Medieval England had laws dictating who could eat what based on social class. Nobility: Venison, beef, mutton, game birds. The fattiest cuts. Roasted whole. Peasants: Barley, oats, peas, beans. Meat maybe twice a year at festivals. This wasn't preference. This was LAW. You

It’s funny how these clips don’t ever get Community Noted anymore. That’s because more people are realising than ever before. Not long now…..in the meantime enjoy this classic.

Root should copy Hogg’s technique.

Remembering Anglo-Italian actress Adrienne Corri, star of stage, screen and television, equally at home in comedy as she was in sci-fi, horror, or thrillers. An ITC favourite, appearing in Danger Man, The Champions, Randall & Hopkirk, Department S, UFO & The Adventurer... 1/3

In a Lonely Place....Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame

Dr Clare Craig Neil O'Brien was out of control during covid. He was never able to explain his animus towards people questioning the establishment and actually appeared to take great pleasure in threatening them .

Latest 😇🍺📷🎶 St LFH adventures yesterday in quaint mediaeval Sandwich with beers, tales, piano & song = full picture album included ⛵ a most excellent place for a pub trawl with lots of history! Enjoy 🥳🍸9 pubs!! 🎹🍂 #beer #pubs #travel #adventure buymeacoffee.com/ladyfeck/beer-…

George Frideric Handel

DepressedBergman That's the movie that started my Melville journey. I still love it.

Our beloved Franz Schubert d otd 1828, aged just 31. Has any composer taken us to heaven so effortlessly? The openings of works such as the Bb piano sonata, the F minor Fantasie, etc - he opens a door, and we are transported to a world of fathomless beauty. Miraculous music.

What did they understand about beauty that we lost?

NOW — The Cabinet Office has finally disclosed key information about the private meeting between Larry Fink and Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves – details that were never included in ministerial logs. During its internal review of my FOI request, the Cabinet Office confirmed the

The music of Carl Nielsen starts my music day. Fabio Luisi conducts the Danish National Symphony Orchestra in the intensely dramatic Symphony No 4 "The Inextinguishable." Good morning, everyone. Bore da. youtu.be/IC0Lf03sGw4?si…

Why is this woman so desperate to get the State killing the old and most vulnerable so quickly?!

“I welcome scrutiny,” says Kim Leadbeater. 20 reasons to doubt this claim:

It's great to see this hard-fought and competitive test cricket taking place between India and South Africa at the moment Especially since other teams are currently getting battered inside two days by Australia #Ashes #TheAshes #Ashes2025 #IndianCricket #INDvRSA #Proteas

The iconic figure of WG Grace, England captain, alongside his Australian rival Billy Murdoch in 1890 - in three Tests that summer England won two and the third was abandoned - those were the days!

Time for a chapter by chapter thread on what my new book, Someone Else's Music: Opera and the British, is all about. I started researching this book back in 2018. I was sick of people saying that opera is elitist, and wanted to find out how and why that idea had come about. /

Proteas Won Test Series in India After 25 Long Years 🥺🥺.

Last time I checked, juries were turning in fair and sensible verdicts while judges were increasingly appearing to bow to political and ideological biases. Is that why David Lammy wants to abolish the juries rather than reform the judges? Truly terrifying.