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Steve Smith and David Warner in action in The Hundred shortly - Welsh Fire vs London Spirit ๐Ÿ

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Film log - watched: Women in Love, 1969 - โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜… - Letterboxd link ๐ŸŽฅ

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๐Ÿ”— A Span of Autonomy

An audio documentary about Colin Ward which tells the story of anarchy in the UK through his life and work, and an alternative history of the 20th century seen from an anarchist perspective.

Broadcast on Resonance FM at 12pm (BST) on Thursday 14th August 2025 and then available to listen on Mixcloud.

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England - India Test series drawn 2-2 ๐Ÿ

India win a very dramatic Fifth Test by 6 runs.

Mohammed Siraj bowls Gus Atkinson to take the final wicket and end on 5-104.

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๐ŸŽต My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Sigmatropic (43 plays), Oasis (26), XTC (25), Neschling, Orquestra Sinfรดnica do Estado de Sรฃo Paulo, Anna Korondi (23), Public Service Broadcasting (21)

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An invaluable article but Iโ€™m disappointed that Tesco Finest Lightly Salted Crisps arenโ€™t included. My favourite ๐Ÿ˜Š

๐Ÿ”— โ€˜Serve me these with an aperitivo immediatelyโ€™: the best supermarket salted crisps, rated by Felicity Cloak

A good crisp should be dangerously moreish โ€“ but which were perfectly seasoned and crunchy, and which werenโ€™t worth their salt?

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Adrift

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Dramatic ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ โšฝ๏ธ

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England ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain UEFA Womenโ€™s Euro Final underway โšฝ๏ธ

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๐ŸŽต My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Neschling, Orquestra Sinfรดnica do Estado de Sรฃo Paulo, Anna Korondi (23 plays), Villa-Lobos, Symphony Of The Air, Bidรบ Sayรฃo (18), Oasis (12), The Duckworth Lewis Method (2), The Doors (1)

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More from Joe Root ๐Ÿ

Heโ€™s now gone past Ricky Ponting to be the second all-time Test run scorer, behind Sachin Tendulkar.

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Roooot!

Century for Joe Root! His 38th Test hundred ๐Ÿ

Heโ€™s also up to third in the all-time Test run scorers list, moving ahead of Dravid and Kallis today.

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UEFA Women’s Euro - Semi-finals - England ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ 2-1 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy after extra time with another dramatic end. England into the final ๐Ÿ‘ โšฝ๏ธ

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UEFA Women’s Euro - Semi-finals - England equalise 5 minutes into added time to make it England ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ 1-1 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy. Cutting it fine. Another half hour then! โšฝ๏ธ

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Glamorgan now batting. Kent all out for 155 ๐ŸŒผ๐Ÿ

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Wes Agar bowling to Asa Tribe.

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