Mark Samuels

Yep, and me. I wonder if it’s something to do with region or tradition? By the way, we always called dinner tea, if that’s an indicator!

What an hour of cricket. What a test. What a series. Chris Woakes, you are an absolute legend. So near, so far. Well played, India.

#Cricket #ENGIND #ENG

Good old Ozzy - a great day for Brum. Terrific of the Osbourne family to bring him home.

Absolutely fantastic! Come on you Lionesses!

#Lionesses #ENG #ENGESP

Amazing. They never give up. The most likeable sports team on the planet. Michelle Agyemang is the forward player of your dreams. Wins everything and plays so intelligently. Bring on the final!

#Lionesses #ENG #ENGITA

V&A East Storehouse entrance.

V&A East Storehouse inside.

V&A East Storehouse inside.

V&A East Storehouse inside.

We went to the V&A East Storehouse by the Olympic Park in Stratford yesterday. It’s a fascinating twist on the museum experience. It feels like you’re seeing behind the scenes. Lovely space, too. Another great addition to east London.

#V&A #Musuems #London #EastLondon

Football, bloody hell…!

Worst/best penalty shootout in history. Delighted for Hannah Hampton and the legend Lucy Bronze. What a crazy match. Get in!

#Lionesses #ENG #ENGSWE

Test cricket demonstrating again why test cricket is incredible. A session where almost nothing happened and it’s as tense as sport gets.

#Cricket #ENGIND #ENG

Job done. Bring on the Swedes!

#Lionesses #ENG #ENGWAL

So much better from England. James will get the headlines, and rightly so, but Russo’s been fantastic. Worked so hard.

#Lionesses #ENG #ENGNED

The new M&S in Leytonstone, east London.

In other news, Leytonstone has finally up and come, 25 years after I moved there because I thought it was up and coming.

A green bag with the caption ‘The Power of Draems’.

Saw this bag in a charity shop in Leytonstone today. Been draeming of it ever since. Powerful stuff.

Next year, she’ll play an acoustic set with a full folk band. That would shock everyone! Hah!

Yep. Her command of the stage is something else.

I’m enjoying Charli xcx because I am a sucker for technologically intense music. I couldn’t care less about autotune or live backing bands or anything like that. I just like things that sound tech-heavy and futuristic. Also, it’s quite something to perform on your tod.

I like the look of the Weaver, too. Enjoy the Box!

Want to hear the sound of summer? It’s this under-three-minute romp by @whitelands.bsky.social for the ever-excellent @soniccathedral.bsky.social - I snared the flexi.

(Incidentally, three minutes is the maximum time for a Eurovision entry. Maybe shoegaze is the way forward for the UK next year..?)

Hah, that’s great. When social media was busy, useful and fun. What a guy Anwar is, too.

Totally. An incredible run.

Difficult to find a better one, in all honesty.

YouTube video by Beyond Visible Films The Beach Boys - 'Til I Die

The airwaves will be filled with Brian Wilson’s genius for the next few days and that’s something to celebrate. Here’s to a true musical genius. RIP.

Perfection.

Bring him in!

My goodness, that England performance was all kinds of dreadful. What a terrible international break this has been. Boring, slow football, full of errors and low on quality. The only player to benefit from tonight’s showing was Ezri Konsa. Well done Senegal - totally deserved. #ENG #ENGSEN

Matterface, there, trying to show he’s down with the kids and knows about the latest choonz, but ends up making himself look like a complete Matterface.

#ENG #ANDENG

Aye. And up the O’s, too!

Ain’t that the truth.

What a weird season for the Villa. We beat PSG at Villa Park and, with better defending and finishing, would have won the tie. With hindsight, the missed opportunity from this season wasn’t the FA Cup or the League, it was the quarter final of the Champions League. This could have been us. #AVFC

I’m lucky forward to tomorrow when two pints of milk is 10p!

We could book out a few rooms and bash out some NIBs. Just for old times, like.