(1634) Afternoon all. People close to me should always use the numbered posts here and these intros as the current notice of how I am and what I’m up to, better even than email or X. WP.com and substack have become unreliable and I admire our chaps persevering. As mentioned, this is safest because it is monitored by our techie … as long as I am operating, HQ should too, irrespective of what the platforms get up to.
When the numbered posts are thin, e.g. today … it might be dearth of news but might also be that I have things happening … this morning was hellish, plus I had a vital call with MMutR. If you need to announce something, try to use HQ or you could try your luck at one of the others. I do check UHC-WP. It was intended for readers moreso than for me.
The issue, natch, is what if I’m suddenly taken badly ill/accident, whatever? There’s a system in place here but that’s for RL. For you, possibly Lord T will announce here whatever it is. Someone asked … what happens if he himself croaks it? Ah well … there ya go. How sad, never mind. 😎 I hasten to add that, as of now, I’m still fine.
12. Confronting a witch
11. Like this from a Scottish lass

10. I do have difficulty not running this one
9. AKH on translating Beebspeak
https://akhaart.blogspot.com/2026/07/translating-bbc-newspeak.html
8. IYE on AW
AW’s Devonshire home days before her demise.
”There is no suggestion that the programme, or any of the footage shown from the home, was connected to Ms Widdecombe’s death.”
Of course not!
”which first aired in 2022”
Why repeat it?
Move along, Citizen, nothing to see here…
Did Widdy expose corruption before…. (video at 1442)
7. Daylight Savings

6. Lord Toby’s site this morning




