I fancy some goulash now. I had some in Hungary. I'm remembering it from years ago. It was delicious. I can see the fat floating on the top in my mind's eye. Unfortunately, I was getting over an iffy tum I'd picked up from a bottle of cloudy Romanian beer. Post revolutionary beer at that.

Finally watching #ArmandoIanucci The Personal History of David Copperfield. What a cast. I wonder if they cost plenty dollar?

Long day yesterday, but a good day. My attempt at an homage to @kernelbrewery.bsky.social Export India Porter hopped with Columbus and Centennial hops entered as an American Porter in yesterday's UK National Homebrew comp in Bristol, despite being slightly out of style did pretty well ☺️ #homebrew

All this Ozzy Osbourne loved Birmingham stuff - he left as soon as he could and never came back until he was dead!

At least #spurs lost today and head closer to relegation - so it's not been a total waste of a day.

I volunteered to help my community this morning. There were only two of us. As a consequence I'm knackered and I've had to take a painkiller and two stiff drinks to ease my pains.

Nigel Farage has missed every meeting about regenerating Clacton. t.co/b27KKz53Bp

Finally, the bug is back with a round of the Guinness.

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🙏 The video shows the Russian strikes on Kyiv, filmed from the ISS on the night of December 27. You can see the downed missiles, hits in the capital and near the Trypillya TPP, and at the end, the interception of two ballistic targets.

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Samuel Pepys, diarist, admiralty official and MP for Castle Rising and Harwich was born #OnThisDay 1633. As it happens, Pepys shares a birthday with Georg Frideric Handel (#OnThisDay 1685), the composer who most of all provides the 'soundtrack' to Georgian Britain. #HistParl

We put the call out. And people respond. Good resonates Thanks folks. Heart full. Thanks to Sinéad Courtney and @news.rte.ie for amplifying our cause. gofund.me/9e2a13d0d #bees #nature #worldbeesanctuary www.rte.ie/news/2026/02...

Pretty amazing that comms person at FBI called my @ms.now colleague @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social a liar and demand a correction only for Kash to post a photo from the locker room

Will João Palhinha break any legs today?

Where can one purchase Stead’s chip spice, as used in Hull? I want Stead's. No imposters.

Assassins aren't what the used to be. Where are the ninjas and ppl with clever tea pots, and high-powered rifles that convert into a crutch?

When I was a student during my A levels during the class where we we learning the metres in poetry. All that feet stuff; iambic pentameter etc etc our teacher - a very nice elder gentleman, Mr Seal, was reciting poetry with all the stress unstress business and I couldn't stop laughing. Sorry, sir.

“We must ensure that Ukraine wins and restores all of its territories, including Crimea.” — Sanna Marin. Clarity matters: no reward for aggression, no “freeze” that lets Russia reload. Ukraine’s territory is home, not a bargaining chip.

But what if there's more to life than honey?

FACT OF THE DAY. 21 February 1946. Aneurin Bevan announced the Labour Government’s proposals for a National Health Service. The service began on 5 July 1948. Its introduction represented one of the greatest social reforms in British History which helped every citizen.

Today's the last day of National Nestbox Week! So who's built a nice big one like ours? #derbyperegrines #nestbox #ukbirding #peregrinefalcon

The centre of Hull is the most fantastical, fairy-tale place. You could easily film Harry Potter and his ilk there and barely change a thing in some streets. One of those streets is called The Land of Green Ginger. It boasts possibly the smallest window in the world.

Q: When you look at today's [US balance of trade] numbers, what do they tell us about the effectiveness of Donald Trump's tariffs? Professor Justin Wolfers: *laughs*

New generation record in 2026: As of January, wind and solar have now consistently out-generated fossil gas power for 12-months in a row, for the first time. A threshold has now been crossed where wind and solar have generated more than gas through winter, spring, summer and autumn.

So it turns out Matt Goodwin's Reform campaign manager was a holocaust-denying Nazi who said he would "never touch a Jewish woman.” When do we start seeing all the coverage of the antisemitism crisis in Reform UK? www.jewishnews.co.uk/reform-uk-su...

Any Royal gossip today?

Insanity. They are laughing at us.

📌 ICYMI — Bannon, Epstein, Farage and Johnson and the Plot to ‘Topple’ Theresa May The far-right former Trump adviser told Jeffrey Epstein that "we are overthrowing May right now"… https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/16/bannon-epstein-farage-and-johnson-and-the-plot-to-topple-theresa-may/

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Bit rich, no? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

this is very bad but I’m curious what effect it’s going to have in practice - if American car manufacturers move back towards extremely emissions-heavy cars they are basically surrendering the global market and are extremely vulnerable to domestic politics shifting back it’s bad business

Council tax 'record rise' as thousands try to block Reform

“The #BBCWorldService costs less than the upkeep of one tank,” Prof Jean Seaton, BBC Official Historian. So in the midst of a disinformation #war with #Russia and #China, etc, there’s no visible govt plan to fund WS 7 weeks from its money running out - even for the price of running 1 tank.

SOS save the #bbcworldservice ‘Perhaps Britain’s greatest gift to the world”in the 20th century’: Kofi Annan. Money runs out in 7 weeks. No plan. Pls lobby YvetteCooperMP Lisa Nandy, Keir Starmer John Healey MP Please Email: [email protected] [email protected]

“Give up the ghost” is an interestingphrase I've just thought worthwhile looking up www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/155...

This rain is getting me down.

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If Macron is serious about Europe re-arming and working together why the is he trying to squeeze the UK for the SAFE rearmament fund?

“Scientists should stop trying to be neutral and instead embrace their values,”says a group of top climate scientists, including @katharinehayhoe.com. The neutrality myth is harming the reputation of science right when we need it most.” #ClimateCrisis Science isn’t neutral. It’s science.

Don't you feel great, every morning, for voting against Brexit? I do. I wasn't taken in by some low rent conmen and chancers. Known liars! Who could fall for that, eh?

I have now put this to Nick Robinson to see if the BBC will now check + correct it x.com/sundersays/s...

That face of one of her staffers…

I visited Istanbul in '93. I liked it. Not far from, what I thought was pretty central, I walked up this dirt road up a hill. The place looked v rough. Unpaved paths of soil and concrete, unfinished homes. It was rough and ready. I felt I was really travelling. I assume it's gone now. Tidied away.

“Planting suitable wetland species alongside rivers and roof tops helps delay surface water runoff by up to 90%…In the Netherlands, there are hundreds of green roofs on bus stops…Each square metre green of roof cover absorbs 20 litres of water, reducing how much water enters the drains.”

If I was Michael Carrick I'd pick nothing but players from the UK for the next game, watch them get thrashed, then tell Ratcliffe to shove the manager's job up his arse.

Last week students from the #UniversityofWorcester and #HeartofWorcestershireCollege rolled up their sleeves and helped to plant a new woodland with our #WilderWorcestershire team at #ChapterMeadows. 🌳 Find out more in our next podcast episode dropping on 6 March!🎙️ #HeritageFund #NationalLottery

A shamefully valid exercise. Henry Riley takes @mrjamesob.bsky.social through five poorly covered stories concerning Nigel Farage's Reform which the media would already have highlighted if it applied the same level of scrutiny to Farage’s party as it does to Labour. youtu.be/2XkeIZJDwuA?...