John Henderson
@jphendo.bsky.social
Retired after more than 45 years in journalism on local and regional papers and national magazines. Motoring writer for 25 years. Last paper Bury Free Press. Dog lover, interested in wildlife, intolerant of intolerance. UK.
You'd think at least double decker buses, if not all tall vehicles, would by now have a device to detect low bridges, branches and cables.
There's a very low bridge near us that detects too tall vehicles and triggers flashing lights and signs so why not the other way round. (Vehicles still hit it.)
There's a very low bridge near us that detects too tall vehicles and triggers flashing lights and signs so why not the other way round. (Vehicles still hit it.)
December 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
You'd think at least double decker buses, if not all tall vehicles, would by now have a device to detect low bridges, branches and cables.
There's a very low bridge near us that detects too tall vehicles and triggers flashing lights and signs so why not the other way round. (Vehicles still hit it.)
There's a very low bridge near us that detects too tall vehicles and triggers flashing lights and signs so why not the other way round. (Vehicles still hit it.)
But is the bust of Julius wearing the correct clothing for 44BC?
December 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
But is the bust of Julius wearing the correct clothing for 44BC?
How many people who won things at school remember the full title of what it was into adulthood, if they ever knew?
I won a book in an RSPCA schools' essay competition but I've no idea what I won it for, whether it was for an age group or the whole thing or even whether it was for come 1st or 101st.
I won a book in an RSPCA schools' essay competition but I've no idea what I won it for, whether it was for an age group or the whole thing or even whether it was for come 1st or 101st.
December 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
How many people who won things at school remember the full title of what it was into adulthood, if they ever knew?
I won a book in an RSPCA schools' essay competition but I've no idea what I won it for, whether it was for an age group or the whole thing or even whether it was for come 1st or 101st.
I won a book in an RSPCA schools' essay competition but I've no idea what I won it for, whether it was for an age group or the whole thing or even whether it was for come 1st or 101st.
Does anyone in the Trump regime have a character worth the effort of assassinating?
December 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Does anyone in the Trump regime have a character worth the effort of assassinating?
You'd have to be pretty desperate when under attack to withdraw to such a barren and hard to leave promontory.
December 3, 2025 at 10:41 AM
You'd have to be pretty desperate when under attack to withdraw to such a barren and hard to leave promontory.
I'm sure I'm not alone in having assumed the NT already owned the whole hillside. Hope you succeed in getting it all.
However, should you apply for planning permission to build anything there it might be wise to avoid the word "erection".
However, should you apply for planning permission to build anything there it might be wise to avoid the word "erection".
December 3, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I'm sure I'm not alone in having assumed the NT already owned the whole hillside. Hope you succeed in getting it all.
However, should you apply for planning permission to build anything there it might be wise to avoid the word "erection".
However, should you apply for planning permission to build anything there it might be wise to avoid the word "erection".
My parents had the red one on the left. They were made of thin glass and that was one of the few to survive the cat knocking the tree down on Christmas Eve night one year. He claimed he was innocent but his long fur was full of pine needles. My brother heard it fall and thought Santa had tripped.
December 3, 2025 at 10:19 AM
My parents had the red one on the left. They were made of thin glass and that was one of the few to survive the cat knocking the tree down on Christmas Eve night one year. He claimed he was innocent but his long fur was full of pine needles. My brother heard it fall and thought Santa had tripped.
I thought that had to be fake until I checked Mahmood's X feed. I've asked her if she plans to jail people like this.
saxonship.org
saxonship.org
The Sutton Hoo Ship's Company - Registered Charity No. 1175475
We are building a replica of the Sutton Hoo ship that was used as King Rædwalds burial chamber in 625 and unearthed in Suffolk, UK by Basil Brown in 1939
saxonship.org
December 3, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I thought that had to be fake until I checked Mahmood's X feed. I've asked her if she plans to jail people like this.
saxonship.org
saxonship.org
Hope she lets these guys finish the reconstruction before she jails them.
saxonship.org
saxonship.org
The Sutton Hoo Ship's Company - Registered Charity No. 1175475
We are building a replica of the Sutton Hoo ship that was used as King Rædwalds burial chamber in 625 and unearthed in Suffolk, UK by Basil Brown in 1939
saxonship.org
December 3, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Hope she lets these guys finish the reconstruction before she jails them.
saxonship.org
saxonship.org
I'm sure places like GP surgeries, hospitals and dentists all have monitoring systems that identify people without books or ebooks and ensure they're kept waiting. The system also recognises when you've got really interested in your book so it can call you in at that point.
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I'm sure places like GP surgeries, hospitals and dentists all have monitoring systems that identify people without books or ebooks and ensure they're kept waiting. The system also recognises when you've got really interested in your book so it can call you in at that point.
Always wondered if a police officer fed The Sun the lies in that awful front page. Doesn't excuse the paper: MacKenzie should still have ordered his staff to check the allegations with other sources.
December 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Always wondered if a police officer fed The Sun the lies in that awful front page. Doesn't excuse the paper: MacKenzie should still have ordered his staff to check the allegations with other sources.
Trouble with your common sense fixes is things like fixing the roof or tweaking CPS aren't sexy enough for politicians who want to look as if they're inventing grand solutions. Some of them involve things only people with court experience would understand so are useless fixes to such politicians.
December 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Trouble with your common sense fixes is things like fixing the roof or tweaking CPS aren't sexy enough for politicians who want to look as if they're inventing grand solutions. Some of them involve things only people with court experience would understand so are useless fixes to such politicians.
"Oh, you're a journalist so I'd better be careful what I say or you'll put it in the paper, ha ha ha."
"No, you'll be OK: we only quote interesting people."
"No, you'll be OK: we only quote interesting people."
December 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"Oh, you're a journalist so I'd better be careful what I say or you'll put it in the paper, ha ha ha."
"No, you'll be OK: we only quote interesting people."
"No, you'll be OK: we only quote interesting people."
You can probably even buy corduroy Christmas tree baubles there.
December 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
You can probably even buy corduroy Christmas tree baubles there.
We soon put in secondary glazing until we could afford to replacements. A clerk of works at a Cambridge college told us a draft proofing trick. Put grease round the fixed frame edge then apply silicone sealant to the opening part and close it until dry. Grease stops it sticking to the fixed frame.
December 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
We soon put in secondary glazing until we could afford to replacements. A clerk of works at a Cambridge college told us a draft proofing trick. Put grease round the fixed frame edge then apply silicone sealant to the opening part and close it until dry. Grease stops it sticking to the fixed frame.
Odd how often Farage seems to have had large numbers of people hear him say something different to what he thinks he said.
December 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Odd how often Farage seems to have had large numbers of people hear him say something different to what he thinks he said.
Very pretty but I bet they were cold. Our house had Crittall windows when we bought it and on cold mornings you'd get thick ice on the inside of the metal frames. They were very hard to draft proof so on windy days you'd think the bedroom window was open because the curtains were moving so much.
December 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Very pretty but I bet they were cold. Our house had Crittall windows when we bought it and on cold mornings you'd get thick ice on the inside of the metal frames. They were very hard to draft proof so on windy days you'd think the bedroom window was open because the curtains were moving so much.
The bad news is that deniers on X have long claimed the fact the ozone layer hole didn't kill us is proof it and climate change are hoaxes. The concept that the world acted together to end the use of CFCs in aerosols and refrigeration is beyond them.
December 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The bad news is that deniers on X have long claimed the fact the ozone layer hole didn't kill us is proof it and climate change are hoaxes. The concept that the world acted together to end the use of CFCs in aerosols and refrigeration is beyond them.
Hope that's what he meant.
December 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Hope that's what he meant.
After seeing part of a fraud trial at the Old Bailey I came away admiring the jury's ability to at least look as if they were staying awake. There's definitely an argument for fraud cases to go before specially trained judges.
December 2, 2025 at 11:08 AM
After seeing part of a fraud trial at the Old Bailey I came away admiring the jury's ability to at least look as if they were staying awake. There's definitely an argument for fraud cases to go before specially trained judges.
Last line of the letter suggests not.
December 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Last line of the letter suggests not.
What does the last line of the professor's letter say?
December 2, 2025 at 10:57 AM
What does the last line of the professor's letter say?
But died 32 years later without ever being told.
December 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
But died 32 years later without ever being told.