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WORD FACT “Canvas” literally means “hempen cloth” and ultimately derives from Latin “cannabis” via Vulgar Latin cannapaceus and Old French chanevaz.

I think I need to write “Crossword Blues” with cryptic clue lines

Last week, a gentleman returned this rather dilapidated copy of this famous book to us after 50 years. He had found it in his attic! Presumably this means there is a pristine copy somewhere in our libraries....

I checked this too. *20 seconds* of Reform logo display. *No other* party logo displayed. In local election purdah. This is not normal. At all.

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@jaketilson.bsky.social @kbrookes42.bsky.social @austenpaulh.bsky.social I’m very pleased with this bodge

It does feel very Westminster village suddenly and I think this is probably right.

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a... @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social Just the measured and humane answers you would expect from Michael Rosen. I studied the War Poets for A level more than 50 years ago and Dulce et Decorum Est has never left me.

A beautifully crafted tribute

Over a thousand common swifts have been spotted flying across France today at key migration points … they’re flying home to us! Let’s hope their homes are waiting for them. Who has swifts sharing their homes?

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We are slowly being driven mad by a world that appears to be in a Straits jacket.

@artleuk.bsky.social Monday 3 for Jo. 4 for me

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Early stroll. My strolling state of receptivity. A cloud shaped like Ireland. Is that mist the same as yesterday’s? That abandoned cupboard has been there for days. Trope into cliche: the dropped industrial glove in the middle of the road.

Fred carries the papers into the shop as I arrive at 0558. He tells me he’s been mending his daughter’s greenhouse. I pick up my £30 lottery winnings; my life is changed.

@januszczak.bsky.social @bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social Repairing: Auerbach door

Pishedfish salmon, mini blinis, wild onion and Wyfold wine Happy Sunday

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@artleuk.bsky.social Sunday 2 for Jo. 5 for me

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Microcosmic landscape in 12th century wall @maryfrancesness.bsky.social

Early stroll. Light has ironed the creases from the sky. Mist like a parliament of ghosts. That hopping blackbird has forgotten how to fly. A tree speaking fluent blossom. Three blue items on a washing line.

The Sunday Lad is wheeling the flowers out when I arrive. He gets the papers out of the box and carries them in. He gets the scissors and snips the bundles open. Bottles of gin gleam on the shelves. Bottles of rum.

@artleuk.bsky.social Saturday 3s for us

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@jaketilson.bsky.social Treehugger shoes

Peak bluebell

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@jaketilson.bsky.social Marlow

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@jaketilson.bsky.social @austenpaulh.bsky.social @olliedouglas.bsky.social The most spectacular beech wood, near Henley

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@jaketilson.bsky.social EvenIans Lovely pub food then bluebells

Another great episode. And we have our next audiobook!

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Early stroll. An abundant helping of birdsong. A dropped candy cane like a clown worm. Those blinking Belisha beacons! A white horse wanders across a big field. Morning’s room service has delivered light.

Fred and I carry the papers into the shop. He tells me he had to have the windscreen wipers on as he drove. He tells me he saw my brother walking by yesterday as he was cutting his grass. He tells me my brother is 78.

nothing to see here

New in. The National Theatre joins my Brutalist Collection. www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/brutalist-co...

So sorry to hear of the death of Andy Kershaw; he taught me to listen to the world and celebrate it in my own voice.

In the UK we call them lifts but in the US they call them elevators, because we’re raised differently.

A little baby in a green pram holds its little hand up to its face and opens and closes it, wondering with quiet awe at this inexplicably strange structure.

This is a great listen. Though I always wish I could punch William The C and his murderous bully mates square in their stupid evil faces (and ideally all the others like them worldwide before or since) when I'm reminded of the Norman Conquest bullshit

And this morning the Shed is the terrace of a sunny cafe on the Left Bank, with a pile of fresh croissants and apricot jam, and coffee…

Another great episode. And we have our next audiobook!

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