Which one do we think? I’ve struggled to find a really tasty pint so far this evening

Just Jen Jackson feeding the peahen 🦚

A very pleasing haul from the antique shops of Morpeth

Berwick Barracks (1719-21) probably by Nicholas Hawksmoor.

You’ll be shocked to learn that this isn’t a guide to the Italian midlands

And I like the theory that the Shieldfield nearby was the mustering point for English armies marching north - but it might just derive from the old English ‘shiel’ to mean hut or shelter (hence North and South Shields).

You think Baby Reindeer was intense viewing for YOU, but remember, that show is about my actual friend who I've known for years, and I had no idea all that was even going on. Horrible experience, but still, she's good fun and hasn't let it affect her.

Listening to the birds and breathing in the petrichor

Dan Jackson I did note that a McGuinness, Driscoll and Donaghy were the surnames of 3 out of the 6 candidates.

Long tails of that 19th century immigration from across the Irish Sea.

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Tories take their first seat in Newcastle for 32 years!

Gosforth (Newcastle-upon-Tyne):

CON: 33.7% (+6.8)
LDM: 31.0% (-3.5)
LAB: 22.9% (-0.9)
GRN: 8.4% (-1.8)
NEP: 3.9% (New)

No IND (-4.7) as previous.

Conservative GAIN from Lib Dem.
Changes w/ 2021.

Really enjoyed listening to Eduard Habsburg this morning. And he’s right about the Viennese monument to Archduke Karl (the man who first defeated Napoleon) - perhaps the greatest equestrian statue in the world?

Good to see his lesser known Thirty Years War movie ‘The Last Valley’ in there