Andrew Carrick

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This makes me so angry. I’ve known Kev since I was 18, and I’ve never seen him like this. I don’t believe in hell, but these medics and carers were in it, and the bastards who made light of this plague, denied it, called it a flu, and made it worse for everyone, you deserve it.

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@JimCarroll7 Another great piece, Jim. I loved that standout jive image when I first saw it in a Barbican exhibition too.

@steve4good Sorry to hear that, Steve. Sincere condolences. Lovely eulogy.

In the still of the night, at 3.05am this morning, my beloved mother passed away in her sleep in Whiteabbey Care Home. She was at peace. June Iris Moore was born above a blacksmiths shop in Seaforde, Co Down in the foothills of the Mourne Mountains. She was one of six. Mum moved to the Mill Road in Belfast in her mid teens after her mother died at a tragically young age. There she left secretarial college to help raise her now two surviving siblings Hugh and Nora. In the late 50s my mum met Albert Moore when he asked her for a dance at the Plaza ballroom. Accepting his invitation was the best decision of her life. Her love for him was instant, enduring and evidently deepened throughout the rest of her life. They married, briefly lived in Whitla Street Fire Station then moved to Abbots Cross, the Ulster Garden Village, in 1964 where they raised my brother Michael and I. It was a place she could forever call home, a community she loved, was loved in and would never leave. June was devoted to her sons and four grandchildren. Her great gift to each of us - and to the world -was her irrepressible cheerfulness, kindness and sociability (she acquired new friends at a rate my old dad could barely cope with). Mum had another great love in her life and it was Goa in India. She spent 28 of the last 29 winters by the Arabian Sea and today, when news reaches them of her passing, she will be remembered fondly and mourned by her many chums in the beach shacks, bars and markets of Calangute. June was blessed with a life of unblemished good health until April this year. The past 4 months have been callous to witness but it has been one of the privileges of my life to help nurse her and to be here with my brother when she needed us most. She passed away grateful for the riches and good fortune life bestowed upon her, knowing she was loved and able to say goodbye to those she considered most dear. What else is there? I will miss the conversations we will now never have, the bottles of wine we won’t share and her congratulatory texts after Arsenal’s next win. June was my mum, decent, tough and she was fun. I am mum’s son, a lucky beneficiary of parental love. And her spirit? It will live on and reside within me. RIP June Iris Moore 24 June 1938 - 24 August 2024

@EveningStandard It would have been great if in your celebration of GCSE results in London you hadn't featured two photos of Brighton College students! Not really in London, is it? standard.co.uk/news/politics/…

@JimCarroll7 Great take, Jim. That’s where I was instead of the Euros semi-final!

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@miss_mcinerney @TeacherTapp What if it touched your gravy? <pushes plate away>

I am not responsible today for the abomination of a @TeacherTapp question suggesting *cauliflower cheese* should be on a Christmas dinner.

@holland_tom Great pod with your war bro. Disappointed though that you as an elite cricketer missed the fact that one of England’s finest spin bowlers died in the 1943 Italian campaigns - Hedley “10for10” Verity.

Some lunchtime listening…

@dick_taylor Sorry to hear this, Richard. Hope you have a better day tomorrow and your heart calms down overnight.

NHS GP sends me to Chelsea & Westminster A&E by ambulance with poss SVT heart rate 90-110 After 6hrs they have lost my blood tests, 3xECGs, my Covid test & put me out if a cubicle into waiting area with a cannula in my arm Yes they are busy but this is bloody & shambolic #NHS

They lost their son on 9/11. A father dove into his grief. A mother pushed hers away. Twenty years later, it’s changed them both. Read Jennifer Senior on one family’s story of grief and remembrance. theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

Horrific. The selfish society. Are we really as bad as this?

@RevRichardColes And this is why so many people use subtitles now. The platforms are fiddling with the audio mix, which doesn’t really help anyone theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

@estellecostanza Really great piece, John. I too am still in awe of The Last Waltz and Robbie/The Band's pivotal place in Americana. Some of the best versions of other people's songs are on that soundtrack too, buoyed by their special magic.