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of acquiescent temper, miscellaneous opinions, and uncertain vote.
Maybe they have a paywall *for that very purpose*
November 12, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The Telegraph must know how few people read more than the headline

Say anything you like at the top, who’s going to notice that you deny it below?
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
is that Winkworth?
November 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
“gone” !!
November 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I once went to see a comedy 'try-out' night, one hopeful comedian said 'f***ing' between *every* word – it became impossible to understand what he was trying to say. Nerves, maybe?
November 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
that's not gone wrong, that's country-specific realism
November 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Most English counties (37) have similar populations to small US states (14) and small European countries (11)

Vermont, Wyoming, Luxembourg & Malta have fewer residents than the city of Leeds

The least populous US territories, English counties and Euro countries are the size of a small town
November 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Or, Bond takes on a compliance role, going around the world checking that the hollow volcano has been rewilded, the undersea base is now an oceanographic institute… so many lose ends
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The ‘likes’ on this must be like nodding to people arriving at the office after you - half an hour later, “I see Matthew’s in today”
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Shocking
November 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This was worth waiting for!
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Ha ha! Imagine telling Liam that his band is like The Wombles!
November 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Good game! I’m thinking Slade were Oasis for the 1970’s, maybe 10cc for Blur?
November 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
That’s the way it was for Aphrodite’s Child - I always thought it was a bit odd

m.youtube.com/watch?v=3KCb...
Aphrodite's Child - The Four Horsemen (video)
YouTube video by Aphrodite's Child
m.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Who was right?
November 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Happy birthday ! Chocolates look good
November 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The best known is the cockchafer - usually called a May Bug these days - it seems is a whole family of 'chafer' bugs
www.britannica.com/animal/chafer
Chafer | Grubs, Larvae, Beetles | Britannica
Chafer, (subfamily Melolonthinae), any of a group of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae (insect order Coleoptera). Adult leaf chafers (Macrodactylus) eat foliage, whereas grubs feed underground on pla...
www.britannica.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I begin to see why some insects have an English name ending in -chafer
November 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM