BBC: Census 1921 - 100-year-old secrets revealed
(Fascinating, and includes Dorothy Sayers!)

The Guardian: Russell T Davies: ‘I genuinely thought - who wants to watch a show about Aids?’
It’s a Sin has been voted the Guardian’s best TV show of the year. Russell T Davies reveals why it took him 30 years to write, who the real Colin is - and why he just ( Read more... )

Metro: The UK reported a daily record of 189,213 Covid cases today.

The 189,213 confirmed Covid-19 infections is the latest record to tumble after a fortnight of unprecedentedly high case totals - while deaths also rose dramatically, to 332.

However, those figures are likely to have been inflated somewhat because of delayed reporting over the festive ( Read more... )

I keep meaning to post and just... not.

BBC: Covid: Daily UK case numbers hit record of 183,037

I would say the number is higher, since Darcy tested positive on Monday and in all likelihood there are many more who did so and just haven't reported it. At least it's a good week for isolating, since all that happens between Christmas & New Year is ( Read more... )

Today has been... IDK, 29 degrees I think? It is too much. I am melted.

Here, have a picture of the cat who made himself a little nest under our little willow:


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This has been a long week. (First whole week back in the office.)

So have a thread that almost made me cry as I walked home:

Sod it. Have a Friday history thread.

Let's talk about Simon. Ship's cat for HMS Amethyst. Survivor of the 1949 Yangtse Incident and the only cat ever to be awarded the Dickin Medal, the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross. ( Read more... )

Today I am tired and coughing a bit (again/still). This is not really a complaint, just a statement as to why I've not been responding to comments. I am aware I'm one of the lucky ones...

Sky News: COVID-19: UK daily coronavirus cases exceed 40,000 - highest since mid-January
The number of daily coronavirus infections is the highest for six months, ( Read more... )

Covid: Infections rising, but vaccines saving lives
There were 27,125 new cases reported on 2 July - up from 15,810 a week before
^Basically - KEEP WEARING YOUR MASK, vaccinated or not. You don't want this, trust me.

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So, since I am Resting, I listened to the whole of Series 9 of John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (direct link here). Only 6 episodes ( Read more... )

People are happy about the football. Here is a nice thing:

🤍Raheem Sterling and son Thiago🤍

I see your front covers and raise you ONE HUNDRED. pic.twitter.com/e76r3GmHLy
- Dionne Grant (@DionneGrant) June 30, 2021

Hope All The People Gathering doesn't mean more covid cases...

A further 26,068 confirmed cases in the UK were announced on Wednesday.

Of ( Read more... )

Today's covid update is that it's basically turned into a full-blown head cold. This is not an improvement.

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ETA: It's a year since Mae Dean came out! I keep meaning to share her comic (it's been going since forever), so this seems an auspicious day:

https://reallifecomics.com/comic.php?comic=june-29-2020

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I believe there's a ( Read more... )

When you register online & fill out all the questionnaires, you also get a whole list of different symptoms (not just the top 3 that everyone knows). I seem to be going through them, like collecting Pokemon! Thankfully not on top of each other - I'm barely coughing now, but very sniffly. The coughing followed on from the achyness & headache. Now I' ( Read more... )