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Rugby (XIIIs & XVs) • Power tools by Stihl • Shoes by George Cox • Books by John Connolly • Music by The National • Bikes by Indian Motorcycles • Movies by Roland Emmerich • Food by Tankuma • Data by John Burn-Murdoch • House in Queensland • Heart in Osaka
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The way the Aussies and Kiwis use the term “sabbatical” to describe players boosting their personal finances by playing overseas is startlingly arrogant. www.theroar.com.au/2025/06/17/a...

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A cold morning at Circular Quay

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Dining in Shinjuku, Tokyo last week, I was offered cheese and biscuits, and much to my amazement, one of the cheeses was Welsh. I then proceeded to teach the local waiters how to pronounce “caws”, which was nice. www.cawscenarth.co.uk

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This Nation’s Saving Grace, for me. faroutmagazine.co.uk/best-albums-...

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www.melbournestorm.com.au/news/2025/06... Leinster players join Melbourne Storm in ground-breaking exchange | Storm

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ジャーまたナー！

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Huge …. If true. #NoKings

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Bruce Craig key to success, says everyone else.

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Tokyo at dusk

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A very rare occasion when I'm gunning for TACO. This is a phenomenal waste of money. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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What a truly awful place America has become.

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I’m obsessed with whoever gave this incredible quote to private eye

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In @thenewdaily.bsky.social I celebrate Aus preferential voting: Counting took so long in Calwell because the choice was so rich for voters. Rep'd in just one of Australia’s 150 electorates was an expression of the nation’s priorities and political movements. www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

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Miyajima today … ferries, trams and more excellent food - this time conga eel f’lunch.

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This Yaris Cross was a much better ride than the Postman-Patmobile we used in Toyama, but even something this small was too big for some of the rural roads.

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Corruption is a cancer that eats away at civil society and undermines trust in the community. Trump's America sees the US's continue to slide downwards.

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I was riding the tram into Hiroshima today and got talking with a local 80 year old from Miyajima who approached me. We mused that the art of conversation with strangers is a dying art as those under 40 only converse via a keyboard. True or false?

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I’ve decided that empty plates are much easier to photograph. This was the remains of a horse mackerel and squid lunch. Yum.

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Huge …. If true

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Ramen in Mihara for lunch, prepared with all the attention to detail you’d expect.

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Japan is a country of rules, with service station machines, restaurant robots and even toilets all telling you what to do. That doesn’t mean the old ways are neglected of course.

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Today we island-hopped via boats and bridges from Shikoku back to Honshu. Hiroshima is swathed in low cloud and incessant rain as the rainy season sets in.

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Gonna miss this place. Motto was great. Any slower and time would have stopped.

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The rainy season has arrived. No one does service stations like Japan. This one came with a fake hot spring.

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Murica's "Free" press ... #StraightOutaBeijing

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