I was grumbling this morning because I had to work on something for next week. But the "work" was watching Sandra Hueller in Markus Schleinzer's film Rose and it turned out to be nothing like work at all. Excellent film...and she's wonderful in it.
Tom Sutcliffe
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Caught up with Obsession last night. Smartly done horror touching on all kinds of nerves... sexual consent, male terror of intimacy, the nature of love. And not TOO scary. I didn't have to hide behind my wife once.
Gimbal lock on the moral compass. They could end up absolutely anywhere. www.thetimes.com/article/238b...
Firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan will be livestreamed
The war secretary announced that the execution of the Fort Hood terrorist, scheduled for December 3, would be ‘public’
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⚡️ A woman in Saratov, Russia, demanded a local café remove a figure of Dobby from its window, claiming it resembled Vladimir Putin.
How sheepish is Europe? This map shows the distribution of sheep across Europe. Source: buff.ly/dSfHDOe
Not sure why I bother, but most accounts of Trump’s blatherings about Iran taking out LA and San Diego are misleading. Pretty clear from the video that “it’s a small price to pay” is a call back to his use of that term earlier in reference to fuel prices and the war.
Reminded of the headline we ran on the review of Jeffrey Archer’s first play after coming out of prison for perjury: “Archer’s back — with blemishes”. (Credit to Mark Lawson for that one).
Saw Martin McDonagh's Wild Horse Nine last night. Very enjoyable. And now Easter Island is off the bucket list.
Woman walks into a Hull hairdresser and asks for a perm. Certainly, he replies: 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?' #NationalPoetryDay
Cold packing its things to leave, reasonably politely. But I think I’m going to have to get the bailiffs for the cough.
In the light of recent events Crouch End Airsoft Society have decided to cancel our scheduled night paintballing exercise in Norfolk (r.v. RAF Lakenheath Viewing Area). Pass it on will you?
Xi Jinping Impressed With How Much Trump’s English Has Improved Since Last Visit
Xi Jinping Impressed With How Much Trump’s English Has Improved Since Last Visit
WASHINGTON—Marveling at how his American counterpart’s grasp of the difficult language had progressed, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told reporters Thursday that he was deeply impressed with how much Pres...
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To the people who’ve been complaining about their colds all week: I took delivery this morning and you’re right, it’s a stinker.
Lovely breezy day on the Rochdale Canal, between Hebden Bridge and Todmorden.
“I will not engage with the listicle, I will not engage with the listicle, I will not engage with the listicle….what the hell do you mean Peep Show is below Downton Abbey!!”
Reading this, which is grimly wonderful. Loved this passage in which an inveterate liar and bloviator, Tamkin, finds himself saying something true (or true for Bellow’s main character Wilhelm)
At last. NONE of the suits I currently own allow me to do this…
derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2w agoIt's great to see tailoring accommodate such extreme movement today. This level of tailoring was a bit more common in the past, as you can see in old films featuring Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly, but many modern suits will lift off the wearer's neck even when they're just walking.
Happy birthday Stephen King! Here (for the umpteenth time, sorry) are some photographs I took of him encountering a fish-paste sandwich in London, 1983.
I’m back on Start the Week on BBC Radio 4 at 9: Carlo Rovelli on philosophy and physics, Lavinia Greenlaw on difficulty in poetry, and James Graham’s new play about John Maynard Keynes. Stick that heady mix in yer podcast pipe. How lucky we are to have the BBC.
Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.
Yikes. Though obviously without the hounding the wait would be even longer. The BM appear to have got their flow calculations badly wrong.
Philip Stephens@philipstephens.bsky.social · 3w agoThree hour wait and then 30 mins being hounded to move along by British Museum attendants is really not the way to appreciate the Bayeux tapestry ….
Today I experienced Swiss railway disruption due to work on the tracks. Honestly, “If Carlsberg did bus replacement services”. They even send you a little map so you know exactly where to find the bus.
Back from three days walking in the Alps and the only summit I have in my sights is Mount Sofa. I know it can be climbed. I’ve done it before.
Today we headed up to the pointy bits*. *Technical language used by advanced Alpinists.
When the Swiss tell you a route has a “passage difficile” believe them.
Petit-déjeuner. (Romantic purists please ignore the Komatsu digger).
