"tater mountain" @secondmentions.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

First of the year.

Loving the "upscale tickers" @secondmentions.bsky.social

The entire world has seen the photograph - Phil Noble is the Reuters photographer who took it.

Love this

Hodlers: an apology for the apology ft.trib.al/7xAjxXu

An occassional thread of songs that I could plausibly listen to on an endless loop.

Last week @financialtimes.com...

IF ONLY THERE WAS A SNAPPY ACRONYM

Definitely not a bubble then....

The grammar in this made my mind melt.

Yessssssssss

Laughing out loud in the pub at this. As I hope my child slumbers securely...

Actual chat about what's in the budget in the pub klaxon.

Love this www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/10...

Well this is exciting

Hang on, William is planning to serve as king with Levy as his consort? Astonishing if true. #OxfordComma

There's been a guy I keep bumping into at various child related events over the last six months. On "Hiya, how are you" / "see you later mate" terms. No idea of his name or where I know him from. Saw him again today and finally placed him. Feel like a weight has lifted from my shoulders.

Ready to go!

Just realised I'm going to have to have opinions on ID cards aren't I. Ffs.

Published today in @financialtimes.com

⚽We're encouraging football fans to take advantage of free NHS blood pressure checks for over 40s in local pharmacies, as the 2024/25 season nears its climax. Mansfield Town manager, Nigel Clough showed his support for the campaign. 👇 notts.icb.nhs.uk/2025/04/15/f...

Spring 🤝 Spring

Garden is alive with birds.

So much this

Voicemail Message Leavers! Once again! The important thing is your phone number. Just the phone number. Not how you've got round to calling me, not what you did before calling me, not what you might do next. Not how your dog is doing or what your lunch might be. Just the number. Twice. Slowly. Ta!

A brilliant piece of writing. www.ft.com/content/43c7...

My running career has peaked.

RIP. One of my favourite and most formative novelists. BBC News - 'Masterful' novelist David Lodge dies aged 89 www.bbc.com/news/article...

An extraordinary novel to finish the year with. Brilliant, evocative, so telling about Brexit and what our society was and has become.

Last of the Christmas beers...

This is superb and crystallises what I've been trying to form into words for months so well. A must read.

Christmas only officially starts when the festive tea towel comes out...

My annual Christmas Eve cold has arrived two days early which is, if nothing else, efficient.

Hit my 2024 running goal today. The horizontal hail only slightly dampened my elation!

This year's running - not finished yet!

Can the Christmas life admin please stop.

Discovered some good features on the Christmas trees at the garden centre today.

One more meeting and then this week is done!

Haven't felt this ragey about train WiFi since pre Covid. What is wrong with this country? How difficult can it be?

Well that's nice to know @nedboulting.bsky.social

900km running year-to-date. Can I get to 1000km by year end?

Is Jimmy McNulty one of the greatest Shakespearean characters ever or what? Re watching The Wire and deep into S3. Such extraordinary TV.

Absolute banger

You'll do for a Sunday night...

Finished this this weekend - really lovely story with great characters and emotional charge. Recommended. amzn.eu/d/88DofPx

Fill your boots everyone - possibly the greatest band of our era

This is very good. And also: I'd totally forgotten the National Service policy. What a time to be alive.