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Lexx Clarke
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Food, wine, books and gardening. In no particular order 😁
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You may have heard this before, but I still think it’s kind of interesting: it’s the 82nd anniversary of the birth of Bernard William Jewry, who found fame twice by taking over the name/persona of another performer

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Today would have been the 81st birthday of Bernard William Jewry, had he not sadly died in 2014 at the relatively young age of 72. This wouldn’t be especially remarkable had he not spent the previous…

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It is really good!

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This is an interesting article which makes me wonder if some of the dietary findings are incidental rather than causative.

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I believe my hybrid digital piano uses the same technology so I can play a Bösendorfer Imperial grand without needing the space. Or taking out a mortgage.

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22 years since a sheriff’s department in Michigan warned people about Al-Qaeda’s latest heinous activity: telephone fraud — only later discovering that their news source was… “America’s Finest”

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Odd this day

24 September 2002

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All somewhat terrifying...

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You can indeed, the New Scientist tested it a few years ago. Various methods online should you wish to give it a go 😊

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Bro are you okay? I just heard your leitmotif played on soft strings in a minor key.

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It’s the 426th anniversary today of playwright Ben Jonson killing actor Gabriel Spenser in a duel. And then getting away with it because he could recite some Latin

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Alas! It is the 425th anniversary of the demise of (admittedly quarrelsome) actor Gabriel Spenser at the hands of playwright Ben Jonson, armed “with a certain sword of iron and steel called a Rapiour…

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It’s 109 years since Stonehenge was last sold to a private buyer. Or, put another way: it’s the anniversary of Cecil Chubb going to an auction because his wife wanted a set of dining chairs and… making an impulse purchase

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Odd this day

It’s the 108th anniversary today of the last time Stonehenge was sold by one private owner to another. Wealthy local barrister Cecil Chubb…

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Lexx Clarke
@lexxclarke.bsky.social
Food, wine, books and gardening. In no particular order 😁
27 followers51 following46 posts