We used to have an Eastern European cleaner, took her ages to hoover the house. Turns out she was a Slovak 👍🏼👍🏼

Someone's getting book tokens for Christmas

A spoonerism is swapping the first parts of words. What is it called when the centre parts are swapped? See sports folk in the picture.

Farage regularly perceived to possess face of one? (4) is a brilliant &lit!

Hello all. Following on from a previous post where I revisited old quiz questions from the past, here is another one. What links the people in the photograph?

From a quiz I set many years ago - what links the following songs...? Stand And Deliver I Believe In A Thing Called Love Shine China In Your Hand Shipbuilding Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree Dear Prudence This Charming Man

I've been waiting all my life for this opportunity, and I took it.

The lyrics to the theme from Jurassic Park are "It's a dinosaur, it's a dinosaur..."

Wonderfully pedantic letter in today’s @financialtimes.com

🚨 AZED INTERVIEW JUST DROPPED 🚨 www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpcM... (and bonus Gemelo too!!)

Today's Gemelo puzzle in the Observer is a thing of wonder - chewy as hell, but an astounding feat of setting. Do yourself a favour and go have a look.

Today I learned that Beelzebub literally means Lord Of The Flies

"Neutral" is the ne plus ultra of anagrams.

Superstitious airline

I'm making burgers tonight. As such, the following image is going to be waiting for the missus on the door when she gets back in a couple of hours.

This is taking the piss

*what* an innovation

Me, reading Viz, seeing an advert for a Trevor Horn gig in Manchester that I'm very interested in. Show it to Mrs F. She says... "Didn't he produce your favourite 12" mix?" Me: "He bred leprechauns?" This really happened.

There’s a special minus level in hell reserved for Trump and all who salute him

A RECIPE FOR EVIL (Palindrome) Evil: Oats. Apple. Kiwi. Kelp. Pasta. Olive.

The Nigel Farage who wrote this about Charlie Kirk's murder will be furious at the Nigel Farage who made Lucy Connolly a star of the Reform conference

On the same day in the Telegraph:

This is where the empty headed Flag shagging leads. Race hate.

Seems like a good time to repost this www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFh7...

BATTLE OF BOSWORTH FIELD (Palindrome) Drowsy brawl. A York royal. War by sword. #Bosworth #OTD

Bold move by this shop in Hexham.

This. A million times this.

I think this is the longest journey in football this year. Is there any longer?

This is a physical impossibility, isn’t it?

Well, that sign sure told them. Canal at Brighouse.

@robmanuelyeah.bsky.social B3TA down?

Today's puzzle by Brendan in The Guardian does something I don't think I've seen before in a crossword, go take a look, it's impressive stuff

Ok, I will, but where is he?

Lovely clue, forcing the solver to do something a little out of the ordinary in today’s Times cryptic… 10a - Clue beginning with this spotted around competition?

Please, please tell me you’re all hearing what I’m hearing from the lady on the couch. Volume up.

Happy Spoonerism Day to all those who belly crate.

Today's Gemelo puzzle in The Observer is a quite remarkable feat of setting, both clues and solutions. Won't spoil it but look carefully at the clues and completed grid.

Most working class men know it’s wrong not to flash or grope women, Gregg Wallace, it’s just that we’re not sexist, predatory arseholes.

Fabulous from Anax in today's ST... Multitude possibly fed Hovis and tuna (4,8)

Why does Dave Gahan like Babybels? Because they're his own personal cheeses

Mull of Kilt Hire was RIGHT THERE

As someone with autism in the family, I find this excuse highly offensive. Also paging @johnharris1969.bsky.social

As Wimbledon is on, here's something I did a few years ago...

There’s a wildfire raging near Marseille airport. Here’s the Daily Express’s UK-centric hot (sic) take

Is it just me having issues with the Azed and Everyman online? The new format asks for name and e-mail address, then takes you to last week's puzzles! And you can't get the PDF anymore. What a cock-up

Surely....SURELY...I cannot be the only one who, upon seeing something like this, thinks of Robert Mapplethorpe #reformuk #whip #probablybestnottolookthisup

I'm having a burger (veggie) tonight, and so... A gherkin's chopped up - why is it smaller than before? (9)

Glastonbury joke I made from 2 years ago when Cat Stevens played the legends slot... "Cat Stevens has been staying at Glastonbury in a caravan, but unfortunately his awning has broken"

Great clue in today’s Times… Go out of one’s mind, according to faculty (14)