Oliver Savory

Book cover: The English & their history. By Robert Tombs

I remember reading in the book below that in medieval times 1 in 3 adult men were involved in some way in the administration of the state (e.g. something official in their village). It always stuck with me that even in the feudal system you need community involvement to run a country

This is very good

Same again!
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No, in the end I couldn't be bothered to find a pub showing it. Well it'll be a good experience for them at least. A bit of a sign of the gap between us and the Premier league unfortunately

We both got there in the end
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Not today I'm not, you took my three! 😂
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I was allowed to stay up late to watch Spaced when I was 11 because I went to Saturday drama school with these twins so was allowed to watch the first episode. Then my mum fancied Brian so carried on letting me stay up for it

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"Ohhhh you under season your food according to a recipe I found from the 70s..." you're boiling chicken in diet coke. Pipe down.

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I can't believe Americans feel on to dunk on British food when stuff like this exists
www.instagram.com/reel/DTJsIGe...

I do feel very sorry for the equity punks people, but I was a fan of BrewDog when they launched that scheme and it was very clear at the time that what they were offering wasn't actual equity. I really hope no one has lost too much money on it

This doesn't look like thirds by area, which is surely the best way to divide it by thirds?

No yellows today!
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That's £16.5m (or £12.1 if Canadian dollars)

Wow! Incredible 2! And how good is philippe Clement?!

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“Excited to start my new job in Tbilisi air traffic control, now to pour myself a large coffee, put on my headset, and ease myself into the shift…”

Every result was 2-1

This is an incredible coincidence. I wonder if this has ever happened before?

@kendrawcandraw Me watching some high fantasy shit: I would simply not be corrupted by the magical object. If it is actively harming you why don’t you just put it down. Idiot Me receiving psychic damage 23 hours a day from my phone: Ouuughhhh oouuuuwwwwaaaaaa ooaaaaghuuuuuhhhowwgahhhhh suuuuuwah

I didn't! It's my MILs 80th today, so watching football was off the cards. Great win though. Shame we've got so many injuries or I'd be saying let's make a late push for the play offs. Next year looks so exciting if these are the results we can get *without* all our players fit

Iran's revolutionary guards tell ships passage through Strait of Hormuz 'not allowed', EU naval mission official says An official from the European Union's naval mission Aspides said on Saturday that vessels have been receiving VHF transmission from Iran's Revolutionary Guards saying "no ship is allowed to pass the S...

So now the response comes
www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Nothing like war in the middle east to bring out insane un-nuanced takes.

Starmer: we're defending our bases from potential attack.

Random on bsky: THIS IS THE SAME AS MURDERING CIVILIANS

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Not another injury, surely?!

Doc Brown in BTTF saying "We don't need roads"

Where we're going, we don't need... centre forwards #ncfc

If it ends like this we will (briefly) be closer in points to the play-off places than the relegation zone. Remarkable #ncfc

It took me *so* long to think of this word
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