#TodayILearned that “100 years ago, the average UK citizen consumed less than 3 hours of story per week, mostly in a communal setting. Today the same citizen consumes more than 40 hours of story but gets the majority via screen, often on their own.” salisbury2020.com/event/wha…
“The now suspicious Wiechers checked Cummings’ blog on the Wayback Machine, a digital library that tracks changes to billions of web pages.
It showed Cummings had added the reference to coronaviruses between 9 April and 3 May 2020.”
A member of the government helping a chum avoid the rules
How unusual
Was reminded, listening to this, that Grant Schapps, Secretary of State for Transport, is a cousin of Mick Jones, lead guitar and song writer if The Clash
It sounds like they get on
“It’s normal for a prime minister to appear before the liaison committee at least three times a year.
This was the first time Boris Johnson had bothered to turn up in more than 10 months.
And you could see why”
I’ve read how affected people were by Bowie doing Starman on Top of the Pops
This seems a bit odd given T Rex, Glitter and Slade already been on….but anyway, this would have been my Bowie/TotP moment
Very un-TotP.
Punk, but not punky.
And very cool
‘W’ could easily have been for Jackie Wilson
One of the things I quite like about this daft exercise is that it’s made me think about the different ways I’ve used and consumed music over the years
I love Jackie Wilson’s music but I didn’t see him when I was 16 and get the mail train home, or miss the first song because I was drunk, and arguing about politics, or…
This is Wasted Youth
RT @ListenToAlfred: Alfred is sad to hear that #Dorset’s Wessex FM and #Salisbury’s Spire FM will be closing, replaced by a quasi-national…
RT @drewsonix: The loss of Spire FM - a unique radio brand born in #Salisbury - will be a blow to the city as local lives and businesses re…
That’s good
‘I was worried the reign of terror would lead to a reign of error’
@montie (I think) on @bbc5live
Johnson said the stories were ‘palpably false’
Were they?
More cock-up than conspiracy…but it is his cock-up
I wouldn’t trust him or Boris as far as I could throw him….but on the face of it I can see Dominic’s point of view
Hiring or encouraging people to flood Twitter with mis-spelt hashtags….it’s not entirely ethical, legitimate or honest, is it?
#dominiccummings
Mowing the lawn always takes a bit longer than you expect
#dominiccummings
if you are ever in danger and cannot speak to phone the police
Calling 999 and coughing or tapping in 55 on the keypad will signal to the call operator that you are in danger, allowing them to send officers to your location.
I’m not going to lie…I think the #peopleiwouldratherhaveasprimeministerthanborisjohnson tweets have aged rather well
Never mind the Last Dance, Villanelle or Ricky Gervais….these are my favourite guys on TV at the moment
I’m wondering if this is why Boris has looked so nervous at #PMQs?
He’s been wondering whether someone has been about to ask the question about Cummings going to Durham, Barnard Castle etc