Walts are absolutely fascinating characters. If he rocked up in an old regimental blazer and a couple of medals no one would have clocked him, but its not enough so he has to go full-on Admiral and pretend he's Lord Lieutenant as well
‘Admiral with fake medals’ sparks fury after blagging his way into Remembrance event | LBC
Veterans have told of their anger after a man posing as an admiral turned up at a Remembrance Sunday event.
www.lbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Walts are absolutely fascinating characters. If he rocked up in an old regimental blazer and a couple of medals no one would have clocked him, but its not enough so he has to go full-on Admiral and pretend he's Lord Lieutenant as well
Another incredibly confusing day of getting the news via BSky when you have the 47th president's name muted in your feed
November 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Another incredibly confusing day of getting the news via BSky when you have the 47th president's name muted in your feed
Heard about this over the years, but never watched it until now. Absolutely fantastic, they literally don't make them like this any more. 40 years old so slower paced yet also at a breakneck pace at the same time, in a way that modern series absolutely refuse to do
Great news - one of the best mini-series ever with a dazzling & eccentric screenplay by Troy Kennedy Martin & superb direction by Martin Campbell is back on iplayer.
If you haven’t seen it then you’re in for a real treat.
Come for Bob Peck, stay for Joe Don Baker.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
If you haven’t seen it then you’re in for a real treat.
Come for Bob Peck, stay for Joe Don Baker.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Edge of Darkness - Series 1: 1. Compassionate Leave
Thriller set in a world of obsessive state security. Ronald Craven is haunted by the murder of his daughter and begins his own investigation into her death.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Heard about this over the years, but never watched it until now. Absolutely fantastic, they literally don't make them like this any more. 40 years old so slower paced yet also at a breakneck pace at the same time, in a way that modern series absolutely refuse to do
Perfect home if, like me, you dream of becoming an annoying brutalist version of Jonathan Creek
Check out this Detached house for sale on Rightmove
Detached house for sale in Water Tower Enclosure, Back Lane South, Main Street, Wheldrake, York, YO19 for £200,000. Marketed by Ashtons Estate Agents, York
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November 8, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Perfect home if, like me, you dream of becoming an annoying brutalist version of Jonathan Creek
November 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
James Watson absolutely in the category of "I thought he was already dead", for me
November 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
James Watson absolutely in the category of "I thought he was already dead", for me
I love my football, but seeing this banner makes me seriously want to reconsider the obsession
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I love my football, but seeing this banner makes me seriously want to reconsider the obsession
Just called across a cafe to ask my other half to pick up some napkins while she was at the counter, and the gesture I made for them was as if I were a freakishly giant referee signalling VAR
November 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Just called across a cafe to ask my other half to pick up some napkins while she was at the counter, and the gesture I made for them was as if I were a freakishly giant referee signalling VAR
Phenomenal thread
Just a short list of iconic Adams moments:
Telling the Dominican day parade "I may have been born in Alabama, but I'm Dominican baby" despite being born in Brooklyn.
Telling his baffled girlfriend "the first stop is always Istanbul" after taking a bribe from Turkish Airways to fly to Paris.
Telling the Dominican day parade "I may have been born in Alabama, but I'm Dominican baby" despite being born in Brooklyn.
Telling his baffled girlfriend "the first stop is always Istanbul" after taking a bribe from Turkish Airways to fly to Paris.
November 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Phenomenal thread
Sadly I think the other reason for this is that a lot poppy sellers & RBL volunteers are now either too infirm or have died of old age in the last few years - fewer places to get them from
Anecdotally, it seems to me the right's aggressive WHERE'S YOUR POPPY attitude has resulted in no-one wanting to wear them any more. I've barely seen a single person wearing one this year.
November 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Sadly I think the other reason for this is that a lot poppy sellers & RBL volunteers are now either too infirm or have died of old age in the last few years - fewer places to get them from
The Mary Earps memoir is extraordinarily awful, or at least the extract in today's Guardian is. Appallingly self-centred and vindictive. Does her absolutely no favours, I cannot understand why she thought this was a good idea
Mary Earps extract: ‘I felt sick and anxious. Then came the words I’d waited 12 months to hear’
In an exclusive extract from her autobiography, the goalkeeper reveals the painful road to her shock England exit
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The Mary Earps memoir is extraordinarily awful, or at least the extract in today's Guardian is. Appallingly self-centred and vindictive. Does her absolutely no favours, I cannot understand why she thought this was a good idea
*Rio Ferdinand voice* Legion d'honneur! Legion d'honneur! Legion d'honneur!
A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.
Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."
cbsn.ws
October 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
*Rio Ferdinand voice* Legion d'honneur! Legion d'honneur! Legion d'honneur!
Probably earlier this week. Was scanning some documents with my phone camera, did one side, needed to turn the page over, so I swiped the phone screen and then got puzzled when it didn't work
What’s the stupidest thing you’ve ever done? I don’t mean “cheating on your partner” stupid, I mean stupid stupid. Like, once, I had this bubble bath which smelled absolutely delicious, so I took a big glug of it. That kind of stupid. (It did not taste delicious.)
October 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Probably earlier this week. Was scanning some documents with my phone camera, did one side, needed to turn the page over, so I swiped the phone screen and then got puzzled when it didn't work
Constitution nerds: doesn't this sort of thing need an Act of Parliament? Like the titles stripped from German princes in WW1?
Prince Andrew to lose 'prince' title and move out of Royal Lodge
www.bbc.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Constitution nerds: doesn't this sort of thing need an Act of Parliament? Like the titles stripped from German princes in WW1?
It's that time of year again
October 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
It's that time of year again
Surely everyone is by now familiar with the Viz magazine house style and can spot this for what it is?
October 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Surely everyone is by now familiar with the Viz magazine house style and can spot this for what it is?
Reposted by Chris Applegate
It's increasingly obvious that Labour's strategy - call it Starmerism, Blue Labour, whatever - has got it badly wrong. It has alienated the party's core vote while failing to win over those leaning to Reform. There was no shortage of people warning them they were getting it wrong either.
October 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It's increasingly obvious that Labour's strategy - call it Starmerism, Blue Labour, whatever - has got it badly wrong. It has alienated the party's core vote while failing to win over those leaning to Reform. There was no shortage of people warning them they were getting it wrong either.
The funny thing about this saga is that she was already famous, found the body and got him a state funeral and herself an MBE. Absolutely didn't need to make a libellous film to say "needless to say, I got the last laugh", but did it anyway, which ironically was a very Alan Partridge thing to do
Honestly love how Philippa Langley just about managed to keep her absolutely insane Ricardianism out of public life and it's finally coming out again. It's all a bit Captain Tom, really.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Substantial damages awarded to academic over Steve Coogan Richard III film
Richard Taylor sued Steve Coogan and two production companies over his portrayal in the movie.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The funny thing about this saga is that she was already famous, found the body and got him a state funeral and herself an MBE. Absolutely didn't need to make a libellous film to say "needless to say, I got the last laugh", but did it anyway, which ironically was a very Alan Partridge thing to do
One of the worst changes Britain last twenty years has been the ever-growing miserliness of our national character, the moneysavingexpertisation of an entire nation which is now convinced you can scrimp and save yourself to success
October 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
One of the worst changes Britain last twenty years has been the ever-growing miserliness of our national character, the moneysavingexpertisation of an entire nation which is now convinced you can scrimp and save yourself to success
Editor: You get those photos of Chris Tarrant and Cookie Monster?
Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin respectful just like you asked
Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin respectful just like you asked
As November approaches, never forget that the BBC pinned a poppy on Cookie Monster.
"YPRES MAKE COOKIE MONSTER SAD. NO COOKIES AT SOMME."
"YPRES MAKE COOKIE MONSTER SAD. NO COOKIES AT SOMME."
October 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Editor: You get those photos of Chris Tarrant and Cookie Monster?
Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin respectful just like you asked
Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin respectful just like you asked
Think one of the key things why adverts are such a thing with them is that people in ads are usually enjoying themselves and having a nice life; seeing non-white people be happy is something that drives your typical racist absolutely mad
Something I can't get over with the Sarah Pochin comments is that it's not just racist, it's also pathetic? Like oh wittle Sarah doesn't like the wittle adverts is it? Get a grip, you're a grown woman and member of parliament, stop being a snowflake and find a real problem to deal with
October 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Think one of the key things why adverts are such a thing with them is that people in ads are usually enjoying themselves and having a nice life; seeing non-white people be happy is something that drives your typical racist absolutely mad
Idle enshittification anecdata: restaurant we went to tonight got slammed with a string of Deliveroo orders just as we ordered, and they lost our order in the chaos, and were so slapdash we decided to cut our losses and leave
October 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Idle enshittification anecdata: restaurant we went to tonight got slammed with a string of Deliveroo orders just as we ordered, and they lost our order in the chaos, and were so slapdash we decided to cut our losses and leave
Lol @ someone forgetting to pull the AWS ads during half-time of the football tonight, where the semiautomated offside isn't working because of the AWS downtime
October 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Lol @ someone forgetting to pull the AWS ads during half-time of the football tonight, where the semiautomated offside isn't working because of the AWS downtime
Walking past this place in Forest Gate always made me double-take
October 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Walking past this place in Forest Gate always made me double-take
Makes me really sad that Heist Podcast is on indefinite hiatus, it would have been a hell of an episode this week
Heard about the Louvre jewel heist and my first thought was “finally, some good old fashioned normal crime”
October 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Makes me really sad that Heist Podcast is on indefinite hiatus, it would have been a hell of an episode this week