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All I will say about Rod Liddle is that, when his children were small, he was the type of parent who opened packets of food in the supermarket and gave them to his kids, without paying for them.

Drove 250 miles to Leeds as part of our grand tour of the UK. Broke it up with 5hrs at Chatsworth House which is well worth a visit (if you are prepared to put up with 11 million women obsessively posing and reposing in front of marble staircases for that perfect instagram shot).

My children have discovered one of those inter-generational shared experiences that are few and far between but retain currency for generations. They’ve found out a cricketer has the surname “Willey”.

Sam Billings at the crease. I saw him play once and he was on the receiving end of the oddest sledging I’ve ever heard. “Do you enjoy traditional beer, Sam? Do you enjoy a traditional beer with Ian Duncan Smith?” WTF?!

Southern Brave finishing with a whimper. Beginning to enjoy the Hundred now. Tactics and gameplay are developing as experience grows and it’s bearing fruit.

Wilf’s last day at primary school tomorrow. From this tiny thing to a giant of a boy who is taller than his mother and Won’t. Stop. Growing. 😭

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Wayne Rooney’s story arc from precocious footballing teenager to OAP defiling lothario to nervous pundit to national treasure has been quite the journey.