Humphrey Pring
@humphreypring
Marketing, communications. EU Citizen living in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. English teacher.
Germany is really on the slide. This Düsseldorf bakery is now having to sell bread made in 1895.
The UKs Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry is dragging slow. And because of the over-crowding crisis in prisons, the Government is talking about discharging all non-violent women prisoners. So maybe by the time former CEO Paula Vennells gets sentenced, prison won't be an option.
@jlkaufmann.bsky.social I also saw Glyndebourne’s 2023 production of The Rake’s Progress, with David Hockney’s wonderful set designs. He came on at the end and took a bow, along with the cast, conductor and orchestra.
Do you listen to the podcast ‘ill advised’ by Bill Nighy? What is the catchy theme music at the beginning and end of each episode? I’ve checked their website and asked the production company but no answer. Thanks.
Today would have been the 100th birthday of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Germany is marking this with a commemorative stamp as a tribute to her legacy, and to the deep, enduring ties between the United Kingdom and Germany.
Surely the King Charles visit can't go ahead after this latest insult?
Watching again 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' (2014), starring Ralph Fiennes (Monsieur Gustave H) and Tony Revolori (Zero Moustafa) and many others. As an immigrant, with so much anti-immigrant stuff going on, I was struck by the incident when Monsieur Gustave and Zero cross a European border in 1933...
Are there really only 425 people watching LBC Iain Dale on YouTube right now?
@georgewparker.bsky.social @greenmirandahere.bsky.social @pmdfoster.bsky.social @andybounds.bsky.social Re the latest edition of the excellent FT 'Political Fix' podcast, thanks for the mention of the Westmalle Trappist Triple - I will seek it out!
Rana Foroohar in the Financial Times: "America under Donald Trump is an emerging market."
Today's edition of my local newspaper. FIVE YEARS OF BREXIT The regrets of the British Five years ago, the UK left the EU after a very narrow majority of the population voted in favor in a referendum in the summer of 2016. Today, the mood is very different, with many Britons regretting Brexit.
With Twitter/X gone, and fact-free zone Facebook going off the rails, what’s to stop Google/Alphabet going off the rails to please Trump and Musk?
Well played the King of Denmark. Three lions still on the shirt, in the refreshed royal coat of arms. Plus two on the bench. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Please share this with anyone you think might be interested. The charity is helping refugees to resettle in Sevenoaks District, Kent (UK) but several of us in the comms team work online. Thank you. www.sevenoakswelcomesrefugees.org volunteers@sevenoakswelcomesrefugees.org
Lady Penelope: "Oh, Parker! Are you sure the Rolls Royce will protect us from the Sun's extreme heat?" Parker: "Oh yes, m'lady. Quite alright. Everything's been done." @nasawebb.extwitter.link
Fundraising: Brian Bilston's poem 'Refugees' is now a beautifully illustrated book - buy a copy for £8.99 from Empathy Action's online store (QR code in the flyer) and support Sevenoaks Welcomes Refugees. Thank you!
Great result for Borussia Mönchengladbach: 2-0 versus FC St Pauli this evening