in other news, Dan Lawrence and I had a fun day at the Oval today. career best 218 for him and kimchi-topped mac and cheese for me

what a poser

good morning, uh, Wandsworth Bridge

meanwhile I have accidentally begun yet another language which requires rolled rs. I will run a sub-25 5k before I manage one of those

Misha Glenny being able to say Roth correctly is 🔥

impatiently waiting for Stokes’s hair to grow back

thankfully a two-hour committee meeting protected me from the worst of the cricket

taro milk tea with French pudding. it’s what Joseph Ames would have wanted (he’s at the Caxton exhibition at Senate House)

have started knitting a new hat to bring on another heat wave

went out with some current and former colleagues to do a pub quiz and we did, uh, implausibly well

in other news I have started a brief intro course in Ancient Greek today because … something something not enough hobbies (just a glaring lacuna in my languages somehow??)

Malka has feelings about me going out on a Monday evening

doing some Menšík-inspired Duolingo 🇨🇿

if this goes to penalties I’m putting on Mboko Keys

sparkling water and extra time while lying down after a very long day … not the most glamorous #ConfinedCocktails I have ever contributed

resignedly settled in for extra time #Caturday

aw, Kouame missing all the football

guess who had such a lovely time in Winchester that they’re now ON A TRAIN for the entire first half

it’s DASHA O’CLOCK

there is No Need to put this in a lift of a cultural institution, thank you

good morning Wickham!

didn’t even know they made 0516 trains 🥱

skipped Pilates and have instead sat on the sofa for 4.5 hours watching Fonseca v Djokovic. no regrets

fifty more hand-pieced hexagons to be added to the quilt … sadly a bit too warm to have that extra layer on my lap now

I don’t think my efforts to cool Malka down are being appreciated

Watch this from 36 mins onwards 😻 www.youtube.com/live/SBIkrjA...

got a 1568 New Year’s gift roll out earlier! on first glance I misread the “Earles” bottom left as “cakes”. disappointing. MSS/0538

I will also be at Bristol for the World Cup double header on 27 June if anyone is going to be there / would like to join me

annnd we have a full complement for #T20Sweep (that’s my suggested hashtag but feel free to improve/pun) I’ll do the draw at the weekend so you have enough time to prepare your kit/snacks/playlists

valerian stoners

“can’t believe I was abandoned and Durham didn’t even win”

FAO @toastteacake.bsky.social @girlinthe.bsky.social @melindahaunton.bsky.social and other usual suspects

took one of my friends to her first ever cricket match tonight and didn’t realise that “guess the song” is a very viable parallel quizzing activity at the Blast

very @melindahaunton.bsky.social inspired #UnconfinedWalks PS I love this weather 🦎

it’s too hot to be fluffy

can’t believe I agreed (last week) to have a work call during the fifth set of Walton v Medvedev

long time no sweepstake! I’m not doing the men’s football world cup for various obvious reasons but women’s T20 is only two weeks away so let me know if you want in!

I have arrived at Clapham Junction 113 minutes late and Thistle are losing

what do we think will happen soonest - I will run out of yarn, Partick Thistle will be promoted, my incredibly delayed train will arrive at Clapham Junction

have to admit I was part of the problem on the south coast-bound trains

should really have cleared my entire to do list before the French Open started because I’m doomed now

I’m a Basavareddy guy

keen for Sunderland and Bournemouth in Europe

we had a mildly Arsenal-themed junior parkrun this morning so I obviously wore my appropriate shirt

what’s the word for a busman’s holiday where you go to see items from your own collection that you’ve lent (sorry that the photo is not straight and also that this closes on 27 May)

happy for @royalsociety.org to use this for advertising. Malka takes payment in Dreamies

good morning from a sunny tummy

another surprisingly excellent day out in Bedford with sunshine, bagels, museums, @toastteacake.bsky.social and of course completed parkrun challenges

managed to say out loud in a museum that a frame wasn’t straight in earshot of a curator. had a nice conversation! and all round excellent Edward Bawden 🐌 prints at the Higgins

hanging bobbins. of course. can’t believe I don’t have crime merch for my hobbies/livelihood