Mark Mason @WalkTheLinesLDN
Trivia delivered via books, newspapers and walks. Team-building delivered by magic (literally). theimportanceofbeingtrivial.com/books.html Suffolk and London Joined April 2011-
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'A youth team from Mumbai tell us of their tour to England last year – the only match they lost was to Harrow, though they did beat Eton. Surely this means they should be allowed to take the latter’s place in this year’s fixture at Lord’s?' ✍️ Mark Mason spectator.co.uk/article/forget…
The pitches being used for this summer's men's #T20WorldCup matches in the USA have had quite the journey.. They've come in by SHIP from Adelaide in Australia 🚢 Read more ⬇️ #BBCCricket
The trick is very well done, but even more impressively, at the end, Rob (unlike certain recent Prime Ministers) holds his book up the right way round.
The trick is very well done, but even more impressively, at the end, Rob (unlike certain recent Prime Ministers) holds his book up the right way round.
This is a great photo of Jos Buttler.
This is a great photo of Jos Buttler.
It’s a real pleasure and an honour to be part of what is, without hyperbole, a real British institution that we can be genuinely proud of. Happy 15th birthday Horrible Histories. Just one more year and I’ll buy you a scratch card.
It’s a real pleasure and an honour to be part of what is, without hyperbole, a real British institution that we can be genuinely proud of. Happy 15th birthday Horrible Histories. Just one more year and I’ll buy you a scratch card.
The last gig ever at Shea Stadium (Billy Joel) included a guest appearance by Paul McCartney - who was driven to the stage by the same man who'd driven the Beatles to the stage in 1965. youtube.com/watch?v=jg2un-…
The roadie’s PIN number
Tricky thing, war.
Perhaps the greatest apology to appear in The Times, from @patrick_kidd #Seagullis
India is 5 and a half hours ahead of the UK - so just turn your watch upside down. Eg 11.40 becomes 5.10.
You try to warn them.
You try to warn them. https://t.co/IdE3F8GFYE
Re-Rack Records, surely?
Re-Rack Records, surely?
Utterly beautiful, and good for Monday mornings. youtube.com/watch?v=ODTAAT…
Any recommendations for a non-doorstep history of Raj-era India, heavy on anecdote and colour rather than politics and dates?
Another day on the road, another Spoons saving British architectural and interior decor heritage. This one in Hexham used to be a cinema foyer (screen still upstairs) and is incomparably grander and more splendid than 99% if current odeons.
There’s a long history of royal image manipulation. The portrait of Queen Victoria on the 1840 Penny Black is taken from a William Wyon head modelled in 1834, when she was just 15. By the halfpenny blue-green of 1900 Victoria is 80, but still has a suspiciously similar profile
Covered in neoclassical and floral designs, this urinal was installed under the arch of a bridge in Birmingham at the end of the 19th century. There are several listed urinals around the city. Do you know of any other surviving Victorian toilets in England? 🚽
Hard to imagine a more Beatlesy name
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@WalkTheLinesLDN @TheSimonEvans A truly excellent article, Mark. For years I’ve been an advocate of ‘Spoons pubs within circles which would typically not frequent them. The closest to my office in The City is the Crosse Keys. I used to visit the Prince of Wales, St Mary Street, Cardiff. Both fantastic!
@WalkTheLinesLDN @exitthelemming He’s been pictured since thankfully!
@WalkTheLinesLDN @exitthelemming @JonCollett He was fine - with memories to last a lifetime no doubt
@WalkTheLinesLDN I’d just like to say thanks for you fab piece, Cricket is one of the best anti-depressants, in this weeks @spectator. I totally agree and, fortified with coffee, am glued to to it on my iPad at 4am at the moment 🏏🇮🇳🏴
@mattfromlondon @WalkTheLinesLDN And the tallest building in the Vatican City is taller than the tallest buildings in 14 other European countries.
@WalkTheLinesLDN One of my 3 favourite maths “things” along with the Birthday Paradox and the Monty Hall Problem en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hal…
Bazball has surely gone too far with this selection
@WalkTheLinesLDN Unless he goes to Brighton or something
@WalkTheLinesLDN We’re blushing! ☺️ Any more juicy banknote trivia you like? This feels like an @OnlyConnectQuiz themed event in the making! 😅
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@MockKing_J @WalkTheLinesLDN I get his fan mail
@WalkTheLinesLDN Via a subscription to BT or Discovery+, m’lud.
@WalkTheLinesLDN Better than those 3! He’s still improving as he ages. Astonishing
There’s a type of asparagus called ‘vale asparagus’ which has protected status and can only be grown in the Vale of Evesham in the Cotswolds. So, no matter where you are, if you buy some, you know you are getting Britain-y spears.
@WalkTheLinesLDN Mark, G and I have booked tickets for this 👇🏼 I thought you might be interested to.
For anyone that doesn't know, it's this....
@WalkTheLinesLDN That is a marvellous fact! I know the Krays/Boothby relationship was a thing back in the day, but it now seems such a mad pairing
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