Sir Spike Milligan,inspired by Thor Heyerdahl,proved residents of Notting Hill could originally be from Bethnal Green,using the Central Line.Inspired by this and using Bottle Alley,I will prove that clients of The Forbidden Fruit probably started the afternoon drinking in Whetherspoons Hastings.

Am spending my first night in St Leonard's as a DFL. I have family in the area and intend to engage in a number of social, sporting and cultural activities in Hastings, St Leonard's and Bexhill. Will I be welcomed, or are all DFL's treated with suspicion?

I cannot overstate the importance of reading books, particularly novels by respected authors, for critical thinking skills and reading comprehension. If the big gun novelists don't interest you, start small and work your way up. Or read whatever interests you. Just read. Or listen. It's all books.

I wish there was some fancy economic term for when a person deliberately lowers the price of every single stock on the planet before then raising them all with a wave of their hand, in a manner you might say would grant immediate, near-infinite wealth to anyone informed of such plans beforehand.

Happy 97th birthday Tom Lehrer 🎂

Today, I'll be celebrating the birthday of the greatest musical satirist of the last hundred years. Born in Manhattan in 1928, Lehrer was a mathematician who wrote comedy and satirical songs, and became an international celebrity in the late 50s and early 60s. /1

Happy 97th birthday to Tom Lehrer, who confirmed his status as a Great Man a few years ago by releasing all his work into the public domain. tomlehrersongs.com