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Dara O'Reilly
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Gonna have to level with you, I'm not a real architect. I just showed up in this turtleneck and, well, everything spiralled from there.
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John Crace does not appear to know the difference between Cluedo and Guess Who?

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
player one makes the first guess. “Just one question. Does the suspect wear glasses?” he asks. “Yes,” replies player two. “But he doesn’t have to pay for them.”
November 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Though they should, because that's a very handsome automobile.
The 1965 BMW "Neue Klasse" 2000 CS. A very handsome car indeed.
November 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Happy "That Time I Took A Photo Of My Infant Son And He Looked Like Mark E Smith From The Fall" Day, to all who celebrate*.

(*Me. I'm "all who celebrate.")
My son, about eight years ago. He looks like Mark E Smith from The Fall.
November 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Guys! Guys! Stop what you're doing and get a load of what Maurizio Pocchetino looks like these days!
Maurizio Pocchetino looking, well, unexpected, with luxurious brown hair and a tidy grey beard.
November 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Young people these days might know their LPs and 12" Singles, but getting your daughter to be interested in there being an article about them in a newspaper does regrettably involve explaining what a "newspaper" is.

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I speak not of the premise of the short, which I’ve seen criticised elsewhere – namely that a teenager would have the nous or ken to select the right record for his father, or even recognise what a vinyl record is at all. I can buy this: the only 15-year-old I know particularly well is my niece, Aoife, and she has bought more vinyl records this year (three) than every adult I’ve met in the past week combined (zero). (Aoife is your correspondent's oldest daughter, Dara fans.)
November 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Barney getting thrown out of Moe's only to immediately reappear behind bin.
October 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Wow. What a collab. I guess the science thing didn't work out, so he's back on the keyboards?
Spam email from the O2, because I logged into their free WiFi ONE TIME, offering me the opportunity to buy separate tickets to see Doja Cat and Professor Brian Cox, but "hilariously" phrased "Get presale tickets for Doja Cat and Professor Brian Cox" in such a way as to make it appear they're performing together.
October 2, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Have we ever established whether or not Mr Trump actually knows what "Seeking Asylum" means? And, specifically, that it's different from "Insane Asylum," an archaic and offensive term for in-person psychiatric care, which hasn't been in clinical use for almost half a century?
Donald J Trump: "We want Venezuela to immediately accept all of the prisoners, and people from mental institutions, which includes the Worst in the World Insane Asylums, that Venezuelan "Leadership" has forced into the United States of America. Thousands of people have been badly hurt, and even killed, by these "Monsters." GET THEM THE HELL OUT OF OUR COUNTRY, RIGHT NOW, OR THE PRICE YOU PAY WILL BE INCALCULABLE!"
September 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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I'm not, nor have I ever been, a young woman in the workplace, but I wouldn't be surprised to discover that Ovenden's graphic conversation with a female colleague about her having sex with a Labour MP was NOT ENTIRELY consensual on her part. 1)
Ovenden: I have got something that will make you lol from last night. We were playing shag marry kill at PT. Honestly, I nearly wet myself from laughing. Labour staffer: What??? I love that game! Ovenden: REDACTED asking REDACTED who would use the strap on out of her and Diane Abbott was the highlight/lowlight. And then REDACTED's phyiscal [sic] demonstration of REDACTED putting it on was amazing. 'what are you doing? It's so big it has shoulder staps' Labour staffer: Hahaha that's amazing!!! What was the answer? Some awful mental pics are assembling in my head. Ovenden: We spent a lot of time discussing REDACTED going down on Diane. Hoenstly [sic] it was outrageous. Labour staffer: Oh my god.
September 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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I think it's always an early kickoff, like the Old Firm game, because the police want the fans to have as little drinking time beforehand as poss, in the forlorn hope that it reduces violence.

The return game on the 24 Jan is already scheduled for 12:30, which it wouldn't be if it was just for TV.
Return match between Millwall and Charlton at The Den.
September 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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"Sir, a second Bang Bus is approaching Oxford."
George W Bush on 9/11 meme, except it's a second Bang Bus, not a second plane.
September 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Is it "The English?" I'm going to guess "The English."
Sign asking "Britain's most brutal race?"
July 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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"Unspecified Arizona High School Prom Queen."
"Unspecified Arizona High School Prom Queen."
July 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Fucking Chris Philp appears to be under the impression that nobody in history has never gambled money that they needed for another purpose...
Chris Philp: "The British taxpayer has put them up in hotels, and now they slap us in the face by using the money they are given to fund gambling. These illegal immigrants clearly don’t need the money they are given if they are squandering it at casinos and arcades."
July 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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What perfect albums came out when you were 16?*

*No retroactive cool, please. Albums that were in the house that you actively purchased and listened to

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Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde by The Pharcyde Star by Belly Giant Steps by The Boo Radleys Slanted And Enchanted by Pavement
July 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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About thirty years ago, I inadvertently used a term in a social scenario that I did not know was of racist origin, and was immediately aggressively and correctly challenged by the people I was with. It HAUNTS me; I must think about it once a week and hyperventilate. I'm not saying that Torode 1)
“This matter has been formally discussed with John Torode by Banijay UK, and whilst we note that John says he does not recall the incident, Lewis Silkin have upheld the very serious complaint. Banijay UK and the BBC are agreed that we will not renew his contract on MasterChef.”
July 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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By popular* demand, I am EXTENDING #SandwichSummer! Today's sandwich is: chilli and lime chicken, tomato and homemade coleslaw on a caramelised* white sourdough.

(*"Caramelised" is a fancy term for "almost-but-not-quite burnt.")
Today's sandwich is: chilli and lime chicken, tomato and homemade coleslaw on a caramelised* white sourdough. *"Caramelised" is a fancy term for "almost-but-not-quite burnt.")
July 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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GIG DAD!
Your hero and his anonymous 15yo daughter going to see Kneecap, Amyl and the sniffers and Fontaines DC at Finsbury Park. I'm wearing a 1980s Ireland O'Neills kit, she's wearing an O'Neills Fontaines DC "gender reveal" shirt.
July 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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By popular* demand, I am EXTENDING #SandwichSummer! Today's sandwich is: tuna, onion, avocado, tomato and gochugang mayo on buckwheat and multigrain sourdough.
Today's sandwich is: tuna, onion, avocado, tomato and gochugang mayo on buckwheat and multigrain sourdough.
July 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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By popular* demand, I am EXTENDING #SandwichSummer! Today's sandwich is: shredded chargrilled chicken, avocado, tomato and coleslaw on buckwheat and multigrain sourdough.
Today's sandwich is: shredded chargrilled chicken, avocado, tomato and coleslaw on buckwheat and multigrain sourdough.
July 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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By popular* demand, I am EXTENDING #SandwichSummer! Today's sandwich is: brisket, tomato, gherkin and emmenthal on white sourdough, toasted in the air fryer.
Today's sandwich is: brisket, tomato, gherkin and emmenthal on white sourdough, toasted in the air fryer.
July 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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By popular* demand, I am EXTENDING #SandwichSummer! Today's sandwich is: ham, cheese and chilli jam on a fresh white baguette.
Today's sandwich is: ham, cheese and chilli jam on a fresh white baguette.
July 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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I'm announcing #SandwichSummer. Every day for the month of June, or at least until I get tired of it, I shall prepare and eat a different sandwich. Today's sandwich is: Ham, cheese tomato, mustard and coleslaw on a white sourdough that my daughter baked.
Today's sandwich is: Ham, cheese tomato, mustard and coleslaw on a white sourdough that my daughter baked.
June 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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I'm announcing #SandwichSummer. Every day for the month of June, or at least until I get tired of it, I shall prepare and eat a different sandwich. Today's sandwich is: Reina Pepiada! Shredded poached chicken, avocado, coriander, lime, chilli, garlic mayo, with tomato on homemade arepa flatbread.
Today's sandwich is: Reina Pepiada! Shredded poached chicken, avocado, coriander, lime, chilli, garlic mayo, with tomato on homemade arepa flatbread.
June 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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I'm announcing #SandwichSummer. Every day for the month of June, or at least until I get tired of it, I shall prepare and eat a different sandwich. Today's sandwich is: Ham, mustard and tomato on the same seeded wholemeal and rye sourdough as yesterday.
Today's sandwich is: Ham, mustard and tomato on the same seeded wholemeal and rye sourdough as yesterday.
June 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM