May Labour's Yvette Cooper, the former Home Secretary, be remembered always as the politician who imposed the ban at the behest of Britain's powerful weapons industry, so it could continue to profit from the deliberate massacre of the people of Gaza
February 13, 2026 at 10:12 AM
May Labour's Yvette Cooper, the former Home Secretary, be remembered always as the politician who imposed the ban at the behest of Britain's powerful weapons industry, so it could continue to profit from the deliberate massacre of the people of Gaza
Also Tom Zanetti but I was only vaguely aware of a kid by that name a few years behind me, and for ages assumed the DJ guy coincidentally shared the name.
February 12, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Also Tom Zanetti but I was only vaguely aware of a kid by that name a few years behind me, and for ages assumed the DJ guy coincidentally shared the name.
Me too, memories are fuzzy now but I remember the adult leads being appropriately young and feral, their grotty behaviour makes a little more sense when you see it played out by these two basically kids.
February 11, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Me too, memories are fuzzy now but I remember the adult leads being appropriately young and feral, their grotty behaviour makes a little more sense when you see it played out by these two basically kids.
I wish more people would watch Andrea Arnold's 2011 adaptation. Although she maybe succeeds a bit too well at conveying how miserable and fucked up everyone is, it brings you around to sympathy for their horrible bitter lives.
February 11, 2026 at 10:26 AM
I wish more people would watch Andrea Arnold's 2011 adaptation. Although she maybe succeeds a bit too well at conveying how miserable and fucked up everyone is, it brings you around to sympathy for their horrible bitter lives.
Big fan of "you silly sausage" in lieu of any genuinely deserved invective before the block, cathartic and satisfying without working yourself up any further.
February 9, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Big fan of "you silly sausage" in lieu of any genuinely deserved invective before the block, cathartic and satisfying without working yourself up any further.
Extra time for varroa treatment, prep for overwintering, honey harvesting etc came out of TOIL. I had to find & pay for my own training (UNISON education fund helped me out there.) Relied on more experienced colleagues for expertise, when they left we had just bumble along. Stressful!
February 9, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Extra time for varroa treatment, prep for overwintering, honey harvesting etc came out of TOIL. I had to find & pay for my own training (UNISON education fund helped me out there.) Relied on more experienced colleagues for expertise, when they left we had just bumble along. Stressful!
I genuinely loved doing it but having an hour lunch break to race across site, meet up with other vols, suit up, get the smoker going, inspect multiple hives with the care & gentleness to not upset them, lock equipment away, agree on any follow up actions just wasn't it.
February 9, 2026 at 11:38 AM
I genuinely loved doing it but having an hour lunch break to race across site, meet up with other vols, suit up, get the smoker going, inspect multiple hives with the care & gentleness to not upset them, lock equipment away, agree on any follow up actions just wasn't it.
1. Mayo is the single most disgusting concoction ever devised. It serves no purpose. Sorry your food is dry, make it better next time. Even a sandwich cut with a knife that had once had mayo on it is instantly ruined
January 20, 2026 at 6:22 PM
1. Mayo is the single most disgusting concoction ever devised. It serves no purpose. Sorry your food is dry, make it better next time. Even a sandwich cut with a knife that had once had mayo on it is instantly ruined
Me and my best pal Kathy, aged 10, attempting an early proto-podcast we called 'Couples' in which we narrated the most malicious romantic pairings of our classmates we could dream up before collapsing into giggles, all recorded on one of these.
January 9, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Me and my best pal Kathy, aged 10, attempting an early proto-podcast we called 'Couples' in which we narrated the most malicious romantic pairings of our classmates we could dream up before collapsing into giggles, all recorded on one of these.