Destroyer HMS Chelsea, a Wickes Class vessel transferred to the Royal Navy at a time when the USA was still officially neutral and the Royal Navy was in desperate need of convoy escorts. It later served with the Canadians and then Russians. Incidentally, Crowninshield is an unexpectedly dwarfish name. Would have livened up the Hobbit films no end if this had rocked up...

This thing here is HMS Chelsea, née USS Crowninshield, and as far as I can tell nobody stayed in command on this thing for more than a year or so either...

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4 packs of Tennents Tops on a shop shelf

New craft Radler just dropped

#OnThisDay
21st April 1963
Towser, the legendary Mouser of Glenturret distillery is born.
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OMFG I had to go and check that this ACTUALLY happened.

Since when does the BBC ever do chyrons with a political party's branding, rather than their own? Not to mention this is during a pre-election campaign purdah.

(h/t @iainsol.bsky.social)

Alrighty. I see a ball of light in the sky so it’s time for new Mead.
The Hive mind team have knocked it out of the park this time.
Introducing Meadjito, a mead- mojito, and the new Tavern mead.
Tavern mead is 100% honey, fermented and matured to give it all the richness you didn’t know you wanted.

Note how he doesn't just define himself against an enemy but personifies the enemy by naming Ken Griffin and how much he paid for his penthouse.

This is how to create definition about what you stand for.

Mamdani delivers a master class every time in how to communicate politically.

The deputy leader of Reform UK, Richard Tice, owns a property company - Quidnet REIT.

From 2020 to 2022 it paid Tice and his trust £600k in dividends. Quidnet should have paid £120k of tax on those dividends. It didn't.

A 🧵 with evidence from the company's own filings:

“What are the best and worst Morrissey lyrics?”

a cartoon character is dressed as a unicorn ALT: a cartoon character is dressed as a unicorn

Well. That tasting was a highlight of the year.

Not to make anyone feel old but I've just seen that covid is on the twins' history GCSE spec.

The Ukrainian army has gotten very little positive coverage or acknowledgement for not doing war crimes on a constant basis even when they are waging a war for survival against an explicitly genocidal invasion.

This is honestly completely unprecedented in the history of modern warfare.

You know what doesn't get its support unceremoniously pulled by a tech company? Fuckin' books, brother

Hang on - how about getting angry that British heritage sites are so expensive. £110 for Tower of London, £65 for St Paul’s Cathedral?!

So if you take your family to London for a week, you could be £500 just entrance fees for public institutions?

Two little tickets. Just freed up for tomorrow’s Uber Islay whisky tasting.

There’s this 33yr single cask beauty we have been dying to try that’s on it. Lineup has another 30yr bottling, a single cask for the German market, a super hard to get UK bottler’s single cask and an anniversary release.

Bill Hicks - Weapons YouTube video by Bill Hicks

Sigh.
Pretty bang on. Still.

IYKYK

Open till 6.30pm today as always. Normal opening hours this weekend.
Lots of new beers, breweries, low ABV and Gluten Free goodies in this week.

Open as normal this whole weekend.
Might even get all of yesterday’s deliveries out if we get our act together.

So much for copilot.

Going right in the fridge for when I finish. I’m old enough to remember when beer was bitter and see through.

Hopefully so he can tell him he is a **** to his face.

New U.S. Missile Hit Iranian Sports Hall and School, Analysis Shows

The 12 year olds at the Pentagon had a cool new missile they wanted to use. It explodes a few feet above the ground & shoots out little tungsten pellets, killing everyone nearby.

They used it to bomb a sports facility where girls were playing volleyball. Killed 21 people.

In your name.

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One in five UK hospitality businesses fear collapse as costs surge Exclusive: Pubs, restaurants and hotels warn of mounting pressure days before rates rises and higher wage bills take effect One in five hospitality businesses fear collapse in the next 12 months, according to an industry-wide survey that comes days before rises in tax and employment costs kick in. From Wednesday, many pub, restaurant and hotel companies face the prospect of a higher bill for business rates paid to their local authority, while an increase in minimum wage thresholds takes effect on the same day. Continue reading...

One in five UK hospitality businesses fear collapse as costs surge

I apologise in advance for the title of the old grain tasting we have just posted.

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This will make approximately 6 people in the city of Bath very happy.
The bright green German Berliner Weiss is back.