Been lots of this. Voting’s long closed so what is their aim? To defer criticism for other results? That won’t work. If it’s close why not heavily downplay hopes so it looks like you’ve excelled? No gain in saying you’ve won if you haven’t. And if you have won no one cares today

For heaven’s sake, Elon. I’m a middle aged woman tweeting about scones and rhubarb and I’ve got a full day’s work ahead of me. Nudes in profile just about the last thing I need. Sort out your algorithms, please.

He went for Binface didn’t he?

Patrick Kidd Mr Memory Lord Heseltine's garden is also open to the public, and it has an amazing modern art collection dotted around the estate.

In 1880 every Cabinet minister had an estate and ornamental garden with 20 gardeners (12 of these are now open to public). In 1980, only Heseltine had same (Lord Carrington's garden was too small to count), though 3 said they liked gardening in Who's Who

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I do love the Claudia column in ⁦The Critic⁩

🚨 LIVE SCENES IN LONDON

Much more important than local elections. Saw this when my daughter was very small and it’s lovely so happy to plug my mate Andy Fletcher 526t’s production

Message from a friend: “A first. After all this photo ID controversy my local polling station has just accepted without batting, ha, an eyelid my MCC membership pass.”

Naturally I approve of this. Wonder if it will also work at French border control when biometric data comes in

A photograph of a boy watching a cricket match at the Oval, London, from the top of a lamppost, while his friends wait below for a commentary. Taken in 1938.

How it started // how it’s going

Can't believe he's going to build HS2

Since Monty Panesar is standing to be an MP, here's a piece I wrote two years ago for
The House magazine on cricketers in Parliament

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Lilac walk in Trinity Fellows' Garden is looking blooming marvellous - so many delicious scents and shades! #TrinSpring #Cambridge
📷 Joanna Cooney

Playing and photographing sport in a war zone: an extraordinary gallery of images from Ukraine taken by Mykola Synelnykov for Times Sport Marc Aspland thetimes.co.uk/sport/photogra…

Some good football trivia from (£)thetimes.co.uk/article/common…
By Patrick Kidd

Bishop Gavin's abseil down the tower has made it into the national press! The Times and The Sunday Times Thank you Patrick Kidd and Diocese of Oxford . Come and cheer him on Sat 4th May 12noon and sponsor him here: justgiving.com/page/gavin-col…

Classic #PONT from 6 July 1938: THE PICNICKERS #picnic #weather #Britain #spring #summertime

It’s wisteria time again! Happy Thursday everyone 😊

Cricket’s triple threat — Patrick Kidd on Graham Gooch thecritic.co.uk/crickets-tripl…