Been watching John Prescott’s funeral - full of great anecdotes, and a particularly nice choice of hymns ‘Eternal Father, Strong to Save’ aka ‘For those in peril on the sea’ for the former seaman And ‘Amazing Grace’ with its links to another former Hull MP William Wilberforce

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has already achieved enough to go down in history as one of the great leaders - showing his true character and rising to the moment at a time of national existential crisis. He deserves credit and respect - and he’ll continue to get that from the UK 🇺🇦🇬🇧

In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.

Happy Birthday Dad.

The silhouetted remains of the High Court Banksy are much more likeable than the original - creating a curiously medieval quality...as if depicting Thomas a Becket being attacked in the crypt

A clever bit of artistry in this manuscript, making it appear like a dog has gone through one side of the page and out the other - 15th century, Kraków, MNK 3025 I, pp. 469-470

I was thinking the other day that it was surprising no sitting Conservative MPs had yet defected to Reform..

Claimed earlier that with enough support I’d be able to reach the summit of Everest and was rightly relentlessly mocked by colleagues. How hard can it be…?

Somebody got bored keeping the parish records of Dinton (Wilts). Wonder who this boxing legend was and when the match took place that established Christopher Pashill's superiority. The entry is on the sheet for 1607/1608.

I remember Menzies Campbell as a fellow Fife MP and a friend who was always great to work with across party lines, who shared a strong sense of social justice and a belief in international cooperation. One of the great leaders of our times and a decent, compassionate man. RIP

In 1980, Patricia Routledge joined the cast of the NY Public Theater's outdoor Pirates of Penzance in Central Park. Here she is with Rex Smith and Kevin Kline. 1/2

Interview by Sienna Rodgers with Labour peer Lord Christopher, one of a very small number of serving parliamentarians to reach the age of 100 and the last remaining person in Parliament who served in the Armed Forces in WWII: politicshome.com/news/article/m…

15th century chancel roof of Sherborne Abbey. Taken today whilst living to heavenly music. #matthewcoleridge

As Les Miserables celebrates it’s 40th anniversary 😮 here’s a great 1985 promotional flyer I found. It’s overshot it’s closing date a little…

Monty Python's Flying Circus - Sex and Violence (12th October 1969). "There's nowt wrong wi' gala luncheons!"

🅾🅽 🆃🅷🅸🆂 🅳🅰🆈 October 13, 1943: Noor Inayat Khan, who chose to stay in France after her network collapsed, is arrested. Interrogated by the Gestapo, she does not reveal any information and is later shot. Today we remember her courage. #NoorInayatKhan #SOE #WW2 1/3

A few years ago Prunella Scales sent out Christmas cards to people who donated to one of the many charity projects she and Timothy West supported - obviously I kept it and just dug it out (I enjoy the repeated amendments to make certain people knew who they were from)