A Bank Holiday crowd of over 20,000 - all but a handful seemingly wearing straw boaters - watched Surrey score 505 for 6 v Nottinghamshire at The Oval, August 4th 1913. No batsman scored a hundred but the top six all made fifties. A year to the day later Britain declared war on Germany

After his funeral the kids he taught to operate his Victorian letterpress helped each of the mourners ink up and print a tribute to him.

I’m not sure whether this is just a psychological difference or AI bros fundamentally don’t understand the nature of an artistic experience, but: I don’t want a personalised film/book/podcast. I want to see/read/hear the same one as everyone else, so I can read reviews or discuss it with my friends

Architectural remnants swallowed up by the new, Swan Street, Manchester

Fabulous crowd at York for Yorkshire v Durham. Great to see.

The Grumbler@thegrumbler.bsky.social · 5d ago

Been sent these pics by a friend at York today. 4500 sell out and rammed

London’s Covent Garden - “a world famous fruit market” ‘Through the Ages: Food’ (1968) Artist: Frank Hampson

One of the saddest duties I have ever performed: obit for my dear friend and literary agent of three decades, Simon Trewin. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

Simon Trewin obituary

Literary agent who established the Garage Press and a volunteer-run community education centre

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When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.

Kevin Keegan: he hated fascists

Visualized.

Denali@denali.bsky.social · 3w ago

Husband just came in to tell me that since the assassination of Abraham Lincoln every American president has been alive at the same time as Herbert Hoover.

A sad day for cricket with the loss of a genuine great. Garry Sobers toasts the crowd after West Indies' crushing innings and 226 runs win at Lord's on August 27th 1973. Sobers signed off his last Test in England with 150* and six catches (Patrick Eagar)

I had replied to the below: Paper maps are great. Never run out of juice, let you see the close-up detail and the big picture at the same time (because they're three feet wide, unlike your phone), and the more you use them the more you learn your way around without them, unlike obeying a machine.

Michael D. Green, PhD@michaeldgreen.phd · 4w ago

Can’t lie, the fact that y’all were driving with PAPER maps is insane. Even worse, you had to ask random strangers for directions??

VITALITY BLAST LEAGUE TWO CHAMPIONS!!! 🏆🌾 The first-ever piece of silverware for Glamorgan Women, and the perfect launchpad as we head into the professional era next year 😍👏 #OhGlammyGlammy

Hot & stuffy & looking forward to seeing you.

Women! In the Long Room! WOMEN! - Marylebone Cricket Club first allowed female membership in 1998 when I was a teenager. - Now, much progress! 3.2% of the Club's full members are women. - TODAY: the first women's test to be played at Lord's begins! It is 2026.

Fifty years ago next month women were finally allowed to play in the middle at Lord's with an ODI between England and Australia. It's taken another half century for them to be allowed to play a Test match there

Been learning to do cryptic crossword clues lately, and Google AI has been a really big help 👍

There have been 65 Kings & Queens of all England since Aethelstan became the 1st recognised monarch in the year 927 (let the arguments begin 🤴) This tree hasn’t just witnessed all of them, it was born up to 2,000 years BEFORE Aethelstan The Linton Yew, Herefordshire

“A kingfisher, like a streak of living sapphire, flashes across the water. He knows better than the fishermen how to catch fish” Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe (What to Look for in Summer, 1960)

An article from the heart about my dear old dad. Thank you to The Cricket Paper for my indulgence.

I gather the football’s moved. Fear not, it still doesn’t clash with the World Cup Final that England are actually playing in. Lord’s 15:30 BST, England v. Australia. 🏏

Australia-Egypt is a great matchup bc a lot of the ancient Egyptian gods made out of 3 animals grafted together are actually naturally occurring animals in Australia

Here's a thing. The Oval was packed tonight for the women's T20 World Cup semifinal. Pretty much nobody is covering it - the football world cup, the Stokes debacle, Wimbledon, they're all taking up the space. But still. The ground was totally full. That tells you everything about the state of it.

Liew doesn’t hold back here - ‘Play your shots. Fill your boots in franchise cricket. Be where the noise is. Party hard. A 2019 ECB strategy document stated that the job of the England team was to “create heroes”..’ www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...

Bazball ends with a whimper to expose emptiness of English men’s cricket | Jonathan Liew

Trent Bridge was not just the end of Ben Stokes’ career, it was further confirmation that Bazball stood for nothing

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English Summertime, Southwold

'Southwark Bridge by Moonlight' (1887) by John Atkinson Grimshaw (Private collection)

Good evening! This week's theme is Bridges. ----- 'Westminster Bridge by Moonlight' (c. 1862) by Henry Pether (Government Art Collection)

The Ladybird Look. The ubiquitous headscarf over freshly set hair (And in memory of the late, great Penelope Keith) Artist-: Kenneth Inns (1967)

I do think that that the idea that 'England ought to beat New Zealand' needs a retink. Look at the results in recent times and that seems a theory without a lot to it. One of those sides has won a World Test Championship (NZ), and won at home handily (NZ). They're really very good, & consistent.

Yes, obviously it is suspended, but is it operating or not? Useless TfL app.