“How’s the candy floss, did ya say?” Bryn Hylton Gordon Arnott Howard Walker #facepalm

“How’s the candy floss, did ya say?” Bryn Hylton Gordon Arnott Howard Walker #facepalm

It’s either #greatnorthrun2024 day in #Newcastle or a stag do has made it right through the night

Dropping a pal at the start of the #greatnorthrun2024, and as ever, all form of human life is here. Gutted that my mangled knee means my GNR days are almost certainly over, but happy with having done it six times. Go well, everyone - have the best day

Wasn’t long ago that any England and Wales Cricket Board Test batsman playing a embarrassingly village shot like this would have been howled out of the team, but as the leadership team has removed all personal responsibility for their performance from them, it’s just accepted - utterly ridiculous

Hard to believe this was prime time tv once upon a time - splendid to see Frank Muir and Charles Gray, though, who I’m sure would have fit nicely into the Would I Lie To You panel #BBC4

First visit to the Hope and Social universe, via Think Tank?, and what a splendid place it is to reside - the joy they get from playing together, and from their audience’s love of what they do, couldn’t be more obvious

First single out today from the very talented Eve Buckley, featuring the guitar twanglings of Christopher Junior - do give it a listen #NewMusic youtube.com/watch?v=M1KhTl…

Was lucky to meet Syd through work back in the late 90s and he was everything you’d have hoped/expected. This is such a great thing to see - well done Gloucestershire Cricket 🏆!

Calling Bryn Hylton - who knew?!!

"Hero of the Magic Nights" indeed (thanks Google Translate...) - one of the stand-out players from one of the best World Cups in my lifetime, if not the best. Moved like water and grabbed his chance to be in the spotlight with both hands - so sad he's passed so young #Italia90

The only Nobel Prize winner and POTUS, that I know of anyway, to visit Humshaugh Cricket Club in #Northumberland during a West Tyne League 2nd XI match - no, really… hexham-courant.co.uk/news/24418828.…

Current confected media stramash summed up in one screenshot, and from The Guardian too - ignore the story at the bottom, everyone, look at the desperate nonsense at the top!!!

Damn right…..

And it continues - this was the top story this morning, as BBC News (UK) allowed itself to be shaped by the Mail’s agenda yet again. Eight hours later, it’s back to being the lead story, with whatever she spoke about at the conference today way down - Mail mission accomplished

The topic of Most Annoying England Cricketers XI came up today, and after a little consideration, here's the agreed line up - all thoughts welcome, fellow #cricket nerds... Duckett, Boycott, Vaughan, Hick, Bairstow, Reeve, White, Lewis, Pringle, O Robinson, Edmonds

Quick end of season hat tip to the geniuses at England and Wales Cricket Board who thought starting the final week of the County Championship season on 26 September was a sound proposition - never any increased chance of sustained inclement weather at this time of year, oh no #cricket #CountyChamp

Maggie Smith, bless her, might be best known for being Professor MacGonagall these days, but she was never better than when she was speaking Alan Bennett’s words - A Private Function and The Lady In The Van are both, in rather different ways, absolutely glorious

“But Starmer sits in posh seats at football matches!!!” Meanwhile… #facepalm

“That thing that I said earlier, I didn’t say, no matter what I said”