Cheers!

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21.4.16 Four Leicester players named in team of the season - the obvious three plus Morgan.
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Was Adam in the record library too?

Matchday. I don’t think I’ve ever felt less enthusiastic about setting off for the KP: anything other than a win against Hull this evening will see relegation confirmed. Even a win would only put off the inevitable, probably only until Friday. What a horror-show this season has been. 😱
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In praise of the Proms The calendar year has its rhythms and feelings and markers; and for me, the start of high summer - the few weeks from mid-July until late August when life seems to slow, schools are on holiday, many p...

Me too! I wrote about the history of the Proms last year - may be of interest?

Cautionary Tales – Laser Versus Parchment: Doomsday for the Disc William the Conqueror undertook a remarkably modern project. In 1086, he began compiling and storing a detailed record of his realm: where everyone lived, what they did and where they came from. 90…

This is an interesting listen about a good example.

Three days in Italy A brief break on the photogenic Lake Iseo in northern Italy.

Three days in #Italy 🇮🇹

Late stroll. The arcing branches at the top of a tree seem to bubble like a fountain. A bird-dropping on the bridge resembles a lonely, lost Space Invader. Red, yellow and green bushes queue up for a traffic light audition. A ‘Leicester Champions’ banner waves from 2016.
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Three days in Italy A brief break on the photogenic Lake Iseo in northern Italy.

Three days in #Italy 🇮🇹

It’s been a *long* time since Arsenal last won the Premier League: their last game in that season, 2003-04, was against Leicester at Highbury. Since then Leicester has been relegated to League 1, returned to the Premier League & won it, & is about to be relegated to League 1 again...
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Necessary for the bishop’s visit presumably?

Cartoon. Two men shaking hands, one is saying to the other “Ah, Mr Featherstonehaugh! I'm so glad this is written as I have no idea how to pronounce your name.”

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983) Kate Molleson explores the spry and subtly surprising music of Germaine Tailleferre

As so often, COTW is your friend - this from a few years ago was a particularly memorable series.

Approaching Peschiera Maraglio on the island of Monte Isola on Lake Iseo.

View south from the top of Monte Isola.

The Isola di Loreto in Lake Iseo.

Approaching Riva di Solto by boat.

Some more from Lake Iseo, #Italy. 🇮🇹

Sadly, another PL-winning City *is* about to get relegated - on merit - to League One…

Early morning on Lake Iseo: it is cloudy and the mountains on the far side of the lake fade gradually into the distance.

A narrow street in Lovere in the sunshine.

Boats moored in Iseo, with mooring poles in the foreground and the lake and mountains behind.

The lake at sunset. Big, dark mountains on the right of the picture narrow down to more distant ones in the glow on the sunset on the left.

Back from a few days by Lake Iseo in northern Italy - lovely weather and no passport queues… 😎🇮🇹

If you’re looking for an article headlined something like ‘Ten years on from the title win - what’s gone wrong at Leicester City?’, don’t worry: there will be plenty to choose from in the coming weeks.
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And?

‘Homeward Bound to Scarborough Fair?
There’s a plaque, a bench and a stroll…’

- the @imcmillan.bsky.social version.

19.4.16 Man City could only draw v Newcastle, securing us at least 3rd. I don't feel angry or hard done by about Sunday - psychologically I think it will be good for us - Ranieri will be able to create an underdog mentality & we’ll play well v Swansea, even without Vardy.
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There’s always tomorrow…

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18.4.16 new scarf with pictures (not all v good) of the first XI arrived. Spurs thrashed Stoke, & Vardy charged by the FA, & suddenly feeling a bit wobblier about the title than I've felt for a long time, though we're 5 ahead with only 4 to play; am glad we have Ranieri.
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A bench in the sunshine overlooking a valley under clear skies, with a tree to the right.

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17.4.16 drew 2-2 with West Ham, a memorable & tense birthday game that aged me several years. 1-0 up when Vardy sent off, they got two late goals, then Ulloa slotted away a late injury-time penalty. Annoyed Mark Lawrenson afterwards. With 4 to go, 8 pts ahead of Spurs.
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Walking the Leicestershire border (part 1) Earlier this month I completed my walk round the Leicestershire border. I’ve already summarised it on Twitter, and in this post I describe in more detail how I did it, what I found, and (in part 2) so...

I’ve done the Leicestershire equivalent. Highly recommended!

An old-fashioned three-way signpost peeping over a stone wall in Polebrook, Northants. There is a lawn and a house behind. The signpost has directions to Ashton, Oundle, Lutton, Folksworth, Norman Cross, Hemington, Luddington and Gt Gidding. There is a separate signpost for Local Asparagus.

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Meanwhile, ten years ago…

I expect there’s a plaque.