Chag Sameach to our Jewish friends and family, this Shavuot. Enjoy the cheese binge!

So, it seems that I *might* have basal cell carcinoma (aka skin cancer), after a consultant was a tad concerned by the scabby lump on my neck, following last week's appointment. So, it will be removed in the next few months. If you are blessed with Celtic skin, as I am, take extra care with sunshine

Tonight's dinner : Baby potatoes in a soy yoghurt, fresh coriander and green chilli sauce (seasoned with toasted cumin seeds, chilli powder, turmeric, cumin, and ground coriander) and a bulgur wheat, chickpea, cucumber, spring onion and carrot salad, with a lemon dressing

Righty-o ; I am off to Whipps Cross Hospital to see a dermatologist about my (possibly, but probably not cancerous) malfunctioning skin tag.

Tonight's dinner Keralan Green Masala Curry (a Bene Israel recipe of chicken, onions and tomatoes, in a coconut sauce, seasoned with cinnamon, green chillies, fresh ginger, garlic, turmeric, cardamom seed, fresh coriander,vclove, fennel seed & black pepper) served with Basmati rice.

Tonight's dinner Sauteed chicken with leeks and carrots in a (vegan) creme fraiche, parsley, white wine, Dijon mustard and garlic sauce.

Following my blood-smeared-across-my-neck incident of the weekend, I've been fast-tracked for an investigation into potential skin cancer. It is rather unlikely, but due to the inflammation and bleeding, the GP wants it checked out

We are back Rhyl. We went for a specific purpose, to see an old friend - of decades standing - who is gravely ill in Glan Clwyd Hospital, nearby. Unfortunately, she was too unwell to receive visitors outside of immediate family, which, having spoken to them in some detail, I completely agreed with.

Yesterday, we enjoyed a slow walk along the shore to Rhyl Golf Club, before taking a taxi to Dyserth to walk the waterfall and wooded dells of the Afon Ffyddion, which was truly magical. David did fantastically well, with many stops. We felt that he had turned a corner

We were blessed with a visit from Paul, Mery, Charlotte and my Goddaughter Lizzie, this afternoon and evening, with dinner at Marchnad y Frenhines, and cake at the Kitesurf Cafe, and a visit to the sensory overload of an amusement arcade.

Rhyl may not be at its best, but I still have a fondness for its rough charms and burning sunsets. I do wish that the Sun Centre and Floral Hall still existed, mind. A high point was seeing my old colleague Phil, after 24 years

Current Mood

Tonight's dinner Thai red curry with chicken, coconut milk, bamboo shoots, makrut lime leaves and red chillies, served with jasmine rice.

Reform UK Plymouth candidate, Ben Rowe, is accused of posting antisemitic, racist and Islamophobic contents to social media, as well as inciting violence. Once again, it seems that either Reform UK's vetting completely failed, or they endorse his views. www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymout...

It seems that there is no evidence that the much-reported on rape, outside of a Methodist church, in Epsom, Surrey, happened www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Adam Hall deliberately passed HIV on to teenagers, as he was unable to deal with his own HIV+ status, and transferred this anger on to others. He was a pederast and a rapist (his youngest known victim was 15). A monster. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Putting aside the question of how Labour are supposed to attack candidates before they know who they are... ... I think the issue is that you selected people who did antisemitic things as candidates, not others attacking them for that.

It would have been easy to miss this good news story of the day www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

29 yr old Palestinian man Oded Awawdeh was apparently killed in an Israeli radical settler attack in the West Bank town of Deir Dibwan www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-...

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam accused Israel of war crimes in an X/Twitter post early Thursday morning, claiming that the IDF had targeted journalists in southern Lebanon. www.jpost.com/middle-east/...

"witch hunt" is about to take on a whole new meaning

That would be a big fat 'no' to a pardon for Ms Maxwell, from me www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

Body of journalist for pro-Hezbollah daily pulled from rubble of home struck by IDF https://www.timesofisrael.com/body-of-journalist-for-pro-hezbollah-daily-pulled-from-rubble-of-home-struck-by-idf/

Down the rabbit hole of hate: How antisemitism and misogyny intertwine in the depths of the manosphere www.thejc.com/news/uk/rabb...

A modest rise in Green Party support - probably at the expense of Labour - probably gifted Reform the seat.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is not doing Labour any favours in firming up its once-reliable left-liberal base, which has deserted the party in droves www.theguardian.com/politics/202...?

Beryl Cook was a true LGBTQ+ ally: she donated artworks to AIDS fundraisers, she quietly supported a lot of queer people without making it about her, and with nothing to gain from her activism ❤️ 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums "Bangs Disco" (the precursor to G-A-Y in London), 1977, at @theboxplymouth.bsky.social

Det er uvanlig med slike store endringer rett etter et valg. Markerer stor entusiasme for dype endringer nå. Så får vi se om et par år, og avgjørende i neste valg, om ungarerne er tilstrekkelig fornøyd, eller Orban kan gjøre som Trump og komme tilbake.

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Turns out I was giving Polanski too much credit on Ukraine. What the fuck is he talking about here? Putin has an ICC warrant for the industrial kidnapping of tens of thousands of Ukrainian kids & rewarded the soldiers who massacred civillians Bucha with medals for their ‘bravery’

My attention has been drawn to this delightful image.

4 Labour members have been charged in relation to alleged vote-rigging, relating to the candidate selection process for Croydon East. Labour paused the process in 2023, after it received complaints, and the police became involved in 2024 www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

Katie Amess, daughter of murdered Southend Conservative MP Sir David Amess, calls on Reform UK to suspend candidate who posted for ex-Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May to be hung. Ricky Hodges is a candidate in Tressell ward on Hastings Council, in Sussex. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reform UK has won its first seat on Salford council. Michael Felse has been through various parties & positions over the years, including UKIP and English Democrats, as well as being an independent. He is a former drag queen who has called for public defunding of Pride events tinyurl.com/ysjne7x3

Reform UK candidate in Gateshead, David Prior, has been expelled from the party, a day after he attended an event with Nigel Farage, after Jewish News revealed that he was an ex member of the far right BNP. How did David Prior pass Reform UK's vetting process? www.jewishnews.co.uk/exclusive-re...

John Ashby's crime was not just one of violent misogyny, but also racism and Islamophobia (as he believed that his victim was Muslim, rather than Sikh). I hope that he spends many years in prison. www.cornwalllive.com/news/uk-worl...

Anthony Vulin was obviously subjected to considerable homophobic provocation by Ryley Niemi, but, alas, his response means the narrative has been reframed as 'gay assaults conservative man' www.metroweekly.com/2026/04/gay-...

Coming out is not always easy, alas. www.thepinknews.com/2026/04/22/n...

Moscow, Russia : Police raid HQ of Eksmo Publishing following allegations of 'LGBT propaganda'. The chief executive, Yevgeny Kapiev, has been taken into custody www.scenemag.co.uk/russian-publ...

The captain of the Shetland Rugby Club apologises after his team-mate was accused of shouting Nazi slogans at Green Party candidate, Alex Armitage, on ferry www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/7000...

Rabbi who boasts of bulldozing Palestinian homes in Gaza - Avraham Zarbiv - will light torch for Israel’s national day www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

A playground in Worthing, Sussex, has been defaced with neo-Nazi, antisemitic, graffiti www.theargus.co.uk/news/2603748...

Vancouver, British Columbia real estate agent, Nima Alizadeh-Gharib, is fined after posting drunken antisemitic abuse, online, to Jewish restaurant owner in Toronto ca.news.yahoo.com/b-c-realtor-...

Rally takes place in Skokie, Illinois, following rash of antisemitic incidents targeting the Jewish community abc7chicago.com/post/skokie-...

What a silly sausage

Jewish-owned shop is damaged in antisemitic arson attack in Watford, Hertfordshire. It's difficult not to link these repeated arson attacks, tbh. www.thejc.com/news/uk/jewi...

Tonight's dinner Fried new potato, beef sausage, red onion, garlic and beef chorizo hash, seasoned with paprika, and chilli powder, and served on toasted challa.

4 men face trial accused of grooming, trafficking and sexually abusing children in Rhyl, Denbighshire. A woman connected with the group faces drugs charges www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Belfast, Northern Ireland : Justice Minister Naomi Long and her husband Michael (both politicians from the Alliance Party) have accepted an apology after he was subjected to online homophobic abuse, allegedly by a Congregationalist Christian minister www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/local/east-b...