Columbo fan and partial to bridges and viaducts. Archers listener.
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Sounds just the ticket!
Thank you for the recommendation. I was sceptical but might give it a go based on your flutter. No pressure intended.
Wonderful BBC Prom this morning at the Royal Albert Hall. Sir Andras Schiff performing Bach's The Art of Fugue. He was joined by Schaghajegh Nosrati for one of the fugues. I don't want to sound all arty-farty (technical term), but I was literally moved to tears. It was amazing. #bbcproms 😍
Marvellous!
If you don't laugh at this, go see your doctor.
Daily "aww" for today... 😊 #dog #dogday #bluesky
Frankly, unless it can do the washing up and clean the bathroom for me, I do not see the point.
Handel's Dixit Dominus on BBCRadio3. I just love, love, LOVE this work. Even if Blue-sky thinks I meant Dixie's Domino's. I am sure they are very nice, but apostrophes, please!
Today is a perfect example of why I am pleased I am not commuting anymore: tree blocking the line, trespasser on the line, electricity supply problem, signalling problem. I keep these notifications on to remind me...
Panda life... Not a single care.😅🤣 #bluesky
Those feet/paws...whatever! 😅
And at least Chelsea is doing a proper job and not typing on some social media platform... Oh, wait... #thearchers
Feeling sorry for Martin. There. Have said it now. #thearchers
Marrrllleeeennne. #thearchers
Watching Spooks (Ù&Drama rpt). Bloody hell.
My wife shared this with me and I’m tellin you… it’s worth the read.
If they have another, they may have to call the child Midge...
I don't know what's happening in this video?? But, i support it... 👀😅🤣 #bluesky
Report: It's Not Okay To Just Start Talking To People You Don’t Know theonion.com/report-...
The raw milk people are hilarious. All you have to do is meet one (1) cow and smell the situation in which they are producing that rawness and you will pasteurize everything you own for a week
I'm sad to say that since leaving Twitter/X my sales for live shows have dropped quite a lot - it turns out that even though it's a dreadful place it was still useful for getting the word out about events. So any shares / RTs of my posts about live shows are hugely appreciated!
Brexit isn’t working, and the British people know it. They're fed up with the damage caused by the deal forced on us by Conservative party. Keir Starmer must show some courage and set Britain on a clear path to a new customs union with the EU by 2030.
I didn't know they were making a new version
Still the largest glass of sherry ever seen on the TV. Columbo: Ransom gor a Dead Man.
It's the summer holidays! Rather than trundle all the way to e.g Alton Towers, why not spend Sunday in IKEA? Oh, I see many, MANY already had that thought. 🙄 Word of caution: they get bored by the time they reach the plants.
Oh, well done, Chris! #thearchers
Rather marvellous Desert Island Discs on Radio 4 with Harry Hill. Choosing Brucie very classy!
Yay for Gyles Brandreth! Am already a fan (secret crush), but he is an excellent Proms TV broadcast guest.
I concur. Just listening. #thearchers
Isn't there a Nobel Prize for this sort of thing? #thearchers
Ah, the opening titles of Miss Marple have moved to colour.
So worth it!!
I think I need to restart the morning. This interview with Steve Baker on Radio 4 has made me really very annoyed. And no, I have not forgiven.
😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄 How brilliant is this! #lionesses #football
The harmonies in the first movement of Beethoven 3! BBCSSO making a good fist of this at the Proms.
Not saying my 7yo son has been terminally tech-poisoned, but he's watching the English victory celebrations and has just said, in full seriousness, "look how many apps she has".
How great was Tom Lehrer? In 2020, he moved his entire catalog into the public domain because he felt he'd made more than enough money off of it. Enjoy every Tom Lehrer album: tomlehrersongs.com
I "won" a tin of corned beef once. I gave it to my sister. #thearchers
Just been listening to The Vatican Rag again.
Look, I'll call the bloody police!#thearchers
Flapjack klaxon! #thearchers
This week's omnibus has been brought to you by some sort of 70s pampas grass vibe. #thearchers
Stella needs to leave. #thearchers
When you have stopped listening for a while and there is a scene about which you know nothing... Community event? It's got *disaster, and Lynda to the rescue* written all over it. #thearchers
Wednesday's DAILY EXPRESS: For pity's sake stop this now #TomorrowsPapersToday
Sir Roger Norrington: pioneer, enthusiast, provocateur. I saw him conduct so many times, mostly with the OAE, always with a twinkle (and often with "jazz hands"!). His Beethoven cycle with his London Classical Players opened my ears to period instruments. RIP © Manfred Esser
I have my dad's complete set of Marshall Cavendish Good Cooking guides, lovingly collected by him in the 70s. It's full of this sort of stuff, as well as the higher end dishes.
I have just caught up with tonight's #thearchers. I am really annoyed now! May the pox come upon George and his *up to no good fiancee*. And a plague of locusts.
It's a sad day when the narrator of a certain auction programme feels the need to explain who Laurel and Hardy were. Or perhaps I am just old now.
Oh, I actually liked it, with a dollop of jam. It was the rice pudding I couldn't stomach. The absolute worst school dinner was: mash potato, cabbage, and spam. I used to hide the spam under the potato in hope, but the dinner lady still sent me back.
If you absolutely need to stay awake all night, BBCFour is currently showing The Wicker Man followed by Don't Look Now. 😬😱
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Not really. But tiresome, if so. #thearchers
Still reeling from a letter received this morning from HMRC. 😐
Private Eye hits the nail on the head
Thrilled to appointed UK Special Envoy for the loan of the Bayeux Tapestry to the British Museum, and of treasures from their collection to France. The first time this extraordinary artwork has been back to Britain since it was embroidered here almost 1,000 years ago! / www.gov.uk/government/n...
THIS IS THE LAST FUCKING TIME BARRY!
Britain *is* broken. Brexit broke Britain. And Nigel Farage is benefitting from the wreckage. This was always my greatest fear with Brexit - that it would bring about stagnant conditions that favour extreme populism. Much like drug addiction causes crashes that make the drug more seductive.
Feeling down?? Don't worry I've got you... 👊 #bluesky
Excellent thread.
Because there’s never a bad time to share Chuck Jones’s rules for the Road Runner, here are Chuck Jones’s rules for the Road Runner
My theory is they were for Romans who had unusually large feet.
OMG! I remember playing this! But I never, repeat never, wore a dress like that.
#booksky
#Dog #AdoptDontShop #AdoptAFriend #DogsAreFamily #BestFriend #GoodDog #DogsAreLove
This week's omnibus has been brought to you by the Marjorie Proops' guide to understanding relationships. #thearchers
“Well ‘Perplexed of Little Grange’ what do you expect from the reprobate of a son you’ve raised? I’d leave them to it & book yourself two weeks in Margate. By the way, I’ve got an elm that’s on its last legs - will Tuesday do you?” #TheArchers
Thing is, I am just not that convinced that cricket is this exciting. #thearchers
It's all *so* exhausting. I also read that as Shula initially...
Soooo many well-known faces in this edition of Midsomer Murders that it is going to be absolutely impossible to guess whodunnit before the end (unless they come to a sticky end themselves).
The Pawparazzi can't get enough! 😂
Book him!
⚠️ "If we had a general election tomorrow, Nigel Farage would become Prime Minister with 377 seats on 30% of the vote" 🎓 Professor John Curtice on how First Past the Post has gone from sandbag to springboard for Reform UK @natcen.bsky.social #BSA2025 #BritishSocialAttitudes
Our festivals are a cultural highlight of the British summer, but Brexit red tape is making it harder for touring musicians to perform here. Today, I introduced the Festivals Bill to save British festivals with a reciprocal visa waiver between the UK and the EU for musicians.
Flying Ants!! Lots of the little blighters. I always think of Brian Blessed leading the charge in Flash Gordon on days like this.
Who wouldn't? It's the dream, isn't it?
Farage has a plan to increase migration into the UK at cost to everyone already living here - and he obviously thinks we're daft enough to fall for it. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06...
Nine years ago the godfather of Brexit, Lord Daniel Hannan, predicted life in Brexit Britain in June 2025. Roll the tape… (VO by @gavinesler.bsky.social. Part 2 below👇)
Dear working people who think Nigel Farage is the answer. Trickle Down Economics has NEVER worked and is a lie told to you in order to consolidate the wealth of the powerful. You’re welcome.
Are they...in bed? #thearchers
If they can't get their act together for a meeting about this holiday, can you imagine the chaos at the airport gate? #thearchers
This Mitford Sisters drama series had better be good given the amount of trailing - usually means it was expensive to make.
Feeding a red panda #RedPanda #CuteAnimals #WildlifeConservation #AnimalLovers #NaturePhotography #EndangeredSpecies #PandaLove
You could just not have a meeting. #PM
This week, MPs will vote on whether to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales. As the police issue guidance to search women’s homes for abortion drugs and seize phones to inspect menstrual tracker apps, I wrote about why reform is more vital now than ever. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Open Farm Sunday. I am going to wash the kitchen floor. #thearchers
I have just watched episode 1 on iPlayer. It is really well done and I recommend it, but the edginess has made me feel out of sorts having lived through the period.
You also get a dog smile today
Of all my old jokes this is the one I see repeated most on line. Usually by joke aggregator accounts but also on birthday cards and in pantos etc.
Just had to fill in an online review thing for the GP. Straightforward until the alcohol consumption section. Long pause while I make up my mind: is it small glass or a standard glass?🫤 Never a large glass, obviously...
Camping was never like this when I went, which is why I haven't been camping since I was 16. And that is more years than I care to remember.
Frank! @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social now. *swoons*
One of my fave episodes.
Best pictures are on the radio and all that. 😊
What happens if the end gives way and the body slides out?#thearchers
I didn't listen, but I agree.
I zoned out if this #wato interview with the yet another bloke from Reform. And zoned back in at, Are you in favour of one night stands? I mean, wut? Other political parties are available, you know. I think I am able to say that sort of thing now!