Well, my train to Salisbury at lunchtime was 10 minutes late because of a signal failure near Portsmouth. Almost certainly caused by rainbow-coloured insulation on the cables.

Yes

102 hits for me. Mostly scientific papers, but also 2 books. The book links are to the Internet Archive, which does not appear to contain the actual text. So although I am not happy that my work is being stolen, I’m not sure what is being used.

I think frogspawn (today) is definitely a sign of spring.

"Overwhelmingly" surely?

Ah! I missed that. If you had said "in the wood shed"...

Not nasty. Looks like an unopened parasol mushroom - edible and tasty. (But don't take any online advice about eating mushrooms. Photos can be deceptive.)

Is this the BlueSky variant of Godwin's law?

I finally got round to buying it this year, despite being old enough to remember This Town... Yes, it's excellent.

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