Barrie Higham

Wow the band nailed that number from West Side Story. 👏 Dave Arch 👏 #strictly #SCD

Whamageddon variations:

– listen to it every day

– listen to every hour

– listen to it on a loop

Last to give up wins

Beautiful frost patterns on the window
#ukweather

This, from the Guardian, is Ryanair at its very worst.

It's not good enough for them to insist that they're a low-cost airline and everyone knows the rules, in circumstances like this...

I wonder if legislation is needed?

Yes would be great if it had been verified by other observers but you have to be sceptical about rarities

The Merlin app reckoned I heard a Dusky Warbler a couple of weeks ago (Lincolnshire). I didn’t see the bird and I’m sceptical of Merlin when it comes to unusual ones - but the recording sounds very much like the reference
#ukbirding

Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company

Meanwhile, in Reform's Lancashire CC, the councillor in charge of care homes, owns a private care home, and is closing council care homes. 👀

A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

BBC appoints Big Sam to shore things up until the end of the season Sam Allardyce has been spotted outside BBC headquarters, as rumours swirl that he’ll be brought in to steady the ship until the end of the season.

NEWS! BBC appoints Big Sam to shore things up until the end of the season newsthump.com/2025/11/09/b...

Prince was amazing. Absolutely love Sign o’ the Times. Just not that song… ditto Lennon

I’m 70 😉

homer simpson is standing in a grassy field ALT: homer simpson is standing in a grassy field

The song is a tedious dirge, and while I’m making myself very unpopular, so is Bowie’s Heroes

Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?

Character isn't something you tell people about.

It's something you live.

The Flagger's Dilemma.

Cancel Christmas, or cancel Flags.

Pay, either way.

The recording seems to match the reference one on the App but it’s a real rarity so I’m sceptical. Was hoping that someone around here might have spotted one

What the hell - an actual Salsa on #strictly ! I thought I’d never see that

I know not to blindly trust the Merlin App but it suggested a Dusky Warbler repeatedly over a period of about 5 minutes - what do we think #lincsbirding ? Unfortunately I couldn’t catch sight of the bird.
In a small area of woodland surrounded by crop fields in Raithby by Spilsby

Wonderful thread. Thank you for posting. It gave me a warm glow in dark times

The climactic scene at the end blows my mind every time I see it - and I’ve seen it many times. All jump cuts and kaleidoscopic images from the different stories jumbled together. It is truly nightmarish

Oh I see. What a shame, I really enjoy the show!

Why is this series not on Encore? @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social

Hear What Shakespeare Sounded Like in the Original Pronunciation What did Shakespeare’s English sound like to Shakespeare? To his audience? And how can we know such a thing as the phonetic character of the language spoken 400 years ago?

Hear What Shakespeare Sounded Like in the Original Pronunciation

Ah the wonders of AI…

Tories misspell the country they wish to run.....

a man in a suit and hat is standing with his hands in his pockets in a black and white photo . ALT: a man in a suit and hat is standing with his hands in his pockets in a black and white photo .

Tom #strictly #scd

Spike Milligan ended sketches on his TV show Q8 with the characters walking out of shot repeating the phrase “what are we going to do now?”

Salsa on #strictly is always a mess, and bears no relationship to the groovy dance that is real thing. But that had absolutely zero dance value #scd

Baroness Mone hits out at Kemi Badenoch over PPE VIP lanes:

‘I acted no differently than Matt Hancock who referred 4 companies…
And let’s not forget Michael Gove & his referral of 4 contracts to his friend David Meller’

YouTube video by Uncle Waldemar The Kinks - Autumn Almanac (TOTP 1967)

It’s sweet but the ultimate autumnal anthem is this - “Autumn Almanack” by The Kinks

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Celebrating the 135th birthday of Groucho Marx with the all time improvised scene from Night At The Opera.

The Stateroom Scene