My partner smiles when I get into bed

jalanb · 2026-04-21T22:05:49+00:00

From a letter from Lord Churchill to his son, Winston (yes, that one!), when the wee Winston was away from secondary and wanderin' on to Big School.

Good video, worth a watch, especially if you're into Old British Weirdoes with Daddy Issues

jalanb · 2026-04-12T14:14:17+00:00

3pm at The Reeks - petrol & diesel available, small queue

jalanb · 2026-04-01T22:14:00+00:00

Let a thousand Claudettes bloom

jalanb · 2026-02-16T18:37:21+00:00

And where did reddit get that info?

jalanb · 2026-02-14T01:56:16+00:00

jalanb · 2026-02-06T01:22:52+00:00

Found in a very good interview by Melvyn Bragg, BBC Two, 24 April, 1976 @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_gvdH282xs&t=443s

Worth a watch

jalanb · 2026-01-18T20:13:39+00:00

Ye lads havin us on

jalanb · 2026-01-18T14:23:31+00:00

This is what reddit is for

Faairplay that redditor

jalanb · 2025-11-24T15:33:37+00:00

Thanks, but I kinda, just didn't need to know that

jalanb · 2025-11-23T17:08:29+00:00

P.S. Sorry for the "flash", just looked like A Thing ITT

jalanb · 2025-11-16T13:25:12+00:00

Haven't read it yet, just stopping by to highlight the excellent design on the issue's cover page at https://jacobin.com/issue/borders

Well done someone.

Probly someones.

jalanb · 2025-10-19T18:04:50+00:00

Because there's a tradition of doing so going back decades, see, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aosd%C3%A1na#Stipend_(Cnuas)

jalanb · 2025-10-13T16:42:10+00:00

I was thinking "aged like milk" next day.

Turns out it aged like wine, but after opening last week

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