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Just listened to it. We go to the Chain Bridge Honey Farm all the time ( it’s one of my favourite places in the world; they have a lovely cafe in an old bus that sells great cakes and scones; also have a museum full of old farm machinery and vehicles and an old train carriage which, coming from...

Not available yet unless you’re a subscriber. I tried to listen to one about Harald Hadrader (sp) the other day ( currently watching the last couple of series of Vikings) but that, annoyingly is still subscriber only. I wonder if it’s some sort of anniversary, given that they’ve done the podcast...

Just watched a cartoon on BBC iplayer about Wojtek, the bear who was a corporal in the Polish army and ended up living in Edinburgh Zoo. I first became aware of him when I saw a book about him at the Chain Bridge Honey Farm near Berwick ( I managed to buy a copy of the book recently). There are...

Amnesty International ( along with other respected organisations) have accused Israel of war crimes. But nothing ever comes of it; it’s always brushed under the carpet and forgotten about.

I don’t know enough about greyhound racing to know if it’s as cruel as many people think it is ( I’d like to find out more). All I know is that my whippets just love to run and there’s something joyous about seeing her running along the beach. I feel guilty that I do tend to wrap her up in...

It worries me that the demise of greyhound racing means that people will no longer have retired racers as pets. And greyhounds, as a breed, will die out apart from just a few show dogs ( who seem to have a different temperament to racing greyhounds). There’s no way that I would buy a greyhound...

The war has created a whole new generation of Hamas supporters. And, imo, Israel have always wanted Gaza for themselves. Heaven knows if there will ever be an end to it all. I just despair of it all, to be honest.

I backed Monty’s Pass thanks to Eddie Fremantle. I’d ignored his main tip the year before, Bindaree, and wasn’t going to make the same mistake twice. I’ve still got that copy of that Observer somewhere. A while later we both fancied Character Building. There’s a bookies in a nearby town that I...

I was just going to mention the Robert Carlyle one, too. I can’t remember the storyline ( so long ago) but know I was totally gripped by it.

Mike has started the book. Says to tell you it’s well written, well researched. He says Alan Stephenson lived with his parents a few doors from Mikes granny. She told Mike that he was going be transferred to Burnley. Mike thinks he made more appearances for Burnley than any other goalkeeper...

That’s where I’m trying to be. I think Trump becoming president again was the final straw for me. I thought I’d seen the back of Trump and Farage and I can’t cope with seeing and hearing both of them every time I turn the tv on. I even stopped listening to The Rest is Politics but did listen to...

Sean Magee used to come to our racing club meetings. I bought his book about Arkle and he wrote in it ‘ To Mo, who never stopped loving Mill House but eventually forgave Arkle’. He kindly sent me a copy of his book about Sea the Stars when he saw how much I adored him. It took me decades to...

Sometimes prolonged coughing is a result of a post nasal drip ( that most glamorous of afflictions) and things like Beconase or saline nasal sprays can help. I once had a cough that lasted for what seemed like months. It exhausted me. I didn’t miss a day of work though. My boss, who just...

Forget Colin Firth as Mr Darcey. Rufus Sewell striding across the lawn in that long red coat is much better (sigh). I did have a vague memory of the end of the series but couldn’t remember how they got there. Think I’ll rewatch Bleak House next.

I hadn’t realised he was the trainer who had taken over Rose Dobbins yard.

Just binge watched the remaining 5 episodes of Middlemarch. I knew I liked it when it was first shown but had forgotten just how good it was. I don’t usually burst into tears at the end of a series but this one really got to me. I’m sure I bought the book with the intention of reading it after...

Scott Bryan really liked Rivals, too. The both had Baby Reindeer at number two on their list.

It had a good review on Must Watch best tv of 2024; they said the storyline with Danny Dyer was good. I can’t watch it anyway as I’m not subscribed. Going to start watching Industry which was Hayley Campbells no 1 series. I’ve never heard of it even though it’s on BBC. Three series and another...

I read that, too, on Facebook. Really saddened me as I associate him with Liam.

Brilliant night on Sky Arts. Blur Wembley concert followed by a documentary about them reforming. And now REM in concert. I’d forgotten how good they were. Probably overplayed them back in the day. What a frontman Michael Stipe is; what a voice. I might have to subscribe to Sky Arts so I don’t...