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Greggs is actually awful and incredibly bland but everyone just pretends it’s great because it’s quintessentially English.
It isn’t great. It’s pretty rubbish. Dogfood wrapped in stale pastry.View quoted post on X
Delighted that #AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall has been nominated in the 2027 @TVChoice Awards. I'm also up for Best Drama Performance.
Some wonderful nominees this year; if you felt able to choose #ACGAS, we would be humbled and delighted. Vote here: tinyurl.com/ytn4u9n7View quoted post on X
I'm definitely not a member of the poppy police, but I will note a lack of poppies this year. When I was a kid, you'd never see poppies around my way (2000s Tottenham wasn't really natural territory for the Poppy Appeal…), but getting on the Tube was always different - you'd see many a poppy wearer on the Tube. It's still the same now as an adult: you don't see poppies around my way (again, I live in an area that's, shall we say, not really fertile ground for Remembrance generally), but you do on the Tube and in central London. Not this year, however.View quoted post on X
Granted, there has been a decline post-pandemic, but it occurred to me today that I haven't seen a single other poppy on public transport this year. Indeed, I've seen only two other people wearing poppies (both elderly): one in a shop and another at a bus stop. Obviously, this is just the journeys I've taken. Tonight I've been in Bethnal Green, in a bustling pub and later queuing in a very busy chippy. Again, not a poppy in sight, which seems unusual. I wonder whether there is a reason for this trend.
Remembrance isn't about wearing something on your chest, and I'm sure plenty of people will be remembering, especially over the coming days, regardless of whether they have a poppy on their lapel. So this is definitely not a criticism of anyone (as I say, I'm not keen on poppy policing). But I do find it really odd that I haven't seen poppies anywhere. This has never happened before, certainly not to this extent. I do wonder why, especially as we approach Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day. It just seems really weird to me.
