Mark Goodge

I love Ian Hislop's tie on HIGNFY this evening. If anyone wants to buy me one for Christmas, I'd be very grateful.

@PulpLibrarian I remember buying that album as a teenager. Along with most of my vinyl LPs it got left behind when I subsequently left home, and I think my younger brother included it when he in turn cleared out most of his/our collection by selling it to a second hand store.

Electric Light Orchestra: Twilight (1981). Time was an unexpected ELO album with a big synth sound, not what people were expecting. It's a concept album too, about time travel to the year 2095 and the regrets of leaving home. Twilight was the second single released from it, and it's a real banger: swirling synths, relentless drive and plenty of classic ELO flourishes. Surprisingly it only reached no. 30 in the UK charts. Time is a really good album, very of its time but also very wistful and melancholy in the storytelling. Unusually the time traveller doesn't get to return home. They have to make the best of it in a future that seems disjointed and strange. In the end all they can do is Hold On Tight...

@DianeHaywood71 @Mike_Batt Apparently, the companies which make ice cream van sound systems have a lengthy selection of fully legitimate and licensed ice cream van adaptations of popular works of music.

@Mike_Batt Thank you! Now having visions of ice cream vans across the country being involved in high speed chases to pull them in and charge them....😂

Dear @Mike_Batt Ice cream vans that play well known tunes. Ours plays the Match of the Day theme. Are there no Copyright/Royalty issues?? Curious.... #Music #Copyright #Royalty Thank you in anticipation x

@RepJackKimble Are you really that ignorant, or is it just political posturing?

I for one am getting pretty tired of Britain trampling all over the first amendment.

I, and probably millions of other people, am getting pretty tired of mind-numbingly stupid Americans thinking their constitution has any relevance whatsover in countries such as the UK.

Building of the Day, Monday 11 May 2026 Portormin Harbour, Dunbeath - a Category B Listed Building in Latheron, Highland dlvr.it/TSTMLL

Building of the Day, Sunday 10 May 2026 Church of St Peter and St Paul - a Grade II* Listed Building in Chiselborough, Somerset dlvr.it/TSShmP

Building of the Day, Saturday 9 May 2026 Bradford Town Hall - a Grade I Listed Building in City Ward, Bradford dlvr.it/TSS4fk

And BBC bosses must have been gritting their teeth at having to play a song which was a (very) thinly disguised advert for an airline #TOTP

It's probably a good thing that football squad singles have gone out of fashion #TOTP

Building of the Day, Friday 8 May 2026 Old Quay, Kilchattan - a Category C Listed Building in Kingarth, Argyll and Bute dlvr.it/TSRCMR

@DrNeilStone Conservative or Labour. Parties that support science, and do their best to exclude racists and antisemites.

Which party do you think I voted for?.

Building of the Day, Thursday 7 May 2026 K6 Telephone Kiosk - a Grade II Listed Building in Sandwich, Kent dlvr.it/TSQCwh

Building of the Day, Wednesday 6 May 2026 Former Calcining Works - a Grade II Listed Building in Burslem Central Ward, Stoke-on-Trent dlvr.it/TSPC1y

Building of the Day, Tuesday 5 May 2026 Swanside Bridge - a Grade II Listed Building in Sawley, Lancashire dlvr.it/TSNC91

@anon_opin Why say fortnight when you could say two weeks? Why say week when you could say seven days? Why say day when you could say 24 hours? Why say hour when you could say 60 minutes?

I don't understand the point of using the term "dozen". It means 12, so just say 12? It's even worse when people say or type "half a dozen". Just say 6 or six.

You may not agree with me, but you will always know where you stand with me. Today in Billericay, a heckler tried to shout me down as I spoke about the normalisation of hatred towards Jews. I did not back down, because it needs to be said. British Jews are being targeted and too many people are pretending this is the same experience of other minorities. This lady implied Muslims are being similarly targeted. This is simply not true. Let's be honest about what is happening. Certain groups (in particular but not solely Islamic Extremists) are creating a climate of fear and intimidation that is normalising Jew hatred. I will never stand for that. Governments have spent too long hand-wringing, making excuses and hoping it would go away. It is time to call this what it is: a national emergency in our attitude, our urgency and our response. I will always engage with people who disagree with me. That is politics. But there is a difference between argument and intimidation. Shouting does not make a bad case good. It's done to silence others. And it certainly does not change the truth. The truth is that British Jews have been made to feel less safe in their own country. Our country. They are being singled out, threatened and harassed in ways that should shame everyone in public life. If we do not stand up now and stop this rise in antisemitism, then why bother saying "Never Again" at Holocaust Memorial Day? Because this is how it starts. I am not prepared to play along with the pretence that this is normal, or manageable, or just another example of tension between groups. It really is not. It is targeted hatred and it is getting worse. So my message is simple. Not here. Not in Britain. And not on our watch. We need to stop the hand-wringing and start doing the right thing. That means standing with British Jews openly, unapologetically and without fear.

Building of the Day, Monday 4 May 2026 Temperate House - a Grade I Listed Building in Kew Ward, Richmond upon Thames dlvr.it/TSMD5M

@BenjaminDEKR So the password was changed regularly, and never got repeated. But the part I needed to memorise remained the same.

@BenjaminDEKR A place I used to work had that policy. So I created a strong password, then added the year and month to the end. On the first working day of every month, the first thing I did was update the password to the current month.

Is there any real evidence that forcing users to change their passwords every ___ months actually improves security? It seems more likely they won't remember their password, writing it down places they shouldn't or triggering less-secure password resets