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Hello Dragons, I'm here to talk to you about my business that upcycles used fag packets and the little pencils from Argos as an offline idea collection system. I am asking for £250,000 for 0.001% of the business.

Sunsetting across the sea. View from beach to estuary - silhouettes of boats, a lager in the foreground

Imposing white pub against a deepening blue evening sky

I can testify that the New Quay Inn, Teignmouth, is good.

Double rainbow stretching over a uk housing estate and big oak tree. Colours in the upper rainbow are reversed

Impressive double rainbow

Richard Osman names 7 of his favourite books – including a 'masterful' thriller Find out seven of Richard Osman's favourite books, which range from thrillers to historical fiction.

Move along, nothing to see here...

Also: toot! toot! toot!

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Bloody hell! This is STORMING!

Olde worlde pub, nestled in trees on the coast, looking out to sea

View across a field to a choppy sea - in the distance we can see Teignmouth

The Ness pub, Shaldon. Such a lovely spot.

Asif Aziz almost forced out one West End cinema. Is he doing it again? To undermine one central London cinema may be regarded as a misfortune; to do it twice two looks like carelessness.

Asif Aziz almost forced out London’s Prince Charles Cinema earlier this year. Is he trying the same again with Picturehouse Central - and is another major central London cinema under threat from the same landlord? www.londoncentric.media/p/picturehou...

Large rectangular glass dish of macaroni cheese with a slightly crunchy topping on a kitchen side

Currently reading the excellent Butter by Asako Yuzuki. It's making me hungry so I just made a small vat of macaroni cheese.

Interior of a greenhouse style cafe, surrounded by trees and greenery, in the foreground we see a beautifully dressed plate of poached eggs on toast with mushrooms and hollandaise sauce with a dash of truffle oil

Eggs Champignon, Forest Funghi, Dawlish Warren, lovely

Bright blue sky, long narrow red sandy beach, sea nearly all the way in, green hills and red cliffs in the far background

Wonderful post-work dip, Teignmouth.

Vast stretch of beach under cobalt blue sky

Blue sky, sandy beach, a bank made of pebbles and a brown spaniel looking towards a lifeguard hut

A sea pool set in an area of rocks on the edge of the sea and beach

Westward Ho!

The Ballad of Wallis Island. What a lovely film.

V tame rabbits!! 😀

Teignmouth lido shallow end - bright blue pool overcast day

Teignmouth lido - bright blue pool in foreground, rooftops and church in background

Seating area with grass verge, tiny bunnies just about viewable

Grass verge, close-up, two bunnies on right-hand side, one bunny farther back on left

Lovely Teignmouth lido - just me and the bunnies this morning

Wide green meadow, verdant trees and hedgerows, perfect blue sky and a happy brown dog, galloping, with a tennis ball

A nice day

All I'm saying is, if I were a billionaire, I'd tell all my aspiring rivals that the secret to success was getting up at 4am.

Close-up of a brown sprocker dog's face - he's resting his head on a low wooden table, wearing a mournful expression

Wide shot a of brown sprocker dog with a mournful face, sat on the wooden floor of a coffee shop.

Disapproving that coffee break is interrupting walk and ball

Until a couple of minutes ago, the bottom five clubs in the Championship were all leading.

Nutty division. Someone should write a book on it.

An old wooden squash racquet next to a burgundy Slazenger racquet cover

A hand holding an old wooden squash raquet

My old squash racquet smells of 1983

"Oh hi...no, I was just seeing how tall he is"
*turns off Careless Whisper*
*moves dog's front paws off shoulders on to floor*

Really lovely, Chris

Btw: if any radio/broadcast producers are looking for someone on Universal Credit who knows the system to talk about the welfare reforms today/tomorrow - or next week about any changes to benefits in the Spring Statement - drop me a line! (and please RT/QT to amplify!)

The legend of the TikTok tunnel lady

😂

Up there with Tasty Kabs my circa 20-year precursor to uber eats where you could get a taxi and a kebab in one hit. Now I want a kebab

PhoneITin

Deliveroo but for somebody who will help mum unsubscribe from Prime only to discover she hasn't subscribed it's just the parcel came wrapped in Prime tape - and other phone emergencies

Everywhere feels like spring. A joy 🌼

Looking through a window to a bushy-tailed fox on a wall, in front of a new fence. He's deciding if he can jump up on it

Through a window to where a fox is on a wall, still deciding if he can jump the fence

Through a window to a wall upon which a fox has decided he can't jump the new fence and is heading off

Through a window at a beautiful fox running off

Visitor isn't keen on our new fence