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Visited Markyate Rec, where my late cousin and I (and lots of our family) played in ad-hoc 20-a-side Sunday afternoon football games every week of our childhood. Those games seemed to last forever. Hope he's running as free again now across eternal playing fields.

Week off.

So doing my research on a predecessor. Which I think is hobby, not work.

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Pressure mounts on Nadine Dorries as second council calls for her to quit as MP

Member of parliament for Mid Bedfordshire said she would resign in June but has yet to do so

The Guardian
I think this is the most premature music review ever. Blur won the battle but Oasis won the war? I don't think so.
https://www.allmusic.com/song/country-house-mt0007054053
Country House by Blur - Track Info | AllMusic

Explore Country House by Blur. Get track information, read reviews, listen to it streaming, and more at AllMusic.

AllMusic
Couple 'horrified' at £110 Ryanair check-in fee

The airline has defended its decision to charge an elderly couple who had mistakenly downloaded the wrong tickets.

BBC News
Peak "Grand Designs" : "In search of their zero-carbon design, they've flown to Latvia...."

Coercion versus care; a routine event at Ryanair/Stansted shows the resources systematically put into punishing people instead of supporting them.

'She couldn’t ask for help to do her actual job. It was designed to be impossible. But she could press the alarm.'

https://crookedtimber.org/2023/08/12/coercion-versus-care/

Coercion versus Care

I was recently in Stansted Airport, queueing in a low-ceilinged, quasi-temporary structure to enter the departure area for a Ryanair flight. There were two queues; the ‘priority queue’ …

Crooked Timber
Coercion versus Care

I was recently in Stansted Airport, queueing in a low-ceilinged, quasi-temporary structure to enter the departure area for a Ryanair flight. There were two queues; the ‘priority queue’ …

Crooked Timber