Even (some) Tories now openly saying they’d vote to rejoin the EU…

Another excellent piece by Peter Pharos, on Tim Atkin’s first-rate website.

The good news is that your glass of wine won't destroy the world. The bad news is that it won't save it either.

(Carbon) footprints in the sand - my latest for Tim Atkin .

timatkin.com/footprints-in-…

Totally agree. At the next election, I will have to hold my nose and vote.

Book worth reading and recommendation: A thoroughly researched volume to square up to the neo-temperance lobby tinyurl.com/wne7554z by World of Fine Wine #bookrecommendation #wine book #wine

La visita de Margaret Rand a Toro para redactar el artículo de Tim Atkin sobre nuestra DO llega a su fin. 103 vinos catados, 22 bodegas y viñedos visitados y una gran cantidad de historias y experiencias vividas. Sin duda una visita única y singular. #DOToro 🍇😍🥰🍷🍷

“What do the moderates, the One Nation liberals, the queasy centrists – the serial backers of losing candidates – do next? They don’t have a leader; they don’t have an argument. Next they could end up without a party.” Bravo ⁦Rafael Behr⁩ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Daily Star knocking it out the park again…

It’s 35 years ago today since the tragic events at Hillsborough.
NO ONE should go to a football match and not come home!

But if you listen to one thing today listen to this.
Commentator Peter Jones's final report on BBC Sport On 2.
Simple, but very powerful words!
RIP the 97

I highly recommend this podcast from the ⁦London Review of Books⁩ about the sinking of the Belgrano during the Falklands War and the cover up that followed it. lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-v…

Our new video for BBC News (UK) looks at UK arms exports to Israel. bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-688…

Totally agree.

¿Se dirige el vino hacia un iceberg? - Muy interesante el análisis que hace el reconocido crítico Tim Atkin
Advertencia de una situación que se replica en todo el mundo. alterrados.com/2024/04/08/se-…

Culture is not trivial, it’s about who we are. That’s why Labour needs a plan to save the arts. So much this, Charlotte Higgins! It should be projected onto the House of Commons theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Great idea, Matthew. I am sure you’d have lots of takers for a downloadable and printable version.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
What if the Tories really are heading for a defeat even more catastrophic than what happened to them in 1997?

'I was standing at the urinal checking the news when my hand slipped, turned my camera on and took a photo of my privates. In my shock I dropped the phone and when it landed it sent the photo and all my contacts to the KGB.'

NOTHING LEFT TO SAY? - WineSpeed Blog - Karen MacNeil. Quite the speech. winespeed.com/blog/2024/04/n…