We're currently watching this - yes, we are very much behind the times (and no spoliers, please!). A really excellent series, with overtones of The Prisoner and The Good Place.

I appreciate this is still not Premier League stuff, but I just completed the 'Mega Crossword' at the back of this. This is only my second 100% cryptic analogue solve, after the @guineverecryptic.bsky.social grid in @unchcrosswords.com (honour to Guinevere and Unch !).

Happy New Year everyone especially my #Playschool Babies. Remember to spread as much unconditional love, joy, peace, kindness and positivity wherever you go. Keep hope in your heart and make your world shine with happiness ❤️

Why yes, I have just been harvesting some potatoes I planted in early August. And my garlic has started to poke through #gardening #allotment

Connections Puzzle #935 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦

Wordle 1 657 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Minute Cryptic - 1 January, 2026 "Chicken crosses avenue to get to the other side?" (6) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (9 855 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

I asked a while back about people collecting (and now missing) physical tickets and it got us thinking After a couple of months of work we made something amazing (props to tech wizard Andrew and our Merch Market team) Totally free, yours to use from Friday *sound up*

31 December 1995. Still the perfect goodbye.

Probably still the best clip of 2025.

Wishing you all a very happy New Year's Eve from Normandy.

Guys guys guys, I found the archive of the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (it's not an achievement, they've not hidden them) - you can watch every single one since they started televising them in the 60s: www.rigb.org/christmas-le... I love watching them every year, now I can see them all!

I only discovered 'Dinner for One' when visiting my German in-laws. Shown every New Year's Eve on German television. A beautiful sketch that deserves to be much better known outside of Germany (it is in English !) youtu.be/NQMloRGVm-Q?...

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Wordle 1 656 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Minute Cryptic - 31 December, 2025 "Hunted lost bear, sleep-deprived grizzly with an appetite" (8) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (30 680 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

This still holds true #InUnaiWeTrust #UTV

Aston Villa fans right now

Things I'm proud of in 2025. Learning the basics of cryptic crosswords. I'm still definitely in Division Two, hoping for promotion to the Championship and the occasional cup run against Premier League sides. But it's been lots of fun, starting with binge watching Minute Cryptic videos in June...

Things I'm proud of in 2025. Learning the basics of cryptic crosswords. I'm still definitely in Division Two, hoping for promotion to the Championship and the occasional cup run against Premier League sides. But it's been lots of fun, starting with binge watching Minute Cryptic videos in June...

NB - I really should plug this - it's also 10 years (to the day), that I launched this thing, one of the (many) outputs from the project, still available from @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social (and quite affordable as an e-book).

A blast from my past - the Medieval Soldier database takes nearly 300,000 military service records from 1369-1453 and makes them available as a searchable database. An invaluable resource for understanding medieval warfare, society and the English medieval state. Learn more in the link. 🗃️

Remembering Michael Nesmith and Davy Jones on their birthdays. Here they are with Micky Dolenz performing a beautiful version of Nine Times Blue on the Johnny Cash Show in 1969 (Peter Tork had left The Monkees shortly before this recording) youtu.be/ypvUI1qqP2M?...

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Wordle 1 655 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Minute Cryptic - 30 December, 2025 "Spell POTS, SUN, OLD & CAR wrong?" (9) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (23 313 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Security guarantees depend on trust in the guarantor. NATO’s Article 5 is unspecific about what allies will do if one is attacked. Its credibility comes from the military forces nations assign to a NATO Command Chain, the planning staff at SHAPE etc. A bespoke Ukraine guarantee won’t have this/.

It’s the Gail Sale! 50% OFF Christmas cards & wrap 20% OFF unframed prints Use code GAILSALE Ends 18 January 2026 www.gailmyerscough.co.uk

I've recently been to lectures by both Michelle Perrot and David Dufresne (talking about his grandmother Françoise d'Eaubonne). This will be well worth watching tonight on Arte.

HMHB Still producing gems like this

If anyone else is on their cryptic crossword journey, or would like to know what on earth it's all about, this book is *really* good for beginners (I still class myself as one!)

On this day 29th December 1975 “Radical new legislation” introducing a woman's right to equal pay and status came into force in the UK (Picture: A Second Picture Dictionary, artist: Eric Winter)

Reminded, by something else, of the peak opening biographical paragraph on Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_...

Minute Cryptic - 29 December, 2025 "Married life turns cold after we first kiss" (7) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (26 153 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Connections Puzzle #932 🟩🟦🟨🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Wordle 1 654 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Read more about how the Salaam Shalom kitchen, also known as SaSh, brings people together through food. SaSh is being supported by advocacy group Hope Not Hate’s charity arm, Hope Unlimited, one of the recipients of this year’s Guardian charity appeal. Donate at theguardian.com/charityappeal25bsk

@geraintjohnes.bsky.social Hi! Will you being doing a vol 2 to your literature/economics book? If so, I have one for you with William Blake and Goodhart's Law

Glamorgan County Cricket Club is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Glamorgan legend, trophy-winning captain and former CEO Hugh Morris MBE. Our thoughts are with Hugh's family, friends and colleagues at this very difficult time. 🔗 bit.ly/3YJoy46

My garden is demonstrating the 'earth stood hard as iron' line.

Wordle 1 653 3/6 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Minute Cryptic - 28 December, 2025 "Tinder mismatch after swiping right… Abort!" (3,2) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (23 483 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

#UTV !

I love going into the café by our usual supermarché and being treated as a 'local'. "How are you? Had a nice Christmas? See you again soon" etc.

Anyone know of artists working in a similar style to the one below? #solarpunk NB: Comments only. No DMs!

L’un des plus jeunes résistants de France, Daniel Huillier vient de nous quitter à l’âge de 97 ans. En 1943 et 1944 il ravitaillait les camps de maquisards, là-haut, à pied, sac au dos, dans les sentiers creux des forêts du Vercors… blogs.mediapart.fr/nounours-du-...

Connections Puzzle #930 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Minute Cryptic - 27 December, 2025 "Pole Dancer lives at manor - that's secret!" (5) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (21 830 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...