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Michael Lloyd-Jones
I set crosswords for the Daily Telegraph and The Independent
I set crosswords for the Daily Telegraph and The Independent
Another photo, close-up.
December 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Another photo, close-up.
Flotsam washed up on the beach at Newport, Pembrokeshire, on Sunday afternoon after a recent storm: goose barnacles attached to a very old bottle. An expensive delicacy in Spanish and Portuguese restaurants.
Our hound thinks I'm about to hoy it for her to fetch.
Our hound thinks I'm about to hoy it for her to fetch.
December 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Flotsam washed up on the beach at Newport, Pembrokeshire, on Sunday afternoon after a recent storm: goose barnacles attached to a very old bottle. An expensive delicacy in Spanish and Portuguese restaurants.
Our hound thinks I'm about to hoy it for her to fetch.
Our hound thinks I'm about to hoy it for her to fetch.
Just got round to watching it. Great fun. Includes an early double-take from James Finlayson!
Martha Sleeper's terrific in it, but was she really only 14 or 15 at the time? I guess she'd been doing comedy for a while by then.
Here they are 5 years later. Who knew that Finlayson had legs like mine?
Martha Sleeper's terrific in it, but was she really only 14 or 15 at the time? I guess she'd been doing comedy for a while by then.
Here they are 5 years later. Who knew that Finlayson had legs like mine?
November 26, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Just got round to watching it. Great fun. Includes an early double-take from James Finlayson!
Martha Sleeper's terrific in it, but was she really only 14 or 15 at the time? I guess she'd been doing comedy for a while by then.
Here they are 5 years later. Who knew that Finlayson had legs like mine?
Martha Sleeper's terrific in it, but was she really only 14 or 15 at the time? I guess she'd been doing comedy for a while by then.
Here they are 5 years later. Who knew that Finlayson had legs like mine?
Looking at those cards has reminded me of the letter to a newspaper years ago that said if you invert the fingers-crossed logo it looks like Michael Heseltine.
(I'm not making this up!)
(I'm not making this up!)
November 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Looking at those cards has reminded me of the letter to a newspaper years ago that said if you invert the fingers-crossed logo it looks like Michael Heseltine.
(I'm not making this up!)
(I'm not making this up!)
Maybe a Stardust-style chunky ring on the surplus bit?
Anyone asks what's with the glove, just do the pose and they'll shut up.
Anyone asks what's with the glove, just do the pose and they'll shut up.
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Maybe a Stardust-style chunky ring on the surplus bit?
Anyone asks what's with the glove, just do the pose and they'll shut up.
Anyone asks what's with the glove, just do the pose and they'll shut up.
Festive back garden view at dawn this morning in West Wales.
(Oak, hawthorn, laurel and buddleia all getting out of hand, shout out to the Green Man.)
(Oak, hawthorn, laurel and buddleia all getting out of hand, shout out to the Green Man.)
November 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Festive back garden view at dawn this morning in West Wales.
(Oak, hawthorn, laurel and buddleia all getting out of hand, shout out to the Green Man.)
(Oak, hawthorn, laurel and buddleia all getting out of hand, shout out to the Green Man.)
Warning: contains four-letter lights
November 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Warning: contains four-letter lights
Congratulations to Iceland on becoming a woman.
November 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Congratulations to Iceland on becoming a woman.
A pic for Friday's blog.
November 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
A pic for Friday's blog.
Typhoon heading towards Vietnam where many have already died in the past week's floods? Let's go with this thumbnail!
November 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Typhoon heading towards Vietnam where many have already died in the past week's floods? Let's go with this thumbnail!
Some alternatives 🙄
Is the last one a woman holding a netball up? No idea.
Is the last one a woman holding a netball up? No idea.
November 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Some alternatives 🙄
Is the last one a woman holding a netball up? No idea.
Is the last one a woman holding a netball up? No idea.
"Make sure Paul gets plenty of interesting material."
November 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"Make sure Paul gets plenty of interesting material."
'I only wore black' v 'I wore only black'
October 31, 2025 at 11:48 AM
'I only wore black' v 'I wore only black'
I know I posted this on Twitter ages ago, but I came across it again last night and thought some may not have seen it yet.
(From the Not the Nine O'Clock News spin-off book, 1980.)
(From the Not the Nine O'Clock News spin-off book, 1980.)
October 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I know I posted this on Twitter ages ago, but I came across it again last night and thought some may not have seen it yet.
(From the Not the Nine O'Clock News spin-off book, 1980.)
(From the Not the Nine O'Clock News spin-off book, 1980.)
If Peter Cook had been alive when the series started he might have said something to that effect.
teddexter.com/blog/index__...
teddexter.com/blog/index__...
October 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
If Peter Cook had been alive when the series started he might have said something to that effect.
teddexter.com/blog/index__...
teddexter.com/blog/index__...
Incidentally, the Telegraph published a book with their own version of 3D puzzles in 2002.
Unlike the calendar puzzles, they were presented as cruciform, and the solver had to imagine it being folded into a cube.
(It didn't take off – one critic of the book said he wasn't a fan of going backwards!)
Unlike the calendar puzzles, they were presented as cruciform, and the solver had to imagine it being folded into a cube.
(It didn't take off – one critic of the book said he wasn't a fan of going backwards!)
October 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Incidentally, the Telegraph published a book with their own version of 3D puzzles in 2002.
Unlike the calendar puzzles, they were presented as cruciform, and the solver had to imagine it being folded into a cube.
(It didn't take off – one critic of the book said he wasn't a fan of going backwards!)
Unlike the calendar puzzles, they were presented as cruciform, and the solver had to imagine it being folded into a cube.
(It didn't take off – one critic of the book said he wasn't a fan of going backwards!)
Slobbering maniac starts to chew Unch rabidly (3)
October 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Slobbering maniac starts to chew Unch rabidly (3)
You're not going with my Issue 1 cover art and free gift suggestion?
October 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You're not going with my Issue 1 cover art and free gift suggestion?