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Paul Stokes
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Filling in time between serious news items…
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Don’t forget, other arm in the air: I’m going to take a short corner, it won’t go well but variety is the spice if life.
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#OnThisDay 1083 Matilda of Flanders, queen of William the Conqueror, died in Normandy. Contrary to popular myth, she was not 4’2” tall. A (short) thread:
@heawood.bsky.social on the front page as she should be 👌
I feel there’s 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 room for something more authentic ;-)

(In fairness to the Mick Heron adaptation, the Simon Gillespie tribute is not the hook)
Bendor, have you seen the lead character in Down Cemetery Road is an art restorer and the chap from True Blood has a new crime series called Art Detectives (catchy title ;-), with over-paint as a plot point?
Post BLM TV!
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University?! Yet more tabs I’m going to have open…
When I’n stood in a trendy street asking Gordon Ramsay what is the oldest tab open on his phone it will all be your fault ;-)
*opens tab on how to make TikTok videos*
Closed around 30 tabs this morning, some open for years. Now ready to option the experience as a make-over TV format.
🎵 That much is true…
30 years of Difference Class courtesy of Pulp.
Blackberry/WAP enabled handset ;-)

I rewatched it in the summer and it’s funny how the element that has dated is the phone stuff.
The WhatsApp Archived Chats of…
Paging all the actors who missed out on The Thursday Murder Club…
A 77-year old man is the main suspect in an investigation that has involved raids in Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, leading Bavarian police to seize forged Picasso, Rembrandt and Kahlo paintings

www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/27/f...
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Baxter Dury released Prince Of Tears on this day in 2017 (27 October 2017). You can replay the listening party (no_345) here:
Baxter Dury
Prince Of Tears
timstwitterlisteningparty.com
I thought it was a good feature (considering it in the annual an end of year discount) it was just as I was scrambling to remember words I did start thinking ‘why are you being so nice to me?’ particularly after the way she treated the lad who asked her about drawing in the park ;-)
Pedantic quibble (had a free trial) but it was a little annoying how completely out of character the AI Lily is from the one they present in stories.
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I was intrigued to see which two of the Vatican’s ten Raphael tapestries were chosen for today’s unprecedented service in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries are very rarely shown - was Pope Leo XIV conveying any message in the choice?
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Happy 25th to PJHarvey's Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea...

and also happy birthday to the easiest 'Where It's At' (cover location feature) I did for Q, though it was very nice to speak to Maria Mochnacz about her evening wandering around Times Square with Polly.
Splashdown 🌧️🤞🦢
We Hate It When The Old Firm Becomes Successful #McMorrissey