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Can we now say “I’m Mandy, spy me” ?
February 5, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Can we now say “I’m Mandy, spy me” ?
Surely “tentacle up”?
January 31, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Surely “tentacle up”?
Rare example of gavel being used (accurately) to illustrate a non-law story. What is the world coming to?
January 17, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Rare example of gavel being used (accurately) to illustrate a non-law story. What is the world coming to?
Amazing new photos of N K leadership. From The Times.
January 12, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Amazing new photos of N K leadership. From The Times.
Should refugees be allowed to stay if they convert?
Refugees from the C of E, I mean.
The Times:
Hundreds of Anglican priests have converted to Catholicism. www.thetimes.com/article/03dc...
Refugees from the C of E, I mean.
The Times:
Hundreds of Anglican priests have converted to Catholicism. www.thetimes.com/article/03dc...
Hundreds of Anglican priests have converted to Catholicism
Bishops have been surprised by the scale of the exodus, which is partly driven by the ordination of women in the Church of England
www.thetimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Should refugees be allowed to stay if they convert?
Refugees from the C of E, I mean.
The Times:
Hundreds of Anglican priests have converted to Catholicism. www.thetimes.com/article/03dc...
Refugees from the C of E, I mean.
The Times:
Hundreds of Anglican priests have converted to Catholicism. www.thetimes.com/article/03dc...
Fat rats leave a taxing ship
November 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Fat rats leave a taxing ship
How long before this person is described as a “Walter Mitty” character?
Article from The Times:
'Fake' rear-admiral charged after attending remembrance parade. www.thetimes.com/article/faa4...
Article from The Times:
'Fake' rear-admiral charged after attending remembrance parade. www.thetimes.com/article/faa4...
‘Fake’ rear-admiral charged after attending remembrance parade
Jonathan David Carley, 64, laid a wreath at a Remembrance Sunday ceremony in Llandudno wearing a uniform adorned with 12 medals
www.thetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:34 AM
How long before this person is described as a “Walter Mitty” character?
Article from The Times:
'Fake' rear-admiral charged after attending remembrance parade. www.thetimes.com/article/faa4...
Article from The Times:
'Fake' rear-admiral charged after attending remembrance parade. www.thetimes.com/article/faa4...
Fake admiral exposed by wearing ‘wrong sort of shirt’.
Of course. Knew he was a bit of a rum cove as soon as I saw his dodgy collar.
I thought you would be interested in this story from The Times:
'Fake admiral' accused of gatecrashing Remembrance Sunday parade. www.thetimes.com/article/a35d...
Of course. Knew he was a bit of a rum cove as soon as I saw his dodgy collar.
I thought you would be interested in this story from The Times:
'Fake admiral' accused of gatecrashing Remembrance Sunday parade. www.thetimes.com/article/a35d...
‘Fake admiral’ accused of gatecrashing Llandudno remembrance event
Jonathan David Carley, a former teacher, who has attended at least three other parades, wore a rear admiral’s uniform and 12 medals
www.thetimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Fake admiral exposed by wearing ‘wrong sort of shirt’.
Of course. Knew he was a bit of a rum cove as soon as I saw his dodgy collar.
I thought you would be interested in this story from The Times:
'Fake admiral' accused of gatecrashing Remembrance Sunday parade. www.thetimes.com/article/a35d...
Of course. Knew he was a bit of a rum cove as soon as I saw his dodgy collar.
I thought you would be interested in this story from The Times:
'Fake admiral' accused of gatecrashing Remembrance Sunday parade. www.thetimes.com/article/a35d...
What are “fears businesses” - do they mean social media?
October 21, 2025 at 7:36 AM
What are “fears businesses” - do they mean social media?
Oh dear, @thetimes.com can’t tell the difference between a cassette and an 8-track cartridge
September 16, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Oh dear, @thetimes.com can’t tell the difference between a cassette and an 8-track cartridge
Because swearing to do so isn’t apparently enough? www.thetimes.com/article/f5a1...
Hillsborough law will force officials to tell the truth
The government, prompted by the infected blood and Post Office scandals, is putting forward legislation that includes a legal duty of candour for public officials
www.thetimes.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Because swearing to do so isn’t apparently enough? www.thetimes.com/article/f5a1...
How badly informed do you need to be not to know that Supreme Court Justices are not styled “Lord Justice” (which relates to judges of the lower Court of Appeal)? Shoddy subbing as usual from the Times. (since corrected, but astonishingly let through initially)
September 14, 2025 at 9:04 AM
How badly informed do you need to be not to know that Supreme Court Justices are not styled “Lord Justice” (which relates to judges of the lower Court of Appeal)? Shoddy subbing as usual from the Times. (since corrected, but astonishingly let through initially)
Sir Laurie is not a saint, is he?
September 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Sir Laurie is not a saint, is he?
Waiter, there’s a plane in my omelette
August 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Waiter, there’s a plane in my omelette
And if the battery’s flat, they can just push the car itself.
July 15, 2025 at 7:50 AM
And if the battery’s flat, they can just push the car itself.
Well those are certainly impressive - suits you to a T sir!
June 28, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Well those are certainly impressive - suits you to a T sir!
Nom de dieu! Another Times sub-fail
June 24, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Nom de dieu! Another Times sub-fail
Why are large sums of money always described as "eye-watering"?
Why not "throat-clenching" or "scrotum-tightening" or some other redundant formulation?
What makes your eyes water is sadness, or pain, or a howling wind on a cold day. Talk some sense, please, journalists.
Why not "throat-clenching" or "scrotum-tightening" or some other redundant formulation?
What makes your eyes water is sadness, or pain, or a howling wind on a cold day. Talk some sense, please, journalists.
June 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Why are large sums of money always described as "eye-watering"?
Why not "throat-clenching" or "scrotum-tightening" or some other redundant formulation?
What makes your eyes water is sadness, or pain, or a howling wind on a cold day. Talk some sense, please, journalists.
Why not "throat-clenching" or "scrotum-tightening" or some other redundant formulation?
What makes your eyes water is sadness, or pain, or a howling wind on a cold day. Talk some sense, please, journalists.
This must be galling after twenty years of pandering to Farage and his gang -
BBC plans to win over Reform voters who have 'lost trust'. www.thetimes.com/article/18fe...
BBC plans to win over Reform voters who have 'lost trust'. www.thetimes.com/article/18fe...
BBC plans to win over Reform voters who have ‘lost trust’
Some 85 per cent of Reform voters said they did not trust the BBC much or at all, according to a YouGov poll
www.thetimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 7:11 AM
This must be galling after twenty years of pandering to Farage and his gang -
BBC plans to win over Reform voters who have 'lost trust'. www.thetimes.com/article/18fe...
BBC plans to win over Reform voters who have 'lost trust'. www.thetimes.com/article/18fe...
They broke up, they tore it down, they crumbled it to dust…
May 22, 2025 at 7:03 AM
They broke up, they tore it down, they crumbled it to dust…
In what sense can anyone be 'handed' a suspended sentence?
Sentences are issued or ordered or given. They're not a handout.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Sentences are issued or ordered or given. They're not a handout.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Man handed suspended sentence over role in Blenheim Palace £4.8m gold toilet heist
Frederick Doe, 36, convicted of conspiring to transfer criminal property after 18-carat toilet was stolen in 2019
www.theguardian.com
May 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
In what sense can anyone be 'handed' a suspended sentence?
Sentences are issued or ordered or given. They're not a handout.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Sentences are issued or ordered or given. They're not a handout.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Surely he ‘threw fishermen overboard’ or ‘sold them down the river’?
What’s all this about climbing? Are the fish up a mountain?
What’s all this about climbing? Are the fish up a mountain?
May 20, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Surely he ‘threw fishermen overboard’ or ‘sold them down the river’?
What’s all this about climbing? Are the fish up a mountain?
What’s all this about climbing? Are the fish up a mountain?
Not just the prices that are steep. You should try climbing the hills.
The Times:
Edinburgh tops league for most expensive city break. www.thetimes.com/article/161f...
The Times:
Edinburgh tops league for most expensive city break. www.thetimes.com/article/161f...
Edinburgh tops league for most expensive city break
Staying in a hotel, seeing the sights and eating out all add up to £600, the priciest in western Europe and double that of Lisbon
www.thetimes.com
May 17, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Not just the prices that are steep. You should try climbing the hills.
The Times:
Edinburgh tops league for most expensive city break. www.thetimes.com/article/161f...
The Times:
Edinburgh tops league for most expensive city break. www.thetimes.com/article/161f...
Immigration white papers, 1965-2025 https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10230/
May 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM