Another wall chart done - thanks to @wsc.co.uk for keeping us right. Not sure if it'll be doable if Gianni gets his 64 team wish.

Farewell to the king of cricket. 'What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?' - CLR James.

Describe yourself in three characters.

Farewell Sam Neill, Omagh's finest. A proper actor.

Hydration break

I've deleted that by accident (silver surfer) but it transpires it's a bit weird, like all British political stores these days.

“I will make a statement on my future in public life at 2pm”

That referee.

Proper football is back.

Back door you say?

This was absolutely brilliant. An odd-thruple story from Iona in 825 AD - vikings, monks, mead, violence, humour and above all contemplation of the world and its gods.

Bologna swifts.

Went to a great book launch @docsireland.bsky.social this morning. Ciara Chambers new book, 'Outsider Cinema Independent and Amateur Filmmaking in Northern Ireland, 1929-1989'. A really fascinating insight into the creativity found amongst the local filmmaking community before it all went legit.

Cultural shift. A DMC DeLorean in a Sainsbury's car park.

Farewell David Hockney, smoke 'em if you've got 'em.

Thanks to @john-self.bsky.social for the tip on this ferocious book. Crime thriller, by way of Baader-Meinhof with a large dollop of Luis Buñuel. The 70s were a crazy time.

North London.

Watching the Pep Guardiola celebrations.

In a graveyard.

Never in doubt. #shewore

Me, in my mind, when I got home and was hanging out outside Laverys.

Starting to get used to my new cycle helmet.

In Glasgow.

Still a bit confused by the crowd noises.

Another brilliant novel from Jan Carson. Each book gets deeper and better. Language which connects very deeply, characters that are cherished and understood for their complexity and a way of telling the history and possible future of us, without rehashing the narratives of the past.

Got them Jack Hargreaves blues.

Another season done. Up the rip roaring Duns.