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From a 2015 LRB letter: "My uncle studied at Oxford just before WWI. The president of his college was a very old man raised in Ireland. When a child, a very old Waterloo veteran tended his parents' orchard. My uncle asked him about Waterloo. His reply was: ‘The drums, the drums.’

Dan Jackson Beamish Museum Inquest report Guardian Journal 11th January 1955

I was working in the quite exquisite surrounds of Ushaw Historic House, Chapels & Gardens today. A real treat. This is somewhere that everyone should visit at least thrice. Such gilt-edged opportunities don’t come along often & so I came prepared with 3 camera/lens combos. Here’s No1. Hope they pass muster

100% chance he thought about GLADIATOR (2000) while he was running his hands over that wheat

A balmy summer’s evening watching the cricket at Backworth. Pevsner thought the Hall was of a ‘very civilised and elegant design’.

As played by Timothy Dalton in ‘Cromwell’

Dan Jackson Prince Rupert ... is said to have looked down (on Liverpool Castle from Everton Heights) and dismissed it with the words: "It is a crow’s nest that any party of schoolboys could take!". It eventually fell after a week of heavy fighting and the loss of 1,500 of his men. Wikipedia

Dan Jackson Note pullover to conceal Monty's unofficer-like arm tattoos

Note the rabbits on the arms of Cardinal Allen. He founded the English College at Douai in 1568, and it was alumni of that college - fleeing the French Revolution - who established Ushaw.

Excellent work in the Left Luggage Room bogs

Blocking a neighbour’s planning application

Tickets for our special North East headline show go out at 5PM tomorrow + pre-order link for the 12" vinyl of our upcoming double A-side single! 📣 Still time to sign up to the mailout for early access! ✍️hectorgannet.com (Snippet from our set at SJP with Sam Fender)