As we come into the colder months, just to say that this is the best hand cream I know

It's like the crocodile story Ken Clarke once told me. You can feed buns to the crocodiles until the cows come home. Once you run out of buns, they'll eat you anyway. They'll never stop.

Most Irish moment of the presidential inauguration: 'there's the president's husband, a woodwork teacher for many years, and of course her father was a carpenter's, and she has a brother who's very involved with Galway hookers'.

« La Der des Ders » Film restauré des scènes de liesse à Paris, le jour de l'Armistice, le 11 novembre 1918. #ArmisticeDay

On the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month We will remember them

Bank holiday today because it's Armistice Day. No merch on sale because we don't celebrate War Christmas here, we have a ceremony in town to remember the fallen. As it should be.

The timing was great - the week that happened, @alanconnor.bsky.social wrote an amusingly opportunistic article for the Guardian that served as the gateway - the rest is history 😁 www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c...

@alyseliza.bsky.social I'm all in for a book called 'Murder Most Cryptic'! Is it available for preorder yet, please ?

New blog post ✍️ 🧩 www.alyscummings.com/post/cryptic...

Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says reut.rs/4p5rxit

Still get a kick from finishing the cryptic crossword in @theguardian.com

' Heartwarming.' 'What a delightful story, for adults and children. Short and sweet tale of a little boy and a dog who communicate without words and bring love into each other's life just when needed.'

Headline from a serious and long working paper on the economic impact of Brexit. Possible that this has been feeding into OBR and HMT discussions?

Happy birthday to Sesame Street, which began exactly 56 years ago on the NET network. Possibly the most important programme ever created by American television. Such trippy pre-titles. It really is a product of the late sixties. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPMA...

Great thread. I've done this myself, and found out that the local town hall was the regional headquarters for the Luftwaffe (about 200m from home) and that this village was bombed by the British on D Day as a result

Puzzle editing is all done for Issue 2. Thanks @archelina.bsky.social, @amoebacrosswords.bsky.social, @liari.bsky.social & @henriwords.com, & all the setters! Now onto the design phase... Sign up for the mailing list over at unchcrosswords.com so you'll be the first to know when we open pre-sales!

This is right on the border between France and Belgium, which cut the town in half

Far Side

#WorldHistory On this day 1989, a significant event took place in Berlin, Germany, over the course of two days, November 9th and November 10th, the border crossings between East Berlin and West Berlin were opened. The Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer) fell! www.cnn.com/2019/11/09/e...

Just finished clearing out the guttering. The leaves will all go into the compost bins. Wanted to do it while it wasn't raining or windy, obviously...

One of the most precious things about Remembrance is that it sets no political tests. It asks only that we "remember", and that we do so in the silence of our own thoughts. It doesn't dictate what we remember, how we remember or what lessons we draw. That's between ourselves and our conscience.🧵

Big Jim's bike trip to Braemar. Stick with it to the end. The pay off is worthy of Beckett. youtu.be/cZk2jV5gJbM?...

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@guineverecryptic.bsky.social 14a in the Quiptic today is very good IMHO. I solved it on the cross letters, but I've now gone back and worked out the parsing. Whole grid finished. www.theguardian.com/crosswords/q...

Minute Cryptic - 9 November, 2025 "NOO! SNOW AT 180º? Time to get drenched" (7) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (36 820 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Tonight's film has been...

TikToker called religious centers asking for help to buy baby formula, just to see if any of them would help. She called 20+ places & got a response only from a mosque and a tiny little Appalachia church. The mosque asked only 2 questions: what's your location & what kind of formula do you need 😭❤️

Oh no no no no no! Meine lieben deutschen Freunde. Bitte sag niemals, dass ihr gerne “Dogging” geht, wenn ihr Gassigehen meint. Ob mit echtem oder imaginärem Hund.

Today's homemade loaf, just out of the oven. There are two more bases in the freezer

Still a brilliant sketch. One of their very best youtu.be/fvRgf5KK08U?...

This is Rosalind Franklin. The real discoverer of the DNA structure.

Minute Cryptic - 8 November, 2025 "Shivers after hour spent devouring "50 Shades of Grey"" (7) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 3 under the community par (35 918 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Connections Puzzle #881 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Wordle 1 603 2/6 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

This is Rosalind Franklin. The real discoverer of the DNA structure.

SPEAKING OFFER: My periodic offer to do (online) sessions for schools, universities or any other interested group. Free. My main topics are around government and public admin; the evolution of cooperation; the cooperative movement. And lots more - so just ask. 😃 Engaged in politics since 1967!

Minute Cryptic - 7 November, 2025 "Water-deprived pharaoh dies after mixing up directions to Eden" (8) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (23 310 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Let’s hear it for librarians and libraries!

@guineverecryptic.bsky.social 24a and 14a by Fed today are both excellent. I didn't know 24a... Finished, but found it definitely 'chewy'

😮 Norway finds out that its electric busses - produced by a Chinese firm - can be remotely controlled from China! The good news of this is that the Norwegians realised this because they did a cybersecurity test. We need to think about, and test, stuff like this more. www.focus.de/panorama/wel...

Forget madeleines. This is Proustian for me.

Wonder why this scene looks so familiar... #WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕

@guineverecryptic.bsky.social Just found your jumbo crossword for York. Have saved it to do when I have time !

Stop. Policing. Poppies. That's. Not. What. Remembrance. Is. About.

Take some time to watch this from @politicanimal.bsky.social Absolutely wonderful. Many thanks, Jo youtu.be/qSQapm0UyWU?...

youtu.be/JTTC_fD598A?... Morning, everyone

Just had both my 'flu and covid jabs done. I can only encourage everyone to stay up to date with your vaccinations