ChangingEnds star Oliver Savell to lead cast of BBC's new drama adaptation of The Secret Diary of #AdrianMole. More details:
www.tvzoneuk.com/post/secretd...
www.tvzoneuk.com/post/secretd...
#AdrianMole February 1981
Most of this month is spent developing on the last, so let's talk about a question that comes to mind in 2025: is Adrian neurodivergent?
The first answer I have to give is "no, he's a fictional character in a series of comic novels" but...
Most of this month is spent developing on the last, so let's talk about a question that comes to mind in 2025: is Adrian neurodivergent?
The first answer I have to give is "no, he's a fictional character in a series of comic novels" but...
#AdrianMole January 1981
First month and near everything is already in place - Mr Lucas, Grandma, Nigel, Pandora, Bert Baxter, Barry Kent, Adrian's poetry. The Lucas divorce/affair is already underway, but a surprising amount of this month is spent on the dog.
First month and near everything is already in place - Mr Lucas, Grandma, Nigel, Pandora, Bert Baxter, Barry Kent, Adrian's poetry. The Lucas divorce/affair is already underway, but a surprising amount of this month is spent on the dog.
OK, let's do it. Not a blog, but a thread. May copy and paste into a blog later but for now it's here.
Why am I reading through Sue Townsend's Adrian Mole series?
Honest answer is that I'm feeling low and it's comfort food. But also think the books and my relationship with them is worth exploring
Why am I reading through Sue Townsend's Adrian Mole series?
Honest answer is that I'm feeling low and it's comfort food. But also think the books and my relationship with them is worth exploring
March 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
#AdrianMole February 1981
Most of this month is spent developing on the last, so let's talk about a question that comes to mind in 2025: is Adrian neurodivergent?
The first answer I have to give is "no, he's a fictional character in a series of comic novels" but...
Most of this month is spent developing on the last, so let's talk about a question that comes to mind in 2025: is Adrian neurodivergent?
The first answer I have to give is "no, he's a fictional character in a series of comic novels" but...
Whenever I see all the flag-shagging racist nonsense I'm reminded of this passage from Sue Townsend's Growing Pains of Adrian Mole about the Send 'em Back Where they Come From Party.
#reformuk #adrianmole
#reformuk #adrianmole
September 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Whenever I see all the flag-shagging racist nonsense I'm reminded of this passage from Sue Townsend's Growing Pains of Adrian Mole about the Send 'em Back Where they Come From Party.
#reformuk #adrianmole
#reformuk #adrianmole
I should be writing my book (but procrastination) so I wrote a blog instead. Does anyone else feel very strongly about film versions of their favourite books?
#asterix #silenceofthelambs #jurassicpark #TheGoldfinch #tintin #AdrianMole #Flavia
#asterix #silenceofthelambs #jurassicpark #TheGoldfinch #tintin #AdrianMole #Flavia
Why seeing my favourite books come to life on screen is exciting but disconcerting - Dead Herring
Helen looks back on the good and not so good adaptations of her favourite books, and looks forward to more
deadherring.co.uk
May 15, 2026 at 4:41 PM
I should be writing my book (but procrastination) so I wrote a blog instead. Does anyone else feel very strongly about film versions of their favourite books?
#asterix #silenceofthelambs #jurassicpark #TheGoldfinch #tintin #AdrianMole #Flavia
#asterix #silenceofthelambs #jurassicpark #TheGoldfinch #tintin #AdrianMole #Flavia
In 1982 my primary school teacher suggested that I read a newly published book called 'The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole' by Sue Townsend as he recognised that it would appeal to my sense of humour.
#shelfie #suetownsend #youngreader #adrianmole
#shelfie #suetownsend #youngreader #adrianmole
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
In 1982 my primary school teacher suggested that I read a newly published book called 'The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole' by Sue Townsend as he recognised that it would appeal to my sense of humour.
#shelfie #suetownsend #youngreader #adrianmole
#shelfie #suetownsend #youngreader #adrianmole
My Small (age 11 and a half) is a voracious reader. Literary gold in her hands. I’ll be staggering down memory lane with this once she’s finished it.
#AdrianMole #SheIsReading
#AdrianMole #SheIsReading
November 26, 2024 at 9:49 PM
My Small (age 11 and a half) is a voracious reader. Literary gold in her hands. I’ll be staggering down memory lane with this once she’s finished it.
#AdrianMole #SheIsReading
#AdrianMole #SheIsReading
Sad to wake up to news of Sue Townsend's death. In this day and age, 68 (and however many quarters) is too young to die. #adrianmole
December 15, 2024 at 3:18 AM
Sad to wake up to news of Sue Townsend's death. In this day and age, 68 (and however many quarters) is too young to die. #adrianmole