#TodayILearned that Gerald Ratner made his ‘its total crap’ speech TWENTY SEVEN YEARS AGO
…and afterwards, backstage, he said that he thought it had gone rather well
(via @cbwallop podcast)
I like #Southampton and I’m sure @SouthamptonCC are doing what they can…….but short of Brands Hatch on a race day, are there any worse places in the country to be a pedestrian?
#OnThisDay in 1845, William Thick was born in Bowerchalke. near Salisbury
He became a sergeant in the @metpoliceuk. He’s best known for being one of the investigators into the Jack the Ripper murders
According the Jack the Ripper wiki, he was known as ‘Johnny Upright’
I know that it doesn’t do any good to hurl insults at people, and it’s a problematic phrase in itself….but I did quite like the description ‘swivel-eyed loons’
Saturday 24th November
#OnThatDay, @thehistoryguy will be signing copies of his book about what happened #OnThisDay in history at @watsalisbury
#TodayILearned that N’Golo Kante has covered the most ground in the Premiership this season
Donald Trump got it right. We need to bui;d a wall along the Wiltshire-Dorset border.
And the mega-rats are going to pay for it.
Apparently the ERG’s failure to drum up 48 letters is a really cunning “tactical move”…..and not just a failure
Clever stuff
I stand with Anneka Rice
“I’m quite old school with a doughnut. I feel they should have jam”
#OnThisDay in 1688 James II arrived in Salisbury.
He was on his way to fight against the Dutch invasion, which was led by his son-in-law Willem of Orange.
James never got any further than Salisbury
#OnThisDay in 2010,the Heritage Lottery Fund announced a grant of £10 million towards the building of the new Stonehenge Visitor Centre
RT @IAmJermainDefoe: I would like to dedicate this amazing day and this OBE to my best friend, Bradley, my family and everyone else behind…
RT @Steve_MSFT: New blog post from @BrucePayette on the 1.0.0 GA of Windows Compatibility module! blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/powershel…
RT @petercmoore: When in Frome, do as the Fromans do.
Wise words, both regarding opinion polls, and in general :
“An important point to remember about public opinion is that people are quite capable of believing things that are contradictory”
#TodayILearned that 70% of players in Premier League academies are born in the first six months of the school year, compared to 30% in the last six months.
(Via @timwig)
#ICouldHaveBeenAContender
I thought Lauren Laverne did/does a great job on Desert Island Discs
Her first question on her first episode was about standing on the edge of a diving board, looking down
I thought that was quite neat
Lucky she was interviewing Tom Daley rather than, say, Boris Johnson though
Listening to Tom Daley talking about losing his father to cancer
Tough to hear
#OnThisDay in 1981 Wasted Youth played at Salisbury Technical College
I thought they were marvellous
RT @Mike_Batt: People with beards are just people without beards, with beards.