So many firework phobes. Is there anything you’re not bloody complaining about? Santa being a noisy bastard over Christmas? Snowmen staring at you in the street? The Easter bunny hiding your eggs?
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The youngest British soldier of WW1 was just 12 years old.
His name was Sidney Lewis, a boy from London who ran away from home in August 1915 without telling his parents.
His parents had absolutely no idea where their young son had disappeared to, until a soldier back from the front lines on leave mentioned seeing him in France.
Sidney easily tricked army recruiters who were more than happy to turn a blind eye to underage boys eager to fight.
By the time he was 13, he was operating heavy machine guns in the 106th Machine Gun Company right in the thick of the Battle of the Somme.
He survived six weeks of hell in the Battle of Delville Wood, enduring some of the most horrific casualties of the entire war.
Desperate to save her child, his mother tracked down his military unit and sent a frantic letter to the War Office demanding his release, attaching his birth certificate as absolute proof.
The army had no choice but to discharge him and send him home to his family.
It wasn't until 2013 that historians and the Imperial War Museum officially authenticated his record, confirming that a 12 year-old boy truly braved the worst of the Great War.
Lest we forget.
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PERFECT TV?
I remember watching this at the time and it has stayed with me ever since. An incredibly powerful example of the futility of trench warfare. The final episode of Blackadder Goes Forth was first broadcast this week back in 1989.
Arguably the most poignant end to a TV show. They made us laugh for years and suddenly we felt what it was like to lose them.
We will remember them.
For our tomorrows, they gave their today.
#lestweforget #remembrance
Clip from @BBCArchive
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Elon Musk has said that by next year people will stop calling Twitter, Twitter.
Lets make another of his predictions not come true.
I keep saying Spurs will be relegated, I expect I’ll hear from their lawyers soon as they might get upset.
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The defence of Russel Brand here by some is inexplicable. He's a convicted rapist, that's it, there is no, "Yes but", no mitigating circumstances, no "what about".
He. Is. A. Convicted. Rapist.
Lock him up, provide help to the women he assaulted.
The end.
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Instead of spending billions creating artificial intelligence, could we try investing in actual intelligence?
