Petrol forecourts, you were very quick to raise petrol prices in March up to 160 a litre. Now that a barrel of oil is down to $82, I assume you will be just as quick to drop it back to 140...or am I pissing in the wind?

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Can’t help but find it funny that FIFA have brought in a 5 second restart rule for throw ins to speed up the pace of the game whilst also implementing two separate three minute water breaks in each match so adverts can be mainlined into people’s eyeballs.

Where have the years gone? 30 years ago today Paul John Gascoigne sent Colin Hendry for an ice cream. What a day. What a tournament. What a summer. Memories to last a lifetime

⏪ He’d made B squads and been on standby for England at Le Tournoi, but this was Robbie Earle at his best on the world stage for @jff_football in France #OTD in ‘98. #Wimbledon fans shared a nation’s delight with their first-ever goal at a #WorldCup 🇯🇲 🏆

This shirt. That goal. 28 years ago today. #ReggaeBoyz @The2RobbiesNBC 🇯🇲

Sideways!

“Flower of Scotland” here in Foxborough. #WorldCup

“Loch Lomond” in Foxborough. Quite a sight. #WorldCup

David Hockney’s mum visited him in Southern California after he’d moved there in the 1960s, and as they drove back from the airport she looked up into clear blue sky and said, “I don't understand it. Such lovely drying weather and no one's got their washing out." Bless.

Worth a watch to see Jimmy Hill’s get up 😀 #worldcup #WorldCupHighlights

This dog exiting his pool.❤️

Most of the obituaries and tributes to David Hockney will, I imagine, focus primarily on his extraordinary craft and brilliance as an artist. Perhaps they might also mention his brilliance as a communicator (he was such a fine writer and speaker). But there was something else rather unique about him too. He was also strikingly honest about the tricks/techniques artists use and used to paint. His book Secret Knowledge is a rather wonderful detective work into how renaissance and Dutch golden age painters used glass and mirrors to help them master perspective. It's a pretty compelling case (see this video clip from a BBC doc he made alongside the book👇) though I'm sure some art historians will raise their eyebrows. Many will be aghast at the notion that greats like Vermeer might have been using lenses and camera obscuras to help them draw and paint. As if it were in some way "cheating". But Hockney was so self-evidently brilliant he was one of the few people who could document this without anyone gainsaying his own talent. There are very few artists, living or dead, who have this degree of self-confidence. Not just to know their craft, but to be bracingly honest about how it works. One other who comes to mind is Paul Simon: not just an extraordinary musician but is also an extraordinary communicator about the tricks and techniques of how to write and perform music. For many great artists, the temptation is to cloak their crafts in mystery, like a member of the magic circle. Hockney wasn't having any of it. So yes, he was a legend in all the obvious ways. But also in a few other less obvious ways as well. RIP.

As it wasn't an official sponsor of the FIFA World Cup, Levi's was asked to hide its logo on Levi's Stadium (Santa Clara, California). And they did it in the smartest way possible. #WorldCup #FIFAWorldCup #Levis

For the second day a single tufted duck duckling with no sign of an adult tufted duck nearby being looked after & fed by a pair of Eurasian Coots. I've never read or heard of coots 'adopting' another sp chick - but this pair are doing a better job than the normal female tufties!

Update. I have made contact with the Scots and was offered an 8:00 am World Cup beer. If only I had taken the day off.

Stolen from GL4 (Glos) between 9pm Wed 10th & 6am on Thurs 11th June. Landrover 90 TDI. N463 UUX. V. well used and v. distinctive. Series 3 drivers door, Mercedes front grill badge, multiple scars and dents and stickers including #hawkstonefarmerschoir Please share. Thanks!💔

This is just quackers 😂😂 🦆❤️

In the dead of night the Scots arrived at the Airbnb across the street. Decked out and playing the pipes at 6:30 am. So it begins…

Seeing as I’ve upset half of America with my UK stadiums are special post, this is a quality bit of drainage, credit where it’s due 🤯