This is very moving. I was so blessed to have a father who often mentioned in passing that he’d enjoyed my work.

But parents - do keep a stash of mementos of your kids. Because when your child finds your keepsakes of them when you are gone, it will never be forgotten.

Joyous

The third part of #PompeiiTheNewDig is just starting on BBC Two, and it features this amazing find.

Being among the first dozen or so people to see this in 2,000 years was a tremendous privilege and thrill which I shall never forget.

Orson Welles on the joy of youth, the joy of arrogance, the confidence of ignorance, all told with the eyes of a man who knows that it is all locked in the perfect tense, never to be recaptured.

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28th 2006 - Eve Draper and Martin Blower were killed following a terrible performance of Romeo & Juliet. A few days later Sgt. Nicholas Angel ( #SimonPegg ) goes to arrest Simon Skinner for the crime.

📽️📅 Hot Fuzz (2007) Dir. edgarwright

As if the discussion of the domestic cricket schedule isn’t fraught enough, we may have to accept that we just cannot schedule play in April as rainfall increases. Hell, even May looks doubtful.

“We’ve got a character who famously got executed”

“Well I think we know who to call”

This line is ice cold

God bless Nick Mohammed #taskmaster

Loving the Scottish Parliament drama - very old school political excitement, the sort we all used to enjoy before we got jaded, exhausted and furious.

100 days of fatherhood. Lad’s starting to learn the trade.

Frank Field was a rare example of a politician who was admired by all sides. Undoubtedly in politics for the right reasons. A genuine public servant. RIP.

Stefan, I’m a history correspondent. My “keen interest in technology safety” is limited almost exclusively to the dangers of trebuchets.

Nothing will give you more joy and wonder today

Geography teacher’s ox bow lake nirvana

Even as a #mufc fan, this sounds like well-covered ground and a bit dull.

Now, a doc about the 10 years after Ferguson left - that would be compelling viewing.

The second episode of #pompeiithenewdig is about to start on BBC Two, and you can read my report from the site of the excavation here.