My word of the day today is ‘extrusion’
I enjoyed this tweet, presumably inspired by the crisps programme. I very much fear that I’ve missed out twitter.com/youngvulg…
Didn’t manage to see it….I hope it’s available on catchup!
A @NewYorker review says:
Five hundred years later, in Queen Isabella’s Spain, the queen was transformed from a timid lady mincing one diagonal step at a time into what one shocked Italian bishop called a “bellicose virago.”
#TodayILearned that the power of the Queen in the game of chess was inspired by the power of Isabella I of Castile, possibly
Via @whjm and @HistoryExtra - www.historyextra.com/period/mo…
There’s a show on the television tonight called Britain’s Favourite Crisps
I’m going to have to watch a few minutes, at least
By no means the strangest Brexit news of recent weeks
By no means the strangest Brexit news of recent weeks
#BrexitMetaphorOfTheDay
“Theresa May had that purposeful air of a school superintendent walking up the drive to the Addams family mansion, determined that Wednesday and Pugsley should be enrolled in a conventional educational establishment without delay” www.theguardian.com/commentis…
a) it’s a long time since I’ve heard the word ‘surfing’ used in an Internet context
but
b) I do like the idea of ‘surfing through the countryside '
Five years ago today….what a time to have been alive
My word of the day today is ‘flummox’.
#TodayILearned that in 2017, British households spent around £900 more, on average, than they earned
Setting aside the politics of the thing I am feeling for the techies at the @HoCpetitions
I hope Mrs May is signing off for pizza on expenses
My word of the day today is ‘flounce’.
I try not to re-tweet swears, but…. twitter.com/suzanne_m…
#TodayILearned that Éamon de Valera, future Taoiseach and President of Ireland, escaped from Lincoln Jail with a key that had been baked into a cake. The one key unlocked all the prison’s doors
…and Sinead O’connor and the Darkness t.co/vW9U8JFue…
#TodayILearned that Jim Fitzpatrick, who created the famous Cheryl Guevara poster, also did album covers for Thin Lizzy
I’m not sure how this fits in with Labour Party policy…. or why Mr Corbyn has waited until this late stage to enlighten us on his views
Odd