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I don´t know much about art but I like the work of the pre-Raphaelites (some of which is on permanent exhibition in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery). This is The Day Dream by Rossetti:

I didn´t know this topic existed, hence the delay. Strangely enough I first saw this reproduced on a Black Sabbath album cover

The UK economy has been boosted by higher than expected retail sales, especially for balaclavas and black clothing.

It´s ironic that one reason why the US can´t "defeat" Iran is that the Russians have been supplying the Iranians with sateliite and other data showing the locations of American boats, military installations etc. in that region.

I´m a generous bloke! Martin O´Neill won 2 out of his first 14 games (although he started mid-season) and was subjected to some chants inviting him "to go away" in that time

Usually after a vote of confidence from the owner

If things don´t improve a lot over the next 5 games, then I think he´s gone. So, he could be gone on Halloween. Then we would have 3 weeks until the next league game to appoint a new manager (I hope we have a replacement lined up by then).

Last season, here, Bristol City missed a pen with 30 mins to go, when we were 2-0 up. After that our players got energised, closed their players down and got stuck in, with the crowd right behind them. Not uplifting perhaps, but I suppose it has stuck in my memory because they were so poor in most games before and after that. Another 4 or 5 performances like that and we would have stayed up.

I think he´ll find it difficult to have Ofra Haza support him......

Where is/was that building? Those kinds of places were often elegant buildings set in landscaped grounds, like the one in St. Albans that I visited a couple of times (to play cricket)

Winston Churchill was born in England: his mother was American but his father was British

See above!

If you've not been there already, Segovia is only 25-30 mins away by train

Agreed. I much prefer Rising Damp.

Jon Lord (RIP), keyboard and Hammond organ player, in Deep Purple and other groups. Born in Leicester, in 1941.

Phil Oakey was born in Hinckley (or Oadby?). Celebrated his 71st birthday yesterday. Still going strong with the Human League, but now without the hair.

I was there at Grimsby in Feb 1983 when he got sent off. Gordon Milne switched Kevin MacDonald to centre-half and we didn't lose again that season, and got promoted (in June, after the inquiry into the Derby-Fulham game). I don't think Larry played for us again.

"Thank you for travelling with flydubai. We hope you have enjoyed the journey and hope to see you again soon on another flydubai flight."

One of Wayne Rooney´s suggestions is a 20-point deduction for EACH of the next 3 seasons. Their cheating has been proven (subject to appeal!) to have taken place over 9 seasons, so a 20-point deduction for the same number of seasons would be appropriate

Embrace the change! I'm 60 and I started buying clothes in M&S about 5 years ago Do you spend your Saturday mornings in IKEA and your Sunday mornings in a garden centre? If yes, then you are middle-aged and middle class

Absolute scenes, limbs and carnage. Flasks out if you love Leicester

At the moment he can be considered both necessary and unnecessary, a Schrodinger's goalkeeper situation

Or Carl Jayes?

Now a 20:00 KO on Thursday 10 December

Sheff Wed now a 20:00 KO on Thursday 10 December