#Deanehistory 216. In this time of amber heat alerts, which in the ignorant olden days might have been called “summer,” the thoughts of some amongst us turn to the soothing bliss of ice cream. So it was with Howard Hughes, the late multimillionaire of Spruce Goose plane fame.

Reminder of the fact that to lose the #Wimbledon final you have to be *in* the Wimbledon final.

Running a policy up the flagpole, getting loads of flak for it, and after spending political capital they can ill afford, taking it down again. Business as usual. —. Reeves puts reform of UK cash ISAs on hold following backlash via @FT.

The Walking Slowly Five Abreast Through a Financial District World Championship will be fiercely fought but there is no doubt that the final will be a contest between USA A and USA B.

RT @alexwickham: New: The OBR has issued a grim warning about the UK’s public finances. Debt is on track to hit 270% of GDP by 2070. The ab….

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Interesting photoshop choice.

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RT @createstreets: 'There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man,’ said Samuel Johnson, ‘by which so much happiness is produced as….

RT @BTP: Today marks 20 years since the 7/7 London bombings, which killed 52 people and injured over 770 others. We remember the victims….

RT @Councillorsuzie: Really? If you recall Sadiq Khan pretended not to know what I was talking about when I quizzed him on it!!.

RT @denvercunning: F1 FAN? THIS IS A MUST LISTEN: The Real Zak Brown, head of F1 racing for McLaren, on our Hidden History Happy Hour.https….

RT @SkyNews: What's on tomorrow's front pages? 🗞️. Sky's @AnnaBotting is joined by PR consultant @ajcdeane and barrister and former governm….

RT @SkyNews: What's on Monday's front pages? 🗞️. Sky's @AnnaBotting will be joined by @ajcdeane and @Anna_Soubry tonight for the Press Prev….

I’ll be on @SkyNews from 10.30pm tonight with @Anna_Soubry & @annabotting - hope you can join us!. #SkyPapers.

In summertime village cricket is the delight of everyone. Nearly every village has its own cricket field where the young men play and the old men watch. —. Village bans cricket after ball hits man in car park.

RT @SilverAlso: Graham Greene has written some of my favourite stories .This is one of my favourite stories about Graham Greene.

Splintering of far left splinter groups & rappers who hate Jews. Today’s X. In the old days it was just cyclists explaining why the motorist / pedestrian was to blame, or the latest glowering vertical hell the 20th Century Society was trying to save. More innocent times.

RT @ajcdeane: This is instalment 11 of #deanehistory. It’s one of my favourite stories from the 2nd World War, & one of the most unlikely.….

Hemingway famously said that one goes bankrupt two ways - gradually, and then suddenly. So it is with the end of a Chancellor of the Exchequer.

RT @RossKempsell: Going to be the first to call it, I find it very difficult to believe you can remain chancellor of UK, a G7 economy etc a….