Spent a few hours trying to clean-up this beauty, but it was worth it: It is Ernest Shackleton and his crew on the ice, beside their ship Endurance, during his trans-antarctic expedition in 1915, taken on paget plate by Frank Hurley. It is original colour (not colourised).

The ‘is Die Hard a Christmas movie’ question is fully resolved with my son’s Hans Gruber Nakatomi Tower Advent Calendar, and let that be the end of it. Welcome to the party, pal!

If you are looking for something more left field for Xmas breakfast time Rob Persani ....... youtube.com/watch?v=N7oZH2…

Local news in streatham…. standard.co.uk/news/crime/can…

The letters "ough" can be pronounced at least 8 different ways in English. How did that happen?!

Very sad to hear about Dickie Davies, one of British television's greatest sports presenters. RIP.

For a split second I almost thought Liberty London and Big K Products had come up with an unexpected Summer window collaboration……

Bank Holiday - Classic Lego Space action #lego928 - greatest set of all time. And the new version is pretty special too #lego10497

Slightly concerned Pep has this on his mind….The Extra Inch (Spurs Podcast)

Chap on BBC News just now with more than a hint of Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan about him….. #bbcnews #brasseye

Alexis Mac Allister in Liverpool FC midfield? #Henderson #Fabinho

This is very cool

Amazing atmosphere at Twickenham this evening… #NZLvSA

In the 1990/91 season, Paul Gascoigne was Spurs’ joint top scorer with 19 goals in all comps. Here’s all of them, in order, crammed into 140 secs. In the form of his life and taking games by the scruff of the neck, Gazza was simply unplayable that year.

All hail the queen Sandi Toksvig - what a brilliant woman

Hell’s Bells. Time to rock Wembley Stadium with AC/DC

Impressive level of anger from people being told alcohol will not be served until 10.45 Lord's Cricket Ground for #EnglandCricket v West Indies today…

Just been to see Wunderhorse at O2 Academy Brixton. Great show, surely these guys are going to be massive…. leftlion.co.uk/features/2024/…

Looks like Loftus-Cheek and Pulisic are the common theme in the last two home defeats in ⁦UEFA Champions League⁩ for Real Madrid…..playing in both Milan 2024 and Chelsea 2022 matches …… theguardian.com/football/2024/…