It’s possible that the qualities that made Southgate such a good person, and therefore so respected as a culture-changer, are the same as those that caused him to fail at the finish, notably – and this is, in normal life, a really good thing, but maybe less so when deciding who to pick, and stay on the field, in an international football final – a very deep sense of loyalty.
Two Dutch fans have got into my garden.
Muppet version of me, made by @sonia.beldom
A lot of people seem to be saying this
Thanks for song choice your Majesties. Although no sign of any royalties. From the Royals.
Quite glad Alcaraz isn’t playing for Spain tonight.
Went to opening night of the new Hello Dolly @hellodollyldn yesterday. It’s marvellous. I went with my daughter. Who some of you may know is called Dolly. This did lead to some interminable jokes where middle aged people I know said “well hello!” to her a lot for which I can only say a big Boomer sorry.
I’m dealing with the pain by telling myself that if we *had* won it, it would’ve started to feel anticlimactic round about now.
The phrase “is it coming home?” makes it to the Oval Office. Which is nice although Americans don’t know what it means and frankly Joe B doesn’t need any more confusing.
One thing that’s always on the menu with these guys is beef.
Had a fantastic Ethiopian meal here last night with fam. I have craply failed to get the name of the restaurant into the pic but it is @thequeenofsheba_restaurant in Kentish Town.
England fans try to drown out Juan Mata praising Lamaine Yamal by singing Football’s Coming Home.
Thanks @hadleykfreeman for this mention not even in a review of the book…(it’s a review of someone else’s – the brilliant Shalom Auslander’s – book) and also thanks to all who bought and got the book (just) into the bestsellers list.
Thanks @hadleykfreeman for this mention not even in a review of the book…(it’s a review of someone else’s – the brilliant Shalom Auslander’s – book) and also thanks to all who bought and got the book (just) into the bestsellers list.
Thanks to Matt D’Ancona @theneweuropean for this amazing review.
This pile of my books appears to have been lying for too long on the sun-bed, and needs to turn over.
“She had an affair with a golfing memorabilia salesman… and then turned our house into a golfing palace” 🤣⛳️ David Baddiel’s new book ‘My Family: A Memoir’ is full of hilarious stories like this – watch the full interview from the Chris Evans Breakfast Show on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel 📺 #virginradiouk
Particularly chuffed with these lovely words from @ninastibbe, who I think of as Queen of Memoir.
Thanks @joebor1!
Many thanks to the great @stephenfryactually
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