ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 starts today with Pakistan ๐ต๐ฐ v ๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand in Karachi.
Then it’s a feast of daily ODI matches for a couple of weeks, with Australia ๐ฆ๐บ v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England to look forward to on Saturday ๐
Maria by Callas, 2017 - โ โ โ โ โ
Fascinating sequence of archive footage - including performances, interviews and home movies. No commentary, but very interesting to watch.
Rebel Moon โ Part Two: The Scargiver, 2024 - โ โ ยฝ
Less enjoyable and less interesting than Part One.
Bridget Jones's Baby, 2016 - โ โ โ
Watched on Sunday February 16, 2025.
๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Bรถhm, Prague National Theatre Orchestra, Fischer-Dieskau, Nilsson (31 plays), Victor de Sabata, Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Callas, di Stefano, Gobbi (30), The Kinks (24), Blacksmith Tales (21), Kendrick Lamar (21)
Currently reading: Zen and the Art of Murder by Oliver Bottini ๐
Rebel Moon โ Part One: A Child of Fire, 2023 - โ โ โ ยฝ
Despite reading a number of very bad reviews of this film I quite enjoyed it as a sci-fi/fantasy spectacle. I intend to watch the next part.
Yesterday I cooked the recipe for slow cooked Sifnos Chickpeas shared by Jeremy Cherfas @jeremycherfas. Definitely worth the long cooking time. It was delicious served with freekeh, rocket and some aioli.
Trying a white stout for the first time.
Nethergate Brewery White Stout ๐บ
This new hazy beer is pale in colour, yet delivers the rich, creamy textures which you would expect from a traditional stout, while its infusion of vanilla pods and cocoa nibs creates silky vanilla notes and hints of chocolate. Hops: Boadicea, Challenger
I haven’t used Flickr too much recently but I am now trying their 21st birthday 21 Day Flickr Birthday Photo Challenge.
It’s got very flexible rules for adding photos - you could even upload all 21 entries on the same day! Plus there’s no restrictions on when the photos are taken, so I’ll probably just try a daily trawl through my photo library for an appropriate image.
๐ธ My album of entries
Blocked pathways
Seeing plenty of fallen trees on my walk today has given me a chance to try out Micro.blog photo collections ๐
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Location check in โ One night stay at Hotel du Vin, The Sugar House, Bristol.
๐บ Map of area
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๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Klemperer, Philharmonia, Gedda, Janowitz, Schwarzkopf, Ludwig (33 plays), Under the Surface (19), Flora Hibberd (18), Duran Duran (13), OddLeaf (12)
What a dramatic finish! ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐
Halftime in England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ซ๐ท France, last half hour has been good to watch. Definitely looking better than the way Italy ๐ฎ๐น v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Wales turned out ๐
