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Bix Barton
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Bastard love child of Windsor Davies & Roger Delgado. Bit of a wrong 'un. Frustrated Leggie. Drinks in railway arches. Accidentally sober. All views scenic.
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I shall now identify as an Aussie, which looking at the state of The Ashes, maybe a canny move...
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Michael Neser: Hampshire sign Australian all-rounder
Hampshire sign Australian duo Michael Neser and Jake Lehmann on deals for next season.
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December 12, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Would have lost the "Are They Dead Game" as thought he'd gone years ago...
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Comedian Stanley Baxter dies aged 99
Baxter, who was born in Glasgow, was one of the biggest stars on British television for several decades.
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December 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to artist and puppet maker Peter Firmin (1928) co-creator of The Clangers, Bagpuss, Noggin the Nog and Ivor the Engine.
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#wyrdbritainbirthdays #peterfirmin #theclangers #bagpuss #nogginthenog #ivortheengine
December 11, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Tariq Goddard declares that in Jeremy Brett's portrayal of Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective, the actor delivered one of the greatest TV performances of all time – one that was so total, it arguably destroyed him

Low Culture Essay: Jeremy Brett, the Perfect Sherlock Holmes

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Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes, pictured puffing the famous pipe, with some trees in the background.
December 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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December 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Another McLaren World Champion. Just like when I was a kid.

#F1
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December 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Carlos Sainz is the first Williams driver to record multiple podium finishes in a season since Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas both did so in 2015!

#QatarGP #F1
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Excellent podium for Williams and the Smooth Operator Sainz.

McLaren gave Max that race. Farcical strategy calls. Hamstrung by their weird internal rules. Amateurish.

#F1 #QatarGP
November 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Another thrilling Sprint race on one of the Petro-State tracks...

#QatarGP #F1
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November 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Masochist Dog Enjoys Being Walked Around On Leash While Naked https://theonion.com/masochist-dog-enjoys-being-walked-around-on-leash-while-1819575370/
Masochist Dog Enjoys Being Walked Around On Leash While Naked
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Watching the #Budget where our elected representatives act like a Wetherspoons at closing time, it seems obvious why the electorate have disengaged from politics.
November 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Parkinson (23rd November 1974). Michael chats to Richard Burton.
November 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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For the next five days, and the next month or so, shall essentially be nocturnal.

Yes it's #TheAshes and they're in the Colonies this year.
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Politicians hate it, but those of us who live in the real world should be endlessly grateful that the civil service is as inflexible as they are. Imagine if these loons had free reign to do everything they want? Thankfully we have a professional core who can sanitise plans.
November 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
Clear out toys now!
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Bloody. Hell. What a race!!

#BrazilianGP #F1
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November 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Former Top Gear presenter Quentin Willson dies aged 68
Former Top Gear presenter Quentin Willson dies aged 68
Motoring journalist created and fronted shows including Fifth Gear, Britain’s Worst Driver and The Car’s the Star The former Top Gear presenter Quentin Willson has died after a short illness, his family said on Saturday. He was 68. The television presenter and motoring journalist died “peacefully surrounded by his family”, a statement said. Continue reading...
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November 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Life hack: You can cross things off your to-do list even if you haven't done them. Nobody checks.
November 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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No Mariachi #F1 theme? Poor show. Poor show.

#MexicanGP
October 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Another thrilling tyre wear challenge #F1 "race"

Amazing with all the technology and plethora of rules, that they have made race cars that can't: race.

#USGP
October 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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1 Nurse: It’s become a real problem in this area 2 Nurse: We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction 3 Show a building sign posted: Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it Nurse: Ministers, Spads, Researchers… 4 Nurse: Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely [Nurse on phone taking a call] Ok - we’ll be right over 5 Nurse: We just have a gentle chat [Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster Minister: I understand your concerns… 6 Nurse: Are you OK love? Minister: Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters 7 Nurse: That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian [Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters] Nurse 2: Give us your phone, love 8 Nurse: At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to [We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.] 9 Minister: YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR [woman looks baffled] 10 woman: I just want a bus service Minister: LOOK AT MY FLAG [produces a St George's flag] [ends]
October 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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I would laugh if this wasn't so true 😭
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October 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Oh dear. Pray for Button. $ky have inexplicably employed Dimwit Patrick for the #USGP

Now Apple have the #F1 rights in the US, can someone sweep up the UK rights so we don't have to put up with her anymore?
October 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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TANK vs TESLA

"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"

- ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Pluralistic: How to fix the UK housing crisis (13 Oct 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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October 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM