Simon Ward

The poet T.S. Elliot, born in St Louis, Missouri in USA, was the churchwarden at St Stephen's, Gloucester Road in London for 25 years. #thingilearnedtoday

Before today Great Britain had never won more than one gold medal at a single Winter Olympics. With wins in mixed team snowboard cross and skeleton they landed two in a single day. #MilanoCortina2026

At least England won the cricket Calcutta Cup. #SCOENG

"Just a bunch of people going to each other's houses."

Much as I like Pride & Prejudice I find it impossible to deny that this is the greatest review of it of all time. www.tom-cox.com/why-reading-...

Valentines Park is the largest green space in the London borough of Redbridge and stages a weekly parkrun. #thingilearnedtoday

Skeleton athlete Matt Weston lands Great Britain's 13th Winter Olympics gold medal and the first by a man since Christopher Dean in 1984. #MilanoCortina2026

13 February is World Radio Day and commemorates the establishment of United Nations Radio in 1946. #thingilearnedtoday

More accurate to say that Manchester United has been colonised by bad owners.

El Capitan is a vertical rock formation of 914m in height in the Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National lPark in California. #thingilearnedtoday

The Death of Poor Joe, released in 1901, was the earliest filmed adaptation of a Charles Dickens work. #thingilearnedtoday

Thomas Frank out after eight months at Tottenham. Lying 16th in the Premier League with 29 points from 26 games, the club is presently nine places and 10 points behind his former team Brentford. #thfc

The Gordie Howe International Bridge, named after an ice hockey great and linking Ontario in Canada and Michigan in USA, is due to open in early 2026 (Trump permitting). #thingilearnedtoday

At 370.25m, the world's highest commercial bungee jump is at Balinghe Bridge in Guizhou Province, China. #thingilearnedtoday

It's a truism but the Seahawks proving again that defense wins championships. #superbowllx

The New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks were both 60 to 1 to win Super Bowl 60 at the start of the season. #superbowllx #thingilearnedtoday

The Holy Trinity Church is where William Wilberforce and other members of the Clapham Sect worshipped. #thingilearnedtoday

Overhead shots of downhill skiing are definitely one of the best uses of drones in sport. #milanocortina2026

There are eight African countries competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics. (BBC) #thingilearnedtoday

Leftfield start to the Six Nations with a match on a Thursday and in-game ads debuting on ITV (not well received). More conventionally France showing they will again be hard to beat. #6nations #fravire

In software development UAT stands for User Acceptance Testing. #thingilearnedtoday

The UK band Madness' biggest US hit was Our House, which reached No. 7 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1983. #thingilearnedtoday

Honor Oak in Lewisham in south east London is named after a tree that Elizabeth I is reputed to have picnicked under. #thingilearnedtoday

He really should present a vegetable watching podcast.

Sean Bean presents a birdwatching podcast called Get Birding. #thingilearnedtoday

At 462m, the Lakhta Center in Saint Petersburg is the tallest building in Europe, and Russia accounts for eight of the top 10. #thingilearnedtoday

A 13th PGA Tour victory for Justin Rose at 45. An enduring class act and more than deserving of a second major, which he might yet get.

With his win over Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open final Carlos Alcaraz is the ninth man to complete the career grand slam and, at 22 years and 272 days, the youngest. #thingilearnedtoday

Rooks have an average life expectancy of six years. #thingilearnedtoday

The new Cambridge South station served by Greater Anglia and Thameslink is scheduled to open in June. #thingilearnedtoday

Alan Carr is currently involved in eight different TV shows. (The Rest is Entertainment) #thingilearnedtoday