Ian Musgrave

@JaneM197271 @JohnCleese Gosh that sounds shocking. Where has that happened?

Currently in the UK it only takes one or two complaints from an alleged racial offence, pronoun offence or neurodivergence offence to shut the whole theatre or event down with a full police investigation, several arrests and a public funded enquiry as to whether any offence was committed at all!

Here I am, visiting the touring company of “Fawlty Towers the Play” which has been entertaining British audiences for nearly a year. I introduced the show, apologising to the audience that the cast were not very good, and that Danny Bayne, who plays Basil, was absolutely ‘awful’ Being English, the audience loved this. If it had been Ohio, they would have all been walking out. Off to Malmo tomorrow for a comicon this weekend!

@football_pb @fkhanage @BlackScarfMarc He’s watching the games as are we. We’ve lost it completely and denying that does no-one any good

@fkhanage @BlackScarfMarc Wrighty quoting a wildly fake Twitter stat is really worrying. We need people calling out this dross not amplifying it.

For someone like Ian Wright to be talking like this, that says it all. Let’s get back to talking games by the scruff of the neck, not playing with caution and trying to win by spreadsheets. Because this style is too negative and the players clearly can’t handle / don’t like it.

@sharrond62 I agree but who cares about Boris Johnson these days

Either habitual lying or gross incompetence… either way pretty rubbish!!

@guyDotan2 @aakashgupta You’d need to look at whether the study controlled for socioeconomic factors. It’s certainly the right question to ask

@aakashgupta This is a pretty problematic takeaway. People who play a lot of tennis are usually wealthier, eat better, and have better access to healthcare, which all affect longevity. It’s correlation, not proven causation

Tennis players live 9.7 years longer than sedentary people. Not 9.7 months. 9.7 years. Nearly a decade. The Copenhagen City Heart Study tracked 8,577 people for 25 years and ranked every sport by how much life it adds. Badminton: 6.2 years. Soccer: 4.7. Cycling: 3.7. Swimming: 3.4. Jogging: 3.2. Tennis almost triples jogging. A separate study of 80,000 adults found racket sports cut all-cause mortality by 47% and cardiovascular death by 56%. Swimming hit 41%. Aerobics hit 36%. The question is why racket sports destroy everything else. Three mechanisms stack on top of each other. First, the physical demands. A tennis rally requires explosive sprints, lateral cuts, and sustained aerobic output. You're training fast-twitch and slow-twitch muscle fibers simultaneously. Most cardio only trains one system. Second, the cognitive load. You're reading spin, predicting angles, adjusting position, and executing motor patterns in real-time. Your brain is solving spatial puzzles at 80+ mph. That hand-eye coordination and strategic processing builds neural connections that protect against cognitive decline. Third, and this is the one researchers keep coming back to: you literally cannot play alone. Every racket sport requires another person on the other side of the net. That forced social interaction triggers neurochemical benefits that solitary exercise cannot replicate. Strong social connection alone increases your chance of longevity by 50%. Jogging is you and your thoughts. Tennis is you, a strategic opponent, and a community. Dr. Daniel Amen is right. The data is overwhelming. If you want the single highest-ROI activity for a longer life, pick up a racket.

@WingsScotland @eshanbuilds @aakashgupta Jogging (for example) has very few barriers to entry - don’t need to belong to a club / pay court hire or buy expensive equipment other than decent footwear. It’s possible that the tennis players in the study come from higher socioeconomic economic groups.

@eshanbuilds @aakashgupta For some reason you choose to ignore that that’s also true of most sports. The point here is why tennis does so much better than other sports.

@progrocksongs Close To The Edge

What’s the longest progressive rock song you can think of?

@DreyfusJames @FryinGosling Not if Farage has his way. He would have them all shot.

@FryinGosling Pretty sure pigeons can come & go as they please…

Are you FUCKING kidding me???

@HKeers @GaryHoran1 @20th_Centurygal What is it then?

@GaryHoran1 @20th_Centurygal Yep, but not Rock 😅😉

Which rock guitarist has the most instantly recognizable tone? You hear one note and you know exactly who it is.

@20th_Centurygal David Gilmour

@timstillman_ A draw is no good unless Arsenal are going to win most of our remaining games and I simply cannot see that happening

The weird thing about Sunday is that, on the face of it, all the pressure should be on City. They need to win probably more than Arsenal do and certainly can’t lose. They finished 3rd last season and haven’t meaningfully challenged in Europe since winning the CL in 2023. Yet all the focus will be on Arsenal (and it makes sense too).

@Alarsenalnews_ I read about a third of Merse’s autobiography before giving up. Great player but a bit of a dick

When Arsenal were due to play Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on New Year’s Day in 1990, Paul Merson was told he was not in the team. Merson wasn’t exactly gutted. “Nice one.” “It’s New Year’s Eve and I’m in a fancy hotel with the rest of the team, let’s get paro.” He took being dropped as a green light to go out for a drink and a party. By the time morning came round, he had gone well beyond that. He was so smashed he could not even get up properly. George Graham found out what had gone on and decided he was not leaving it there. Instead of leaving him out of it completely, he named him as a substitute. To teach him a lesson. During the game, Merson actually fell asleep on the bench. George then brought him on for the last ten minutes anyway. “I couldn’t do a thing.” “I was like a fish up a tree.” “I couldn’t control the ball and I felt sick every time I sprinted down the wing.” Arsenal still won 4-1, which probably helped everyone move on from it a bit quicker than they might have done otherwise. But George had seen enough. After that, he vowed never to name a team on New Year’s Eve again.

@archivetvmus71 I suppose the viewers had to Make Their Mind Up

OTD in 1981. The Eurovision Song Contest is on BBC1. ITV offers 3-2-1 and Von Ryan's Express (except for HTV, who go for Gunfight at the O.K. Corral).

@WG_RumblePants Baz deserves to put his feet up. Oh wait … he ALWAYS has his feet up 😡😡

I hope Rob Key is taking notes on this round of Championship matches — you know, given that Baz is in New Zealand and given that we still don’t have a Selector… Div 1 batters who have scored 100s far: Critchley (173) Foakes (128) Mousley (112*) Abell (108) Clark (101) Div 1 bowlers who have taken a 5fer: Robinson (5-42) Pennington (5-65) Also, a certain Sir James Anderson has taken 5-64 in Div 2.

@nori0321 No left handed guitars in those days!

Paul McCartney FOR NO ONE (Solo Acoustic Performance) Just Paul. Acoustic guitar. Voice. No arrangement. No French horn. Years after Revolver — stripped down, and somehow even more fragile. A quiet masterpiece, laid completely bare. #PaulMcCartney #TheBeatles

@AnnieChave He is a true giant of a sportsman

This man made me fall in love with cricket when I was 7 years old. I still love cricket & I still love him.

@anon_opin On the other hand, the piano coda during the second half of Layla is boring and should always be faded out early

Any DJ that talks over or fades the guitar solo at the end of "Wuthering Heights" should be sacked.

@anon_opin I only heard the full ending about 2 years later (due to DJs fading it out) and it blew me away. Strong agree

@ALL2MAN @Afc_Sakzi I got them immediately. I’m 62. It’s around 53 years ago so I’d have been 9

@Afc_Sakzi This is history...Anyone identifying these legends must be above 70 years old👏🏿 I am proud of you guys to have stood by such amazing club as you inspire us. Thank you, thank you aplenty 👊🏿👏🏿🙌🏿

Vintage Arsenal! Who can name these players?

We have been made aware of a distressing image doing the rounds today, suggesting Tottenham have beaten us 3-1. This has clearly been photoshopped, and we will be taking this up with the relevant authorities. Even we'd beat Spurs...

@MarioMa53479087 @terrychristian That’s an extremely niche opinion. It’s generally accepted to be one of the greatest British films of all time

@terrychristian I remember reading the great reviews when it was first released. I went to see it with high hopes and was so disappointed.

Yes set in Newcastle - with hardly a Geordie accent in hearing - no shots of Grey Street and the fantastic John Dobson architecture or Newcastle's great looking City centre - he goesfrom one bit of wasteland to the other saying 'this place is a shit hole' - Aso called local lad who had moved to London years earlier and completely lost his accent and become full on cockney 🤣