Started watching a Gene Tierney movie. Because, well, Gene Tierney.

It makes sense that Whiskey Pete and his Zionist cohorts would choose to invade on Easter weekend. The religious psychosis that has warped their brains has been the cause of death & destruction for millennia. Of course, we won’t know a thing about it until it’s well underway. Ask yourself… WWJD?

Wish me luck lads, I'm starting to sort my clean laundry. I may be some time.

Erm, got back from London by train today. Unpacking my case, I've found this in an outside pocket. Zero to do with me. Who on earth put it there??

Well, tomorrow I head down to London. My son gets married on Friday, which is bloody brilliant.

I have just been introduced to this, which is true, but also barely scratching the surface. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYEb... #DonaldTrumpIsAWanker #Fugue

#StandingStoneSunday Standing Stone in my garden. Made by my husband @steverochestone.bsky.social with the inscription 'All Shall Be Well' in memory of my Mum. Quote from Julian of Norwich.

The next one is There Are Rivers In The Sky, by Elif Shafak. I should make notes as I go, I think. Don't know a thing about it. One of the others saw it recommended, so here we are.

Well, the book club I've joined triumphantly assessed Ali Smith's How To Be Both last night. We agreed it's a book (a really thoughtful one, and I wish I'd had time to see the frescoes when I went to Ferrara a couple of years back. Blame Bruce.).

Here's Matches, which is the one I've acquired the lyrics for. Written in Much Wenlock, I'm interested to note. youtu.be/3hw604WrlzI?... #KatherinePriddy

The good news is that vinyl plus of the new @katherinepriddy.bsky.social album These Frightening Machines has arrived. If you don't already know her, you need to. Brilliantly written songs.

'These Frightening Machines' - my third album, is out now! 🥹 I've poured everything into this release and I am so, so proud of it. Now the songs are ready to take on new meanings elsewhere... I hope you enjoy it. You can stream and purchase it here: kpriddy.lnk.to/TFM

This IPSO adjudication against the Telegraph is quite something Confirms their story titled: ‘We earn £345k, but soaring private school fees mean we can’t go on five holidays’ was completely fabricated, with the family involved non-existent and stock pictures used www.ipso.co.uk/rulings/0210...

This is my brother-in-law @steverochestone.bsky.social and his partner. BBC News - Sheffield stonemasons win Swiss snow sculpting competition - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We won a match!?! Had forgotten what it's like. #WWFC

Was able to walk home through what was the general cemetery here one night last week. First time it's been light enough to do so this year. The Merlin app reckoned there was a crossbill in the park. Yeah, not at all sure about that. Only if it's a very confused and lost one.

@katherinepriddy.bsky.social Evening Katherine. I trust you're enjoying the shows. I'm annoyed I didn't spot your recent email in time to get one of those CDs. Have you come across Marie Dresslhuis? She's Canadian, I think, and did this, which is stunning: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYBE...

That was from Tim. My best was this, by #MarieDresslhuis. Sadly, she's in Vancouver. I think this is stunning; will have to hope she comes over here. The Aftermath. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYBE...

Really strong set of #WeeklyMusicCall songs this pm. One of which was this, new from Labi Siffre. Gorgeous. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ura...

One of those #WeeklyMusicCall days which was almost entirely composed of corkers. Will post in a bit.

Help wanted. Can anyone identify the clothing worn by the young woman in this portrait photo by W.T. Furniss who is buried at Wardsend. It looks like work wear e.g. munitions worker (the period is right) but the scarf/neckerchief and fascinator(?) are a bit of a puzzle.

The current #thetenx5 lists flying around here are killing me when it comes to shortlisting for my #WeeklyMusicCall. Even without those, there's a lot of great regulations at the moment.

About bloody time with Jöro.

I hope to find out if I'm going to be a grandfather or grandmother tomorrow, as it were. One potential piece of news, in the latter event, made me cry.

I wish to strongly recommend the brilliantly manned Annabelle Chair legs to you. Try Shoo-Fly for starters. youtu.be/wMTjvjxG1eU?...

Anyone in London/ who sees shows: I'm down next weekend with an unexpected evening to kill. What should I be seeing?

Disco Inferno 🔥🔥🔥 #BurnsNight

Good Night From The Drummer, My Friends. Sleep Tight.

They know what they say is untrue, they do not care it is untrue. The media know that what they repeat is untrue, they do not care it is untrue. Their supporters know what they are told is untrue, they do not care it is untrue. Telling the truth is not enough, unless people care about the truth.

I really like The Brothers Comatose - I commend them to you - and here they are with Sweet Sally doing a cracking take on Bob's Don't Think Twice. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMlW...

Anyway. Bernie Taupin's third wife's Dad's fourth wife was Rita Hayworth. Just goes to show.

An interesting range of #vinyl coming up for auction here tomorrow. www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auctio...

'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a library in possession of a good Jane Austen biography, must be in want of some googly eyes.'

"A Change Is Gonna Come" (1964) - Sam Cooke 🎶🎧 #coffeebreak www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5zD...

Putting a set list of music from or linked to New Orleans for tomorrow's #WeeklyMusicCall. Suggestions gratefully accepted. Though there's shed loads to go at, obv.

After an evening mostly in tears last night, for not a lot of reason, I am officially pulling the red alarm cord labelled "struggling". Been a while since my MH took a real downturn, so I now need to work out how to pilot a way ahead from here.

I've just spent half an hour watching Darlene Love on various Christmas Lettermans doing Christmas (Baby Please Come Home). Couldn't be happier. She is a living marvel.

Stop. Anthropomorphising. AI. It can't "lie", any more than it can apologise, or tell the truth. It isn't human; it doesn't have agency or intent. It doesn't know what lying is; it doesn't have human emotions or motivations. Grok is a shit tool with zero guardrails, made deliberately so by humans.

I'm watching the Operation Mincemeat film for the first time, having seen the musical a couple of times (and booked in at least twice more, I think). The film appears to be a serious situation. Firth has not yet changed costume nor engaged in dialogue about newts. Puzzled.

I see your top ten guitarist lists but not one mention of Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Pfffft! 🙌🏽

Meanwhile, I'm just into book 5 (of 6) in Adam Bede. Poor Hetty. It's genuinely riveting stuff.

We won a match! God bless West Ham and all who sail in her. I genuinely thought we'd go the entire season without. It's 98% likely we're going down so, but at least this is one humiliation avoided. Next on our list: to overtake Derby's 11 points de minimis. #WWFC

Making headway with Mary Ann's Adam Bede. I need to finish it by Sunday evening. The squire's dance has just been and gone. I seem to recall from vague memories of reading it maybe 25 years ago that it's about to all go wrong. #GeorgeEliot

Well, I have zero idea what I am best doing with the year ahead. There are some pretty miraculous things hopefully happening, which I'll be a small part of. But, purely for my own sake, I feel a bit all over the place. No sure where to head. So, I have a rum and coke and Baba O'Reilly playing...

Major need from Nether Edge: I have changed the bed. Feeling a bit becalmed at the moment, so this counts as an achievement.

Got my clock up and running, from the very helpful @hiddenbritain.bsky.social. V pleasing. Not quite level yet though by, the look of this.

The #DuvetKnowItsChristmas night is a source of pure joy. Go delve in the hashtag, and lob in a few quid if you can.

Tomorrow evening it’ll be my annual duty to vaguely shepherd the activity on the #duvetknowitschristmas hashtag and urge people to give small sums to charity. 7.30pm? Something like that?

Right, your Christmas won't be complete until you've seen me singing Tim Minchin's beautiful White Wine In The Sun. So here it is. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0Q1... I'm in a community choir called Bevox, based in Sheffield & Lincoln. I'm well aware that it's flawed. But, for me, this is very good.