Sidney Herbert was Sec of State for Colonies then for War. He was politically close to Florence Nighingale - they reformed mil. hospitals
#OnThisDay in 1863 the statue of Sidney Herbert was unveiled in the Market Place. Was Sec of State for War buff.ly/1mBC6qJ
Keeper of Privy Purse on the cost of the monarchy ‘we do as good a job as possible…to maximise the value for money’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/p…
Pires, ZZ, Le Blanc, Petit, Pires, Desailly…England are quite a long way short of that sort of world cup winning quality
I’d forgotten Desailly got sent off tbh
The style of the #France98 doc is similar to a thing PSG did about Beckhams last game
#France1998 on BBC2. spoiler alert I think Frank and Marcel are going to win it again #CFC
Installed @yarpp on the website. Interesting to see what it thinks is related to what….and to see stuff I’d forgotten I’d wrote
Salisbury TV franchise awarded to That’s Salisbury - sounds like Esther Rantzen should be involved www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2014/brie…
MT @HoratiosGarden Great weather forecast for today’s food and plant fair with Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall…. fb.me/2qcNuEzsX
Documentary about ‘98 World Cup on BBC2 now - perfect Sunday morning telly.
RT @TimMontgomerie: Great Churchill quote on politicians who pay too much attention to opinion polls [
#OnThisDay in 1908 King Ed VII and Queen Alex moved on from Wilton House to Longford Castle t.co/t5ObZr1Gy…
He got the call from Abramovich, And off he went to Stamford Bridge #cfc
RT @BroadcastMoose: The Uruguay dressing room here at the Maracana - wishful thinking on their part t.co/0dF0fHzW3…
.@salisbury_wilts thanks for the RT!
Thanks for the RTs @ParishMagazine !
“Summertime Blues” by Eddie Cochran is my new jam. ♫ Listen: t.thisismyjam.com/salisbury…
The Earls of Radnor owned (and still own?) Longford Castle. Their surname is Pleydell-Bouverie, as in ‘Bouverie Avenue’
To mark Queen Victoria’s coronation the Earl of Radnor paid double wages to his staff, #onthisday in 1807