In the Normandy countryside. Sun shining, blossom out, all v lovely . But do we see David Hockney in the hedgerows, busy with sketchpad, easel or iPad? WE DO NOT.

The man has become nothing better than a slacker in his old age!

Most of my Anglican twitter chums: 'That's not the right shade of pink for Laetere Sunday!'

Ubermensch: a German cab driver.

#uxbridgeenglishdictionary

Rough sleepers need proper support, not prison or fines. We join our friends in the #homelessness sector asking the Home Secretary to remove punitive rough sleeping measures from Criminal Justice Bill. bit.ly/3VUV2bt

#EndRoughSleeping

When Zoom was a new thing I put up Whistler's Peacock Room as my background. Someone in a meeting asked if it was my flat, so of course I said yes, and they then asked me, seriously, who had decorated it because they needed some work done on their place...

FOR SALE: Genuine Van Gogh occasional table.

£100 — You can tell it’s genuine Van Gogh period, because it has a bit o’ veneer missing.

The winner.

Chuffed to have been part of this team!

This is just bonkers. IIRC, when I was an undergraduate c1988 it was about 45k, and people were worried that that was an unsustainably large number.

We used to be a proper country.

I wish I were a good enough parodist* to write William And The Protesters, in which Violet Elizabeth Bott sets up a local chapter of Youth Demand and dragoons the reluctant Outlaws into joining.

(*If you are a parodist you can have this idea for free. I think it has legs. )

Literate herring, I hope. youtube.com/watch?v=eprjNy…

The second exchange is really peak Clement Attlee.
-Would you say you were an agnostic?
-I don't know.

How the hell did I miss Tom Lehrer’s 96th birthday yesterday?
Because he is excellent, he put all his stuff into the public domain a few years ago. Feast yourselves.

tomlehrersongs.com

Will Jennings Decimate. It only means one tenth of what people think it does.

As my supervisor very (genuinely) helpfully reminded me 'you are still a student, you know'.

*Klaxon* This couldn't happen if people bothered to learn how to say Rhondda properly.

Crikey, Hezza looks like he's down on his luck, doesn't he? Must have had to sell the arboretum.

Table lamp in the shape of a Spitfire? Half timbered coffee machine? Jigsaws depicting the aftermath of the Black Death? A 1/72 replica of Hampton Court? A carved air fryer? Suit of armour for your toddler? A Queen Mother emblazoned dog coat? Oh, I'm nostalgic for Past Times.

The farmer and the gardener are come to church again;
One to pray for sunshine, the other to pray for rain.

Don't know where that's from but my Dad used to quote it sometimes.