This is just really, really good. Thanks for writing it @ollie
the spacecraft voyager 1, the most distant human-made object from our planet, started speaking gibberish. this is the story of its archival rescue, and the last days of a lonely, interstellar machine: ft.com/content/0f2dce04-ec78…
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8 out 9 passengers wouldn’t pass the pigeon. One man did, the pigeon fled. END #vauxhallhasanewresident
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THERE IS A PIGEON IN MY TRAIN CARRIAGE. It made it on with five seconds to go. #faredodger #wouldhavebeenfastertofly
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End of term day. Watched Elf with the kids. Alien with the wife. She chose both and is happy. Me too.
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Love reading the 25 word notes from @JancisRobinson in @FTMag at this time of year. Always impressed by the precision with which words are chosen for maximum effect
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New opinion. Atlantis: The Lost Empire is probably the best Disney movie. Or at least one of the best
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Feel like this should have come at the start of the summer hols rather than at the end…
Schools in England must immediately shut buildings made with a concrete prone to collapse until safety work done, government expected to say bbc.in/3YZTDjo
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I hope you’re spending your summer reading work like this @Keir_Starmer and @RachelReevesMP. We need to get on and DO STUFF!!!
After the revival of this old thread on UK infrastructure, I realise that I never followed through on my promise: to explain what might speed it up.
Grab a spade, and come with me. 🧵
(thanks to @Sam_Dumitriu and @DavidHenigUK for reminding me)
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I’ve probably watched world championship athletes for 35 years and I love love love it. Didn’t see too much this year, but women’s 4x400m was a brilliant race, as was the last two laps of women’s 5,000 yesterday #WorldAthleticsChamps
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Best Interests was a seriously powerful BBC drama, completely overwhelming at points, and telling such a complicated story from different perspectives. The acting from @SharonHorgan @michaelsheen Alison Oliver and @theniamhm was outstanding
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I loved @jvofficialjv’s trick shots on #bigbreak and so I loved this too!!
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This looks amazing… and I feel like it deserves more than two days on show (because I’m not sure I can make those dates!!)
Come and see the Lego Lakes … a work in progress.
100 square feet of Lego representing 34 square miles of The Lake District!
At Belper Library on Fri 6th January, 9.30am to 5pm, and Sat 7th January, 9.30am to 4pm.
ALT Poster of Lego Lakes event at Belper Library
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Top marks for this piece from @HenryGJeffreys
“It might seem heretical, but you don’t need to finish off the decanter at the table” — @henrygjeffreys offers advice on drinking port when your stomach wants to rebel thecritic.co.uk/issues/decem…
Still pretty low… BUT no doubt wetter news to follow in the October update!
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How are UK #reservoirs doing? Drought feels a long time ago… I hope all the rain that seems to be hitting my garden is helping them out too
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