Richard Dixon

Could hear a pin drop for the minute's silence for big David "Syd" Lawrence at Worcester today: such an important figure in British cricket as our first British-born black player. Lost to the miserable motor neurone disease. Sleep well Syd. #countycricket

Weather forecasts are usually pretty damn accurate.

YouTube video by Brian Wilson - Topic That Lucky Old Sun

Lucky old Brian's got nothing to do than to roll around heaven all day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjND...

The wikipedia description of the word "git" is an absolute stonker: "As a mild oath it is roughly on a par with prat and marginally less pejorative than berk."

A reminder that top-flight football is abhorrent and full of angry men: see here in Paris when the match was being played HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY so no away fans were even in the city. Oh that and PSG are bankrolled by the Govt of a country with a low human rights score. Get to hell / in the sea.

A new favourite of mine: this lad attempting to go round every store-bought rotisserie chicken in the US. I wonder what he'd make of our wan supermarket efforts over here...

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I remember going to a balti house in Birmingham at a conference in about 1999 and we ordered a 'table naan'.

Bank Holiday Monday: where Homes Under the Hammer has a rare viewings spike.

I see Boris the absolute porridge gun has been at it again

"If you can't take a date, take a mate", he says. Or I dare you, go on, try dining on your own? It's really not that scary.

I went to nearer the front to see the Charlatans and in the process of it had two different people attempt to start a fight with me.

Dear God, it's so true isn't it. All so righteous and po-faced. Someone throw me a nob gag.

Finsbury Park? I recall it well. A field full of utter cunts.

Neither can I. Except once a year or so. I'm much more a soy boy. I could probably cook Chinese every meal.

I had the once-a-year urge for sweet and sour chicken. I like idea of Asian mince type stir fry.

Laughing like a drain at Rees-Mogg calling himself a GB News Presenter on Newsnight. I'd have given £100 for the caption person who changed it to that to have written "Victorian Thundercunt" instead.

It's au revoir to Folkestone Wine Company today. Pretty much the perfect restaurant.

Was out at the pub in Deal this evening and it was what everyone was talking about: the whole place was furious*

*it wasn't

My cod theory about any cold/warm spell of weather is that it always ends up being made up for. Lovely warm May and June? Your July is fucked.

We were spoilt.

Because it's May.

Am genuinely surprised ITV nicked this from the BBC. The first one was absolute gold and I'd have thought BBC would have fought to keep it. Strange.

They love a good D.O.P.

I hope you played the "find the oldest best before date" competition.

Haha! This is why you've ended up with a career in food and I've ended up in insurance.

Oh I look forward to reading this - I did this for the first time this year: 1st class London - Paris - Basel - Bern - Freiburg - Cologne - Brussels - London. Am hooked and will be 100% doing again. Only downside is inability to use 1st Class passes in the station lounges.

I've never been told that. But I guess it's the tattoo of the Queen that does it.

I think in this case was that she was going back to a family house. But still...!

An overnighter in Holyhead. Got there at 9pm, hotel, up at 8am for a ferry. The sole interaction with anyone was en route to the ferry terminal when a furious ruddy man looked at me whilst walking past me and exclaimed "FUCKING ENGLISH". Croeso i Gymru!

I'm doing the train/boat combo from London to Dublin tomorrow/Saturday. "Guide to eating out in Holyhead" search is not throwing up many gems. Highlight so far is a menu that says "fresh beef patty made to our specification" which sounds like you're having it done how they like OR ELSE.