The sad news of the brilliant Robert Munsch having dementia - another great lost to a terrible disease

Drinking my way through the rise of Fascism….

HOW is Starmer keeping a straight face? We are not giving the man enough credit…

The last time I said this was when my plumber couldn’t find a flush for my new toilet….

a great white burgundy in Bourgogne form is the best

I love London so much. So much. Did you know that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any city of comparable size in the world? Multiculturalism has in fact worked here. They just don’t want it to be true because we happen to have a Muslim mayor.

If there was ever a photo that screamed the need for genetic diversity…

A night with friends and MASSIVE large format bottles - London wine trade always the most fun ❤️

Incredible. Never leaving this site:

ALWAYS dogs 🐕

I don’t know what the affaire « cum cum » is but I’m throughly invested now:

Which one do you buy? Both prices from this month:

Tough day? Kitten it.

getting into the shower: terrible, annoying being in the shower: glorious, amazing getting out of the shower: terrible, annoying

This. Is. In. Sane. #Trump

Oh man, Twitter used to be just way more wholesome….

WhatsApp order: Time + blue ticks > no time + blue ticks > no time no blue ticks

Great lineup of some of my favorite producers from the great wine regions of the world…

Don’t comment about Brexit- comments don’t meet @thetimes.com community standards?

This article from @thetimes.com really sticking it to British passport holders with that NB…

Family lunch, El Cellar de Can Roca

I am staying at a place that just has loads of puppies and I am dying they are so cute 🥹

that summit could've been an email

Utterly excellent lunch wines today… @timatkinmw.bsky.social @suewix.bsky.social we need to do a Spain trip!

This bit of Borderlands is just genius

Good morning, world

Lads, get your wine and your chat and GO GO GO

Bob, I’m going to need you to re-examine your agricultural policy in regards to both fresh produce and feline table presence:

The fucks I give are so few… I cannot believe how much mileage this has gotten in UK press: www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

Excellent start reading Borderlines @lewisbaston.bsky.social - already restricted by this one

Excellent passage in Barbara Kingsolver’s Démon Copperhead. Very clear here, in understanding the motivation to vote for Trump, being seen:

The great thing about the dial-up noise was it really felt like the Internet was trying its hardest for you.

Under no circumstances suggest massive embassy is spy hub for that might give offence, instead bamboozle spies with the elaborate planning permission system. It is the British way. on.ft.com/4lmrkoX

What happens when tabloids and Murdoch run media in the UK: From @thetimes.com

Plate design a bit OTT in Sardinia…

Local brew from last night… Great lager

Im sorry you think black cats are bad luck but this babe is the sweetest:

Ah of course, it’s now THAT TIME for France:

Only on p.8 (plenty of good stuff already), and I’ve just read: “Britain imagined that it was different, as it always does, but it was not”, and that is a sentence for the ages

Free samples I did not request from my local French pharmacy…

This was bloody good and I don’t even like rose

You CHOSE this life on my lap under the laptop. You chose it:

Wine for book club tonight 🤓

www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie... My lovely friend’s mum’s obituary in the Times is lovely ❤️

open.substack.com/pub/theslurr... Excellent piece about where the London dining scene is now:

Not mentioned in this article- if a bank holiday falls on a weekend, it is not taken. So some years it’s 11, some years it’s 6

Hello, Sunday:

The Chateau des Tours âgés beautifully… can do one or two decades without even blinking