@jpstacey maybe it was a descendant of the 1900 Moreton-in-Marsh scammer (who wrote to Charlburians from ‘Spain’)

“@brainpicker: Steepster – a social network and discovery engine for tea lovers j.mp/gtHfBE (via @nttd)” <- one for @thetearooms

I’m reading a local history book, which includes a letter from 1900 which is in essence identical to a 419 scam. #pluscachange

RT @DailyInfoOxford: Pair of thieves steal £1900 Stratocaster from PMT Music on Cowley Road via secret pocket and replica guitar. Insane …

@DailyInfoOxford No, no. Nah.

@WriterCharlie still battling, still moaning!

This site I’ve been asked to optimise is built entirely with tables and doesn’t even have *any* <h1> etc tags. #unbelievable

@philipmcginley hee!

@philipmcginley not if you’re casting a fishing rod

1000 pages of slog into the 1500 of A Suitable Boy, which I persist with out of bloody-mindedness. It’s not bad. It’s not great. It’s bland.