Hayley

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

I do rinse my plates but Fairy did used to say in their adverts that you could leave the suds on so it’s no wonder Americans think we are all eating soap.

Large parts of the English press and radicalised X users are increasingly out of touch with public opinion.

I dunno, looks like you might need some cucumber and salmon too.

We can’t all be Soviet Union jeopardy champions.

Don’t really appreciate your tone

Greetings cards labelled "Nan, Nanna, Nanny, Nana and Nannie"

Freed from desire, mind and senses purified
Freed from desire, mind and senses purified
Freed from desire, mind and senses purified
Freed from desire...

Or maybe I'm just getting old.

Princess Diana 90s time capsule contains Kylie CD and pocket TV The time capsule was buried in 1991 to mark the laying of the foundation stone at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Entering an era where the time capsules buried in my childhood are going to be opened, which is very funny to me. Did everyone think we'd forget who Kylie Minogue was in just a few decades? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

fundamentally the problem is that if you think "hotels are where I stay on holiday and I like being on holiday so living in a hotel must be fun and it's not fair others get to do it and not me" then you have the intellectual reasoning of a little child and it's going to be hard to engage with you

I really like the Swedish church but it does also look like a Big Tesco.

I have not heard anything at all from government ministers nor the opposition nor many media outlets about the dangers of this epidemic of sweeping casual racism. It is sometimes seen as comical - as with Rupert Lowe and the rowers - but it is dangerous and dehumanising

Text post screenshot. A transgender M&S manager addresses recent articles about them. They recount an interaction in the lingerie section where they offered help to a woman and teen. The customer declined, and the manager, who isn't a bra fitter, proceeded to put away returns. Weeks later, a complaint was filed citing the manager's "deep booming masculine voice" and "masculine facial features." The manager clarifies they never offered bra fitting advice and that their colleagues are supportive. The manager's boss dismissed the complaint, affirming their support. The manager expresses distress over the complaint's personal attacks.

A screenshot of a text post from a trans woman detailing her positive experiences working at M&S after undergoing Facial Feminisation Surgery. She describes receiving support from colleagues and management, including gifts and messages, after the surgery. The post addresses a newspaper article that insinuated M&S was not supportive, clarifying that the company has been overwhelmingly supportive. The author emphasizes that M&S allows any colleague to train as a bra fitter and any customer to book an appointment, regardless of gender identity. She also clarifies that the lingerie department and walkway to menswear are not "women only" spaces and that she does not enter occupied fitting rooms. The author concludes by stating that M&S respects her as a trans woman and a valued colleague, and that the real issue is tabloid newspapers twisting stories for profit.

Information relating to the M&S complaint, reportedly from the trans woman whom the complaint was about. Almost everything claimed in recent articles is extremely inaccurate. 1/

Let's just be brutally honest here, this "guidance", if enacted as reported, affects everyone. It in absolutely no way "protects" anyone. Unless you fit the stereotype set forth by the likes of Rowling et al and their bunch of transphobic flying monkeys you get targeted. 1/

Look at his lil starfish butt.

I did really well! Picking up new hobbies in adulthood and actually sticking with them, 10/10, would recommend.

Optimistically packing a book for an afternoon at soft play.

The real 500 Miles: how a smash hit was spun from lies, deceit and desperation Craig and Charlie Reid found fame and fortune with the story of their 1,000 mile walk. We can reveal that the truth behind it is very different.

Another day, another revelation…

In a week I am going into my first ever ballet exam. Do the thing you didn’t get to do as a child, it’s brilliant.

I just want a silly little page to put photos of my dinner and nail art, is that too much to ask?

Literal shot ---> chaser

I am constantly baffled by the inability of people making this argument to treat children as humans. Take a family. You think they shouldn’t have had a third child. Maybe they did, in fact, make a bad decision. You win. Now, what do you want the child to eat: is your scolding especially nutritious?

Asked about concerns her bill could drive prostitution to an unregulated and underground system, she said: "If you even think for one second, you cannot possibly drive prostitution underground.

"If you had a lot of women in underground cellars with a locked door, how would the punters get to them?"

In Ukraine's Kharkiv, ballet offers 'rebirth' after bombs and bullets In the dark, brick-walled basement of the Kharkiv National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, a dance company has created a space protected from drones and bombs where audiences can lose themselves in performances of classic ballets.

In the dark, brick-walled basement of the Kharkiv National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, a dance company has created a space protected from drones and bombs where audiences can lose themselves in performances of classic ballets reut.rs/4kGUdMs

You made it! What’s it like in the future?

post by Fusion Venue Drogheda, a photo of a white sheet of paper with simple text written in pen saying "no time for fancy poster, because stress. 5 euro vodka redbulls, 5 euro appletinis tonight."

big fan of the local nightclub's new advert

"relax, it's just for a stock photo - they'll probably use it for a new herbal tea brand or something"

The only way to settle this is to check if the 19thC reproduction on display in Reading Museum has got a pair of trousers over it for modesty.

A light blue diagram depicting the sea, with the water's surface at the top, and just below it is an outline of the Mary Rose, with the depth (12m, 40ft or 6.7 fathoms). There is a line showing the seabed, which takes a rapid dive into the vertical...

On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,

"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"

Allow our scaled diagram to explain...

I am no old fogey I HAVE reached the age of 81 and I am well aware that my grandchildren and great grandchildren think of me as an old fogey who lives in the past and is completely out of touch with today's popular culture. In response to this completely false picture, I feel I should point out that I am a great fan of pop music, my favourite singer being Shakin' Stevens. His recording of Green Door is placed on the turntable of my record player almost every day. Frankie Vaughan has also recorded Green Door but in my opinion, Shakie's version is vastly superior. An old fogey I am not. GEOFFREY LINDLEY Address supplied

For once, a positively life-affirming letter to the Dorset Echo. You keep spinning the Welsh Elvis, Geoffrey.