Oh, England.

I was going to write something about England’s latest abject footballing failure, but a sequence of six tweets from Tony Barett said everything I wanted to say, much better than I would have said it. Here there are.

Baines is a great player. His biggest strength is overlapping. What does he get? A system that restricts his ability to get forward.

— Tony Barrett (@TonyBarretTimes) June 20, 2014

Separated at birth? Richard Owen and William Hartnell

I wonder to what extent William Hartnell’s look as the first Doctor Who was based on eminent Victorian naturalist Richard Owen?

Left: William Hartnell; right: Richard Owen.

Perhaps the irascible character of the first Doctor was also informed by Owen?

Also coming up (and more exciting): band set at the Mitcheldean Folk Festival

As I noted last time, the first ever Mitcheldean Folk Festival will be held on 18th-20th July this year. Not only did I get a solo slot in the evening, but — much more exciting to me — we have a band playing in the afternoon:

Coming up: solo set at the Mitcheldean Folk Festival

I’ve been going along to Mitcheldean Folk Club in the last few months. And it turns out I got involved just in time for the first ever Mitcheldean Folk Festival, which will be held on 18th-20th July 2014, but mostly on Saturday 19th.