Richard Grime
@richardgrime.com
Occasional volunteer at Sutton Repair Cafe
How long before they release DuolingoOS - so it can finally have unfettered access to nag in new and novel ways?
September 13, 2026 at 5:42 PM
How long before they release DuolingoOS - so it can finally have unfettered access to nag in new and novel ways?
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The longest known Viking ship was discovered by chance while digging up ground to build an extension to the Viking Ship Museum.
Tell me a fun fact.
September 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The longest known Viking ship was discovered by chance while digging up ground to build an extension to the Viking Ship Museum.
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Rather concerningly, the lawyer for the Tate brothers has confused “extradition” with “execution”.
Young lawyers note - be careful not to do this in court.
Young lawyers note - be careful not to do this in court.
August 6, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Rather concerningly, the lawyer for the Tate brothers has confused “extradition” with “execution”.
Young lawyers note - be careful not to do this in court.
Young lawyers note - be careful not to do this in court.
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the ideal academic life is being an eccentric Victorian lord. Invent a stamp licking machine at 22. Get elected to the Royal Academy for counting the beetles on your estate. Die in an arsenic explosion. The perfect life.
July 28, 2026 at 12:55 AM
the ideal academic life is being an eccentric Victorian lord. Invent a stamp licking machine at 22. Get elected to the Royal Academy for counting the beetles on your estate. Die in an arsenic explosion. The perfect life.
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I'm doing another raffle to raise some dosh for 2 schools.
Tickets are just £2 each
You can win ALL these SIGNED books + £50 to spend on books of your choice.
The money raised is going on books for two amazing schools
Details HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-ex...
PLEASE REPOST.
Tickets are just £2 each
You can win ALL these SIGNED books + £50 to spend on books of your choice.
The money raised is going on books for two amazing schools
Details HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-ex...
PLEASE REPOST.
May 2, 2026 at 6:39 PM
I'm doing another raffle to raise some dosh for 2 schools.
Tickets are just £2 each
You can win ALL these SIGNED books + £50 to spend on books of your choice.
The money raised is going on books for two amazing schools
Details HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-ex...
PLEASE REPOST.
Tickets are just £2 each
You can win ALL these SIGNED books + £50 to spend on books of your choice.
The money raised is going on books for two amazing schools
Details HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-ex...
PLEASE REPOST.
Collapsible Contingency Urinals would be much more on-brand for Blue Origin, as the closely monitored staff complete their 240 hour shift.
April 6, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Collapsible Contingency Urinals would be much more on-brand for Blue Origin, as the closely monitored staff complete their 240 hour shift.
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HEY!
I'm trying to raise money to send as many books as I can to a new Mobile Library being set up to support homeless people.
It's being organised by Cee, founder of London based charity "PINT Giving".
I'm donating £100, but if you can help too, i'd be really grateful.
tinyurl.com/37yn63zu
I'm trying to raise money to send as many books as I can to a new Mobile Library being set up to support homeless people.
It's being organised by Cee, founder of London based charity "PINT Giving".
I'm donating £100, but if you can help too, i'd be really grateful.
tinyurl.com/37yn63zu
September 16, 2025 at 10:37 AM
HEY!
I'm trying to raise money to send as many books as I can to a new Mobile Library being set up to support homeless people.
It's being organised by Cee, founder of London based charity "PINT Giving".
I'm donating £100, but if you can help too, i'd be really grateful.
tinyurl.com/37yn63zu
I'm trying to raise money to send as many books as I can to a new Mobile Library being set up to support homeless people.
It's being organised by Cee, founder of London based charity "PINT Giving".
I'm donating £100, but if you can help too, i'd be really grateful.
tinyurl.com/37yn63zu
Firework nominative determinism.
August 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Firework nominative determinism.
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The fight for a fair funding future for hospices goes on.
I'm more convinced than ever that hospices need our care - and the Govt must listen to our calls for a new long-term funding arrangement to give hospices the certainty they need.
Read more here:
parliamentnews.co.uk/we-must-fund...
I'm more convinced than ever that hospices need our care - and the Govt must listen to our calls for a new long-term funding arrangement to give hospices the certainty they need.
Read more here:
parliamentnews.co.uk/we-must-fund...
We must fund hospices properly so that every dying patient gets the care, treatment and support they need | Parliament Politics Magazine
Since my first few weeks in office as the Member of Parliament for Sutton and Cheam, I have been fighting for hospices.
parliamentnews.co.uk
July 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The fight for a fair funding future for hospices goes on.
I'm more convinced than ever that hospices need our care - and the Govt must listen to our calls for a new long-term funding arrangement to give hospices the certainty they need.
Read more here:
parliamentnews.co.uk/we-must-fund...
I'm more convinced than ever that hospices need our care - and the Govt must listen to our calls for a new long-term funding arrangement to give hospices the certainty they need.
Read more here:
parliamentnews.co.uk/we-must-fund...
@jamiesmart.bsky.social - I’ve been told by Daniel (age 7) that he needs Bunny vs Monkey on his tonies.com Toniebox… any plans?
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May 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
@jamiesmart.bsky.social - I’ve been told by Daniel (age 7) that he needs Bunny vs Monkey on his tonies.com Toniebox… any plans?
@suttonrepaircafe.co.uk this month:
Portable CD player - cleaned lense assembly
Laptop - reinstalled with ChromeOS Flex to give it a new lease of life
Ring light - broken power switch bypassed
Toaster - not fixed : needs new element
Shark wand vacuum - cleaned filter 😉
Portable CD player - cleaned lense assembly
Laptop - reinstalled with ChromeOS Flex to give it a new lease of life
Ring light - broken power switch bypassed
Toaster - not fixed : needs new element
Shark wand vacuum - cleaned filter 😉
April 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
@suttonrepaircafe.co.uk this month:
Portable CD player - cleaned lense assembly
Laptop - reinstalled with ChromeOS Flex to give it a new lease of life
Ring light - broken power switch bypassed
Toaster - not fixed : needs new element
Shark wand vacuum - cleaned filter 😉
Portable CD player - cleaned lense assembly
Laptop - reinstalled with ChromeOS Flex to give it a new lease of life
Ring light - broken power switch bypassed
Toaster - not fixed : needs new element
Shark wand vacuum - cleaned filter 😉
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I loved this article, about all the fascinating weirdness that got left out of the Netflix film about the Sutton Hoo excavation.
From 2021: One of my favourite articles that I've written in 27 years of the Daily Grail.
Just fantastic, weird history of the Sutton Hoo discovery - absolutely true and documented - that was for some reason left out of Netflix's hit movie 'The Dig'.
www.dailygrail.com/2021/02/spir...
Just fantastic, weird history of the Sutton Hoo discovery - absolutely true and documented - that was for some reason left out of Netflix's hit movie 'The Dig'.
www.dailygrail.com/2021/02/spir...
Spiritualism at Sutton Hoo: The supernatural elements Netflix's "The Dig" left out of one of archaeology's greatest stories - The Daily Grail
Netflix’s The Dig is one of 2021’s early joys: a wonderful recounting of one of archaeology’s great stories of discovery, the uncovering of the treasures of Sutton Hoo in England. In doing so it focus...
www.dailygrail.com
April 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I loved this article, about all the fascinating weirdness that got left out of the Netflix film about the Sutton Hoo excavation.
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“Who is it, Charlie?”
“It’s Tim from next door. He wants us to know that our bird feeder’s empty.”
“It’s Tim from next door. He wants us to know that our bird feeder’s empty.”
April 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
“Who is it, Charlie?”
“It’s Tim from next door. He wants us to know that our bird feeder’s empty.”
“It’s Tim from next door. He wants us to know that our bird feeder’s empty.”
On my @suttonrepaircafe.co.uk bench this month:
Inkjet printer - mostly restored (yellow still a little blocked!)
Food waste bin - handle reattached
Laptop motherboard - new power socket soldered on
Kitchen aid motor controller - inductor replaced
CD Player - lens cleaned
Table lamp - reassembled!
Inkjet printer - mostly restored (yellow still a little blocked!)
Food waste bin - handle reattached
Laptop motherboard - new power socket soldered on
Kitchen aid motor controller - inductor replaced
CD Player - lens cleaned
Table lamp - reassembled!
March 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
On my @suttonrepaircafe.co.uk bench this month:
Inkjet printer - mostly restored (yellow still a little blocked!)
Food waste bin - handle reattached
Laptop motherboard - new power socket soldered on
Kitchen aid motor controller - inductor replaced
CD Player - lens cleaned
Table lamp - reassembled!
Inkjet printer - mostly restored (yellow still a little blocked!)
Food waste bin - handle reattached
Laptop motherboard - new power socket soldered on
Kitchen aid motor controller - inductor replaced
CD Player - lens cleaned
Table lamp - reassembled!
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I’m trying a twist on traditional lemon & sugar pancakes where I substitute the sugar for tonic water and the pancake for gin.
March 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I’m trying a twist on traditional lemon & sugar pancakes where I substitute the sugar for tonic water and the pancake for gin.
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It's #RepairWeek 2025 and we're meeting to repair your broken things 8th March at #YourSpace #Sutton #Cheam #RepairCafe #Repair #Reuse #Recycle #RepairReuseRecycle
March 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
It's #RepairWeek 2025 and we're meeting to repair your broken things 8th March at #YourSpace #Sutton #Cheam #RepairCafe #Repair #Reuse #Recycle #RepairReuseRecycle
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Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
January 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
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My gift to you - Christmas fitness influencers with added fart noises!
🎅🏻💭
🎅🏻💭
December 24, 2024 at 8:11 PM
My gift to you - Christmas fitness influencers with added fart noises!
🎅🏻💭
🎅🏻💭
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So, let's try doing #duvetknowitschristmas here this evening? People are literally Driving Home For Christmas right now, which MIGHT JUST mean that they'll be sleeping somewhere unusual. 1/
December 24, 2024 at 9:14 AM
So, let's try doing #duvetknowitschristmas here this evening? People are literally Driving Home For Christmas right now, which MIGHT JUST mean that they'll be sleeping somewhere unusual. 1/
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"Twelfth Night Till Candlemas"
The story of a 40 year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
And about goblins and Christmas; the perils of ChatGPT; and the real value of librarians and so on
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
The story of a 40 year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
And about goblins and Christmas; the perils of ChatGPT; and the real value of librarians and so on
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
December 20, 2024 at 10:30 AM
"Twelfth Night Till Candlemas"
The story of a 40 year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
And about goblins and Christmas; the perils of ChatGPT; and the real value of librarians and so on
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
The story of a 40 year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
And about goblins and Christmas; the perils of ChatGPT; and the real value of librarians and so on
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
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NEW: For those of you that missed it, here's that Kemi Badenoch Spectator article in full.
December 13, 2024 at 7:49 AM
NEW: For those of you that missed it, here's that Kemi Badenoch Spectator article in full.
Congratulations to all the nominees and winners in tonight’s #SuttonCommunityAwards!
November 28, 2024 at 10:57 PM
Congratulations to all the nominees and winners in tonight’s #SuttonCommunityAwards!
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I made my brother’s Guinea pig a miniature art gallery
November 15, 2024 at 10:37 PM
I made my brother’s Guinea pig a miniature art gallery