#KeithChegwin stars in the Children's Film Foundation family film... 🏹 ROBIN HOOD JUNIOR (1975) 6:35am with #MandyTulloch family drama #TPTVsubtitles

A man tries to get his dog to drop its ball so he can throw it again. The dog leans away with all of its legs, ball clamped between its teeth. Man: This isn’t how it works Craig.

Night shift sights.

Extremely interesting article and take on a complex area of law, covering freedom v privacy with sides of harassment and harm. The extent to which an individual should be restricted from filming or taking photos in a public place is complex. The sheer volume of cameras is problem one. /1

I once worked with a colleague who reveled in sulphuric farts. Until one day.......

Facebook historical AI is a hoot.

The Special Relationship.

Monday.

In an amazing coup, Reform have a star defector, the self-described most popular politician in Britain! It's... hang on, have I got this right... Nadhim Zahawi? thecritic.co.uk/zaha...

Conquest’s Second Law tells us to treat any bureaucracy as if controlled by a cabal of its enemies. I know it’s supposed to be a joke, but if you were a hostile nation trying to inflame British streets, this is exactly what you’d dream of doing.

BBC News - Fake admiral admits dressing as navy official at Remembrance Sunday event in Llandudno - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"In several important respects, though – political; moral; in which interests he was happy to fight, and which he kowtowed before – Ernest Marples was both cause and symptom of a country about to get onto the wrong track...." Wrote for the I Paper about one of the villains of 1960s transport policy

"But that's illegal" "Oh why go and spoil the beauty of the thing with legality" The Wind and the Lion

I'm always fascinated by which services 'do media' and which ones don't. As an ex-SBS serviceman once told me: "The main difference between us and the SAS is we don't write a book just because we blew up a penguin colony." (Rifles officers were the same in the Peninsular, so it's not a new thing)

"Not quite my tempo..."👀🎬 #filmsky #moviesky #cinema

I must confess to loathing the passive aggressive tone of them "We have not heard from you in a while. Have you forgotten about us?"

There's a dog round my way, Kevin the toffee-coloured pompom on legs. Absolutely nothing between its ears but daylight and glitter, it bibbidy bibbidy bibbidies about the place on one end of a pink and glittery lead. The other end is held by a ferocious bruiser of a retired heavyweight boxer.

Merry Christmas.

Facebook reminder of Christmas past.

Die Hard 1066.

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The worst-performing NHS trusts in the league table broadly tally with levels of deprivation. Clinicians are overwhelmed by generational ill health and entrenched poverty. Their ability to respond is often hampered by their struggle to attract the best staff.

Rambo: First Blood. A Christmas film.

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He'll soon be able to make lovely pancakes.

There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?

Clues he was like this, there were sadly none.

The Serpent Queen. Liv Hill is excellent as the young Catherine.

www.thetimes.com/article/d3a1... by @historylauren.bsky.social

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75 years on, WINCHESTER ‘73 remains a seminal western, a must watch not just for western fans, but for all lovers of quality cinema - my review on Letterboxd of Criterion's eye wateringly gorgeous 4k UHD presentation #FilmSky boxd.it/bIbNt3