Peregrine Pocock

youtube.com/watch?v=I9cP-1… My training video at my first job at Simpsons.

@London_W4 Partridges used to be me favourite (prices only slightly lower than F&M at the time - late 80s) when they were on the Kings Road. Their wild boar pate was wonderful.

Popped into my favourite supermarket for some essentials today. The products are beautiful, the staff are superb, the wrapping is perfect and the whole experience is beyond any other shop I know. Other supermarkets are available, but I have no idea why one would shop in them.

@SettlingNomads @nkh12349 Snap

@nkh12349 Yeah. Me too! No tattoo or wrecked vehicle for me, yet.

80 for me. You?

@nkh12349 Agree

Unpopular opinion but i’m not keen on my pasta cooked al dente.

@createstreets A bit too tall for me. I was baptised in the church next to here (smallest country house in the country I believe):

Here's a little known newish small English country house by Peregrine Bryant. A happy admixture of the grand (it's very Palladian) and the more homely with its lime render and ochre tones.

@EvaLovesDesign A friend's parents had a couple of Wassily chairs, surprisingly comfortable. Nothing compared to the Eames, which are perfect.

Now minimalism and modern aesthetics are mainstream: clean lines, innovative materials, and bold silhouettes. Past designs

@LordAshcroft @NAM_London @VC_and_GC_Assoc Super news. NAM was my favourite museum when I was a schoolchild in the early 80s; I haven't been for decades, time to rectify that.

Delighted to announce I have reached an agreement with the National Army Museum which will mean that my collection of Victoria Crosses and George Crosses - the largest in the world - will go on display there @NAM_London @VC_and_GC_Assoc lordashcroft.com/2026/03/lord-a…

@SarahJaneMorri3 @jazzfm So pleased to hear Sarah, I have been a fan since the Love & Pain album.

@t64_bv @Jonpy99 Have they upgraded the top armour? I seem to remember this was a problem in Chechnya.

@Jonpy99 It was not. Small experimental workshop level + restoration from reserves.

By now I'm convinced that all that chatter about setting up T-80 new production a while ago was pure PR and in reality they have made up their mind to discard their T-80 fleet (except maybe some low numbers for Arctic brigades) via Ukraine. And for several reasons.

@JohnPretty2o2o @JamesMelville Only thing I haven't done on that list. Were viewed as very naff when I was younger.

@JamesMelville 19. What's a "boombox"?

All 20 for me. I’m at a certain age. What about you?

@EvaLovesDesign If you can visit The White Horse and Griffin in Whitby, every room is decorated differently (and I have stayed in at least half of them). The sheer number of fish & chips shops (all good) will make it worthwhile. Avoid summer weekends.

I really need to try authentic fish and chips.

@visitnorthyork @yorkshire_brew Right, every artist group seems to have sheep in the foreground.

Which Image do you prefer? Left or Right

@WG_RumblePants @AnwarLodhi Looks like he met Ian Chappell by accident in a pub carpark.

@AnwarLodhi Whilst I agree with the sentiment and I’m glad that he’s adding his voice to this campaign, this video raises a couple of questions in my mind.

"Immy! I wish you all the best." Ian Botham's message for Imran Khan.

@EvaLovesDesign Waste of space. A solid wooden kitchen table would be better in every way.

Metallic islands. Trend or timeless?

@murphreads Think of it as the greatest vengeance novel. My greatest: Powell's A Dance to the Music Time (as one) is a peak that few can reach (but connections to the times and places is a factor).

Time to start what people say is the greatest novel of all time…let’s see

@MemoryMedieval I could say the vikings or Crecy and Agincourt, which are my earliest memories of the era but thinking about it the War of the Roses struck me hardest. Just why? Endless whys, as there are in most civil wars.

What got you into medieval history?

@AlexAndBooks_ Some Dickens. Had one book to read for school in a summer (Great Expectations). Was so entranced I read it in one go. Turned out that I was the only one who had read it!

I want to read more classic books this year. What's a good classic book that's easy to read/understand?

@Medievalhtybuff Edward III

Opinion poll: Who was England's greatest post Norman Conquest monarch? (any era)

@SpyHards The first three Samson novels. Odd that we now live in times when we all have to curtail our speech and look over our shoulders; when in the times of Carre, Deighton and Bagley all those bugbears were hidden under the bed.

Happy Birthday to spy novelist Len Deighton! The man behind the IPCRESS series, the Bernard Samson novels and much more turns 97 years old today, but what’s your favourite Deighton novel or tv/film adaptation?

@visitnorthyork The best wool cloth.

Name one thing Yorkshire gave to the world

@WG_RumblePants That bat!

From a time when real men had moustaches, bats were proper and cable knit jumpers were just what cricketers wore.