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The Fall is good stuff. Jamie Dornan's character is a real monster.

Somebody's selling a set of the 1996 Rugby League postage stamps.

From 30 years ago...

If you're buying your kids Lego for Christmas, make sure they build something useful with it.

I can't stand Edwina Currie. The very worst episode of HIGNFY was when the guests were her and Derek Hatton, who both thought themselves utterly hilarious.

Brideshead isn't classic Waugh, but the TV adaptation was so well done, it made the book much more famous than some of the other, better, ones. 'Black Mischief' is another funny one, while 'Labels' is his account of a Mediterranean holiday and is pretty good.

Just finished a couple of excellent biographies. 'Just the one' by Graham Lord, about the legendarily dissipated writer Jeffrey Bernard. 'The Quest for Corvo' by A.J.A.Symons, about the writer, artist, tramp, litigant, pederast, sponger and generally peculiar character Frederick Rolfe, aka Baron Corvo. Now getting stuck into The Ingoldsby Legends, which is good fun.

Yes, it has been a while Scotland were any good, but it was still an enjoyable dust-up.

Scotland v England. A game of pace, a fair bit of skill and, most significantly, almost no tarty histrionics when a firm tackle is made. And there were plenty of those. I also got the sense that both teams were really enjoying it. The enthusiasm from both sides was great to see.

Just skimmed it, but will give it more of a read tomorrow. A quality piece on a forgotten star.

Game suspended, due to Croatian 'fans' chucking flares and fireworks. Italians 'fans' indignant, because they assumed that's their job.

Crocodile on pitch - play on! It could only be Papua New Guinea.

The late Danny Gatton, aka the greatest unknown guitarist in the world.

I don't want to jinx it, but Italy v Croatia on ITV4 right now has been a real cracker of a match. I know, Italy in "watchable" shock!

I saw Adrian Legg doing a demo of a new amp at the British Music Fair years ago. Unfortunately, he spent more time fiddling with the amp's controls than he did playing, and it still sounded awful. Good player, though.

Yes, and despite what it sounds like, that's just one guitarist.

Both excellent reads!

Ignore the presence of Crosby & Nash in the uploader's video - they weren't in Manassas.

Buffy Sainte-Marie - Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee.

Okay, now he's on a six-hour vodka and champagne binge with Olga Korbut.

Following of the the TRL Guitarists thread, here's Leo Kottke covering The Byrds.

So far, in this chapter, he's been having it off with the young Wendy Richard ("not as cockney as she liked to make out"), been on a blind date with Lauren Bacall ("intimidating and snooty") and punched Suggs' mother in the mouth, an act that shocked him so much he actually went on the wagon. Well, for a while.

Graham Lord's biography of Jeffrey Bernard. Even more dissolute and self-destructive than you might have guessed.

Just bought a bottle of Singleton 'Tailfire', on offer at my local Asda. I'll report back later.

That is excellent!