Absolutely fantastic gig from John Bramwell tonight: beautiful songwriting and what a funny, warm, engaging dude. Ends a really excellent year of gigs from @oxtedsessions

A German-Jewish WWI veteran wears his Iron Cross while a Nazi soldier stands in front of his shop for intimidation, 1933... This photo was taken in April of 1933, during the Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses. It was the expression on the shopkeeper’s face that captivated

“Rather hoped I’d get through the whole show. Go back to work at Pratt & Sons; keep wicket for the Croydon gentlemen; marry Doris. Made a note in my diary on the way here. Simply says: ‘Bugger’” Never fails to bring a tear to my eye.

Now that’s a LinkedIn profile.

Jane Austen's 250th birthday is coming up in December and I hope you'll celebrate by taking a turn about the room, acquiring a passion for dead leaves & closet shelves, and taking a fancy to the last person you could ever be prevailed upon to marry.

This is the time of year for a favourite Old English word: the leaves are 'fallowing', from the verb fealwian, 'to turn yellow-gold'. In Anglo-Saxon poetry fealo (fallow) is the pale golden shade of fire, linden shields, sword hilts and autumn leaves. They fallow, then they fall.

I'm in my fifties and have just had my first Botox treatment. I cannot express how I feel about it. Or anything else, for that matter.

Husband had the snip years ago so I rarely need to think when my time of the month is. Often, the way I realise it's near is the way he eats a Crunchy makes me want to smack his face in.

i’m no detective but surely this is the prime suspect

Who prefers the old name?

French police have released a picture of the person they are looking for in connection with today’s jewel heist.

Plan to ban catapults for under 18s From the new Private Eye, out now.

https://t.co/r6QUaXYFPP

Accidentally hit the car next to me with my trolley when unloading in a supermarket car park. The woman who owned the car wasn't happy. Began yelling at me about the tiny, barely visible scratch, threatened to send her brothers after me if I didn't pay, etc. Anyway, married her.

Not had a coin toss for a while. This one is from the Arsenal-Grimsby FA Cup semi-final in 1936. I include it for the magnificent pair of shorts that Alex James is wearing which are comfortably bigger than my first flat

‘No scones are left in this van overnight.’ Trust is in our name and nature but even we have our limits @NationalTrust

There has been a tennis ball in my garden. I keep thinking it's the neighbours so I throw it back over the fence. He must think its mine so a couple of days later he throws it back. It's like a game of catch. This has been going on for 4 years

“I can face the winter with calm. Crisp and sparkling days, long pleasant evenings, cheery fires. Good work shall be done this winter. Life shall be lived well. The end of the summer is not the end of the world. Here’s to October.” ~A.A.Milne #October #October1

being polite to chatGPT with a little ‘please’ and ‘thankyou’ just in case you’ve all got it wrong and there’s a little guy in there frantically googling

Piglet thought they ought to have a Reason for going to see everybody, like Organizing an Expotition, if Pooh could think of something. Pooh could. “We’ll go because it’s Thursday,” he said, “and we’ll go to wish everybody a Very Happy Thursday.” ~A.A.Milne #HappyThursday