I have never heard of any of these people. And none of them are John Watts, lead singer of the band Fischer-Z, who is still touring aged 71 and was in my class!
February 12, 2026 at 9:06 PM
I have never heard of any of these people. And none of them are John Watts, lead singer of the band Fischer-Z, who is still touring aged 71 and was in my class!
Ahem ... the King's English! Which is - and always has been - the title of a respected book on English grammar by Fowler & Fowler.
February 11, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Ahem ... the King's English! Which is - and always has been - the title of a respected book on English grammar by Fowler & Fowler.
Well, Middle English was. Modern English has absorbed words from many languages. You have an avatar on your Bluesky account. You might - for example - live in a bungalow with a verandah and wear jodhpurs, dungarees or pyjamas, drink punch or eat chutney, All those came from India ...
February 11, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Well, Middle English was. Modern English has absorbed words from many languages. You have an avatar on your Bluesky account. You might - for example - live in a bungalow with a verandah and wear jodhpurs, dungarees or pyjamas, drink punch or eat chutney, All those came from India ...
Welsh is one of a group of languages defined as Celtic and most closely resembles Breton and Cornish - the Brittonic group. Irish and Scots Gaelic and Manx are known as Goidelic and are very different!
February 11, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Welsh is one of a group of languages defined as Celtic and most closely resembles Breton and Cornish - the Brittonic group. Irish and Scots Gaelic and Manx are known as Goidelic and are very different!
But why have they missed out the stop in Stockholm?
February 7, 2026 at 10:05 AM
But why have they missed out the stop in Stockholm?
I spent a week in Hunstanton one afternoon. It makes Frinton look exciting.
February 6, 2026 at 11:38 AM
I spent a week in Hunstanton one afternoon. It makes Frinton look exciting.
My late father was a BBC TV weatherman in the 1950s and 1960s. He had dozens of encounters like that ... and hated being a 'celebrity'.
February 5, 2026 at 3:46 PM
My late father was a BBC TV weatherman in the 1950s and 1960s. He had dozens of encounters like that ... and hated being a 'celebrity'.
"Knock, knock." "Who's there?" "Maybe it's a big horse." "Maybe it's a big horse who?" ♫ Maybe it's a big horse I'm a Londoner ... ♫
February 5, 2026 at 3:01 PM
"Knock, knock." "Who's there?" "Maybe it's a big horse." "Maybe it's a big horse who?" ♫ Maybe it's a big horse I'm a Londoner ... ♫
One of the secret skills of being a drinker is to know - and avoid standing at - the 'dead' spot between bar workers' 'territories' where you never get served!
January 31, 2026 at 7:11 PM
One of the secret skills of being a drinker is to know - and avoid standing at - the 'dead' spot between bar workers' 'territories' where you never get served!
Pre-covid, 'Spoons in Bath introduced an experimental 'double queue system' - 'drinks only' and 'drinks and food'. Worked well, but they abandoned it anyway!
January 31, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Pre-covid, 'Spoons in Bath introduced an experimental 'double queue system' - 'drinks only' and 'drinks and food'. Worked well, but they abandoned it anyway!
It is, but what he's theoretically doing is offering a discount for cash off the advertised price.
January 29, 2026 at 11:18 AM
It is, but what he's theoretically doing is offering a discount for cash off the advertised price.
Analysis from the trade paper Morning Advertiser. In 2017 alone there were 1950 closures ... www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...
ANALYSIS: Pub numbers down by over 15,000 in past 25 years
The figures found from 2023 to 2024, pub numbers fell by 350.
www.morningadvertiser.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Analysis from the trade paper Morning Advertiser. In 2017 alone there were 1950 closures ... www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...
Most sets built in the 1970s had at least 4 buttons you could pre-set. If you lived on the borders of ITV regions you could sometimes get 3 different stations - where I lived in 1982 I could get Anglia, Central and (weather permitting) Yorkshire. Had my computer and VCR on another! All before C4.
January 28, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Most sets built in the 1970s had at least 4 buttons you could pre-set. If you lived on the borders of ITV regions you could sometimes get 3 different stations - where I lived in 1982 I could get Anglia, Central and (weather permitting) Yorkshire. Had my computer and VCR on another! All before C4.
He'd have to prise my Blue Peter badge out of my cold, dead hands.
January 17, 2026 at 9:40 AM
He'd have to prise my Blue Peter badge out of my cold, dead hands.
Liechtenstein disbanded its army in 1868.
January 17, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Liechtenstein disbanded its army in 1868.
Just explain to it that nature abhors a vacuum ...
January 16, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Just explain to it that nature abhors a vacuum ...
In my experience as a news retailer 95% of Express sales were home deliveries to OAPs. OTC sales were few and far between. But almost always to over-60s.
January 11, 2026 at 11:28 PM
In my experience as a news retailer 95% of Express sales were home deliveries to OAPs. OTC sales were few and far between. But almost always to over-60s.
"This isn't the Brexit I voted for ..."
January 11, 2026 at 11:24 PM
"This isn't the Brexit I voted for ..."
Oldest readership demographic of all national papers ...
January 11, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Oldest readership demographic of all national papers ...
No wonder part 3 wasn't available on iPlayer! I suppose we should have expected something like that, but ...
January 11, 2026 at 10:08 PM
No wonder part 3 wasn't available on iPlayer! I suppose we should have expected something like that, but ...
Available year-round in our village Co-op!
January 5, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Available year-round in our village Co-op!