Living in London at this time of year means constantly walking into otherwise decent boozers and discovering they’ve been overtaken by the quarter-zip fleece and straight blue jeans brigade. #SixNations

Welled up reading this touching tribute in the Guardian to Hull legend John Prescott from a local fan.

Here, broken down into a thread, is a copy of my last post on X.
1. This is my farewell post. I am not deleting this account, as I don’t want to lose the archive, and I don’t want my name taken by imposters. But, for as long as Musk owns the platform, I’ll no longer use it.

This is a lovely piece on a very weird pub; once went there for a gig and heard some screaming in the kitchen. The landlady then emerged, forcibly marching out a very large sheep standing up on its hind legs.

Happy with this. Room for improvement in 2025. We go again.

I’m using my first post here to say that Blackburn #Rovers have now won 5 in a row, kept 4 clean sheets in a row, are 5th in the league, and — most surprisingly — Makhtar Gueye has finally scored. Chuffin’ ‘eck!