Great images here:
Did they let you get involved?
This sort of top flight conversation used to be on the radio for 2 hours every night, and it helped make me who I am.
Incredible Romantasy book outline right here.
Well, where's she going to get all her Cat in the Hat books now?
'Bone Temple Pirates' - great band name.
(Yeah, I know about that *other* band; they were not very good.)
Scotland have a cunning plan to defeat France at Murrayfield on Saturday. π
Was this the 'exercise' from the other day?
If, like me, you have a soft spot for hard concrete, the recently opened Brutal Scotland exhibition @streetlevelphotoworks is a doozy. Nice, too, to bump into old muso mate, Ken 'Bluebells' McCluskey.
Pic: Dollan Baths, East Kilbride
Hadn't seen that. It is good.
Love this sketch
Landscape in the Rain - 1890
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14814
A lad in the 5 a side WhatsApp group has said he has used AI to pick a starting line up, subs, timings, and tactics for tonight's league game and another lad has called him
"Neil Wargrok" π
Ah. They do look a bit like Television in that shot.
Holy Shit. Start at 3m45s and be amazed.
youtu.be/SmO8UDmZdOI?...
A yellow sign with black writing which reads Herefordshire rural watch with a pictogram of a black scarecrow with yellow eyes and a crow on its hat. The sign is on a wooden fence with a churchyard and blue sky just visible behind it
Herefordshire rural watch is folk horror
Television
Reform's leader in Scotland, Malcolm Offord, has refused to apologise for βracistβ comments made about a knife attack in Edinburgh www.holyrood.com/news/view,ma...
Absolutely no apology necessary.
Sorry, couldn't resist.
What is 'Cotswold Style' in the context of sausages? They've just made that up, haven't they.
Imagine writing on politics in the Spectator and then criticising other people for not getting their news from 'reputed broadcasting organisations'.
I did not have time marked in my diary for "Fighting with an Italian eBay seller" today, but I guess that's what we're doing.
I've never been in. I should do, sometime.
Torsion Fountain by Franta Belsky, pictured in 1959 Credit: Royal Society of Sculptors
Torsion Fountain by Franta Belsky, pictured in 2026 Credit: Lukas Novotny
Good news Friday: After being dismantled and placed into storage more than a decade ago, the Grade II listed Torsion Fountain (1959-63) by Czech artist Franta Belsky has finally returned to the South Bank!
Just met a molecular biologist. She was surprisingly tall
I wonder if all the bogends who reply 'Paywall' to any post from a paying site pick up a tin of soup in Tesco and shout 'NOT Free!' at the self checkout.