1pm TODAY on Sky Arts 👉joint #TVFilmOfTheDay

The 1921 #Silent #Comedy #Drama film🎥 “The Kid” directed, produced & written by #CharlieChaplin

🌟 #CharlieChaplin #JackieCoogan #EdnaPurviance #CarlMiller

Wow- Labour have declared my seat in North Northumberland as not a target so that might explain why no PPC is in place yet. I have been in communities since selection in January..

Lord Bonkers: Hear Asquith promote the People's Budget of 1909 liberalengland.blogspot.com/2024/04/hear-a…

Rob Palk I like how his facial expression is perfectly balanced between 'this is the life' and 'this luxurious fantasy-fulfillment has brought me nothing but deep gnawing ennui', it's like an entire Steely Dan song captured in the demeanour of an ursine mascot

A former Royal Marine is preparing to canoe 120 miles along the canal from Foxton Locks to London in support of RMA - The Royal Marines Charity :

harboroughfm.co.uk/fundraiser-pre…

Last Word - Trevor Griffiths BBC Sounds - Actor Jack Shepherd talks about his long collaboration with Trevor in Bill Brand etc plus how Trevor started to write (with a nail) —9 minutes in, after Higgs bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

It is sickening to see a Tory former Home Secretary lining up to speak alongside far right racists, homophobes, antisemites and Islamophobes. If Sunak has any authority left he will stop Braverman attending or remove the whip. theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

#OTD in 1546, Alice Glaston was hanged in Much Wenlock. The poor girl was just 11- Making her one of the youngest people to be put to death in England. Though her crime has been lost to history- Folklore suggests she was tried for Murder or witchcraft.

#Shropshire #Folklore

Nate White, a British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read:

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?”

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no…

In case anybody gives a monkey’s, the date is wrong on this; it should be 21st June. Oh, and on Monday there’ll be a press release about the long lost track “Wombling USA” coming out as a single on the same date, and a pre-order link for the vinyl album. Oh, and on 18th April…

Me in the i newspaper.
Our paths are a vital part of our history. So let's scrap the arbitrary deadline for protecting them.

'Britain could lose 50,000 miles of historic paths – we must protect them now' inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyl…

RamblersGB Kate Ashbrook
Open Spaces Society

Not actually “exclusive”, because it is all lifted from ⁦Private Eye Magazine⁩ # #rottenboroughs . But there you go. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

More proof of how dangerous PPE at Oxford can be.

New Battle of Bosworth trail to tell lesser-known tales bbc.in/4cSRX1E

I guess the Jonathan Nunn dam couldn’t hold forever 👀 dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

Work continues on Leicester Market demolition bbc.in/4axohpj

Lib Dems' Director of Communications Olly Grender has welcomed the #CassReview on an LBC phone-in with Iain Dale ⚒️🇺🇦.🇮🇱, describing it as 'broadly good' and emphasising the need for talking therapies and a holistic approach.

Garry Kasparov, the 13th World Chess Champion, was born #OnThisDay in 1963. He received the Chess Oscar 11 times as the best chess player of the year. Between 1981-1991, he won or tied for 1st place in every tournament he entered. He was ranked world no. 1 for a record 255 months

Shoppers using a travelator when visiting Merseyway Shopping Centre, Stockport (photo circa 1970). The Merseyway Shopping Centre, one of the earliest shopping precincts in the United Kingdom, opened in 1965.

This will ensure that if your son or daughter marries a foreigner, they won’t be able to live in the UK unless your son/daughter earns nearly £40k a year.

PS: “dependants” is wrong: even if your new in law is bound to get a job, that doesn’t help.