Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026We're organising practices of old local carols, because the season starts in the 20s of November. But I'm sure you can still have hot cross buns. 010
Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This is the Belgian club sandwich, I guess? The one where you order a baguette sandwich with your own choices of ham and cheese, all topped off with actual fresh lettuce and tomato? I remember being very partial to a combo smoked ham with Passchendaele cheese when I lived in Bruxelles. 000
Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026They seem to be telling us who they are. I think we can now be quite clear about them: sniggering Faragists but with a different leader. 020
Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Netflix and avocado are clearly a lot cheaper than going out. I guess you don't get to meet other people though... 111
Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Virus-hyper-aware people leaving London for the surrounding shires following covid is another factor to consider. 001
Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Perhaps it reminded someone of a scene from a 1950s British sci-fi film? It does me and I haven't seen one since the late 60s! 010
Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Is the gap a Brexit thing? Or is Londoners' pay being squeezed by employers or a changing job market? 110
Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Surely understanding yourself and others is generally a good thing? Such as knowing why we might be upset by other folks' behaviours (the unfairnesses, and the complaints about fidgeting, lack of concentration etc), and why in some ways they might find us a bit awkward? 000
Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Is it still doom scrolling if you're looking for good news? 010
Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Had to ask about vegetables on the menu that I had never heard of! 000
Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It's a good train trip, especially the last 60-70 miles. 000
Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026It's a mixture, I think. Repeatedly commissioning polling, working up a story from the results and placing it so effectively might be thought professional. Failing to check out the donors properly was utterly amateur. 200
Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026How long do you have to live here to become British? Will almost 1,000 years qualify? I guess that forming a ruling class that spoke in French and often wrote in Latin might complicate the calculation? 030
Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Had he been told his plans had been leaked to the Mail? Or did he have reason to think they would be if he entered into negotiations somewhere? Do we know what actual work he has in mind? 000
Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Isn't that a likely failure of reporting by The Telegraph? 100
Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026You have to read it in a Marie LC voice, don't you? ;-) 110
Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Also, misery. When 'we' lose. Honestly, I find it hard to care, even when I've somehow been persuaded to get involved. 000
Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 04/08/2026It seems as if they'll say anything to be nasty about foreigners. 010
Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Nah. After all these decades, I don't want to catch football now! 000
Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 15/07/2026I don't know why the MP for Huntingdon is of interest. But it's likely more interesting and maybe more consequential than some sprot thing, to be fair. 000
Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Can't say I find anything interesting or especially joyful in it. Each to their own, though... 010