My word of the day today is ‘ribbon’.
My phrase of the day today, via @ChrisMasonBBC, is ‘Calm the expletive down"
My phrase of the day today, via @ChrisMasonBBC, is ‘Calm the expletive down"
The book containing this marvellous, weapons-grade trivia is this one
I want it
The LP is on Spotify here
it’s of its time
‘Snip’ in this context meaning locating the K sound on the magnetic tape, slicing it out and then sticking the tape back together again, rather than something more computer-y
#TodayILearned that the comedy record I grew up with was originally called Bridge over the River Kwai, but George Martin had to snip out all the ‘K’ sounds after the film’s owners objected
Via @davidhepworth in the Radio Times t.co/MhLPclQMd…
#TodayILearned that the comedy record I grew up with was originally called Bridge over the River Kwai, but George Martin had to snip out all the ‘K’ sounds after the film’s owners objected
Via @davidhepworth in the Radio Times
“There are currently radioactive nuclides with longer half-lives than her policies”
#LizTrussMetaphorOfTheDay 🥇 www.theguardian.com/commentis…
My word of the day today is ‘gladden’.
My word of the day today is ‘conkers’.
The Arsenal are top of the Premiership, but their old captain is bottom of the @bbcstrictly leader board
I wish it was the other way around, tbh
#strictly t.co/otDjgmMNP…
The Arsenal are top of the Premiership, but their old captain is bottom of the @bbcstrictly leader board
I wish it was the other way around, tbh
#strictly
According to a former Tory Cabinet Minister:
“Credibility is like virginity. Once you’ve lost it, you can’t get it back.”
#LizTrussMetaphorOfTheDay www.theguardian.com/commentis…
When politicians talk about ‘the optics’, I tend to think of the things they put on bottles of spirits behind a bar
There’s something pleasingly old-fashioned about a Premiership footballer getting the match ball after scoring a hat trick #motd #LIVBHA
John Major ‘inspired an almost ideological level of ambivalence’
A good line, from Geoff Norcott
#LizTrussMetaphorOfTheDay 🥇 twitter.com/KevinASch…
The upside of #Chelsea not playing much for a couple of weeks….even though I shall only be listening to it on the Chelsea app, I am really, really excited for tomorrow t.co/orrk6NkMA…
My word of the day today is ‘syllable’.