oakman

Agree with everything you've said. I was just commenting that it started for a semi-altruistic reason and, like most things benifiting politicians, has become another way to line their pockets.

Sure I read somewhere that this was implemented (in part) for the benefit of Harold Wilson - in later life the Wilsons had major financial problems due to the associated care costs of his Alzheimers and were looking at having to sell his political and personal archives to cover the cost of his ongoing care.

Reckon he's thinking about the Scotch Eggs he had earlier.

Can we have a Larb flavoured stick one.

The couple who started running it a couple of years ago have transformed the place, such a good pub now.

Few pints of Guinness in The Duke, Bloomsbury last night.

Wall decals. If the family member is more of a free spirit, you could perhaps go for something like 'Powered by Fairy Dust'.

Left Lane Cruiser at the end of the month and have just bought tickets for Black Keys in September.

He's a smoooooth operator.

Sunn O))) at the Troxy in July.

I always see them as the whole monster, not just a foot or claw. I like to eat the arms and legs first.

I like Hamilton and Longines. Seiko are also producing some nice stuff in their Presage range. I've also bought a couple of watches from a company called Undone - the watches are totally customisable, you can pick what strap, case, hands, dial, buckle etc. you want.

That attention-seeking, curly-headed tw*t Man U supporter appearing in the sport pages of the press every day.

Really enjoyed Sinners. Didn't like Hamnet - beautifully filmed but I found it pretty boring. Could hardly hear what was being said most of the time and when you could, the actors 'over-acted'. Found it all a bit hammy.

Ho99o9 at The Dome, Tuffell Park on 7th Feb.

Hi @Mark, any idea why it's still happening?

Off to Bilbao in August for 5 days - booked it to coincide with the total solar eclispe on the 12th.

Understand the need for adverts but could they be a bit smaller? I get a couple of smaller ads between posts and one advert a page that pop up and takes up the entire screen on my PC.

King & Queen is great. If you haven't tried The Bricklayers Arms, it's worth a visit and not a million miles away from where you are.

Orange Goblin next week. Ticket prices are crazy for everything now, £42.50 a ticket to seem them at Kentish Town Forum is expensive but my mate and I like them so we've coughed up.

I don't understand the love for all the Aardman animation stuff, I think Wallace & Gromit is particularly sh*t.