From the new volcano eruption here in Iceland🌋 Captured 29th May 2024

In 1393 King Richard II decreed pubs must have signs so the examiner or tester of ales would know the location of each pub. The pictorial sign was developed with a majority of the population, illiterate & needing something large, simple & bright to recognise.

'Hi Rishi, it's Michelle from Mone Military Uniforms.'

Here's an extra newsletter: Sam Altman is a liar, and it's time to treat him and OpenAI with outright suspicion - they lied about Scarlett Johansson, they're lying about Sora and YouTube, and they will keep lying as long as the media fails to push back.

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A very serious attack on traditional food and farming is underway, a major threat to the artisanal, non-GMO, organic, and traditional food sectors.
Here below is what you need to know and do, urgently, to defend your right to eat time-honoured ingredients in their natural forms

Wise words on Bordeaux 2023 en primeur from Joss Fowler vinolent.net/2024/05/08/202…

#crowdfundingupdate
Just 4-days in and we've hit 18% of the target. Thank you to so many of you who have contributed. And the wonderful comments both on the page, in messages and in Our Bookshop.
Details, including the rewards can be found here...
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Then & Now: Hammersmith Broadway 1932.
The extension of the Piccadilly Line from Earl's Court to Hammersmith Station is being dug beneath, with a tram pictured still running across the flimsy looking tracks. The background building still remains.

True 👇🏻

'Pleased to see you looking so well your majesty. We need to discuss your return to work.'

I’ve done way worse than this, uphill, in a crappy FWD Toyota hire car. Without taking the undercarriage off. 💪🏻

Very enjoyable article on how to confound wine snobs: “Seeking Serious Savvy B in Sancerre”. Dagueneau ‘Silex’ used to be my favourite take-to-a-dinner white. Now rather out of my price range.

In around 58 hours, I’ll be taking my first steps up Snowden, the first of the uk peaks i am climbing… thank you so much to everyone who has donated but still have 66% of my target left so if you can, please help me… givewheel.com/fundraising/21…

I know it's tragic to ask for a RT but the twit algorithm isn't so kind to small businesses these days so any boost for my new workshops would help so much👆.

Thankyou x🌿

Confirms why I try very hard to avoid beef when I’m in the US.

There is a tenth circle of hell and it comes with fries.

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Thank you to Lee Ocado customer services for your speedy and delightful response to my haddock mix-up 😄

Excellent article on Madiran. A favourite of mine, when aged for as long as possible! 'The greatest Madirans seem to me astonishingly impressive: dense, profound wines of shattering force and complexity'