Londoner with Westcountry roots, toiling away for the Westminster village. Used to work for the Beeb & for TV/film mags. Being a webmaster was a thing, once.
@HCH_Hill Ah, but the title for female Peers (Baroness) differs from the way that Members are required to *refer to* each other in debates. At that point it becomes "the noble Baroness, Lady Harman" or "my noble friend Lady Harman". [See any day of Hansard for this]
Featuring the departure of Sarah Jane Smith, an event I found genuinely distressing at the time. I found it hard to imagine watching a "Dr Who" (sic) without her.
I soon changed my mind though.
Thanks for all the kind Rattlesnakes 40th anniversary words. Worth remembering, at this juncture, that I was not alone making the record. I was very lucky to be in such a great band, #Rattlesnakes40th
Forty-two years ago today, it was.
I won't have got it on release day but The Nightfly, an exquisitely retro album, was the 2nd chrome cassette (!) that I bought ... after getting a Grundig ghetto blaster with £100 from my first student grant cheque.
#ThePastIsAnotherCountry
Liz Truss stood at the general election. She lost her seat despite having a majority of 26,000. She refused to give a concession speech. For some reason Conservatives are still listening to her.
brat summer is over. now it's time for pannage autumn, the ancient medieval custom of releasing your pigs in the woods so they can eat the chestnuts and acorns that fall to the forest floor.
July 26, 1924: The next-to-last day of the Paris Olympics. Lucien Choury and Jean Cugnot win a gold medal in tandem cycling; equestrian jumping, an event won by Alphonse Gemusius of Switzerland; the Norwegian yacht Bera defeats Britain’s Emily for the gold off Le Havre.
📺 Seven out of 10 of the most-watched shows in 2023 across all broadcasters and streamers were only on the BBC.
The BBC broadcast the biggest live moments of 2023 for the UK – including The Coronation, Eurovision, Women’s World Cup and Glastonbury ⤵️
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@estwebber These are indeed trying times, but there was some rejoicing yesterday at the news that the new Master of the King's Horse has been appointed.