It might end up forgotten, but Jordan Pickford brilliantly stopped Andrea Belotti and Jorginho last night in England's shootout defeat 💪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Today a sad farewell to Sqn Ldr Richie Woolls OC Josh Pirt RAF Sqn leaving us after 43 years immaculate Regular and Reserve RAF Regiment service! We first served together on 1 Sqn RAF Regt in 1996. An icon of Whole Force selfless service. Well done, thank you & good luck Richie!

Word of the day is 'breedbate' (16th century): one who is always looking for an argument.

I can’t wait to paint another elephant! I have an elephant commission in the pipeline, which I’m so excited to start. There’s something so satisfying about painting an elephant’s skin. No two folds are the same, unlike fur, which can get a bit repetitive.

It's NOT hoarding, if it's books... #amwriting #amreading

OLYMPIC CHAMPION! For my country, my son and my family. For those who stayed up through the night to watch me. For all those people who need a bit of light. You can get through this 🙏🏼

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Medievalists out there, need your help in identifying a story my boss described vaguely to me as: "an English knight captured during the crusade who was brought in front of Saladin and said 'how do you feel about not killing me' and the Saladin let him go".

This is an explainer and a half! #ECHR x.com/BelfastAgmt/st…

I do like to be beside the seaside 😊

One of the best rugby players on planet earth 🌍 Full stop.

Never had Covid? You could hold the key to beating the virus — and scientists want to study you.

“I made my appearance at 8 o’clock on the morning of August 21st in the year 1920. Pooh was only a year younger (given as a 1st birthday present) and my inseparable companion. As you find us in the poem ‘Us Two’, so we were in real life.” ~C.R.Milne #HappyBirthdayChristopherRobin

Art Nouveau door of the Barsky House which was built in 1900 in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine. Designed by Russian architect Alexander Lishnevsky (1868-1942). 📸 Masintos

What is investment? Usain Bolt won 8 gold medals in 3 Olympics, and he only ran for less than 115 seconds on the track, earning $119M dollars. That’s economy of effort. But for those 2 minutes, he trained for 20 years. That’s investment. Think long term.

Fascinating to visit the battlefield of Waterloo!

.. in life you need either inspiration or desparation .. Christina Penescu