£50k hammer. At least two people wanted it even more than me.

Antwerp coin weight, can't make out the coinage.

Arms of the Grocers' Company?

I like a bit of black pudding too. Not gone the whole 18 yards as yet.

Surely that dog's painted? Looks like a Stubbs.

Is that model the same baldy beardy Caravaggio used?

What's the English for "spends too long on Google Translate looking up words for 'gullible'".

The second consecutive very cold winter, absolutely glorious stuff.

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*Gregg. Before you get a slap from the man.