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Hoping for a Gerontius wave on the back of Alan Bennett's superbly concocted The Choral. But could we have a theatre version &/or get rid of the smoking mills CGI?
November 16, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Hoping for a Gerontius wave on the back of Alan Bennett's superbly concocted The Choral. But could we have a theatre version &/or get rid of the smoking mills CGI?
Bomb attack on local councillor & prominent critic of Rotterdam The Hague Airport, Dirk Breedveld www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikel...
Waarom publiceert NRC wel over de app van Wijers dat Yesilgoz een 'feeks' zou zijn, maar niet over de bomaanslag op een vliegveldcriticus? Komt dat doordat NRC en De Telegraaf beide eigendom zijn van Mediahuis? Twee kikkers in dezelfde mand? Overigens is benaming 'feeks' nog veel te vriendelijk..
Luchtvaartdebat escaleert: bomaanslag bij vliegveldcriticus
In de strijd om een gezonde leefomgeving en tegen de overlast van de vliegindustrie is gisteravond een grens overschreden. Bij een bekende activist werd gisteren een bom in de tuin gegooid door twee…
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November 16, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Bomb attack on local councillor & prominent critic of Rotterdam The Hague Airport, Dirk Breedveld www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikel...
Playing at numerous provincial golden weddings with bands like this, I always thought of trad jazz as old men's music, never that these guys were absolute sex symbols in the 1960s because pop hadn't arrived
November 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Playing at numerous provincial golden weddings with bands like this, I always thought of trad jazz as old men's music, never that these guys were absolute sex symbols in the 1960s because pop hadn't arrived
Does the mass customization of murder mysteries make a place like Otley more or less attractive to potential residents?
November 15, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Does the mass customization of murder mysteries make a place like Otley more or less attractive to potential residents?
Why hasn't a Leeds allotmenteer created a cultivar of Phaseolus coccineus called Otley Runner? #Headingley
November 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Why hasn't a Leeds allotmenteer created a cultivar of Phaseolus coccineus called Otley Runner? #Headingley
A beautiful old fire alarm: heat curves a bimetallic strip, which causes mercury to shift from one end of its containing tube to the other, completing the alarm circuit. Mercury is magical stuff.
November 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
A beautiful old fire alarm: heat curves a bimetallic strip, which causes mercury to shift from one end of its containing tube to the other, completing the alarm circuit. Mercury is magical stuff.
"The powers that be came by today to tell us that they're turning on Copilot. It's worse than useless for our line of research, so we just have to fine a way of ignoring it."
November 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
"The powers that be came by today to tell us that they're turning on Copilot. It's worse than useless for our line of research, so we just have to fine a way of ignoring it."
What to do when the grandad of a friend of the infant turns up at the front door with another 30kg of apples for cider? Not tell Mrs.
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
What to do when the grandad of a friend of the infant turns up at the front door with another 30kg of apples for cider? Not tell Mrs.
So is Hollin Lane a very ancient road connecting the Kirkstall monks' farm at New Grange aka Kirkstall Grange aka Beckett's Park to horticulture, tanning & quarries at Meanwood? (OS 1840s county layer)
November 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
So is Hollin Lane a very ancient road connecting the Kirkstall monks' farm at New Grange aka Kirkstall Grange aka Beckett's Park to horticulture, tanning & quarries at Meanwood? (OS 1840s county layer)
A neighbour offered us a lift through the rain to school this morning, & I now understand why so many drivers appear to be undergoing a permanent nervous breakdown - a thoroughly unpleasant experience, & only marginally quicker
November 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
A neighbour offered us a lift through the rain to school this morning, & I now understand why so many drivers appear to be undergoing a permanent nervous breakdown - a thoroughly unpleasant experience, & only marginally quicker
Flowers, rejoice: the treemen can identify Salvia and know the difference between annuals and perennials
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Flowers, rejoice: the treemen can identify Salvia and know the difference between annuals and perennials
- Any chance of one of your ducks at Christmas?
- I'm having these ducklings sexed & I'll give you a male if there is one.
I suppose Mrs might not notice an exterior duck staircase leading to a small hole in the upstairs bathroom wall.
- I'm having these ducklings sexed & I'll give you a male if there is one.
I suppose Mrs might not notice an exterior duck staircase leading to a small hole in the upstairs bathroom wall.
November 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
- Any chance of one of your ducks at Christmas?
- I'm having these ducklings sexed & I'll give you a male if there is one.
I suppose Mrs might not notice an exterior duck staircase leading to a small hole in the upstairs bathroom wall.
- I'm having these ducklings sexed & I'll give you a male if there is one.
I suppose Mrs might not notice an exterior duck staircase leading to a small hole in the upstairs bathroom wall.
A friend of the infant: "My daddy's willy is so long that he has to wear trousers to stop it dragging along the ground." The infant is stricken by uncharacteristic modesty.
November 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A friend of the infant: "My daddy's willy is so long that he has to wear trousers to stop it dragging along the ground." The infant is stricken by uncharacteristic modesty.
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And again tonight. Anyone else struggling with the fact that littering is illegal but several times a year, Bonfire Night, Divali etc people can chuck cardboard, plastic and wood all over our cities and countryside yet that's somehow OK.
The appetite of the people of Leeds for fireworks is both impressive and fucking irritating.
November 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
And again tonight. Anyone else struggling with the fact that littering is illegal but several times a year, Bonfire Night, Divali etc people can chuck cardboard, plastic and wood all over our cities and countryside yet that's somehow OK.
I tend to doze while doing bedtime, so the infant has kindly taken it on herself to read me stories instead.
November 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I tend to doze while doing bedtime, so the infant has kindly taken it on herself to read me stories instead.
No idea what all the fuss was about a beaver moon, but climbing from Barcelona on Wednesday at 06:30 local & heading north I found strapped to my left arm a circular orange-bronze shield & in my right hand a fire-spear as long as the world, whereupon I slept & dreamt of dragons.
November 7, 2025 at 10:48 AM
No idea what all the fuss was about a beaver moon, but climbing from Barcelona on Wednesday at 06:30 local & heading north I found strapped to my left arm a circular orange-bronze shield & in my right hand a fire-spear as long as the world, whereupon I slept & dreamt of dragons.
The notion that West Yorkshire - elite political hubs, urban sprawl, dismal public transport - is civilized in the same sense as the 1st century Maya were, with their “cities” such Tikal & Palenque
November 6, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The notion that West Yorkshire - elite political hubs, urban sprawl, dismal public transport - is civilized in the same sense as the 1st century Maya were, with their “cities” such Tikal & Palenque
Infant enamoured of the Beano and Roald Dahl, tho still has to put up with phonics
November 3, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Infant enamoured of the Beano and Roald Dahl, tho still has to put up with phonics
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Barcelona – Leeds's Singing Organ-Grinder
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November 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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In favour of the DIY tunnels of terror in civic centres like El Coll, & on-street Seville orange fights, in Barcelona Halloween / Castanyada. Large explosions at 1 in the morning slightly less comforting, but at least no (dentist-sponsored?) trick-or-treating
November 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
In favour of the DIY tunnels of terror in civic centres like El Coll, & on-street Seville orange fights, in Barcelona Halloween / Castanyada. Large explosions at 1 in the morning slightly less comforting, but at least no (dentist-sponsored?) trick-or-treating
Gone are the days when small girls could write Mandarin characters in the condensation on bus windows & go uncorrected
October 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Gone are the days when small girls could write Mandarin characters in the condensation on bus windows & go uncorrected
The HP MFP M140w's alleged wireless capabilities are an utter shambles
October 29, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The HP MFP M140w's alleged wireless capabilities are an utter shambles
However, Leeds Art Gallery continues to discriminate against the blind by displaying any 2D art at all
October 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
However, Leeds Art Gallery continues to discriminate against the blind by displaying any 2D art at all
In a normal year, taking 30 kg of good apples on the brink of November unobserved by the Headingley cider mafia would be cause for smugness. But this unicorn year the trees in question have another 300 kg, & even carrying them downhill is a Sisyphean prospect.
October 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
In a normal year, taking 30 kg of good apples on the brink of November unobserved by the Headingley cider mafia would be cause for smugness. But this unicorn year the trees in question have another 300 kg, & even carrying them downhill is a Sisyphean prospect.
Infant entranced by David Lean's 1946 Great Expectations - hopes of life after KPop Demon Hunters. I particularly liked the initial seascape, Joe Gargery's (custom-built) house & the (ditto) Ship Inn. No mention of Dickens on Portswood Primary's annual jaunt to St Mary's Bay.
October 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Infant entranced by David Lean's 1946 Great Expectations - hopes of life after KPop Demon Hunters. I particularly liked the initial seascape, Joe Gargery's (custom-built) house & the (ditto) Ship Inn. No mention of Dickens on Portswood Primary's annual jaunt to St Mary's Bay.