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The Friday Five
Bits and bobs from this week 1. Freudian Slippers cartoon in the current Private Eye Hand drawn version available from here 2. Local news - Farage in Exmouth tonight A thick, grey fog has descended on Exmouth. In unrelated news apparently Nigel Farage is in town today. pic.twitter.com/cA7EWQznUK — MꙬse Allain (@MooseAllain) November 16, 2018 Apparently people are protesting outside the venue. We might go...
The Friday Five
Five things we hope you'll find interesting 1. The 'multiocular o' This wikipedia article about the 'multiocular o' in Cyrillic script is always enjoyable, and the source of the googly eyes in my twitter display name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiocular_O 2. A thread of small joys continues. The latest addition: “Watching a couple of deer across a stubbled field grazing a hedge in the morning sunlight.” I’m...
The Verb with Ian McMillan
The Verb I recently had the pleasure (and honour) of appearing on BBC Radio 3’s excellent programme about poetry and words, The Verb. The show is hosted by the poet Ian McMillan who I have admired since enjoying his visits to the Mark & Lard Show on Radio 1 in the 1990s. If you don’t catch Ian at one of the many events he pops...