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Anachronisms? There will be many.

@Gooous @cincinnatusaz @CertainTeaa But they look ugly. It won’t go down well with the village.

@RoseandCr0ss @cincinnatusaz @CertainTeaa I don't think you guys should spring for a huge outdoor unit/Central Air AC, but at least a small rolling window unit you roll out once a year?

“iNsUlAtIoN wOrKs BoTh WaYs” yeah & yet somehow countries built for actual heat don’t build houses like the UK. British homes were designed to survive cold, damp winters not 30°C heatwaves with no AC, no shutters, poor airflow, and brick walls that store heat all day like an oven

@dosegenderos Oh, come on, Eileen! Your name is Eileen, isn’t it?

So this is a list of bands that has appeared on The Young Ones. Below the red line, I have no idea who they are. Were those bands big in the U.K, or just like one hit wonders?

@cincinnatusaz @CertainTeaa Well, I’ve been out and bought a light summer jacket, but I’m still hot though… are you sure this works?

@RoseandCr0ss @CertainTeaa Glad my help could prove so bountiful to the land of my forefathers. Cant believe all it took to solve all your problems was me

Nursing novice

@gigawigga @ClarkeMicah @20committee Crimea? France-Prussian war?

@ClarkeMicah @20committee WW1 was the first time peer European powers had gone to war for close to 100 years. Without experience, there was no way to account for the technological advancements made. The idea that nations would entrust their militaries to morons is ludicrous.

.@20committee. Indeed, they trusted their generals, which was their mistake (, ‘But he did for them both with his plan of attack’) . The realisation that they had been led by fools only came later.

@gmbarnard22 @juliamacfarlane 😳

i think it's great that the bbc archive all their old news stories online and keep them accessible but i also think it's really cool that they essentially just keep the webpages essentially how they looked at the time instead of updating them

@cincinnatusaz @CertainTeaa Of course. That is completely the same thing, you’re right. Not sure how I missed that old chap.

@RoseandCr0ss @CertainTeaa It once every decade snows in southern Arizona. I have a winter jacket for just those occasions. It’s called planning ahead

@cincinnatusaz @CertainTeaa Because these heatwaves have been, and continue to be so far, around 4-5 days max per year… there might be a big song and dance about it during those few days, but for the other 360 days of the year AC is completely unnecessary, so the motivation to spend money on it is low.

@CertainTeaa How have you people not adapted by now? This has been an issue for almost a decade and it’s still the same points you make. How have you not gotten over the whining stage and gotten on to bettering your lives?

@AnthonyMKreis I had the same impression the other day watching The Battle of Britain - Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier, Rober Shaw, Christopher Plummer, Ian McShane, Edward Fox… seems it was just the done thing back in the day.

Watching “A Bridge Too Far,” and damn you could never get a cast like James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Ryan O'Neal, and Robert Redford all in one place easily again.

I don’t think any of these are undeserving, but the lack of Welsh or Irish representation is a concern… might have to increase it to 8, our history is not only 50% longer than America’s and it needs to represent the four constituent nations, unless you make it the Rushmore of Great Britain alone.

Where would you put a British Mount Rushmore, and who would you put on it? I let myself have six heads, as Britain has a longer history than America, and went for: 1. Boudicca, as an icon of Celtic Britain and the country's indomitable spirit 2. Alfred the Great, as an icon of the Anglo-Saxons and England's quasi-founding father 3. Robert the Bruce, as an icon of Scotland and the ancestor of today's Royal Family 4. Sir Isaac Newton, as probably the greatest mind the country has produced 5. Lord Admiral Nelson, as an icon of the country's naval prowess 6. Churchill, as an icon of the Victorians and the world wars Lots of people on the cutting room floor who deserved a place, but I wanted to get a good sweep of eras and themes.

@BuyEnglishMade Tried some of these recently, very local to me, in Bath… lovely wine, recommended. Should make your list. minervawine.com/en-us

99% of the wine consumed in England is imported. Yet there are now over 1,000 vineyards producing award-winning wine on home soil, with sales growing year on year. If just 5% of the market shifted to local producers, that's around £750 million a year staying here. Supporting jobs, businesses and investment across the country. That's exactly why we're building MadeInEngland.com. Follow us as we uncover the people, products and businesses that make England special.

@AleRVG This is really good… bleak, but really good

Plastic Love 💘 Based on real events. Performed by perfect lies. How it made with LTX !🧵

@staylorish @These_Islands @StephenJardine Incredible stuff that. Just incredible…

Three cheers for that audience member. And deft moderation by @StephenJardine. “So wait a minute… we pay the supermarkets to lower their prices… is that what you’re suggesting?” An unusually entertaining and illuminating 90 seconds from last week’s #bbcdn

@HBrubanter Milton Keynes? Has to be that… or Coventry

Can you identify this city without Googling?

@_Sosthene_ I was going to respond with touché, but that would be an awful appropriation of a French derived word, providing you with an undue sense of superiority.And that just won’t do.

@RoseandCr0ss He mostly preferred historical reality lol

I thank Kubrick for this magnificent scene where Englishmen are shot like rabbits by Frenchmen to the famous song of the British Grenadiers.

@RudeOnion What is wrong with cheese and a slice of bread? A bit of butter, some pickle, makes a fine snack or quick lunch.

They're so confident in their retarded strawman arguments they have to block you the second after they respond

@ColinSpenc4257 A big and thoroughly unambiguous yes…

WELSH CAKES. YES OR NO.

I am trying so hard to not contribute engagement to random accounts attempting to game the payment system by posting an obvious image of an obvious place and asking, “Which city is this?” Bit it is so difficult to not need to prove that, like everyone else, you also recognise famous London landmarks.

@portraitinflesh I tried the M&S ‘only x ingredients’ version the other day, tentatively because experience has told me that nothing beats Heinz… they were quite nice. Will try again…

YES, this. Heinz have perfected baked beans, and the supermarket own brands aren't far behind. There's no call to make them in-house, unless you're fetishizing unnecessary effort for its own sake.