Amidst all this, and I know it's a bit tinfoil trilby, but I thought it was very convenient for the spectacle that Neymar got a soft, meaningless penalty to score in his final WC match.

I knew this would happen Danny Murphy is using Bob the Cat to build a new, less loathed brand. Tho tbf if it was Dixon's cat it would have thrown itself under the Royal Mail van.

life is but a dream www.tumblr.com/wewantnothin...

Mbappe fires back at the racist Paraguayan senator who said he grew up with chimpanzees

Troggs at the Cosmopolitan (Cosmos) in Carlisle, 1966

Gretsch Cadillac

All Spain, aren't we?

My friend Vicki lost her cat, Lola, a couple of years ago and just didn't feel ready to get another. This weekend... Pearl and Olive

Genius. Had me, my mum and dad rolling with laughter every time.

Man not staying at dad's house isn't news. I honestly don't understand how serious broadcasters - even Witchell was one, once - can demean themselves by accepting the role of Royal Correspondent.

Today's teatime tunes: I find the mix of Latin beats with psychedelic themes, sounds and effects intoxicating and these Peruvians (I've gone right off Mexicans, funnily enough) are at the pinnacle, especially on this track.

Peter and Allen on the cover of Evergreen, 1970 📷 Richard Avedon

'Hi there, Sean Bean. What you having for tea tonight?

Chelsea’s dressing room on Graeme Le Saux’s first day.

Bert mate sent me this and I am genuinely tempted

This tournament, no matter how good the football, is a bust. The fix is in.

"Despite not playing, during a World Cup game I managed to get a yellow card and then broke my wrist going arse over tit after an impromptu sing along"

The Piper Alpha Memorial window in the Toon's Kirk, Aberdeen. 38 years. Never forgotten

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com #heatwave

It's OK, lads, we can rely on *Belgium* to beat the cheats...

The man isn't fucking human. Incredible 🇳🇴

Her name is China really

Good news

1am kick off for crunch World Cup clash leaves England fans with a difficult choice - Mexican restaurants or migrant hotels

Stones at the Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ in 1966

What if I don't want to spend the money on photographic equipment, what if I want to spend it on a depraved drink and drugs spree? What then, John Craven?

Today's teatime tunes: the fountain from which much ofBrazilian rock flows, this lp is a masterpiece, but even then this song stands out. Genius.

San Francisco street scenes, 1967, 📷 by Elizabeth Sunflower

Outstanding styles on show. "Oi, I'm the main man, I get the fancy kaftan"

Two of the standing stones that form the Stones of Stenness on Orkney. The Neolithic monument dates to around 3100 – 2900 BC, and is part of the ‘Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site’. 📸 My own. #StandingStoneSunday #Stenness #Prehistory #Orkney

Two Drunks And The Last Bus Home, painting by Anthony Marn.

#OtD 5 Jul 1940 Carl Einstein, German anarchist, poet, experimental prose writer, Dadaist, art historian and critic, who was one of the first to champion Cubism, killed himself to prevent capture by the Nazis stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1053...

Two headlines about the same story reveal how the BBC relentlessly launders Farage's reputation, even as the corporate media steps up. In-your-face malfeasance by the national broadcaster.

Happy birthday Nigel! Sweet sixteen today! Xxx

Morning beautiful people. Furry ouroboros found in Oxfordshire. Have a blessed Sabbath. Love, everybody

Joe Hart's "hair" is ineffable

Fancy cat drinking fountain: Cat: #caturday

Don!

Stick DJ Ötzi up yer bahookie

Anybody know if it's hot in Philadelphia? Commentators are keeping shtum

Preppy kids at the Newport Jazz Festival, 4th of July weekend, 1963 📷 Jim Marshall

Looks like Jesse will be Marsching down to the job centre again

Larry Rivers, The Last Civil War Veteran, 1959 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135117

The World Cup has brought into sharp relief how my love of football has dimmed (Hibs aside) over the last few years. A few reasons but, really, it's VAR. A game of passion and emotion surrendered to apparatchiks poring over lines and graphs, players and fans not knowing whether or when to celebrate

Hydration break eh.

The Lads in Long Kesh, 1978

Super disco breakin'

"The Holy Land's that way, mate"

Canadian manager, Canadian Prime Minister. Coincidence?

Did you see this one @monkeypicks.bsky.social , woman is a modern hero www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...