Stuart Robson

Tawny owl

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?

100 percent agree. Superb tonight. Think he has been excellent this season and seems to go under the radar

Comedian goes to Saudi Arabia - and beyond!

Newcastle says no to fascism.

The far right brought a hundred or so with them, bussed from far and wide. This city turned out 1000s, from local communities, estates and streets. Geordies of all backgrounds coming together and outnumbering the purveyors of hate by some distance.

Newcastle united.

How do we fix this mess?

I like Astrid’s videos quite a bit but this one, I thought, was especially lovely

I know it's not what you want to hear, but I think the coherent, rational, achievable set of policies that have come out of the Reform conference are going to appeal to a lot of people.

PORTISHEAD DUMMY

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Reminds me of the classic tweet about dear old Michael Owen and the desert island.

Was not expecting this, to this level, even though it's right there in Glenny's post.

Surely the goals against cannot be right ?

From Rhineside to Tyneside: A Shared Sense of Home From industrial roots to the pitch: the ties that bind two cities

✍️ Born in Germany, made in Newcastle, I know what it’s like to feel at home in both.

That’s why Malick Thiaw’s move to the Toon feels a bit special.

Read here 👇

#NUFC ⚫⚪️

O captain my captain

#nufc

Did someone say beveragino?

If I know my club, NUFC will broadcast every inch of their negotiation with Brentford right up until Wissa joins Spurs. Isak won’t make the plane to Korea amidst mixed messages and lost narrative. Callum Wilson will sign up for another year and will be pictured wearing John Ruddy’s dressing gown.

People think money has ruined football but the sight of a rapist dictator standing next to a corrupt football official in front of a big gold trophy at a competition bankrolled by Saudi Arabia reminds me the game still belongs to us.

Here is my dad’s Sean Connery joke:

“Q: What time does Sean Connery arrive at Wimbledon?

A: Sean Connery died on the 31st of October 2020 and is therefore unlikely to attend any future sporting events”.

One of those rivers is absolute stone cold banger

I was delighted when the kind people at the Inland Revenue wrote to me recently, telling me that my tax return was 'outstanding', particularly since I can't even remember sending it in. Tom McCann, Wokingham

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My mam had CBD. It was brutal, and horrific, especially her last few years. If I'd known this was what the book was about I'd have called bullshit straight away. Just revolting.

Similar to my mam but she was already just over 70 when diagnosed. Him living 20 years and seemingly not majorly affected isn’t credible

Sorry to hear that Billy. My mam too. He was so much younger I always assumed it presented differently or took longer to kick in for younger people!? Praps not

My mam had (and died of CBD) and his longevity has always fascinated me. It has been very difficult to find anything online about how he is doing now.

My mam had CBD and Moth’s longevity has always amazed me. Very hard to find details of how he is doing online. 👀

I'm old enough to remember the days when Wimbledon was about *proper* legends

Sure it’s DK, it looks like Graham Linehan ? 😆

I had not expected to be emotionally destroyed by a character I had never even heard of until today and yet here we are. THAT LIP WOBBLE. 😭😭😭