I feel a bit stuck. I mean, we can always find out if the bear’s a catholic. But we just don’t know if the Pope shits in the woods. It’s very destabilising
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I feel a bit stuck. I mean, we can always find out if the bear’s a catholic. But we just don’t know if the Pope shits in the woods. It’s very destabilising
Utterly stunning, particularly after yesterday’s full day of rain. But they dumped sewage round the corner so it’s not safe to swim. What a disgrace
(Sort out Ukraine, not our)
If the Trump administration is so anti-Europe, perhaps they can just fuck-off and leave us to sort our Ukraine?
Self-correction is one of the key attributes that makes science stand apart from religion, and democracy from dictatorship. Yet on Brexit, we have no chance of self-correction. Therefore, is it still safe to call the UK a democracy?
Silently? You haven’t got it right. You need to tap a foot, look at your watch loudly then open the door even more loudly. Don’t forget to sigh. A lot
You can peer in when you climb the other lighthouse, and you can walk around the front of it at low tide. Well worth a visit, and Barfleur is one of the loveliest places
It’s a naval lookout post now www.manche-tourism.com/visit/phare-...
And that lighthouse is still there, albeit with a bigger brother now behind it
The Remenham Challenge: it must mean Christmas is close… #rowing
This is a good summary of the problem. Next step: the solution. Farage and his acolytes are very good campaigners. What is the best way to combat the - very effective - messaging of the hate-peddlers?
I really hope I can get through to Christmas without too many more social media videos showing me how to roast potatoes. I mean, I love roasties. But I really don’t need any more demos with rosemary/garlic/thyme. Or worse, with spinning onions
Spinning the onions before they chop them
Brilliant and excoriating review. Up there with Clive James on Dan Brown. I can just about imagine Rowan Williams read the whole thing but did you manage it?
This was a tilt yard, where Henry VIII played. Generations of the world’s leaders have come here. The decisions taken here rippled across the world, for better or for worse. The IRA launched a mortar attack on Downing St from here. And recently, we learnt a hearse fits through that arch #penandink
Absolutely. We’re just off for an outing in the rain: we’re not giving up on it happening
The wind forecast for the Vets Fours Head on Saturday is not looking good; I really hope it’s wrong. 19kts over the tide up the Fulham Reach will be… interesting #rowing
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When Richard Burlington and William Kent were designing Chiswick House, inspired by Andrea Palladio, they also designed an Italianate garden, probably the first classical landscaped garden in England, including this is a full-on Ionic temple and obelisk, complete with a reflecting pool
COMPETITION: I’ve got three copies of Planes, Trains and Toilet Doors to give away.
RT this before 10am on Monday.
I’ll randomly pick three people from the RTs, and I’ll sign and post a book to the winners. Perfect 🎁
No. But still reintegration back into Ukraine won’t be a trivial task
I don’t disagree with you, Cormac - I rarely do - but you also know it’s more complex than that. Unfortunately here are plenty of russian supporters in eastern Ukraine. However, the start point must be the 1991 borders