Jo Welch
@Jowelch14
Cryptic crossword setter. Loves include family, friends, reading, music and puzzles. Author of The Einstein Code trilogy.
Mentioning United Utilities can anyone explain how a company can double its profits in just one year, from £170m to £355m, and yet is still be allowed to increase prices by a whopping 32%? Yet again it's the customers who get played and the regulator @Ofwat sits back and allows…
Often sung in The Good Old Days
I LOVE this. One of the most familiar of all Music Hall songs but you rarely get to hear the opening verse as to why the chorus - that everyone knows - makes sense. Bravo @KateGarnerMusic for keeping this alive. youtube.com/watch?v=3LQEI-…
End painful NHS gynecological procedures performed without anaesthetic and pain relief - Sign the Petition! chng.it/8cLZc8HHjR via @UKChange
Remembering the great American trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong who died on this day in 1971. He was 69 years of age 🇺🇸 #LouisArmstrong #WhatAWonderfulWorld #WhenYoureSmiling #OnTheSunnySideOfTheStreet #WhenTheSaintsComeMarchingIn #EllaAndLouis #HighSociety #HelloDolly
The July Prize Puzzle from the Crossword Centre is Dame by Skylark. You can try it now. crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/06/july-2…
The heartbreaking moment when you or your family member gets the devastating news of terminal illness, the last thing you need is to worry about money & bills. So we are exempting people their families from council tax. Thanks to @mariecurieuk for championing ending poverty.
Terminally ill Mancunians to get council tax written off in 'pioneering' move manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…
Carol Midgeley on Noel Edmonds in @thetimes on Saturday (read it through the week, so got to it this morning) was very funny indeed.
To my daughter Leonora without whose never-failing sympathy and encouragement this book would have been finished in half the time.
Listening to @errollgarner on his birthday. This is his brilliant, one-take recording of Duke Ellington's Caravan: youtube.com/watch?v=fi6bLE…
I set today's Sunday Telegraph EV puzzle, Busy Bees. An extra letter in each clue must be removed before solving, in order spelling out a message. More raids provoked confusion (8) Timber support bangs rector (4) Bandit crowed grabbing equipment (7)
Wishing a very happy birthday to @NancySinatra
Celebrating @NancySinatra's birthday with one of the coolest videos you will see. Frank and Nancy doing a mashup of Downtown and These Boots. (1966)
I loved reading Barbara Pym's books during and shortly after university
Today marks the birthday in 1913 of one of Larkin's favourite writers, and personal friend, novelist Barbara Pym. Pym was born in Oswestry in Shropshire, and a blue plaque dedicated to her can be found there.
Every day, 10 babies are born from rape in the UK. I’m asking the government to make sure convicted rapists are stripped of parental rights. It’s time for a system that stands with victims, not shield offenders. And I'll keep using my platform to make sure that victims are…
'If I don't speak out about it, who does?' Labour's @NatalieFleetMP speaks to Sky's @AliFortescue about becoming pregnant aged 15 and how she was groomed and raped. #PoliticsHub trib.al/ftpea6d 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
📣 New funding opportunity! We’re now inviting organisations in Stockport to apply for UK Shared Prosperity Funding. We’re looking for projects that boost our cultural scene, improve our green spaces and strengthen our communities 💚
Wonderful, and seeing bassist Ray Brown's smile reminded me of a delightful evening seeing them perform with Herb Ellis at the Royal Festival Hall in London in the 90s
"Satin Doll" becomes pure magic in the hands of Oscar Peterson—effortless, playful, masterful...
Have just finished this heart-wrenching book, which also made me laugh occasionally. If you haven't read it yet, I heartily recommend you check it out.
Got me smiling, and the ending made me laugh. Welcome Monday morning mirth.
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Digging into the BBC archives (much more material is available) is an absolute treat. Last night, I was thrilled to find Ella Fitzgerald, A Life in Ten Pictures.
I think you ought to read this poem. 🌿 • Siegfried Sassoon •
It's odd how soon one comes to look on every minute as wasted that is given to earning one's salary. P.G. WODEHOUSE