Birthday lunch, had to be done 🍺🥘

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A bit of a slowdown today - need another 250 signatures by 8am tomorrow to hit our daily #parkypetition100K target. If you’ve already signed grab a friend….or three! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

The lovely Tilda Swinton has signed the #parkypetition100K at @glastonbury.bsky.social - thanks TasteTibet for showing her our leaflet. Now everyone please follow her lead - we’re a bit behind target this morning petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Going to Glastonbury? Want to help the #parkypetition get to its target of 100,000 signatures? Take this QR code with you and contact me if you’d like to help. There’s a t-shirt in it for the first 20!

Wheeee!! Halfway there

Can we do it? Get to 50,000 by 0815 on Sunday I mean? Let’s do it! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

UK people, please consider signing this Parliamentary petition asking for better care for those experiencing hyperemesis gravidarum - my dear daughter-in-law suffered during both her pregnancies & it's a horrible thing, with inadequate support: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

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🔎Clue: Definitely a good idea to show you this megastar in the morning. (5,11)

✅ Fri answer(81) Henri Matisse

🤔Fact: After an appendicitis at 20, Matisse’s mother brought Henri art supplies, and the rest is history! 🎨

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On Monday our instagram account was hacked and then deleted. We received a ransom note to recover it; obviously we couldn't and wouldn't pay, and therefore lost thousands of followers. Meta support was useless. But we're BACK with a new account: @littletollerbooks. Can you follow us there and share?

I have a postdoc position in Behavioral/Experimental Economics available for 6 years, at the oldest university in Germany in beautiful Heidelberg. Please forward to anyone who might be interested!

#EconJobs #AcademicJobs #HigherEd #Economics #JobAlert

Do you have an Electric Vehicle? Urgent trick to save you cash.

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A snippet from my ‘Beat April Deadlines’ show, watch the full thing on: www.itv.com/watch/the-ma...

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🔎Clue: I think people do actually love this person (5,5)

✅ Weds answer(79) Thomas Tuchel

🤔Fact: The new England manager had to retire from playing football at 25 due to a knee injury 👩‍⚕️⚽️

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🔎Clue: You should get this quickly - it’s absolutely made for you! (6,5)

✅ Fri answer(77) Chris Cornell

🤔Fact: Soundgarden were named after a wind-channeling pipe sculpture. Obvs! 😉

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Get a Smart Meter they said, there are no issues in your area!! Had this message now for 3 days🤪

Always been happier to provide manual readings so will continue to do so

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👹Fearsome Friday👹

🔎 Clue: I watch his work religiously (X,X)

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✅ Thurs answer(71) Chrissie Hynde

🤔 Fact: Chrissie worked for the NME before making it as a musician. 🎶 🗞️

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🔎 Clue: Do not get me wrong (8,5)

✅ Tues answer(70) Bradley Walsh 📺

🤔 Fact: Before presenting, Walsh was a professional footballer. ⚽️

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URGENT deadline worth £10,000s to some all under 73s should check!
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Lovely couple of hours at Dyrham Park today

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🔎 Clue: Gibb, Manilow, White… invite them all! (4,9)

✅ Fri answer(63) Ginger Baker

🤔 Fact: He was voted the third greatest drummer of all time by readers of Rolling Stone. 🥁

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Looking forward to a good laugh tonight

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👹Fearsome Friday👹

🔎 Clue: Vincent Van Gogh puts a Victoria Sponge in the oven.

🚨No numbers on Friday!👹

✅ Thurs answer(62) Rowan Atkinson

🤔 Fact: Despite its success, only 15 episodes of Mr Bean have been made to date📺

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This is a fantastic charity and worth a follow

Just discovered that Smart Meters are bonkers! Our old “dumb” gas meter has given up the ghost, BG will not replace so are putting in a Smart Meter - however it will not be “Smart” as we don’t have a Smart Electric meter. Gas can’t work independently. What a poor design 😣

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🔎 Clue: Comedic Aristocracy (4,5)

✅ Weds answer(56) Jayne Torvill

🤔 Fact: Torvill And Dean spent first 18 secs of Bolero routine on their knees because the max time limit to actually skate was 4mins 10 secs! ⛸️ 🙌

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