BBC: In full: The Sussexes' statement and the Buckingham Palace responseThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex have released a statement saying they intend to step back as senior members of the Royal Family. (See what I did, there?)
Nonsense
20,000 not out!
I am 20,000 days old today.
2019 in a nutshell
My ninth annual video slideshow of the year.
32 not out
I made my 32nd consecutive Christmas Eve ascent of Moel Famau earlier today, accompanied, once again, by Carolyn and her clan. More photos here. While I’m at it, compare and contrast… Tempus does indeed fugit. See also: 31 not out 30 not out 29 not out 28 not out 27 not out 26 not out… Continue reading 32 not out
That’s very big of you, Jeremy
Observer: I take my share of responsibility for this defeat, says Jeremy Corbyn …What percentage of the responsibility would than be, would you say?
#FallFriday
Friday the thirteenth.
Moo-ser interface
BBC: Russian cows get VR headsets ‘to reduce anxiety’ A Russian farm has given its dairy cows virtual reality headsets in a bid to reduce their anxiety. I can’t help noticing cows in VR headsets look considerably less stupid than people in VR headsets.
I know you should never reveal a lady’s age…
…but my friend Carolyn is 20,000 days old today. She seemed quite impressed I’d bothered to work it out.
A dog vomited…
…right in front of me in Hebden Bridge Post Office this morning. That sort of nonsense had better stop, once we leave the EU.
Quiddities & Haecceities
Paul Keegan writing[£] about the poet/artist David Jones in the latest edition of the London Review of Books: The supposed pedantry or antiquarianism of Jones’s procedures, visual as well as verbal, are deceptive. He relied on anachronism, sly private reference and a conviction that accuracy was allied to distortion, just as the distortions of idiomatic… Continue reading Quiddities & Haecceities