Hi accent is much less silly in this one, though I was confused by the ending (may have been tired by that point....). He was also good in Our Friends in the North "before he was famous"

Ouch indeed! Hope the only thing hurt was your dignity

Google is still your friend....as well as reading right to the bottom of the page 😉

This time of year does bring out the amateurs....they'll be wanting some of that Surfeit Water in the morning

Yes! Same happened to me and a fellow (distinguished!) archivist in Seville at the end of a conference (a long time ago now). Mind you, it was the middle of the day, though in our deence we were just about to leave the city

More a hair of the dog by the sound of it....

Joan Thirsk, however....medicalmanuscript.wordpress.com/medical-reci...

" It was essentially a spiced, herbal brandy tonic designed for hangovers or heavy meals, not modern "water intoxication"." 4/4

"....with ingredients like brandy, herbs (poppy, fennel, marjoram), spices (cloves, nutmeg), and sweeteners." 3/4

"Surfeit water refers to an obsolete herbal cordial or medicinal drink, particularly popular in the 17th and 18th centuries, used to treat overindulgence (a "surfeit") from rich foods, acting as a digestive aid..."2/4

I see the note "Surfeit Water" at the bottom. This is AI so I don't necessarily believe it but it sounds plausible 1/2

The CWS North East memorial is in the Great Hall at the Discovery Museum in Newcastle, formerly CWS HQ www.newmp.org.uk/memorial/pla.... Archive volunteers researched the names as part of the centenary commemoration of #WW1

Shame (or you could use the phrase beloved of Freeglers - "won't show if you put it against a wall")

That sounds amazing! I remember seeing the Julie Cope tapestries in Sunderland

What happened before this is the council outsourced littering enforcement to a company whose sole aim is to make as much money as possible from issuing penalty notices to people who are unlikely to kick off (see also the woman who poured coffee dregs down a drain a few weeks ago)