James Brierley

Husband, father, teacher, singer, unashamed bardolator, bluesman, opera fan, Surrey cricket fanatic, sometime chef, amateur comic.

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The 2020's version of watching Dad's Army and pointing out who's dead is watching the entrance of the 'celebrities' on Strictly and saying: 'Who?' #strictlycomedancing #strictly

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@dcsandbrook @bookclubpodhq Any plans for Catch-22?

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@chriswoakes My youngest son, Oliver, broke his collar bone in the cricket nets on Sunday. He was cheering on his 'sling twin' in the Test this morning & was really impressed with the running between the wickets. 👏 Ollie is gutted he can't play any cricket for the next 8 weeks!

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Tonight, my son, William, will be performing in front of 5000 people. It is the first of three performances. He is dancing with the Birmingham Royal Ballet in their production of The Nutcracker at the Royal Albert Hall.

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@MarkHamill

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Our little Oliver has had some success in recent gymnastics competition: bronze medal in his club festival a few weeks back, and fourth in his regional competition, this afternoon.

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My son, Ollie, burning off some energy!

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Had a great afternoon watching my little boy, Oliver, in the year 1 Sports Day. He's definitely a champion! 🏆

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Taking my eldest, William, to his first gig for his tenth birthday at GLive on Friday to see @UKPFE. He's very excited. He'll be front and centre, proudly wearing his Dark Side of the Moon t-shirt.

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Our eldest son William is south-east U10 regional champ. All-around gold, silver on parallel bars, high bar, & pommel. 🥇 🥈 🥈🥈 Tough comp & we thought he wasn't going to medal for all-around, but he smashed a 12 on his last apparatus, parallel bars,to shoot into 1st place.

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@marcuswareing Hi chef, I now cook beef to 38° following one of your recipes, which means it is perfect by the time it has rested. Should I do the same with a haunch of venison?

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Our eldest son, William, after having come third in the Elite Grades 1 National Finals, went through for trial for the national squad. We found out on Monday he's made it into team GB. We are immensely proud of his achievements, testament to the hard work he puts into training!

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@realtomjames198 Isn't this the inverse of when Corbyn was leader? Labour supporters so anti-Corbyn, they refused to vote Labour and enabled a Tory majority in 2019. Anyone but Corbyn has become anyone but Starmer.

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Another gold medal for my eldest, William. He's now through to represent the South-east region in the National Finals. Very proud dad!

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Safe to say my son, William, was super-excited to be allowed on the outfield at The Oval, today. @surreycricket

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@TheRestHistory Any plans on doing an episode on T.E. Lawrence?

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Had a dream, last night, that @Schwarzenegger came to play at our local village cricket club. We laughed that he put schnapps in his post-workout shakes, that he hummed the Terminator theme whilst sitting in make-up, & then he told me to watch Fubar. So I just have and loved it!

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Very proud of William, today. Under 9 South East Regional champion. Silver on floor, gold on parallel bars, gold on rings, gold on pommel and gold all round! 🥈🥇🥇🥇🥇

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@MarkHamill My son, William, had a face-to-face lightsaber showdown at the Star Wars Celebration. (FYI, William is the one on the left!) He would love a shout out from his favourite Jedi. 🙏

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@starwars My eldest son, William, had a face-to-face lightsaber showdown at the Star Wars Celebration. (FYI, William is the one on the left!) #StarWarsCelebration2023 #StarWars