Trellis

Bloody tourist

Titifilarious chocolates in Bruges

Enjoyed the hell out of the Gracelands episode. Looking forward to seeing the rest

Ffs

Bruges

Old skool charm

Waved a baguette at them in a salacious manner.

I’m in that there London.

Eurostar ahoy.

Gaggle of hen doers in natty berets.

Impossible. Bugger

It’s not impossible.

It is however unlikely.

Yup. Yuppity. Yup. As far as the eye can see

Hungerford garage cleaned out yesterday by locals panic buying

Price gouging has started already.

Diesel jumped 7p/litre in local garage overnight

Unbelievably (not really- my ancestors were very free and easy in their affections and travelled widely) I have Scottish, English, French and Welsh ancestry.

So Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus to my kinsmen. And kinswomen. Diolch.

Season 2 of Paradise starts very strong.

New characters in a bottle episode set in Graceland. Decent backstory, character development and meet cute. Agoraphobic antisocial heroine survives apocalyptic events. Good writing

Butter glistens on a flower shaped crumpet.

Pure filth.

Once again my wife has left me at home. Unattended and unsupervised for a night.

What larks.

Tibetan terrier (scruffy but passes for smart when brushed up. It felt appropriate)

Rough! Hey ho. X

Provisionally named “Tati”

If it’s a museum raising questions about the past then fine- if presented fairly and honestly.
But to actively make money on the back of sensationalist, click bait promotion seems… tawdry, undignified and reprehensible.

And then I’d ask why an auction house would want to present a “challenging” sale?

I’m no expert but would start by questioning whether these are “slave leg irons” or (as is probably more likely) standard issue prisoner leg shackles.

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The owner clearly believes the hoary cliché that there’s “no such thing as bad publicity”. Sigh.

And has made a comparison between slave shackles and slave harvested mahogany claiming them to be comparable

Antiques auction selling neck shackles accused of ‘profiting from slavery’ Exclusive: Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy says treating these objects as collectors’ items ‘should be looked at in horror’

“Cheeky Auctions”.

Good. Lord.

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Big ole chonk cock pheasant says good morning