Immigration make Britain brilliant

Pleased to have got the Proms tickets I wanted: Prog Rock - A Fanfare for the Common Man, and Boléro - Rhythms of Spain.

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Well this is quite something. Over on X @harryeccles.bsky.social, a Green candidate on the Isle of Wight, rewrites the famous poem by Martin Niemoller about Nazi erasure. But does so to leave out the Jews.

Playing Jethro Tull and my son says ‘that sounds cool’ I’m going to try and hide my excitement

Returning for a stripped-back limited edition, a leaner edition of Birmingham's finest DIY festival is no less mean, finds Patrick Clarke, who picks out five favourites from this year's bill... tQ’s Highlights of Supersonic 2026 buff.ly/JoOgWd8

I’ve loved every minute of my first Supersonic. Very glad that the first thing I did was join in the textile synthesiser workshop as I met lots of lovely people who I kept meeting throughout the weekend, hoping to see some of them again at Sunn O))) in July. The pub Freak Zone pub quiz was superb

If you're over on Instagram, you can follow my doodling and other image-based nonsense here www.instagram.com/ciaraioch

Always thought I enjoyed train travel but then I started using Cross Country trains. Once again having to stand near the toilets for over 2 hours

Very happy to hear there is going to be a prog prom this year.

Anyone want a puffin video to celebrate puffin day? You're getting one regardless

It's out today! youtu.be/Qq-4uYQpliI?...

Do we… fill it full of rabbits and set fire to it?

Ooh Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek have been added to this year’s @endoftheroadfestival.com lineup. I’ve wanted to see them for ages.

Just booked tickets to see Johnny Campbell next week. I think it is finally time to accept that I like folk music.

Who will buy my beautiful oboe? It’s a lovely oboe but I would really like it to be sold now. www.howarthlondon.com/product/howa...

60 YEARS AGO TODAY: The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band make their TV bow on Blue Peter.

Right, that’s enough doomscrolling for now, time for lunch.

In the story of Humpty Dumpty it is never said that he is an egg. However, it is never said that he is NOT an egg. This means that any character in ANY story could be an egg unless explicitly stated otherwise. Keep that in mind when you read a Jack Reacher novel

Sixty years ago, Jennie Lee's vision created The Open University 🎓 Welcoming all backgrounds, millions have started life-changing journeys. #OUfamily #TheOpenUniversity #OU60 💙

George Harrison would have been 83 today. Here's a wonderful video of him being pushed around Friar Park in a pram by Nanny Neil Innes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ac3...

Feeling a little delicate this morning so cheering myself up by listening to lots of George Harrison

Trying to watch the curling whilst at my best friend’s birthday party. I’m not usually so invested in sport but the curling has caught me this year. 🥌

My world, my Earth is a ruin. A planet spoiled by the human species. We multiplied and fought and gobbled until there was nothing left, and then we died. We controlled neither appetite nor violence; we did not adapt. We destroyed ourselves. But we destroyed the world first.

I‘m really enjoying Matthew C. Whitaker‘s album Songs for the Weary

OK, this is weird but I have to know. Does anyone remember a cute British comfort food restaurant in Manchester's Northern Quarter that served Mrs Kirkham's Cheese On Toast and, and here we come to the point, a dish named after Michael Palin. Mention in next book for info received.

“Sometimes we’re wild dogs, sometimes we’re full of bees.”

Watching the Biathlon and remembering how frustrating it was to play on the Commodore 64

I'm at the Olympics and the entire stadium booed JD Vance. 😌

Quite excited that I’ll actually be able to go to @supersonicfest.bsky.social this year as it’s not clashing with End of the Road

In case you missed it: 100+ bands just joined headliners Pulp, CMAT and Mac DeMarco on the #EOTR2026 lineup inc. Super Furry Animals, Kurt Vile, Fat Dog, Ty Segall, Lucinda Williams and Beverly Glenn-Copeland (with Elizabeth Copeland). Last remaining tickets: endoftheroadfestival.com/tickets/

To honour Jennie Lee’s legacy, Milton Keynes City Council has appointed sculptor Andy Edwards to create a new statue celebrating the visionary behind the 1966 White Paper that founded The Open University. Unveiling in 2026. 🔗 https://ow.ly/9Hip50Y7u3j #OUfamily #OpenUniversity

Just found out that the pub I’m going to in a few weeks was once owned by Paul Heaton, so I’m now going to have Caravan of Love stuck in my head for the next three days.

BBC News subtitles are on #TheTraitors which adds a real edge

was briefly so excited reading this until I realised he meant Davos

Looking for something to do this weekend? Then try your hand at predicting what will happen in 2026. 50 questions - simply say how likely each is to occur, on a range of 0% (won't happen) to 100% (will definitely happen). Any question can be skipped. www.edrith.co.uk/p/2026-forec...

Fiona and Rachel attempt to write each other's name on the murder parchment. Stephen goes running to Claudia for reassurance that everything is going to be okay #TheTraitors

What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things

Sorry kids, revolution’s off.

No #StileCup for me this year but I did find some lovely stiles today along the Tyne Trail

Christmas Day stroll along the Spay

New leather soled shoes on tiled floors are very slippery. In other news the floor of the kitchen floor is very clean.

Nice mooch round Inverness

I think I found the original source of the 67 meme

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this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.