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I propose the home team plays in red & the opposition in blue. For every game. So much easier for the audience & only 2 kits to buy - significantly cheaper for clubs & parents!

14.03.2026 22:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The English National anthem is an absolute dirge & always sounds worse when compared to the stirring, upbeat Marseillaise.

14.03.2026 20:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I find the “blokey banter” irritating.Not enough decent match commentary.

14.03.2026 18:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Lucky friend!

14.03.2026 18:19 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I read the headline & assumed she was fronting a campaign to advertise smear tests to younger women! No - some nonsense about a film disagreement.

14.03.2026 11:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I have just stopped to admire a beautiful variegated grey baby blanket knitted by the baby’s gran. It was so cosy & restful.

13.03.2026 12:57 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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A wonderful exhibition of Ancient Egyptian craftsmanship at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. From the making of sarcophagi, jewellery to glassmaking, woodwork to weaving, painting & pottery. Definitely worth a visit. (And the building itself is beautiful.)

#fitzwilliammuseum
#ancientegypt

11.03.2026 08:56 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Yes! One of the many reasons we stopped watching BBC Breakfast a year ago.

11.03.2026 07:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I have read a few of her books having come across her via the Vera Brittain biographies. A sadly short but interesting life.

10.03.2026 19:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Seriously, take 20 mins out of your day to do something fun & get you moving. You will perform better & feel better & that’s what we need right now.

05.03.2026 08:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’m absolutely with you on daffodils for £1. Such an uplifting mini expense bringing so much joy!

22.02.2026 17:47 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The very definition of optimism -hanging washing out on the line today! Watching those clouds closely though!

16.02.2026 12:42 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Sunny but cold walk through the park. Good to see kids football training in full swing. Lots of laughing & shouting! Bonus - stopped to watch a Red Kite lazily circling above us. So beautiful.

#simplepleasures

14.02.2026 12:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

She will always be FLOTUS Abigail Bartlet to me.

14.02.2026 09:12 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

If you are so confident that the new regs will prevent non USA citizens voting, why does ICE need to be deployed at polling stations?

13.02.2026 15:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I frequently see school trips in London & I am always full of admiration for the teachers, assistants & parent helpers. And mostly your children do you credit.

13.02.2026 13:03 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

He has a point though. I feel DNA from “Reform class” should definitely be warned against!

Seriously, my body my choice.

13.02.2026 13:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My local YMCA gym has a list of “does & don’ts” pre & post birth. Some of the Personal Trainers are also happy to take on pregnant clients. Might be worth checking with them.

10.02.2026 20:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

They had a communications director? Hard to tell.

09.02.2026 11:14 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I recently reread “The Spy Who Came In From The Cold” knowing I was going to see the drama at Soho Place Theatre. I really enjoyed the internal monologue by Leamus but was a bit concerned by the “water boarding”! Would definitely recommend the production although it is closing soon.

08.02.2026 22:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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At the Royal Festival Hall I came across this patchwork display showing the century 1851-1950, each patch representing an event or achievement in that year. Just post-WW2 the fabrics were recycled & made by 80 women in 2 months! Worth a visit if you are in the area.

#rfh
#patchwork

07.02.2026 10:58 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Great read but not sure about the suitability for Valentine’s Day! Lots of very dark takes.

06.02.2026 13:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

06.02.2026 09:09 👍 47157 🔁 19332 💬 1351 📌 794

We have a couple of bluetits in our bird box. I feel it is a bit early for nesting but maybe not?

05.02.2026 15:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Maybe. But it makes being miserable more comfortable.

05.02.2026 12:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I do love a good crime thriller & this one is just brilliant! Didn’t see the twist at the end. Genuinely a book I couldn’t put down.
#valmcdermid
#crimethriller
#useyourlibrary

04.02.2026 19:30 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Daffodils spotted on my walk this afternoon. It was a bit damp but this made me smile.

01.02.2026 22:04 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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There is a tree I pass almost every day and around this time of year my spirit is lifted by the snowdrops & early crocus that grow under it & always make me feel Spring is just around the corner. Today was that day!

28.01.2026 23:14 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Whisky to taste surely! I made this for 6 people & significantly reduced the whisky as 2 had to drive & 1 had a race the following day. Sometimes it’s not all about the maths!

26.01.2026 08:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Having a baking morning using ingredients from the local Community Fridge. The bread is now bread pudding & in the freezer. The over ripe bananas are now 2 loaves of banana bread.

#communityfridge
#reducefoodwaste

24.01.2026 14:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0