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Torontonian in Birmingham, mostly doing cricket, cycling, and Higher Education.
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That the Gus Honeybun on display in Plymouth is very clearly haunted just adds to the oddness of this whole thing.

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Final week soundtrack is: revving cars (someone seems to have rented a Lamborghini?), HS2 construction, and a very persistent ice-cream truck. It's fair to say campus is demob-happy.

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My own favourite April 23 fact is that both Shakespeare and Cervantes died on April 23 1616, ten days apart.

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50 years ago the BBC filmed this incredible documentary about Shrewsbury Town FC’s ball boy who was a grown ass man named Fred who owned a tiny boat.

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Parmi les testaments conservés dans les archives de la ville de Bristol se trouve celui de Thomas Powell, "cloth-maker", mort en 1611, avec la note suivante : « There is a note saying Powell died after a fight with a cat ». I have questions.

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At least we now know that those two-volume post-war western world histories will be now be 1945-1990 and 1990-2025. Let's hope there is enough history to go for there to be further volumes.

submitted 38 days ago • 2 comments