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A cafe called “The Good Habit” could be opened on St Giles by the monastic Catholic hall of Blackfriars. The ground floor site, a bank until 2018, is currently vacant. Blackfriars is one of two Catholic “permanent private halls” at the University of Oxford.
That would of course require the permission of the Franciscans
Should’ve gone with lasagna, eh @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com ?
Oh good god BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp... At least 15 dead after Lisbon funicular derails and hits building - live updates - BBC News
We stayed just near here earlier this summer - it looks like it came several hundred metres down a very steep hill before the curve stopped it… just awful
Even if you can find your way through the dark to reception the doctors are way too cool to treat you
At least he'll only be on every other week what with his job-share with Simon Cowell
…… I often think of “I’ll believe you the devil is ready to repent…” how little we knew
Are you aware that they’re the world’s greatest music festival?
Fiatpando #abbacars
Echos of Iain Duncan Smith & Perugia
Darkness on the edge of … the Round Window!
Deep rooted belief reinforced by representing a very diverse constituency as MP
My only thought watching it was how big the pay check had to be..
These are really terrifying numbers in terms of the partisan split on vaccine hesitancy in the US... via @today.yougov.com
Terrifying but unsurprising; they’re simply taking on board the messages that a government they support are giving them
100% tariffs on Norwegian salmon
Cut the live vocal #totp #boyzone
One wonders which Judaeo Christian values he had in mind ….
How on earth did that happen? Hope you're claiming a refund.
Harry the Haddock got there first …
Witchcraft
PawnHub for the Bond market coverage
In what same world is the man who played a major role in inflicting Brexit still calling the shots? Such a failure of politics.
The destinations sound very 'one-day business trips'
Already spreading
Brown would be more traditional
More likely that you're in Northern Ireland....
No. For that you’d need a sub machine gun
Reckon you should look to license it - get on the phone to Greggs in the morning
My other favourite Lionel Blair story is that Errol Flynn once took him to a bullfight where they met up with Ernest Hemingway
Good news! www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/19/b...
interesting they're using Coombe Hill to publicise this route: the memorial doesn't appear to be accessible by bike, only on foot.
Yes but I can’t begin to imagine the smell of it
Dexy's 2am Sprinters
Copenhagen has a cracking bakery airside but then I guess there’s more demand for artisanal Danish rye bread than for a pack of British white sliced…
Chatwindswept, Proulxven
EPHESUS, the ancient Greek city dating from 1400 BC. On this, a very special birthday I thought I’d go somewhere that made me feel young. “Just another old ruin” says Master 61 (I’m not entirely sure he was talking about Ephesus...)
Can somebody go and check if Bristol’s still there?
Listening to Alfred Brendel’s Private Passions and he described Rachmaninov, Puccini and Lehar as “the Bermuda Triangle of music” 😂 He said Rachmaninov was “music for teenagers” and I agree — a redundant composer
De gustibus etc but the world would be a poorer place without eg variation 18 of the Paganini, Vocalise or Bogoroditse Dievo from the all night vespers
Oh Bee or die!
I think that’s partly because of what works in the great big barn that is the RAH (though late night solo piano/ cello can be wonderful) : and no reason why they couldn’t find another venue for chamber music …
Same happened to my brother-in-law in Rome. He was too embarrassed to ask for some coffee in it....
Today has been one of those days where I haven’t sold anything in my online shop. Have a look at my shop and please repost to spread the word. Thanks. gailmyerscough.co.uk
Seems I will have a spare seated ticket for this, if you’re interested let me know. Anoushka Shankar Prom at RAH, Tuesday 12th August.
BBC recently showed a double bill of Threads & The War Game: did the trick for me in the 80s, still very effective now
These numbers are extraordinary - the equivalent in thek UK (around 20% of the population) was 413 pedestrian deaths in 2024
Despite that I did enjoy Rashid Khan's infectious enthusiasm and Sam Curran's 'slow' ball at the end of the London innings
Cold ambrosia spooned out of the tin is the food of the gods
Sounds like you picked a good one!
The Secretary of the Writers' Union Had leaflets distributed on the Stalinallee Which stated that the people Had squandered the confidence of the government And could only win it back By redoubled work. Would it not in that case Be simpler for the government To dissolve the people And elect another?
Great (thought slightly weird) back story to its name too
He’s right posh y’know - direct descendant of that Catherine de Bourgh out of Pride & Prejudice
A Marmite bomb could have the power of Marvel’s Infinity Gauntlet
Larwood vs Jardine
Very very close to the soundtrack at my boys boarding school in the early eighties
I think you run the risk of conflating crappy 'consumer' GenAI ("too much sugar in my Gojuchang pasta sauce?") with how LLMs are starting to be used in business applications. This is a good recent assessment of its potential and current limitations: www.anthropic.com/research/pro...
Mitre is right! When the purple mist descends, things get episcopal…
That Gucci jumper too 😳
I drive a 67-plate Superb estate. Manual, 1.4T engine. Fuel efficient, and lots of room for the 17 yr old in the back when they're not driving
God’s omnipotence surely covers all forms of energy production?
Reparations now for garden birds & mice!
Looks great - hope Network Rail aren't involved in any shape or form
What next? All scenes shot in the afternoon so no rosy fingered dawn?
a noble endeavour for sure
I think that's an admission of guilt
If I recall a red brick gave 1 years membership, 3 years for a yellow and purple meant life
your life membership to the Destroy Keble Society is in the post
She was immense
Can’t believe all the time we’ve wasted down the years watching men’s football
Spain played the ref much better than England …
No cheating, post your Lock Screen
Some Czech Elledgehogs should hold up his advance
Did he then make his excuses and leave?
It’s now Your Party of Great Britain (Marxist Leninist)
Plum crumble for pudding, plum compote for breakfast all through the winter - yum
96 minutes: one of the most dramatic and joyful equalisers in England's international history
Is Michelle Agyemang English? Is Ian Wright English? Yes they're fucking English. The loser racists can all fuck off.
After Agyemang with the cream in the carbonara
Pure joy!
Never in any doubt
It’s felt like a tournament too far for this team
Will do this, but mostly to prove I have non-political opinions.
A colleague of mine used to disapprovingly call a plane at that time ‘the Chairman’s flight’ - QED
Many years ago, fed up with how easily so many standard potato mashers failed, I bought a precision-engineered German Kartoffelstampfer. Best £25 I ever spent, absoutely bullet-proof, and will be handed down in my will to my most-deserving child.
On balance I think Grace Clinton’s is in gold medal position right now
Shame the Spanish team weren’t singing along to their national anthem #yesiknow #euros
Lovely to see Gerard Johnson on keyboards (used to play piano for Sunday mass at our local church in S London)
Worst Swedish performance since the Vasa
Pearce ‘96 level
That one was presented by Ian Skelly who for me hits the balance between knowledge and enthusiasm the best out of the current crop
But they can still be so good - listened back last night to Tango / Bandoneum concert from a few weeks back - perfectly hit the mark of playing me things I didn’t realise i was interested in
Only one possible answer to the what to do with masterchef question
Federica Genovese 
