You can call me Cilla.

Shelf label for a three pack of Tesco brown onions costing 95p. The label says it is the equivalent of £950 per kilogram.

Tesco selling micro-onions weighing 0.33 grams each.

And yes, "union flag." Historically it was the "jack" at sea and not on land because it was flown from a ship's jack-staff - but either is correct nowadays, indeed the Government made a statement to that effect back in 1908.

Also - well done the 8 out of 27 (that's almost 30%) hangers of union flags that I saw on my journey who managed to get them the correct way around. (A statistic much improved by whoever was responsible for those adorning Chesterfield's lamp-posts getting them 100% right.)

Having just returned to England after 10 days in France I'm confused by these new mini roundabout designs that alternate between St George and St Patrick every 45 degrees.

Mrs KATC and I are currently in Rouen where, in 1431, Joan of Arc was burnt at the stake for various heretic crimes, including wearing men's clothing.
She was found not guilty in a retrial 25 years later.
And there, in a nutshell, is the best argument against the death penalty you could ever have.

If I ever go into the loos in somewhere like an office building and go to use the final available cubicle, I find myself shouting "House" quietly inside my own head.

Apparently she's trying to look like a snowdrop.

Close up of snowdrop pattern

Claudia Winkleman

Anyway... my sister said something about it and I now can't unsee this...

Bedding with snowdrop pattern

We got this new bedding about 6 months ago.

Can't say I don't have issues with the Catholic church, or with religion as generally for that matter.
But selecting an American Pope is grade A trolling of a US government which is very much deserving of it.

At the end one of them ran for safety whilst the other ran for their lives. I think this is probably AI.

I've had more than 24 hours to think about it and can't think of a single mildly humourous thing to say about the pope dying. There's a few jokes on the internet about dead popes, you can find themselves. I need a holiday.

Harrington jacket? James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause red or safe black / dark blue?

I've just remembered that last September I resolved to get a new summer coat at some point before it got warmer again.

Can you not send down an angel with the key to the Abyss and have Trump bound for a thousand years, then thrown into the Abyss with it being locked and sealed over him? (setting him free for a short time after that). You've done similar before, or so I've read.

It's an early arrival - probably got an unusually strong tail wind on it's way up from the southern hemisphere (climate change?) It might need somewhere safe to rest and plug in its freezers before we'll hear its familiar song again.

So there is no "I believe the science but it's going to cost too much."
If you believe the science then you'd be acting fast, not continuing to delay. The politicians who don't act now are accountable for the deaths of millions in the future. It's the greatest genocide ever perpetuated.

The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review (2006) assessed a wide range of evidence on the impacts of climate change and on the economic costs.

Furthermore, it's almost 20 years since economist Nicholas Stern concluded that "the benefits of strong and early action far outweigh the economic costs of not acting."
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/publication/the-economics-of-climate-change-the-stern-review/

Conservative party to ditch commitment to net zero in UK by 2050 Break in cross-party consensus on issue to be announced on Tuesday

Dear Kemi.
Here's a definition of 'existential' for you: dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/e...

www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/17/conservative-party-to-ditch-commitment-to-net-zero-in-uk-by-2050

But, yeah, apart from the pigeons, what did the Romans ever do for us?

Guardian Politics Live headline saying "More than 25th of patients in England having Chancer checks have to wait more than 28 answers, figures showdays for"

Peak Grauniad @theguardian.com

Keir Starmer reflected in the door of 10 Downing Street.

Little known fact - Keir Starmer has a doppelganger who walks around carrying a translucent replica of the front door of 10 Downing Street.

Watched the Eddie the Eagle film with niece last night. She gave it 7 out of 10, commenting that it'd have got a 9 if he'd died in a pool of his own blood at the end.

Some years ago we had a new picket fence put in. Early the next morning I was awoken by a pitiful yowling, as you put it. Neighbour's cat, taking usual path, was stuck with front legs through the fence and back legs unable to follow. Sadly I was too busy laughing to think to get a photo.

Strawberry Studios Stockport

Walked past here earlier. I was reminded that it was where both Neil Sedaka's Love Will Keep Us Together and Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart were recorded (7 years apart in 1983 and 1980 respectively).

Peace, permanence and affordable prices: six ways to solve Britain’s housing crisis Taking anxiety off the market to create a better society is not easy – but it can be done, says our architecture critic

@rowanmoore.bsky.social takes nail and hits it squarely on the head.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Recently saw an advert for Taylor Swift which was great as I've got a suit that needs adjusting urgently.

Shortbread snowmen, sort of.

How it ended

Box for a snowman shortbread biscuit making kit.

Spent yesterday looking after my niece.
How it started...

"People's AI" is looking at how AI can empower people rather than simply using them to further corporate profit.
It's way beyond my technical capabilities but I wonder if a global people powered AI, with a not-for-profit motive, could gain enough traction to make profit-led approaches redundant.