Someone ‘giving a crap’ is an odd expression; our cat, Max, gives a crap all the time, and I have to keep clearing it up.

If your ‘to do’ list is horrendous, just skip a few…

7 May 1917 ► #Nottingham’s famous First World War pilot Captain Albert Ball was killed in action over France. #NottinghamHistory

I’ve been on pins and needles today. They’re all safely retrieved and back in their boxes now though.

What do you call a boomerang that doesn’t work? A stick.

5 May 1955 ► Prince Philip, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, opened Holme Sluices, part of the #Nottingham Flood Protection Scheme. #NottinghamHistory

Stop private companies draining our NHS! Cap the amount of profit private companies can make from delivering #NHS services - and put that money back into our health service! ►

You can’t beat a #Caturday chin scratch, according to Max anyway.

4 May 1959 ► A civic reception was held at the Council House and thousands gathered in the Old Market Square to honour #Nottingham Forest's FA Cup victory. The cup was taken from Midland Station on an open-top bus for a celebratory tour of the city. #NottinghamHistory

Broken promises, broken roads, and broken council leadership teams – that’s the outcome of #ReformUK’s first year in power, an investigation by openDemocracy reveals. ►

Squirrels swim on their back to keep their nuts dry.

I’m a writer now…

We should also remember that there’s a lot of it about at the moment…

Oh dear, a neighbourhood cat, Mojito, is not pleased to see me; he’s been terrorising Max again, so I went out to find out what he had to say…

3 May 1996 ► #Nottingham’s new Magistrates’ Courts were opened. #NottinghamHistory

My clothing gets so creased; I’ve been trying to iron out The Kinks in this t-shirt.

That’s unusual, found a crane fly in the bathroom. They usually emerge from around August to October. Although, having run it through an app, it appears to be a Marsh crane fly, and they also have a few emergings in April and May.

May 1971 ► Construction began of the four multi-storey blocks of #Nottingham’s Queen’s Medical Centre in Lenton. The new hospital was designed by the Building Design Partnership, and built by Taylor Woodrow Construction. It was the first purpose-built teaching hospital in the UK. #NottinghamHistory

Today I’m trying to show my humanity; have you seen him before?

1 May 1878 ► The first edition of the #Nottingham Evening Post, the city’s first evening paper, was published. #NottinghamHistory

1 May 1874 ► The #Nottingham Corporation Gas Act 1874 transferred the Nottingham Gas Light and Coke Company to local authority control, when a meeting of shareholders at the George Hotel approved the transfer of ownership. #NottinghamHistory

1 May 1846 ► The #Nottingham Guardian & Midland Counties Advertiser was first published; a forerunner of the Nottingham Post. #NottinghamHistory

Humanists UK have been pioneering positive social change for 130 years! From fighting for women's suffrage and decriminalising homosexuality, to abolishing blasphemy laws, and winning equal marriage – learn more on the 130th anniversary of #HumanistsUK. humanists.uk/2026/04/30/h...

Things introverts don’t like…

30 April 1927 ► The new Player Wing of the #Nottingham Children's Hospital at Forest House, Chestnut Grove, off Mansfield Road, was opened by H.R.H. Princess Mary, Viscountess Lascelles. #NottinghamHistory

A man just tried to sell me Supergirl, Lara Croft and Wonder Woman. I think he might be a heroine dealer.

Reading stories.

“I wish we could have a war EVERY quarter” sighs oil executive looking at enormous bonus cheque. An oil executive has reportedly let out a sigh while examining his bonus cheque, lamenting that global conflict remains “frustratingly seasonal” rather than a dependable quarterly revenue stream. ►

#Nottingham’s new walking and cycling bridge will open on Tuesday 2nd June. After a ribbon cutting ceremony where children from local schools will join Councillors and other officials, the bridge will be open for the public to cross for the first time, along with the new bridge over Trent Basin. ►

A friend of mine ran into a sieve, but he just strained himself.

The lilac is looking good this year. I better enjoy it while it’s in full bloom, it doesn’t last that long; is that some sort of metaphor for life? 😉

Scientists discover link between not understanding percentages and running a casino into bankruptcy. Researchers have confirmed a strong link between the inability to perform basic maths and steering a business designed to literally print money, into bankruptcy. ►

28 April 1983 ► Ice dancing champions Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean were made Freemen of the City of #Nottingham. #NottinghamHistory

Bloody hell, the Tooth Fairy is a lot scarier than when I was a child…

Thought I’d ‘try on’ a beard, as it could cover up the saggy chins and neck, but sadly, any attempt I might make at actual facial hair would not look like this, it'd be more like the sparse fur on the backside of a decrepit hamster, that’s been chewed by a carnivorous moth… 😬

27 April 2001 ► The Sky Mirror, by internationally acclaimed artist Anish Kapoor, was unveiled outside #Nottingham Playhouse @NottmPlayhouse. #NottinghamHistory

27 April 1933 ► #Nottingham’s Jessop & Son department store was taken over by John Lewis to become its first store outside of London. #NottinghamHistory

And social housing… A regular reminder of one of the figureheads responsible for much of the background to the mess we are now in.

26 April 1724 ► During the spring assizes, part of the floor of #Nottingham’s Shire Hall collapsed and several people fell through into the cellars. #NottinghamHistory

Old man Max is only supposed to be shedding fur on his blanket, not on the sofa. But he’s overlapping, and I can’t wake him up when he looks that comfortable, can I?

‘Trampling to death pricks with rifles helps to keep their numbers under control’ insists African Elephant. An elephant in Gabon has defended the trampling to death of a 75-year-old American millionaire big game hunter “sometimes you have to cull the idiots to keep their numbers down.” ► #NewsThump

25 April 2010 Alan Sillitoe died. #Nottingham author of ‘Saturday Night and Sunday Morning’. #NottinghamHistory

25 April 1852 ► A man named Stevenson living in Millstone Lane brought his wife into #Nottingham Market Place and offered her for sale for 2/6 (12p). Ultimately she was bought for one shilling (5p) by a man named Burrows. #NottinghamHistory

Nottingham City Transport Electric Buses Reach 5 Million Kilometres Milestone. #Nottingham City Transport celebrates a major milestone, with its electric bus fleet surpassing 5 million kilometres travelled. The achievement comes two years after the first electric buses entered service in April 2024.

Steve has the right idea when it comes to seizing the day #InOtterNews

It’s a great song, but it probably isn’t going to be alright, well, not all of the time; that’s just life… 😉 ► youtu.be/OD3F7J2PeYU?...

24 April 1925 ► The #Nottingham Palais de Dance opened. #NottinghamHistory

They’ll need to move to the right…

23 April 1989 ► #Nottingham Panthers became Heineken British Ice Hockey League Champions. #NottinghamHistory