One thing we should all be able to agree on, Shane needs to be put out to pasture on comms.

The single colour version of my new Scenic Railway linocut print, featuring a section of the iconic wooden rollercoaster at Dreamland in Kent. The future of this wondrous structure is currently in the balance, so hats off to the various local folk fighting its corner.

Well it wasn’t 50pts.

The irony of the in-game advert showing a sports fan supporting a team in red and white winning. 😵‍💫

Maro Itoje, with the Steven Gerrard heat-map there 🤣 #ENGvWAL #SixNations

Itoje has somehow managed to get a more embarrassing yellow than the Welsh ones.

Actually I’d be happier with more adverts.

Scotland: Shambles. Wales: hold our beer…

Shane doesn’t know what a ‘spiral bomb’ is.

The last time I was hiding this hard behind the settee, John Pertwee was fighting the daleks! #rugby

Anyway time for Wales…

“Hello Dial-a-Flight? Yes I’m looking to get from Rome to Newcastle as soon as possible, yea it’s really bastard urgent as I’ve got something to sign before they change their minds after today’s clusterfuck My name? Errrrr it’s Tegor Grownsend” #ITAvSCO

Well done Italy. Scotland didn’t deserve anything there, shambolic.

Not a good day for pitch side comms. Pissing doon.

Not quite sure what’s going on with Scotland. Italy look on it, Scotland don’t. 🤷🏻‍♂️

That Italian shirt collar…

Farage was banging on about Turkish barbers, so these lads in Glasgow did this. It's in Dumbarton Road, if you fancy a trim.

Is Chris Paterson the dullest rugby pundit there is?

Is Sonja much closer to the camera than Gregor? #rugby

Tigers fans, this is not a statue of one of the famous brothers. Though the likeness is uncanny.

Some great photos in here…

Pencil drawing by Trevor Grimshaw ‘Cobbled Bridge’ 1973. Size 71 x 51 cm.

i don’t know if it’s the jaunty bow tie or what but i cannot stop laughing at this

Want to brush up on your rugby history, new to the #sixnations or looking for a gift for a rugby friend (aged 8 to 80)? Why not try a book from my 'Illustrated History of Rugby' series. Histories of Wales, England and 'Rebels and Giant Killers'. From all good booksellers. #ENGvWAL #ITAvSCO

Adventures in AF drinking… Guinness 0.0 by candlelight. #BskyBeer

Decent game that. France scary good for 50mins. 😬

Jalibert’s mouthguard after that hit…

“If that’s a slice he can do the toast in the morning”…

Charles Ollivon’s beard…

He scores…

Beep Beep!

Ben Kayser getting dressed earlier…

Thursday night rugby? *shrugs*

Has Jonny Wilkinson started his first answer yet? #rugby

On the train to London, hoping for some #Trainwankers gossip. Unfortunately I’m sitting next to one of the most taciturn men on the planet - Dan Cole.

Gimp.

Can confirm M&S new non-UPF bran flakes make the whole experience even more miserable. 😂

Weird and almost universal revisionism today. Even at the time, it was pretty clear that Mandelson wasn't appointed *despite* his dodgy links but *because* of them. Trump's Washington is a dirty swamp. Mandelson was deemed a man able to swim in it. This wasn't a secret. Everybody said it out loud.

Three generations of Welsh miners, 1950, photo by William Eugene Smith, American photojournalist.

RFK Jnr sounds like somebody phoning work pretending they’re sick.

Expect targeted advertising for Wales fans….

Given the current state of the world, required reading from @sarahkendzior.bsky.social and @oliverbullough.bsky.social

It's rare to see how lobbyists operate. But the Epstein-Mandelson correspondence shows us what happens all the time: plutocrats and government ministers conspiring against the public interest. This is why all lobbying should be in the public domain, but despite Labour and Con promises, it's not. 🧵

So big it required its own trolley and a five person team to manoeuvre it around our school building…

Blinken's stepfather, Samuel Pisar, is listed in the Epstein files as providing Epstein legal aid. Epstein also mentions Pisar in his own emails. Blinken's stepsister, Leah Pisar, is in the Epstein files frequently as a close friend and correspondent of Ghislaine Maxwell. More in 2024 article:

If every website removed their paywall for a week, you'd see how much of what's in the Epstein files was covered in real time. And you'd remember what actually happened in the first Trump term and how everything he's doing now was announced then. Paywalls are a massive self-inflicted wound.

A nice golden brown for the second layer of this four, maybe five, colour print of a section of the Scenic Railway at Dreamland in Margate. I’ve had this in the works for a couple of weeks so it’s a bit strange to be making it while the controversy rages about the future of this handsome thing.

This Pathirana lad playing for Sri Lanka looks like he’s chucking it. #cricket

Twenty channels of sports coverage, only cricket of any interest…now rain stops play, FFS.

Now that the longest January in history is over we can move on to talking about the longest February in history…