Lloyd's, Halifax and bank of Scotland "seeing others transactions in my app" news here... www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2026/03... we'll update the story through the day as we learn more.
Book Group The last Thursday of every month was Book Group, when the books would gather together to discuss Brian. “It’s no fun here any more,” remarked Bleak House, glumly. “Why doesn’t he read us?” whined the Grapes of Wrath. “It makes me so angry!” “I’m sure he only bought me so he can show me off to his friends,” complained Ulysses, in a stream of self-consciousness. “I bet he can’t even remember my name, The Idiot,” muttered a voice from the Russian literature section. “That’s because he avoids you like The Plague,” said another. “C’est vrai!” came a cry. “It is like I do not exist.” “Let’s not give up on him yet.” It was Brave New World. After some Persuasion, they agreed to give him one last chance. “Be quiet!” cried Waiting for Godot with Great Expectations. “Here he comes now!” Brian entered the room, with his phone. He sat down and watched some videos of baby pandas falling over. After an hour or so, he started googling cats dressed as celebrities. On the shelf, the books waited with uncracked spines, their silence speaking volumes. Brian Bilston
In celebration of World Book Day, here’s a poem called ‘Book Group’.
The latest monthly round up from Blackpool Supporters' Trust is out now! #UTMP
www.blackpoolsupporterstrust.com/bst-round-up...
New Blog: Huddersfield Town vs Blackpool
I thought we did really well for 65 minutes + then painfully badly as we ran out of legs. New lads all looked decent though + we took it to them (until we didn't) - I'd have taken 2-2 at the outset.
#utmp #htfc
Yeh, class. Too good for league one. Will be interesting to see what he does in the championship.
As enjoyable as ever. And another photo of me! Not sure whether I need to be worried or negotiate an image rights deal!
Would help if I posted the blog...
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#utmp #ntfc #cobbles #blackpoolfc
New Year Office Chitchat How was your Christmas? you ask and I think of the bloodstained rug and the silent scraping of the spade in the garden at midnight and the wash wash washing of my hands and the dreams, those endless dreams which haunt the night-time and smudge their thumbprints on the day to come and I reply Super, thanks. Yours?
This poem is dedicated to anyone heading back into work and having to endure dull conversation about what they got up to during the Christmas holidays.
I'm sharing this here, as I have on Facebook and Instagram, but there's no account on here to share from, and I just think this is wonderful.
A really good balance of design and implementation, and appears to achieve everything it set out to do, and it *SO* appeals to my inner 'work nerd'.
The Daily Mail owner's wife has given £50,000 to Reform UK, after the paper declares that Nigel Farage is “finally a politician who gets it”
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
a painting of a white cat lying in a drawer full of cutlery and miscellaneous items
I painted a cat in a drawer. medium: Nicker poster colour on Arches watercolour paper
Final sentence for #NathanGill. 10.5 years jail time for Nigel’s right hand man in Strasbourg for taking payments from Putin’s right hand man Ukraine
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
🚨UPDATE WITH COMMENT FROM THE BBC: Byline Times can confirm that of the four-person BBC panel that interviewed Prescott and made the decision to appoint him as an advisor, three of them had longstanding Conservative Party ties. bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
A cracking game and the first time in ages we've had fun at a game.
No. It's not that.
I don't know how to opt out! We went to the back at Stockport, but we were early, so got caught.
Preferable to the gazette paparazzi
I've just started to read this and realised you've taken a photo of the back of my tangerine clad head.
Come, take this hand in yours Come, take this hand in yours – bury it beneath the trees, while I go and get the rest of him out of the deep freeze. Brian Bilsto
Today’s Halloween poem is called ‘Come, take this hand in yours’.
Calling all #BlackpoolFC supporters! I'll be talking about my new book with Blackpool Supporters Trust at 6.30pm Thursday @ArmfieldClub before England's game.
It's called 'Where's The Money Gone? The Battle For The Soul of English Football' - and there's a chunky chapter on your club!
BST Round Up for September is out! 🍊 ⚽️ #UTMP
www.blackpoolsupporterstrust.com/bst-round-up...
Minute Cryptic - 18 September, 2025
"Buzzer-beater was thrown with second on stopwatch" (4)
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I scored: 2 under par
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Minute Cryptic - 17 September, 2025
"Every prime cut from homebred cattle?" (4)
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I scored: 2 under par
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A knock-off Lemsip and my new book #minutecryptic
Just follow the instructions!
Minute Cryptic - 10 September, 2025
"Playing piano after American season of pipe organs?" (9)
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I scored: 3 under par
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Minute Cryptic - 9 September, 2025
"Liking when head of state becomes centrist?" (5)
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I scored: 2 under par
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Word of the day is ‘tamalou’: a French name for an older person who no longer greets their friends with ‘how was your holiday?, but with ‘t’as mal où ?’, ‘where does it hurt?’. There follows an enthusiastic account of aches and pains and doctor’s appointments.
Five striking snake sculptures from the Global Snakebite Taskforce have found a new home at LSTM.
The artworks highlight the human impact of snakebite envenoming, a neglected tropical disease that kills 138,000 people every year.
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Today's plan: Deadly Strong gym race, Blackpool v Bolton, beer & food, fall asleep in front of TV.
It won't be much of a race for me, more of a try to get it done and not die. Looking forward to it being over. I feel similar about the football, actually.
