If the @RoyalMintUK did this then ‘S’ would clearly be either @SalisburyCath or @EH_Stonehenge… but I’m wondering what would be the British equivalents of Xantippe, of Yowie and of Zooper-Dooper?
There’s a chap who can tell WHO faked a Beatles signature - secretaries & managers etc would sign for them
Given the band (especially George, I think) could do each other’s autographs, I’m not sure whether I’d sooner have a genuine Paul or a George Paul
This was the Grange, which was near Saint Marks Church
There’s a T-shirt of the poster for the show here
I’m not entirely sure whether it’s an Official Vague Promotions product
#OnThisDay in 1981 Crass played at the Grange in Salisbury, which later became Concordes
White rabbits t.co/u95OcyLZo…
Vegan cake mix…the first hit is free
I can imagine Tarantino making a great film about these chancers in a few years time
Some stand-up had a funny routine about when you accidentally bite the inside of your mouth and it swells up a bit, and then because it’s swollen you end up biting it again, and it swells some more, etc…
It was a lot more funny in the stand-up routine than it is in my mouth
#OnThisDay in 1826 William Cobbett visited @EHOldSarum and raged against it as ‘an Accursed Hill’ because of it’s status as a ‘rotten borough’
Just listened to this - No Reply by The Beatles
I think I previously only knew it from Stars on 45
Perhaps my expectations have been altered by the Europa League but this looks quite tough
Group H Chelsea, Ajax, Valencia, Lille.
“You’re playing chicken – driving your car head-on towards another car
Whoever swerves first loses
What’s your strategy?
One game-theory answer is: you ostentatiously unscrew your steering wheel and throw it out of the window.”
#BrexitMetaphorOfTheDay
#TodayILearned that EMI had their famous staircase taken apart and reconstructed when they moved from Manchester Square to Hammersmith
(Via @Eamonn_Forde on @WIYElondon)
#TodayILearned that Lena Zavaroni was signed to Stax Records
(Via an old @WIYElondon podcast)
I prefer a coup de glace to a coup d’État
#StopTheCoup
Holger Schmieding of thr German Berenberg bank:
“In a way, a need for a Prime Minister to suspend his own parliament because he seems to lack a majority for his key policy – the approach to Brexit – is not exactly a sign of strength, to put it mildly.”
I’m not over keen on either drones or aeroplanes but I’d quite like to staple an outline of Concorde to a drone and fly it over the house now and again, just for old times sake
I do miss seeing it
I need to either get creative with set-alias….or try to remember to only ever spell it as:
Enter<Tab><tab>
‘Enter-pssession’ is a very useful powershell command…..but for some reason I struggle to spell it