Although equally truly, labelling Nazis Nazis and fascists fascists isn’t always a ‘strategy’. Sometimes you just say things because they’re true.

They’re emailing out the decisions. Relief for applicants, one way or the other. I’m stunned to say mine was successful: oh my. I’ll have to do it now.

Grantium latest. It's back up. But it seems to have lost (all? just my?) login details. So I click on "reset password" and get this.

If you ask me a confirmation question, I'll answer it...

It’s not aimed at me.

From now on I’m only answering “where do you get your ideas from” when it’s expressed in this way.

It was already down from at least the night before. First website ever to go down in anticipation of high traffic. Even my shonky old site can handle 2000 hits.

On reflection I can’t believe the decisions are recorded nowhere but Grantium. There’s a spreadsheet somewhere. Anything else would be negligence verging on gross incompetence.

For the avoidance of ambiguity or coyness: I am one of those waiting.

Applicants have now been told they'll hear (ideally) early next week. As far as I understand it, the decisions are themselves locked in Grantium. We've been saying since its introduction that Grantium is not fit for purpose; this seems to have finally persuaded ACE that this is so.

Not just me then. I think it could prove fairly popular!

It looks like a great project, and it's a lovely school. I hope it comes off - I'd love to see it.

And yesterday I went to this. I wrote the adaptation so you'll be wanting to give it a miss. dukeslancaster.org/whats-on/the...

On Thursday, to celebrate her sixteenth birthday, I took my niece to see this. Anyone heard of it? It was decent! www.sunderland-theatre.co.uk/shows/sunder...

On Wednesday I saw this, a play about Leeds United that's actually a play about dementia and which managed to do both of these things improbably well. www.leedsplayhouse.org.uk/event/throug...