Geoff Brock

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Woo hoo! Completed the Guardian cryptic crossword.

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Israel is just 2 days away from a critical election, and thousands of protesters are filling the streets of Tel Aviv demanding Netanyahu’s removal! They’re demanding accountability for October 7 security failures and an independent commission of inquiry.

Roast chicken dinner.

Reform UK's Suella Braverman claims massive taxpayer-funded water bill at home equal to 18 baths a day www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Spent most of Storm Austen doing this . Finished it off today.

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“Trump’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened up a Cheesecake Factory.” - Barack Obama in Ohio.

I switched on Radio 3 today. I seem to have stumbled on to an American channel by mistake. It's not "REN-aissance", it's Re-NAI-ssance". It's not "Playing Piano", it's playing THE piano. Grrr.

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Stuck indoors due to rain. Had lunch, and it had stopped, hoorah! Went out for a short walk, and 250m down the road, it started. Amazing how wet one can get walking 250m in the rain. 😢

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Some good news (from the National Crime Survey, h/t frasernelson.substack.com/p/lawless-br...)

£3 bargain from the charity shop. Good fun.

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I made apple strudel tonight.

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These Israelis are evel thugs. Beating an elderly woman?

Another day, another new dish. Rick Stein's radicchio and red onion tart.

The satanic circle.

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Lamb bastilla (Moroccan spiced lamb in filo pastry)

I'd check Farage's gaffe. I doubt if he stole it, but one of his supporters might have thought it was an appropriate gift. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Curiously, not reported by the BBC or British Press.

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These are all photos by Heidi Levine, the @washingtonpost.com photojournalist assaulted by Israeli attackers today in the West Bank. She was covering Palestinian families picking their autumn olive harvest. Israeli soldiers did nothing to stop the violence. washingtonpost.com/world/2026/1...

Spotted dick.

Plaice with capers, shallots and lemon.

Video by Kevin Hertzog 😭❤️

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Pear, blackberry and mascarpone bake.

Baked mushrooms tonight

Lovely sky this evening.

That was fun!

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Cut the loaf for lunch. Good texture, if I say so myself.

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Starling murmuration at sunset over Sassari, Sardinia, Italia 🇮🇹 IG: @ streetartglobe youtube.com/shorts/YZXAy...

I've been clearing the study ie 3rd bedroom. I found a load of stamps and first day covers. I've been checking on ebay and found, much to my disappointment, that they have very little value, independently. Although altogether they might we worth £70-£100. So off to the charity shop they go tomorrow.

I baked a seeded wholemeal loaf today.