Always preferred ‘Jerusalem’ to be honest
Ivan White @ivanwhite48 Is this crackpot for real?
“What greater pleasure can there be for a true-born Englishman than to listen to our national anthem, to listen to those words that link us to our sovereign who is part of that chain that takes us back to our immemorial history.” (Jacob Rees-Mogg)
When people ask me how to understand the Putin regime, I tell them to read Mario Puzo’s ‘The Godfather’
RT @petercmoore: It’s odd but I’ve started finding examples of confirmation bias absolutely everywhere lately!
Really enjoyed @DeeOKaneBanjO at the The Forge tonight. Marvellous noise!
Disappointed there was no Long Haired Lover From Liverpool, though
:)
I don’t remember John Major or Margaret Thatcher ever responding to criticism from previous political popsters like Paul Weller or @billybragg or The Specials or Joe Strummer
I’m not sure what’s changed exactly…but it’s probably A Good Thing
#TodayILearned the magic of ‘gk’ and ‘gj’, which go up and down within a wrapped line in vim
My word of the day is ‘tatterdemalion’
I’ve seen it twice in 24 hours….although I’m not entirely sure what it means
RT @GylesB1: Yes, Wodehouse is the master. Here’s a useful P G tip: “I always advise people never to give advice.”
#TodayILearned the word ‘Scowegian’ - slang for Scandinavian oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1…
No, it’s not.
Dr @brianklaas covers some of the material that Piers Morgan probably didn’t have time for, or something
Well worth a listen
I’ve currently got Carl Hiaasen on my @kobo and @MichaelWolffNYC on my mp3 player
Difficult to avoid confusion
Only other use of ‘shrove’ or ‘shrive’ I’ve seen is in the last line of this bit from a poem about Salisbury and Old Sarum
#ShroveTuesday #pancakeday2018
Or something by her www.youtube.com/watch
Or possibly this www.youtube.com/watch
Next time I’m on Desert Island Discs and Kirsty asks me which one I want to Save From The Waves it will be this www.youtube.com/watch
RT @SpireFM: PANCAKES: The #Salisbury pancake race will now take place at @SalisburyCath: www.spirefm.co.uk/news/loca…
RT @EH_Stonehenge: This bottle of port, on display in the @SalisburyMuseum was put under the slaughter stone by antiquarian W. Cunnington i…
#TodayILearned that ‘rabbit’ is rhyming slang. ‘Rabbit and pork’ rhyming with ‘talk’.
Kind of.
Back at the Bridge
I do like to get here early! t.co/YUEXtp8Zf…