I was hoping for so many more anecdotes when he died last year.
07.02.2026 23:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@schopflin.bsky.social
Information manager, Long Covid, dementia care, choral singing. An atheist of Jewish extraction who really likes Anglican churchgoing. She/ Her.
I was hoping for so many more anecdotes when he died last year.
07.02.2026 23:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0(Sorry because I hate to disagree with anyone who's done a muppet / Lodge world analogy)
07.02.2026 22:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Really sorry to say this but I see Kermit as Philip, nervous and skinny and Zapp as - maybe more like Animal? But I may be thinking of them more as they were in Changing Places.
07.02.2026 22:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Please, more David Lodge discourse. In relation to anything!
07.02.2026 22:50 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1Watching an old CDWM and interested to hear a drag artist make a connection between goth and queer culture. I would love to hear goths past and present thoughts on that, especially in the 80s and 90s.
07.02.2026 22:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The friend is younger and still buying regularly. But all stored at the paternal home. He says there will be a problem with downsizing.
07.02.2026 21:55 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
'We're not here to stop you doing this, we just need to show we've thought about all the risks'.
I don't think your definition is wrong for some choirs I've been in.
07.02.2026 21:34 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Friend here to take Mr S's vinyl. I'd always known his story as 'prog band early 70s, changed everything with punk, with a mod aesthetic, likes folk'. So much 80s soul and pop, I'm so proud of him.
07.02.2026 20:29 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I listened to this last night and it was excellent. PB is a great interviewee but there was none of the unnecessary banter you get in many recorded talks. An absolute must for anyone intetested in Deakin.
07.02.2026 08:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It may have been true once, churches too.
06.02.2026 17:34 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Ooh thanks, I got a heads up the other day but completely forgot. I wasn't well enough to go in person!
06.02.2026 17:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Excellent choice! It's lovely and has great pubs.
06.02.2026 17:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0If in doubt, in can go in a procedure or guidance document.
06.02.2026 17:16 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Apologies if this is unsolicited advice, but my view is that policies are there as a just-in-case line in the sand, so people know what is expected of them, or can refer when a situation comes up. There to be helpful and should have as little as possible in them.
06.02.2026 17:12 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0It's local to me! Also do they not have senior railcards?
06.02.2026 16:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Lovely article.
06.02.2026 11:59 β π 5 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0Two if you count the ruined one.
06.02.2026 11:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Just like to put in a word for Bern. It's a really lovely city.
06.02.2026 11:28 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0It's also amusingly near a big castle where some famous people live.
06.02.2026 11:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Does one of them never lie and one of them never tell the truth?
06.02.2026 11:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Well done for getting him in the carrier. Hope he's ok.
06.02.2026 11:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Actually I agree with that, and relocation of the entire bicameral system would be hideously expensive.
06.02.2026 11:08 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0#medlibs #ukmedlibs London job opportunity if anyone's interested? Library Manager (Charing Cross Hospital and Liaison Librarian (Medicine) for Imperial College. The hospital is strangely in Hammersmith rather than Charing Cross! Β£57,785 - Β£69,365pa. www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
05.02.2026 12:27 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0And Auckland is the biggest city.
06.02.2026 11:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Just ask Brazil, Switzerland, Canada, Australia, India and the US.
06.02.2026 10:49 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0It's quite common for underlying or dormant auto-immune conditions to be 'woken' by having covid. It's like your body is reminded that one option is to fight against itself.
06.02.2026 09:02 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0A lot of us don't drive at all ..
06.02.2026 08:30 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Also .. Athletes enlarge size of genitalia with tight clothing? I mean some people with penises pay a lot of money for that kind of thing.
06.02.2026 08:15 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Love to see a regulator charged with protecting the rights of the public, bigging up how much easier they're making it for the business sector instead. Regardless of whether or not you think individuals are over-protected, it's not their job.
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