It is Corpus Christi. Luther not a fan: “At no festival are God and his Christ more blasphemed than on this day, and particularly by the procession. For then people are treating the Blessed Sacrament with such ignominy that it becomes only play-acting and is just vain idolatry”.

How come the brainy geniuses in Marvel films always live in neo Gothic mansions? If I were one I’d have something by Le Corbusier or Mies *glides away on hover Eames chair*

Pongo, now almost completely blind, rather enjoys the washing flapping on the line

Pianists, Chopin C# m waltz, this bar is causing a sprain-like pain in my thumb going under from the g sharp to the b sharp, any ideas? Ta.

I, along with Arturo M Trustpilot, can’t wait to make brushing my teeth fun and exciting again.

I love that thing in the Belfast accent when ‘cars’ is pronounced ‘cyars’.

Little girl - 6? - and her dad opposite me on the train.

“Daddy, what do mosquitos do that is actually good?”

“They provide food for bats”.

“No, what do they do for us? Bees and are pollinators, daddy, but what do mosquitoes do?”

Daddy googles. We’re all dying to find out.

150th anniversary of the birth of GK Chesterton, the writer with the most fiddly signature in modern times. Imagine queuing for him to sign your Father Browns?

Just noticed my bank has turned into a laser eye surgery place #ShouldHaveGoneToLaserEyeSurgeryPlace

The deep joy of sitting next to a manspreader on the tube and pressing my leg firmly into his.

If you’re at Hay on Sunday I’ll be talking to Charles about what happened to him — and who knows how many other small boys — at an English boarding school in the 70s.

Join us for an evening of mystery and intrigue with Richard Coles

Discover the secrets hidden within the pages of his latest whodunnit, “Murder at the Monastery,” the thrilling third title in his Canon Clement Mystery series.

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Join us on Monday 10th June for a wonderful evening with Richard Coles!

Richard will be chatting about his new book MURDER AT THE MONASTRY, the latest Canon Clement mystery, which sounds perfect for summer.

Treat yourself - tickets available here!
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Downfall of the Derg Day in Ethiopia, marking the collapse of Mengistu’s bloody regime. He now lives in Zimbabwe with the blood of around half a million Ethiopians on his hands, according to Amnesty.

George MacKay in Femme — what a performance!

My favourite cooking site on YouTube is Italia Squisito which seems to be exclusively about Italian chefs in three star Michelin restaurants #BurroForBechamel

Answer:

This is amazing, and there’ll be some sleepless nights ahead for those who knew something and did nothing, or worse; but where do you find 80 detectives to deploy? #PostOfficeInquiry theguardian.com/business/artic…

Favourite sounds:

Blackbird singing (any time)
Dogs drinking from water bowl
Piano being tuned

Settle an argument. What proportion of hot to cold on a plate (eg. steak and salad) justifies warming the plate?