Sam

I like wine and Arsenal. I dislike rum and Tottenham.

[Sam @samuelblainey]

@jondrytay https://t.co/x4j89f4ruq

[Sam @samuelblainey]

Ah no

[Sam @samuelblainey]

Ah no

[Sam @samuelblainey]

@kirtk @Arsenal So the Tolli, as you've already said. 12 Pins in Finsbury Park, rough and ready but always a crowd. The Gunners on Blackstock Rd is a bit of a pastiche but plenty of history. If you're looking for actual good pubs, The Lamb on Holloway Rd, the Swimmer just off Seven Sisters Rd.

[Sam @samuelblainey]

What a morning

[Sam @samuelblainey]

Delighted to announce my secondment to the Chelsea FC Task & Finish Group within the Civil Service. We're working on a sub for the Minister to approve the team for the game against Norwich tonight and we hope to have a readout by next Wednesday.

[Sam @samuelblainey]

@zedhedge Bit late I know, but Edie refused to get up yesterday because her "eyes were too blinky".

[Josh Jeffery @JeffCarnage]

RIP Barry Cryer. One of my all time comedy heroes. This clip, taken from the recent @Herring1967 podcast, had me in tears.

[Sam @samuelblainey]

*consults Venn diagram of Sam's interests* ah

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

✊ Representing The Arsenal

🏟 The only London club to have a station named after it

Our latest collaboration with @TFL celebrates our history with the London Undergroun✊ Representing The Arsenal

🏟 The only London club to have a station named after it

Our latest collaboration with @TFL celebrates our history with the London Underground

[Sam @samuelblainey]

Just one book about trains this year! And, concerningly, two books by Simon Heffer.

[Sam @samuelblainey]

For the last few years I've made a note of every book I've read that year, which is quite nerdy, but my first & last books of 2017 were about trains which is off the scale nerdy.

[Sam @samuelblainey]

First and last books both fiction. Number of train related books I read this year - disappointingly small.

[Sam @samuelblainey]

Maybe they pay your annual salary in installments over twelve months! No...wait

[Sam @samuelblainey]

1 December, so time to post a video of Slow Club singing Christmas TV in another bizarre location. Thinking about it, doesn't the female singer look a bit like pop sensation SelfEsteem? https://t.co/0MCETtUV8h

[Sam @samuelblainey]

@Lapsedcat On another website - which I can't work out if you're on or not - there was once a very heated argument over whether the childen at the end of this ad say "overtired" or "oh they're tired" https://t.co/GthdqpPUOm

[Sam @samuelblainey]

They're good because all the clothes call the referee sir

[Sam @samuelblainey]

@jondrytay @sfgreenwood Can you tell him that it looks like the perfect film for a wife on maternity leave around the festive period.

[Sam @samuelblainey]

Jonty absolutely certain this wasn't him but when we saw him back at O'Neills in Clapham, Tobes and Tomothy both said that he smelled of sick
https://t.co/5OdxV40osv

[Sam @samuelblainey]

'Marcus, what's your skills test?'

'I'll be asking our professionals to cook these oven chips.'

'And you Monica?'

'I'll be wanting our chefs to catch this greased up pig, kill it, butcher it and serve a variety of pork products in a roast unicorn sauce. In eight minutes.'

[Sam @samuelblainey]

Great - as if a three year old & a newborn aren't enough, I get a knock on my door at 6am and now I have to host Wyclef for an indeterminate period.

[Sam @samuelblainey]

@B_Mac1878 for me Clive, that initial challenge looked a yellow.

[Sam @samuelblainey]

@h4o8eY I like how these periodically come up so we can all wallow in misery once again. For me, that Birmingham Carling Cup final. I just went home and went straight to bed. It was 7.30pm.

[Jonny Sharples @JonnyGabriel]

Sally Rooney books but they're Wayne Rooney tweets.