video: a sad evening in london making LEGO

Description in the third person because I was still very sad when I put it on YouTube. I would never describe myself in the third person unless I was very distressed:

Sad/potentially depressed 35 yo scott manley hadley has unexpectedly ended up home alone, after an error while filling out a visa form meant they had to miss a holiday!

Instead of cracking open a bottle of wine or just having an evening-long panic attack, smh decided to build a LEGO set, #76911, the LEGO Speed Champions 007 James Bond Aston Martin DB5 feat minifig Daniel Craig.

While constructing this, smh laconically discusses the mild admin error that has led to an evening (and likely week) alone, as well as nostalgia (#nostalgia )-driven discussion on how LEGO now is different to LEGO when smh was a child, back in the 1990s, a hundred years ago.

Some strong language.

In the background is some electronic noise, and a picture of Marmite Peanut Butter.

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Here’s a video of me recently performing at the prestigious (it has a Wikipedia page) comedy night, Quantum Leopard. Listen to how much fun the crowd is having. You could have that much fun, too!

Forthcoming gigs include the following – there may/will be others:

18th February 2026, 7.30pm: Laughable, Wanstead Library

26th February 2026: Mirth Control, Bexhill-on-Sea

12th March 2025: BALD PERSONALITY DISORDER 30 MIN WIP at Glasgow International Comedy Festival

26th March 2026, 7.30pm: Comedy @ Cosmic, Plymouth

May 2026: BALD PERSONALITY DISORDER FULL LENGTH WIP at the BRIGHTON FRINGE