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As ever, I know more #Strictly pros than the slebs. I know the footballers and drag queens, and that probably says a lot about me TBQFHWY.

Here's how the draw for the Women's Champions League is calculated this year.

I don't know whether anyone even needs to hear this but "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" is quite the strangest film I've seen in a long time.

Mostly Harry Brook bats as calmly as a librarian. But occasionally he's as skittish as a goat fighting off a xenomorph with a sittar, and just as elegant.

"WWJD"

What Would Jos Do?

So this, ummm, T5 cricket match is quite odd. Or is it just England's shot "selection" that's odd?

Doctors I trust more than RFK Jr.

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I was a mature student when I went to Uni and I read Biblical Studies. Every time there was a question about something that happened in the Old Testament the "kids" would say, "let's ask Darren, he's old enough to have been there!"

I was 38 when I went to Uni.

Hey here's an idea, let's loan the manager instead before he sells off all our good young players.

Yeah, when they signed Graham Potter.

‘What the hell should I wear?’ The style challenges of a fortysomething man The certainties of youth are slipping away and I find myself in something of clothing identity crisis. It doesn’t help that what’s ‘cool’ is increasingly hard to pin down. So where does that leave an ...

The problem for 40-summat men who don't know how to dress is articles like this. Why would I trust a writer who admits he might be dressing like Jeremy Clarkson? Who ignores designers like Thom Browne, Terry Singh and Marc Jacobs and then laments the choice in men's clothing?

"Keith the Graphic Designer" alert on 6 Music.

Good to see that my beloved L'OM are not going to be any more consistent than last year.

Playing against 10 men for an hour, and being caught on the break every few minutes, Marseille managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory by conceding a goal in injury time.

a waterfall is being shown on national geographic tv ALT: a waterfall is being shown on national geographic tv

I'm not saying it was hot at football tonight but this is me after an hour.

Cathy Dennis’ Debut Album ‘Move To This’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary In the crowded, often transient landscape of early '90s pop, Dennis’ first album emerged as an anomaly—a vibrant, self-possessed debut that married club credibility with melodic intelligence.

35 years old. Sigh.

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MTV Europe VJ Ray Cokes, or possibly his alter ego Roy Cakes

Actual 'must watch' TV.

This article is spot on. It's dire. It's cricket given a FIFA, FC26 makeover where the gaudy graphics and soundtrack shenanigans are consciously placed to mask how poor the underlying fare is, and the next innovation will be loot boxes in the outfield with power-ups for players.

I want to know what Sam was up to. I want to see him agonising for 17 years about how to ask Rosie out.

That's closer to what I got. We also had an interesting discussion about the three Ts in ratatouille.

a woman with her hair blowing in the wind is dancing in a crowd . Alt: a woman with her hair blowing in the wind is dancing in a crowd .

Trying to do my eyeliner to 6 Music this morning be like

Outlier Tap the tile that doesn't belong. Move fast, but be precise.

Anyone who fancies a Wordle-like pastime in the two minutes between firing up the laptop and logging into Teams could do worse than try this: outlier.land

R2-D2 and BB8 from Star Wars

Chopper from the serolies Ashoka

The only Audible AI voices I will contemplate listening to

Manhunter FBI criminal profiler Will Graham is called out of early retirement to assist on a serial murder case involving a killer known as the Tooth Fairy.

PSA: you have 10 days left to stream the second-best Hannibal Lector film on iPlayer. 📽️

PPSA: I love this rock star graphic of Will Graham.

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Well, shucks.

I can't believe we're relying on a one-armed man to save this cricket match.

(I would still make test matches a 4-day game, Thursday - Sunday, with more overs per day, but that's a different conversation)

Whatever happens in #EngInd, I think it still shows that test cricket is still the premier form of the game.

Like, Pickled Onion Monster Munch in a dayglo packet* has its place, but there's nothing like a chef-prepared three course meal.

* this is a subtle reference to The Hundred obviously

So our hopes rest on Josh Tongue (average 6.60) and the one-armed man from The Fugitive.

#EngInd

Jesus H Christ

It's just brainless. The problem with Bazball is that when you want people to play like Boycott and score at 15 runs an hour, they can no longer think like that.