#TodayILearned that what used to be called ‘synchronised swimming’ is now called ‘artistic swimming’
RT @sqlslaughter: I’ve decided to kill off a couple of characters in the book I’m writing. It should really spice up my autobiography.
#OnThisDay in 1562 Herman Folkerzheimer visited @EH_Stonehenge as a guest of Bishop Jewel. He described
“stones of immense size, almost every one of which, if you should weigh them, would be heavier than even your whole house”
#OnThisDay in 1654 diarist John Evelyn visited Salisbury.
He wrote the streams running through the streets “are negligently kept, [and] now the common buildings are despicable, and the streets dirty”
My favourite political pundit looks at the most likely outcome of an autumn election
Spoiler alert: God knows…. twitter.com/NicholasT…
I like #Gogglebox so much I’d be more than happy if all the #Goggleboxers watched was more #Gogglebox
My word of the day today is ‘spud’
Humanity’s finest achievementioned, as far as I’m concerned
@ChelseaFC winning the Champions League is the next best, obviously
Would probs have included Phil Collins' On My Way from Brother Bear, Feed the Birds, Cruella de Ville, and of course Chim Chim Cher-ee
It’s not going to be more than the sum of its parts
No work of art ever created has been more than the sum of those two parts
#OnThisDay in 1226 the remains of Bishops Jocelin, Roger and Saint Osmund were moved to the new Salisbury Cathedral
…and this paint pot (you might have to zoom in), possibly indicating he was intending to return to paint some more www.flickr.com/photos/pa…
His mural at @MottisfontNT includes the inscription ‘I was painting this ermine curtain when Britain declared war on the Nazi Tyrants Sunday September 3rd 1939. RW’
#OnThisDay in 1944 painter Rex Whistler, who did a lot of work in the Salisbury area, was killed by a German mortar bomb near Caen in northern France
I’m quite excited about this, but also a little bit worried
Truth twitter.com/Nick_Crav…
#OnThisDay in 1946 the first seven volunteers arrived at the Common Cold Research Unit
The Salisbury Volunteer Fire Brigade was founded on this day in 1884 #OTD
RT @davidhepworth: As @prodnose says, the art of statuary has never come to grips with the trouser. twitter.com/BBCFrontR…
“Part of the reason I support Miami Dolphins is that they have gang-safe colours”