Linkblog 🔗: ‘I’ve played for 60 years. That’s long enough’: guitar hero Vini Reilly on PTSD, life on the streets and the little girl who saved him 🎵

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Live pictures from Old Trafford pic.twitter.com/RFHXOyb1Fo

— Henry Moeran (@henrymoeranBBC) July 22, 2023

This is our weather forecast this fine July day ☔️

If Old Trafford is experiencing anything similar there’ll be no Ashes cricket today 🏏

VAR is being used a lot in the World Cup matches I’ve seen so far ⚽️

⚽ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England v Haiti 🇭🇹

Book & beer 🍺 Hay-on-Wye

Gateway Hay Castle, Hay-on-Wye

I find myself having a bagel and coffee for breakfast and watching football. At just after 2am.

My wife and daughter had to leave early for a short holiday they’re taking together so I thought I’d watch the Women’s World Cup USA v Vietnam match. I’ll also be watching England v Haiti later ⚽️

🏏 189 for Zak Crawley on Day 2 of the 4th Ashes Test at Old Trafford, SR 104 👏

The Ashes 2023: After victory by England Women in the ODI yesterday, inflicting Australia’s first ODI series defeat in a decade and drawing their Ashes series, today is the start of the Men’s 4th Ashes Test at Old Trafford

[England] are once again ordering a drink in the last chance saloon, hoping not to have to turn water into wine

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Linkblog 🔗: Earth review – Chris Packham steps confidently into David Attenborough’s shoes

🥧 Pie, baked potato and peas for tea 😋

Finished reading: Tales From The Loop by Simon Stålenhag 📚

Curious to see the book after I had enjoyed the Amazon Prime TV series, which does flesh out the impressions of the (art) book into a more narrative experience.

Finished reading: The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells 📚

Bird Box, 2018 - ★★★½

Re-watching because I plan to see the sequel (?) Bird Box Barcelona soon. A little better than I remember.