Doing the Lord's work indeed. Score! She seems a lovely lady. We had a nice chat after the service.

I remember watching this one so well.

I remembering having a negroni in Florence once, and I swear it came in a (almost full) pint glass. Lol.

A young Colin Firth and a young Kenneth Branagh stand next to one another in a promo shot for the film, "A Month in the Country" 1987.

Her new album is out of this world. There's a bit in Nightingale Lane that makes my knees buckle. Every. Single. Time.

Such a high score, clever clogs. I got like 700 something. Ugh.

Happy birthday to the most beautiful and most improbable city in the world. Venice was founded (according to myth) in 421 AD. 1,605 today!

www.maptap.gg March 23
95🏅 96🔥 77👏 64🙃 88🎉
Final score: 801

www.maptap.gg March 22
89👑 78👏 82🌟 85🎓 84😁
Final score: 838

www.maptap.gg March 22
89👑 78👏 82🌟 85🎓 84😁
Final score: 838

www.maptap.gg March 20
97🔥 71😂 96🔥 91👑 87🎓
Final score: 894

www.maptap.gg March 11
92🏆 100🎯 85😁 76🌞 42😞
Final score: 716

www.maptap.gg March 10
88🎉 77👏 48🫣 93🏆 63🫢
Final score: 729

This very straight news piece buried deep within the FT never uses words like corruption or insider dealing but every detail is quietly devastating. Why is the FT virtually alone in the UK media in covering this important story?

www.maptap.gg March 9
82🌟 93🏆 99🎯 94🏅 38😶
Final score: 769

Also, this picture of him from 1990.

Author Peter Ackroyd: ‘You eat a great deal of knowledge. You sick it up. And then you start again’ The great biographer and novelist, now 74, shows no sign of slowing. Now he’s produced a history of the English soul, and declares himself ‘eager to go on’

Does anyone have an update on Peter Ackroyd? I hope he's still doing well. I'm reading another of his books atm. Delicious writing, as ever. Googling him, this is the most recent thing I could find, from 2 years ago. An author I always hoped to meet.

Group with Parasols

Group with Parasols www.wikiart.org/en/john-singer-sargent/g...

Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover

The richest man owns X.

The second and third richest men control Google.

The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.

And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.

See the problem here?

Feast of San Rocco (The Doge Visiting the Church and Scuola di S. Rocco)

Feast of San Rocco (The Doge Visiting the Church and Scuola di S. Rocco) www.wikiart.org/en/canaletto/feast-of-sa...

2Two women dance by the ocean on a summer's night in 1890. A wonderful scene by Winslow Homer, whose day was today.

Venice, Bacino di San Marco on Ascension Day

Venice, Bacino di San Marco on Ascension Day www.wikiart.org/en/canaletto/venice-baci...

Procession in Piazza San Marco, Venice, 1496. In front march members of Scuola of San Giovanni Evangelista, who have the BEST relic! By Gentile Bellini, whose day is today.

Delicious lunch in #Venice at a spot recommended to me by a few including @eggsbened.bsky.social

'Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity': Man captures epic northern lights image on flight to Vancouver 'You'd look out the window without a camera, and you could see them dancing and moving around,' he says.

'Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity': Man captures epic northern lights image on flight to Vancouver

Astonishing

The first recipe of yours that I made and the one that I’ve made the most. Easy and delicious! 😋

The strange tale of Sigmund Freud’s begonia | The Observer How the gift of a plant helped Emma Freud finally get to know her great-grandfather

This is a lovely read.

The Rialto. Venice

The Rialto. Venice www.wikiart.org/en/john-singer-sargent/t...

All good, thank you!