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As will Marina Hyde
To be fair to the the Daily Mail (a sentence I never thought I’d ever utter) when their representatives have been interviewed on various news channels, Just Stop Oil have served up a succession of the kinds of clueless, trustafarian halfwits that the English private education system seems to specialise in shatting out into the world
Aye, one of the leaders of XR went to speak at the Cambridge Union and was apparently a complete arsehole when faced with a largely supportive audience.
Dying their hair pink and having a couple of piercings doesn’t fool anyone. You know that in 5 years time the pink hair will be gone and they’ll be working in daddy’s firm, going to the golf club and voting Tory
One of my most militant university acquaintances was working for PWC within a year of leaving. When another one of us jibed him gently about it, it was suggested that he was working to bring down the system from the inside. 23 years later he's still in that sector - presumably he's finding it a lot more difficult than he thought to bring capitalism crashing down. 🤔
As will Marina Hyde
At 48 years of age and with 23 years of a journalism career behind her she needs to get a move on.
Even the Mail is more careful with their lazy cheap shots.
Ceremonial cutting of the coronation quiche?
Thanks RustySpanner, sounds a good book.
I'm a member of the WI and we frequently have a speaker on the subject.
anyone else been to a street party ?
been to 3 today, one at my mums care home, which was brilliant 100 old codgers have a good old knees up.
one on a estate i used to live on. nearly half a mile long down a closed road. kids running amock which was ace to see.
and one on our street, where we talked to some folk from the other end, who have lived here 25 years like us.
what a great weekend so far.
bikes and beer tomorrow to a pub bbq to celebrate King Charles. brilliant.
zero signs of any celebrations anywhere near me.
anyone else been to a street party ?
been to 3 today,
I've cycled through 3 street parties today, well we had to dismount and walk. By far the largest was in some posh village in deepest Kent, they didn't really seem to be enjoying themselves much, seemed more like an awkward social event to me. The one nearest home seemed the most fun, with kids running around and old dears exhibiting their doubtful dancing skills.
Another reason to be happy that I don’t live in a street.
Another reason to be happy that I don’t live in a street.
Don't worry too much, you've got the concert to look forwards to.
I wonder if they've given the line-up choice to Andy - a medley of Gary Glitter songs performed by Bill Wyman and Pete Townshend perhaps?
@DrJ: We can't all be landed, old fruit.
zero signs of any celebrations anywhere near me.
🤣
Due to booking a holiday ages ago we ended our Devon costal walk in a car park near one, luckily we were able to sit on a bench next to a tiny waterfall for our sarnies , the water conveniently drowned out the brass band who were the warm up act and by the time we’d eaten and were coming back for the car they’d been replaced by a fairly reasonable live band, kids running amok, cake, booze and happy campers everywhere, to be fair if it hadn’t been for the royal connection I’d have loved it and hung around.
Absolutely no sign of anything going on around here. It's busy - Bank Holiday busy - of course. I was through Aviemore, Kincraig, Kingussie and Newtonmore today and saw no bunting, flags, parades, parties or even red white and blue shop displays.
pretty sad tbh, but if you’d rather be a miserable bugger just to prove a point 🤷♂️😂to be fair if it hadn’t been for the royal connection I’d have loved it and hung around.
Loads going on around here (SE), don’t think anyone really gives a **** about Charlie but it’s just an excuse for a parade/party/event/booze-up, loads of people out having a good time, what’s not to like 😃
We had a village picnic - was much nicer than the manic jubilee street party of last year...
Big village fete type thing here, more using the coronation as a justification for choosing a date. Food, drink, local youth groups, sports and other groups all having stands and demos.
Our Scout group had built a big water balloon catapult. Was very popular apparently.
There was a big party in the park here. loads going on
We didn't go, obviously. We just stopped here and burnt an effigy of the Archbishop of Canterbury
I'm watching the Coronation concert, so far it's been very enjoyable.
We just stopped here and burnt an effigy of the Archbishop of Canterbury
At least it wasn't a totally wasted afternoon, then.
🙂
I’m watching the Coronation concert, so far it’s been very enjoyable.
The Lionel Ritchie impersonator was quite good.
2 fingers up to Anfield with Andrea Bocelli’s number 😉
The Lionel Ritchie impersonator was quite good
I spend all that time choosing a dress to wear for our coronation party and bloody Paloma Faith is wearing the same one!
2 fingers up to Anfield with Andrea Bocelli’s number
And Celtic.
I like how they crossed over to Dover a couple of times.
Were those drones or tracers as the RN engaged an enemy dinghy?
I spend all that time choosing a dress to wear for our coronation party and bloody Paloma Faith is wearing the same one!
How did you both fit? 😳
Worth watching just for the drones
anyone else been to a street party ?
Nothing going on up here in kirkcudbright, yesterday the rotary club had a coffee/tea thing up the moat brae in the centre of town (harbour/castle area) with a couple dozen folk but nothing else happening. Three houses wi Union Jack bunting in the high st but they’re holiday houses.
fantastic concert, fantastic weekend so far. long live the king.
I cycled through a street party. No offer of spinach quiche. Very disappointed.
I went for a bike ride yesterday and surfing today. Haven't seen any coverage or the coronation, or any street parties.
Really impressed at how Charles kept his composure in the face of probably not knowing who the **** any of those performers were, and not being able to see them anyway due to being three quarters of a mile away from the stage 🙂👍
Classical music fan apparently, so maybe Take That for him must have been pretty punishing. [Disclaimer - I turned over for the news].
Watched Guardians of the Galaxy 3 yesterday. Did not see any street parties, barely any houses with decorations up tbh.
The protest in Cardiff was pretty big from what I've been told and passers by were supportive.
Haven't seen any parties. Drove over to Harrogate to visit The Boy.
Caught the last half hour of the concert, looked pretty decent. Katy Perry in her dress made from Quality Street wrappers, then the newly reformed three fifths of Take That. Mostly I was trying to work out how the hell they'd done the over-stage light show, that was mightily clever.
Reporting from the furtherest flung corners of the Empire, the mood was somewhat subdued in Queensland ... presumably as so many were grappling with the concept of changing the name of the state.
Kingsland just doesn't have the same ring to it. Too much like an East End train station.
Why would Queensland change its name? It wasn't named after Queen Elizabeth, it was named after RuPaul.
No idea what’s been happening where I live as I’m spending the whole weekend in a shop in the dead part of Cambridge City centre. It’s like a ghost town around the Grafton.
I can report 100% lack of coronation related activity in my part of Sweden. However, that may be because we already have a king. And I am outside town and working from home. SVT was streaming stuff about Brian's be-hattning, but I was too busy skydiving to a) care and b) worry.
Met a Swedish couple at the hotel I stayed in the night before - they had come for a long weekend specifically for the coronation....
The tube was also packed with European teens and twenty-somethings...
The protest in Cardiff was pretty big from what I’ve been told
I didn't go out and about in Cardiff this weekend but I have seen very little bunting in my local area. I cycled through Caerphilly yesterday and saw only ten houses with bunting or flags, and a couple of businesses. Cowbridge in the other hand, a much more conservative place, had a lots.
The tube was also packed with European teens and twenty-somethings…
Some people are just curious.
TBH had Charlie Boy's nanny put him across her lap and smacked his arse in front of the gates of Buckingham Palace I might have come to watch.
Everyone likes a good spectacle.
The tube was also packed with European teens and twenty-somethings…
When I was on holiday in Rome, I went to see the Pope. Didn't make me a Catholic.
When I was on holiday in Rome, I went to see the Pope.
I'm impressed that he found the time.
Did he know that you're not even a Catholic?
When I was on holiday in Rome, I went to see the Pope. Didn’t make me a Catholic.
Does he make his evacuations in the woods?
Asking for a friend.
Busy as expected here (Windsor). Watched the F1 instead of the concert, but could hear it outside anyway (we’re close to the castle). Town was heaving, big screen and stage on the Long Walk, police everywhere, nice and sunny, what’s not to like? I took the dog for a long walk away from the Long Walk.
I did watch the coronation service jet lagged from a night flying home from the US. Then collected the new car. The culmination of months of deliberations!
Classical music fan apparently...
Many of us are but that doesn't mean we don't like other genres too.
I seem to recall CIIIR many years ago professed to being a fan of Diana Ross.
I seem to recall CIIIR many years ago professed to being a fan of Diana Ross.
And the Three Degrees. Or one of them. Allegedly.
I didn’t go out and about in Cardiff this weekend but I have seen very little bunting in my local area. I cycled through Caerphilly yesterday
Afraid some rogue bunting might get caught in your wheels, or a drunk stepped out in front of you?
Many of us are but that doesn’t mean we don’t like other genres too.
Love classical music and lots of other genres from dance to jazz, funk, classic rock, 80’s pop…
But revival Take That? Come on. Really? Their best song from the first time around was an old disco original 🪩
Was it all of them, or just the three that are left?
What was going on with Howard’s hair? In fact, what is going on with a lot of guy’s hair at the moment. Is this the frontier of hair-transplant technology we’re witnessing?
Was that Howard? I thought it was Jason.
Was it all of them, or just the three that are left?
As above, whoever that one was plus Gary Barlow and Mark Owen.
Seems you're right.
Group members Gary, Howard and Mark Owen had decided to get back together in 2014 but it was at this point Jason decided to opt out of the latest comeback.
... the former band member is now living a content life away from the limelight with his family in the Cotswolds.
Jason said his decision came as he "didn't want to do music anymore"
When I was on holiday in Rome, I went to see the Pope. Didn’t make me a Catholic.
So you were just bringing money to their tourist economy?
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I didn’t go out and about in Cardiff this weekend but I have seen very little bunting in my local area. I cycled through Caerphilly yesterdayAfraid some rogue bunting might get caught in your wheels, or a drunk stepped out in front of you?
Needs more recognition.
Can I just confirm - am I the only one who didn't swear allegiance who is left alive, or has the terrible monarchist conspiracy had everyone else arrested and executed?
But revival Take That? Come on. Really?
Fair point. I wouldn't have thanked you for a ticket.
Sat down to watch the concert with open mind - even rubbish music can be good if done well.
Truly awful - every bit of it. Is that all they could drag on to the stage? Not even B list! X factor runner ups and 3/5 of a boy band from the 90s….I mean I wasn’t expecting Spike Island but surely a bit of Macca or Mick Jagger, maybe a decent guitarist cranking out God Save the King…funky Nike Rogers and a couple of decent soul singers but not Miss Piggy and some bloke from Cold Feet…it felt like the whole thing had been organised by chatGPT
and drones are not the new fireworks…I know everyone seems to think they are but are they really? I mean I can see some uses for them - maybe a big airborne arrow pointing to the toilets but it seems to be a lot of effort for a kids drawing of an owl.
I did like the guys lighting up the tree with bikes though
Can I just confirm – am I the only one who didn’t swear allegiance who is left alive, or has the terrible monarchist conspiracy had everyone else arrested and executed?
They probably couldnt find you under all those strawmen you have been deploying.
Can I just confirm – am I the only one who didn’t swear allegiance who is left alive, or has the terrible monarchist conspiracy had everyone else arrested and executed?
can an AI be alive?
The display of union jack bunting and paper plates etc in my local shop looks untouched
What happened to David Beckham over the weekend, the mans been chasing a knighthood for years, thought he'd have done something to have another shot at this years honours?
The display of union jack bunting and paper plates etc in my local shop looks untouched
We sold in my shop for the jubilee, but took a pint and didn't stick up with any this time, I'm glad we didn't bother as i only had one customer ask for paper plates...
Tedious,boring and predictable.
It was an event; plenty of oldies (with not a lot to be cheerful about) and plenty of kids had an excuse for a knees up and a good time. Many gave up their own time to organise stuff and many; believe it or not, you tedious, boring and predictable lot; had a great time.
Now roll on Eurovision. That should give you plenty to twist about.
Miserable gits.
"Jason said his decision came as he “didn’t want to do music anymore”
How tempting must it have been to ask if he ever had?
Tedious,boring and predictable.
Summed up the concert more succinctly than I could - well done.
The drones were good. I've always had a bit of a thing for Katy Perry, so yeah, OK.
But I'm looking forward to University Challenge tonight a lot more. And Everton just stuck five past BHA which was a much better watch (and I don't even like football much).
Not miserable, I just haven't got the bandwidth to pretend to find fluff like Eurovision or The Concert entertaining because there is an expectation to do so.
I'm looking forward to some of The Proms this year, mind.
Funny, I was going to compare it to Eurovision. Admittedly I’m biased having loved a bit of Eurotrash for decades but that nonsense last night doesn’t hold a candle to the vision, even in its darkest nights during the 90s let alone now when it’s a fully fledged mainstream ‘event’
i was anything but miserable when I sat down to watch last night - king in a hat nonsense aside I love a party which is why Eurovision will be on our friends massive projector next week in full 9.1 surround sound and the only thing my kids will be breaking revision schedule for.
cant wait!
OK, sorry. I just love people having fun, no matter the reason. I didn't watch much of the televised stuff, but watched a lot of people watching it. The local events were more about people getting together and joining in, rather than jingoism or indoctrination. I don't particularly like Eurovision either, but absolutely love watching my son and his gay mates having an absolute blast. So honestly, some on here should just live and let live.
To be honest it want a pop at anyone on here or even Charlie boy - I’m quite a big music / comedy / live theatre fan and was genuinely disappointed the coronation concert wasn’t a better showcase of what Uk has to offer - god knows we need a decent bit of PR right now
When I was on holiday in Rome, I went to see the Pope. Didn’t make me a Catholic.
The pope doesn't live in Rome and isn't a Catholic.