Harry J H

That was my logic: would Jim Callaghan have committed to the conflict to the extent of Thatcher? Seems unlikely

I’ve always known my parents first met at a party for someone returning from the Falklands War

It’s only today it dawned on me that that means that I owe my existence to Margaret Thatcher…

I love her

Still thinking about our (excellent) quizmaster last night who added an accidental comma to create the phrase ‘Molly, King of the Saturdays’

Chocolate box on the restaurants and public houses of western Kent incoming…

Hattusa and Ephesus if you’re interested… maybe hard to balance…

I’m clearly getting too ‘quiz-brained’ as I’m going to Sevenoaks tomorrow, looked at restaurants, saw there were two Turkish restaurants named after ancient Anatolian cities and thought ‘can I get a pair of questions out of this?’

I have a an image in my head reading this headline and I’m choosing not to click on the link to maintain my illusion…

It’s sad that the catchiest track on the album is ‘Actually Romantic’ which exists because it appears Taylor doesn’t have good reading comprehension…

Charlie xcx, the latest Brit to be attacked by an American taught to read via the three-cueing system.

It’s like if you asked AI to produce Taylor Swift music… and the less said about Wood the better

Is… this a safe space to share thoughts on Taylor’s new offering?

Looks like it’s reopened. Must have been a false alarm

Looks like a sniffer dog

Euston is being evacuated…

Also “sincerely, little girl”

“Le Grille?! What the hell is that?!”

Would have got 8/8 in tonight’s quiz if I knew a little bit more about natives of my hometown (ish) of Redditch

🇳🇴 NRK “likely to withdraw” if Israel is allowed to compete Norway's national broadcaster, NRK, has said that it will "likely withdraw" from next year's Eurovision Song Contest if Israel is allowed to take part. NRK concerned for staff safety In recent weeks, NRK's Director-General spoke with the media to express their concerns over the potential for an incident during next year's Contest. They added that the EBU asked broadcasters to establish a "concrete position on whether the Israeli broadcaster’s participation in Eurovision damages the competition’s reputation" ahead of…

🇳🇴 NRK - the public broadcaster in #Norway - has said it will "likely withdraw" if Israel is allowed to compete at next year's #Eurovision. Would you say that's a good idea? #ESC2026

Some might say burying the lede… who’s to say…

I’ve been trying to learn some rudimentary Cantonese since a boy I’m seeing is from Hong Kong.

Some favourite observances:
1. There’s a metaphor for having a long phone call: to make telephone congee
2. The characters for ‘Cola’ (可樂) mean ‘evokes joy’
3. Airplane is ‘feigei’ which is quite camp

what’s that? I think it’s vindication

The flip-side: this week I was feeling… worse for wear and got 12 own and won 🤷‍♂️

UPDATE: i'm alive

Twitter is a particularly stark example but in general the gap between the public and elites (left+right) on ID cards is huge

A very by the numbers season opener I think… let’s hope things pick up next week #dragraceuk

Before a recent flight a friend suggested listening to ‘Take Me To The Clouds Above’ while taking off and, I have to say, it was pretty great

Would recommend and repeat

I think I prefer it to Hung Up actually