Chris King
@chrisfk.bsky.social
Double nationalité franco-britannique, universitaire en droit, amateur d'art et de musique. Résident de la République Populaire de Stirchley (Birmingham) et du Haut-Limousin. Pas de DMs SVP.
"Without him, we'd have nothing". With him, you have immeasurably less than nothing.
November 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
"Without him, we'd have nothing". With him, you have immeasurably less than nothing.
After which I think that's no point making another, 'cos the same thing will just end up happening again, so I don't bother.
November 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
After which I think that's no point making another, 'cos the same thing will just end up happening again, so I don't bother.
Might explain my chronic somewhat elevated b. p. and my diabetes. Life long tendency to drink tea so slowly that after the first couple of sips, I find it's gone cold, so pour away the rest of the mug.
November 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Might explain my chronic somewhat elevated b. p. and my diabetes. Life long tendency to drink tea so slowly that after the first couple of sips, I find it's gone cold, so pour away the rest of the mug.
🤣 Yes, thanks, Heidi, though still struggling to come to terms with the lack of deadlines, anguished students turning up at my door etc!
November 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🤣 Yes, thanks, Heidi, though still struggling to come to terms with the lack of deadlines, anguished students turning up at my door etc!
I had a nightmare last night which involved suddenly realising, right up against, or possibly beyond, the deadline for doing so that I had forgotten to mark a number of dissertations. In reality, having taken voluntary severance, I left HE months ago!
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I had a nightmare last night which involved suddenly realising, right up against, or possibly beyond, the deadline for doing so that I had forgotten to mark a number of dissertations. In reality, having taken voluntary severance, I left HE months ago!
I've long found it a helpful and almost invariably accurate rule of thumb to identify the truth in any given situation as being the exact polar opposite of whatever the Tell-lie-graph states it to be.
November 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I've long found it a helpful and almost invariably accurate rule of thumb to identify the truth in any given situation as being the exact polar opposite of whatever the Tell-lie-graph states it to be.
The Wright brothers' first powered flight took place only 9 days after this article was published. NY Times readers thinking 'Has it been a million years already? Time flies!'
November 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The Wright brothers' first powered flight took place only 9 days after this article was published. NY Times readers thinking 'Has it been a million years already? Time flies!'
No idea why people/organisations settle these claims. Most have little or no valid legal basis and stand very little chance of success at trial. As most who've clashed swords in business with him know, he shouts, rants and raves to get his way. If you ignore him, eventually he gives up. No Plan B.
November 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
No idea why people/organisations settle these claims. Most have little or no valid legal basis and stand very little chance of success at trial. As most who've clashed swords in business with him know, he shouts, rants and raves to get his way. If you ignore him, eventually he gives up. No Plan B.
Not because he actually stands any chance of winning if the Beeb doesn't settle and it ends up going to trial.
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Not because he actually stands any chance of winning if the Beeb doesn't settle and it ends up going to trial.
MEFUSIA - Make Europe Free of US Influence Again
November 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
MEFUSIA - Make Europe Free of US Influence Again
BBC: "While President Trump has not disclosed any legal cause of action against us, we wish to apologise unreservedly to him, lick his boots, cancel shows that he doesn't like and which we never had any intention of broadcasting, and give him all our licence-fee payers' money by way of settlement"
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
BBC: "While President Trump has not disclosed any legal cause of action against us, we wish to apologise unreservedly to him, lick his boots, cancel shows that he doesn't like and which we never had any intention of broadcasting, and give him all our licence-fee payers' money by way of settlement"
Sounds like a bit of a change from my RC's school RE O Level syllabus, which was limited to the four Gospels. My sister's convent school was more enlightened, rebelling against their exam board's narrow O Level syllabus by making their pupils do the comparative religions-focused CSE RE exam instead.
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Sounds like a bit of a change from my RC's school RE O Level syllabus, which was limited to the four Gospels. My sister's convent school was more enlightened, rebelling against their exam board's narrow O Level syllabus by making their pupils do the comparative religions-focused CSE RE exam instead.
So sorry to hear that. Heartbreaking.
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
So sorry to hear that. Heartbreaking.
Particularly sad that the Archers phase of my life, which went on for close to 40 years, seems to have come to a close - particularly given that some years ago I performed at Lower Loxley Hall's 'Deck the Halls' Christmas festivities, as a member of Darrington Choral Society.
November 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Particularly sad that the Archers phase of my life, which went on for close to 40 years, seems to have come to a close - particularly given that some years ago I performed at Lower Loxley Hall's 'Deck the Halls' Christmas festivities, as a member of Darrington Choral Society.
Each to her/his own, I guess.
November 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Each to her/his own, I guess.
Complete waste of a character. They really missed a trick. They could have had him falling off the roof but surviving with a serious disability. Nigel struggling to, but, with support from loved ones, eventually succeeding in coming to terms with his disability would've added an extra dimension.
November 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Complete waste of a character. They really missed a trick. They could have had him falling off the roof but surviving with a serious disability. Nigel struggling to, but, with support from loved ones, eventually succeeding in coming to terms with his disability would've added an extra dimension.
It's been going downhill since they wrote out Nelson Gabriel and then, a few years later, gratuitously killed off its then best character by a country mile, Nigel Pargetter.
November 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
It's been going downhill since they wrote out Nelson Gabriel and then, a few years later, gratuitously killed off its then best character by a country mile, Nigel Pargetter.
The Amazon is vital to the future of life (including human life) on the planet as a whole. Preserving it intact (and in so far as possible re-foresting those parts of it that have been deforested) is the responsibility of, and in the best interests of, the whole world, not just those countries.
November 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Amazon is vital to the future of life (including human life) on the planet as a whole. Preserving it intact (and in so far as possible re-foresting those parts of it that have been deforested) is the responsibility of, and in the best interests of, the whole world, not just those countries.
Sadly, I think I'm so over The Archers as a whole. Having been an avid weekly listener to the omnibus, I became a monthly listener, then 3 monthly, then bi-annually and now it's been at least a year since I last listened. When people post about it now, I hardly recognise any character names.
November 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Sadly, I think I'm so over The Archers as a whole. Having been an avid weekly listener to the omnibus, I became a monthly listener, then 3 monthly, then bi-annually and now it's been at least a year since I last listened. When people post about it now, I hardly recognise any character names.
Not guilty of assault with a bread-ly weapon.
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Not guilty of assault with a bread-ly weapon.
135 billion pounds per US citizen? I didn't realise that they were all that heavy!
November 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
135 billion pounds per US citizen? I didn't realise that they were all that heavy!