Simon Reap
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Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen -
Pete Atkin & Clive James
Queen
Renée Fleming
Chris de Burgh
Ken Wood & the Mixers
Pete Atkin & Clive James
Queen
Renée Fleming
Chris de Burgh
Ken Wood & the Mixers
November 28, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen -
Pete Atkin & Clive James
Queen
Renée Fleming
Chris de Burgh
Ken Wood & the Mixers
Pete Atkin & Clive James
Queen
Renée Fleming
Chris de Burgh
Ken Wood & the Mixers
Not good fortune, just a solid streak of excellent work. I always flick through Private Eye on arrival to see whether you're there!
October 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Not good fortune, just a solid streak of excellent work. I always flick through Private Eye on arrival to see whether you're there!
Given your usual method, is it Burnham by Train?
August 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Given your usual method, is it Burnham by Train?
Pre-ordered (or, as they say in English, ordered). Loved chapter 1, just counting the days to Sep 1st…
August 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Pre-ordered (or, as they say in English, ordered). Loved chapter 1, just counting the days to Sep 1st…
Who can forget "I'm in Love with Steffi Graf" by Hugh Laurie www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3Ni...
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July 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Who can forget "I'm in Love with Steffi Graf" by Hugh Laurie www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3Ni...
A full scale pond around your house is a moat :-)
July 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A full scale pond around your house is a moat :-)
Lovely, and a reminder that I need to watch Brigadoon again ("it's not the heat, it's the humanity")
June 10, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Lovely, and a reminder that I need to watch Brigadoon again ("it's not the heat, it's the humanity")
I use Graysky (sic) on my phone, and that still starts at 'Following'. I tried my official Bluesky client and that has indeed changed to 'Discover'. Ugh.
June 9, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I use Graysky (sic) on my phone, and that still starts at 'Following'. I tried my official Bluesky client and that has indeed changed to 'Discover'. Ugh.
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And most of all, this Easter triduum, I want to loudly praise all those who carry out the day-to-day work of the St John Eye Hospital and its satellite clinics, tirelessly saving the sight of children in the Holy Land.
April 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
And most of all, this Easter triduum, I want to loudly praise all those who carry out the day-to-day work of the St John Eye Hospital and its satellite clinics, tirelessly saving the sight of children in the Holy Land.
It's worse - Jersey seems to follow the UK pattern, with the addition of brown as Whole Milk
April 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
It's worse - Jersey seems to follow the UK pattern, with the addition of brown as Whole Milk
Guernsey, oddly, follows the European pattern (red=full fat), not the UK one.
April 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Guernsey, oddly, follows the European pattern (red=full fat), not the UK one.
We were in Sainte-Mère-Église today. Seems we haven't improved parachute accuracy in 80 years…
April 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
We were in Sainte-Mère-Église today. Seems we haven't improved parachute accuracy in 80 years…
I'm so glad it's not only me! We had a wasp nest under our living room floorboards last year (got in through an airbrick), and I was derided for claiming to hear them "breathe" at night, as they settled down. Used to love listening to them until they disappeared as winter approached.
February 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I'm so glad it's not only me! We had a wasp nest under our living room floorboards last year (got in through an airbrick), and I was derided for claiming to hear them "breathe" at night, as they settled down. Used to love listening to them until they disappeared as winter approached.
Wow, untold numbers of committee chair people saying "They said what?"
February 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Wow, untold numbers of committee chair people saying "They said what?"
Thinking of the dish is making me hungary
February 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Thinking of the dish is making me hungary
Slightly concerning that the driver needs to be reminded to use it!
February 7, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Slightly concerning that the driver needs to be reminded to use it!
We have a fat-ball feeder hanging under a willow tree in our garden which is only used by jackdaws. There is often a pair attacking the balls, and up to 10 crowded underneath catching the dropped bits. A glorious sight.
February 7, 2025 at 9:26 AM
We have a fat-ball feeder hanging under a willow tree in our garden which is only used by jackdaws. There is often a pair attacking the balls, and up to 10 crowded underneath catching the dropped bits. A glorious sight.
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Our UK equivalent is politicians studying PPE at our apparently prestigious Oxford University (Philosophy, Politics and Economics, though many drop the E part because it's too hard). Some (most?) of them are phenomally stupid.
February 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Our UK equivalent is politicians studying PPE at our apparently prestigious Oxford University (Philosophy, Politics and Economics, though many drop the E part because it's too hard). Some (most?) of them are phenomally stupid.
I'm often stunned by the ingenuity of people spelling my surname, Reap. "Read" is most common, but I think "Wrin" is my favourite.
February 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I'm often stunned by the ingenuity of people spelling my surname, Reap. "Read" is most common, but I think "Wrin" is my favourite.
Yes, me too. I plan to read it in real time, like I did for Brian Bilston's "Days like these" last year, though my usual procrastination will mean that I'll probably be reading it on the last day of the mini-season each time.
February 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Yes, me too. I plan to read it in real time, like I did for Brian Bilston's "Days like these" last year, though my usual procrastination will mean that I'll probably be reading it on the last day of the mini-season each time.