I’m 45 and remember hapennies. And pre-decimal shillings and two-bob coins used for 5p and 10p
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I’m 45 and remember hapennies. And pre-decimal shillings and two-bob coins used for 5p and 10p
I’ve had a press release about “Chalamet’s Opera Diss” which sounds like something funded by the Eastern Region Arts Council.
It’s not going to be barest of all margins stuff, this, is it? 🏏
I really enjoyed this on being a cricket supporter (despite my belief that you can go to T20/Hundred matches and still appreciate the actual game). open.substack.com/pub/thecrick...
“Even if it has two more decades to grow, Bluesky will probably never become as influential as Twitter once was. Maybe that’s not a bad thing.”
This is good, by @roisinlanigan.bsky.social, about Twitter and BlueSky. observer.co.uk/news/science...
Also no-one ever mentions that the frame rate of the camera renders such intricate judgements pointless anyway
And football authorities seem to treat the regular televised chorus of “F*** V-A-R” during checks as a normal thing that’s not worth a response.
Sussex need a chair, just saying.
Major Gowen from Fawlty Towers pulling a puzzled face
Germans now own the Daily Telegraph and Britain’s Eurovision entry is called “Eins zwei drei”
Really top TV directing at Spurs v Palace tonight, just someone living their best life.
Ah, creamy old England 🏏
I informed the Archbishop of Canterbury that David Bowie was dead.
Aha! Unless, in this one special case…
Which county is Bristol in then, google it you cowards.
17C and sunny, start the cricket season already
Even Tyne and Wear, which was abolished in [checks notes] 1986
The scorecard is on Cricket Archive. The video is sadly not in the North East Film Archive.
It was a two-day game won by Staffs. Nobody of any note playing except for the Pakistani slow left armer Nasim ul-Ghani, who played 29 tests. And it was televised in the TT, Yorkshire and Thames regions. I’m obsessed with seeing it.
TV listings
An update: Thames television showed Durham v Staffordshire as well. Live Minor Counties action on national ITV!
@cheeseford.bsky.social I was rummaging in an Oxfam shop and spotted these, in this order.
I knew that Granada region used to show the Roses match and Yorkshire region showed some games. Didn’t know other ITV regions showed county games. (And I wonder if London region had Surrey v Somerset at the Oval that week?)
“Congratulations on being selected to play international Padel for Scotland. Who else is in the squad?”
People also tie themselves in knots with “police” which sounds better pluralised. “Greater Manchester Police have arrested three men” eg.
So much this. Also Australians do this (“England needs 100 runs to win”)
I’d support the “trunk” rule like athletics has for the finishing line. So a trailing arm or leg can’t put a player offside; their torso has to.
Never felt more like singin’ the blues #bhafc
What’s your go-to phrase for a Starmer impression? Mine is “What the BRITISH people want”
Correct!
