Kate Masterofwhine

*sigh* yep

It’s astounding though isn’t it?? I think we were all doing a lot more banging before smartphones

Lads, get your wine and your chat and GO GO GO

Bob, I’m going to need you to re-examine your agricultural policy in regards to both fresh produce and feline table presence:

Interesting angle! Yes, maybe- that makes a lot of sense

Private school exodus of 13,000 far exceeds ministers’ predictions The drop in pupil numbers, being blamed on VAT being added to fees, is the biggest since the Independent Schools Council began tracking the figures in 2012

The fucks I give are so few… I cannot believe how much mileage this has gotten in UK press:

www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

She’s loving it- controlling spaces is her thing

Excellent start reading Borderlines @lewisbaston.bsky.social - already restricted by this one

Excellent passage in Barbara Kingsolver’s Démon Copperhead. Very clear here, in understanding the motivation to vote for Trump, being seen:

The great thing about the dial-up noise was it really felt like the Internet was trying its hardest for you.

inews.co.uk/news/charity...

UK demands China explain redacted parts of London embassy plan [FREE TO READ] Some drawings for the ‘mega’ project close to the Tower of London have blacked out sections

Under no circumstances suggest massive embassy is spy hub for that might give offence, instead bamboozle spies with the elaborate planning permission system. It is the British way. on.ft.com/4lmrkoX

Same!!

RED WALL, Adam. RED WALL 🫠

Right??

Incidentally, no other country in Europe (who get WAY MORE illegal immigrants) has media this fixated on this

What happens when tabloids and Murdoch run media in the UK:
From @thetimes.com

This county is mental

Not enough to justify the design. It’s Italy, I’m here for the basic greatness of food 😣

Plate design a bit OTT in Sardinia…

Local brew from last night… Great lager

Im sorry you think black cats are bad luck but this babe is the sweetest:

You will be fine, I’m sure! sounds fun too

It will mainly be- when are your dates?

Ah of course, it’s now THAT TIME for France:

Magnificent work here

Front cover BORDERLINES, A HISTORY OF EUROPE IN 29 BORDERS by LEWIS BASTON, featuring a picture of a French customs post

Only on p.8 (plenty of good stuff already), and I’ve just read: “Britain imagined that it was different, as it always does, but it was not”, and that is a sentence for the ages

Free samples I did not request from my local French pharmacy…

This was bloody good and I don’t even like rose

You CHOSE this life on my lap under the laptop. You chose it: