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That’s sad. I haven’t been for a few years. I used to think of it as good untrendy food in a useful location. Probably still ok for taking aging relatives for whom Soho is a bit too much?

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James Drummond @poltroon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Fair. I listened to HHGG on the radio in about 1980 and that is its primary form for me. Adams writing himself out of airlock problems was part of the charm. Books 3&4 and Dirk read very differently, more digressions and less taut and I’ve never liked them as much.

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James Drummond @poltroon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I’ve only read the first and didn’t love it, but I do always think of it when moving sofas up or down staircases.

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James Drummond @poltroon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

1&2 were derived from the radio scripts, and are much tighter with few wasted words.

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James Drummond @poltroon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The Green Death haunted me as a seven year old. The special place it had in my imagination was kept alive by not being able to see it again for decades.

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James Drummond @poltroon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Yes, far too low. You even see them sometimes in the Barbican gardens - hardly suburban.

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James Drummond @poltroon.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This reminds me if the time I had to try and find someone whose name I didn’t know, but who was a bearded gynaecologist in North Wales

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James Drummond @poltroon.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The N/S Islington/Hackney border is a confused space. Stoke Newington Church St is more Whitstable, certainly. Stamford Hill not so much. All the people I know in Margate moved from Hackney. Many moved back after less than two years.

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James Drummond @poltroon.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Margate is more Hackney than Islington.

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James Drummond @poltroon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A few weeks ago, in a previous hideous heat spike, I summoned the imagination to think of winter and bought myself a waterproof down filled parka at 60% off.

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James Drummond @poltroon.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Grouse, being wild, are almost always in short supply. They are also delicious. I try to eat at least two a year. The obscenity of mass pheasant rearing and dumping etc. is very different.

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James Drummond @poltroon.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

cue: Katie yanks Koala’s ear

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James Drummond @poltroon.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Tottenham Court Road existed for this before eBay or Amazon and was much more fun

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James Drummond @poltroon.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

It’s been around since at least the 80s. Political scientists may understand the parameters of your established technical terms, but I don’t think they are firmly established in general language.

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James Drummond @poltroon.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

What flavour is the dark one? I’m on a perpetual quest for blackcurrant ice cream or sorbet.

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James Drummond @poltroon.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

As a fan of another club, I agree with you. MU did really well in the Champion’s League, but it was too many competitions with shallow squad and the late season WSL fade can’t be blamed on Skinner or the players. Park was superb, Maya great but exhausted. Anna Sandberg was a standout until injured

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James Drummond @poltroon.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I once climbed out of a third floor window of a large country house to avoid being forced to play charades. The risk of death was preferable to charades.

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James Drummond @poltroon.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Soccerdonna isn’t an English site. She’s a highly respected defender in the WSL, and highly regarded by Arsenal fans. I love watching her play: brilliant defender, tenacious, never gives up. Every time I go to the Emirates I pray she’ll score; I hope that part of her game clicks this season

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James Drummond @poltroon.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Except in Scotland where there would be Maidens

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James Drummond @poltroon.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Absolutely. I had real problems when my father was in hospital getting the hospital to communicate openly to me, and had no LPA. I have both types of LPA for my mother, which sadly I am having to use, and myself, just in case.

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James Drummond @poltroon.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I always assumed they were XXL sheep.

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James Drummond @poltroon.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I had this and hugely enjoyed it. Urban adventures are great fun.

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James Drummond @poltroon.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I’m with you about the gravity of the offence, but that would make the platforms dangerously slippery.

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James Drummond @poltroon.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I found the same when I visited a couple of homes three years ago. Ridiculous!

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James Drummond @poltroon.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Yes, but you need specific permission for one on a Firearms certificate. I guess they are very rarely issued except on .22s for vermin control.

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James Drummond @poltroon.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Chaise Longue by Wet Leg always puts me in a good mood. California Dreaming by the Mamas and Papas induces wistful melancholy.

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James Drummond @poltroon.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I put one in my first London flat 25 years ago, and each succeeding home. They aren’t expensive to buy, or to run, and they make a massive difference. They are better in high ceilinged rooms: I once stood up on my bed, stretched both arms upwards, forgetting the fan, and got horribly battered.

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James Drummond @poltroon.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Spin the screen tax as a knob discount.

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James Drummond @poltroon.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

FT writers have been active on here since very early on. Yes, those three are all on here and post regularly.

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James Drummond @poltroon.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Develop Hill Stations like in India. Shap could become our Shimla.

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