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A very amusing series of stories on Radio 4 from a Police Sergeant turned stand-up comedian explaining the legalities of police work. My favourites are… The Wrath of Zeus (about “deploying” a police dog on a robber)...

I have just watched the latest programme in his Wilderness series, in Patagonia. It’s a wonderful episode, covering a very tough journey in an incredible country, with serious climate issues that he explains very well. I have to say that Reeve is an admirable chap, with a tough upbringing but a...

According to the Daily Telegraph, based on £304 million losses over the past 3 seasons. To be applied later in this current season as the Prem League inquiry concludes soon? The possibility (probability?) seems to be threatening the ongoing takeover by Miami-based 777 consortium.

First episode on tonight. It is on catch-up. It’s not been repeated for many years. Possibly the best Cold War / Ecology / Conspiracy thriller of the 80s. First aired in 1985. If you were in your mid-20s then, you will understand. With Bob Peck, Joanne Whalley and the incomparable Joe Don...

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/28/tom-verlaine-frontman-and-guitarist-of-us-band-television-dies-at-73 Just awful news. RIP 📺💔

For me, the number 8. Or 19 if we are being unconventional.

Interesting. Two days after PA steals the scenes at Prince Philip’s memorial service by escorting his Mum down the centre aisle in Westminster Abbey in full TV coverage, to the alleged fury of Chas and Wills, he is accused in the Telegraph of taking over a million in “gifts” from dodgy...

This is insanely crazy and, in the extreme, could trigger a catastrophe affecting most of central Europe.

I am surprised we have not yet had a thread on the Post Office scandal. It’s being described as the biggest miscarriage of justice in many decades. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/feb/15/wrongly-convicted-post-office-workers-inquiry-horizon-it There were dozens of senior people in...

Why would any manager want this player in his club? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2021/10/28/manchester-united-prepared-let-paul-pogba-leave-free-transfer/

Up to 5 million British travellers hoping to visit Europe this summer face an extra hurdle as it emerged that those vaccinated with Indian-manufactured AstraZeneca jabs would not automatically skip quarantine. Under the EU vaccine passport scheme, people given the AstraZeneca jab produced by...

Where Blackpool fans lead, others follow. Apparently NAPM against the Glazers and all their commercial partners, now trending with ManU fans, has led to the collapse of a £200 million sponsorship deal. (Yes, £200 mill to sponsor training kit!)...

Wow. The Daily Heil has pushed the big red button by leaking all the scuttlebut and rumours from ex-employees of Haz and Megs and courtiers of Wills and Kate. This could get extremely messy. People were warning about the track record of American divorcees. To me it says Her Maj is perhaps...

Can the golfers offer any advice on what they consider the best clubs, irons and woods, for a high handicapper? Heel and toe weighted etc?

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Good, bad or simply dangerous ?

“Figures released by NHS England show that 25,060 patients were moved from hospitals to care homes between 17 March and 16 April, when testing was still not widespread, and amid mounting warnings over the social care sector’s lack of preparedness, including shortages of protective equipment for...

King Richard II, Act 2 Scene 1... Ely House John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster: Methinks I am a prophet new inspired And thus expiring do foretell of him: His rash fierce blaze of riot cannot last, For violent fires soon burn out themselves; Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short...