Poignant

Texan guy recites his electric bill like he’s a character in a William Faulkner novel. It’s amazing!

Incidentally: one of the dancers in little shorts in the video for Sylvester's “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)” is Cosey Fanni Tutti of industrial band Throbbing Gristle, who was working as a stripper at the time. youtube.com/watch?v=gD6cPE… #TOTP

Hi Andrew, I'm a presenter on Talk who interviewed the PM at Nicola's house in Staffs yesterday. Answers to your Qs are: 1. Yes. 2. Yes, I met her. 3. No and no. 4. She's not an actress -- the evidence cited online is a photo that isn't her. 5. Yes, it's her house and kitchen.

“The best moments in reading are when you come across something…that you'd thought special, particular to you. And here it is, set down by someone else, a person you've never met, maybe even someone long dead. And it's as if a hand has come out, and taken yours".

Selhurst Park in the Nineties. Not a phone in sight. Just fans (and elephants) living in the moment.

I wrote about two prolific freelance commentators who may not have been quite what they appeared thecritic.co.uk/publish-or-be-…

Genuinely hilarious for a 75 year old who was head of an Oxford college to be policing the political views of an 81 year old man because quite liking Nigel Farage "forfeits the rock tradition and betrays all it stands for".

Five facts to know about the Ghana Drunkards Association wp.me/p7ZDOE-4EAN

John Fogerty dedicating a good portion of his Glastonbury set to discussing his legal disputes, sex with his wife and celebrating the death of his enemies is absolutely top notch rock star behaviour & won’t be topped this weekend

One of those days Alex Hochuli 🧉🎙️🤯📉 when the sun is hot, the beer is cold and I don’t even know why anyone listens to anything apart from Creedence

If ever there is a Somme equivalent of Robert Capa's D-Day images it is these showing men of the Tyneside Irish Brigade marching into machine-gun oblivion and getting fewer and fewer in number, until just a handful remain. The undying tragedy of 1st July 1916: 109 years ago today

Hymen Jacker United States, Census, 1930

I would go one step further and say that four out of four sex crimes “didn't need to happen.”