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As well as cutting out the cakes etc, there are foods that actively lower cholesterol; https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/high-blood-cholesterol/in-depth/cholesterol/art-20045192 Despite living a healthy-ish lifestyle, I struggle with cholesterol. The main thing is don’t...

First day of Primark sale.

It is indeed. Taken in 1827 I think .

The one of Katherine Switzer fighting to finish the marathon make me genuinely cry. I have no idea why. Perhaps it’s defiance in the face of such bullying. It’s an astonishing feat and an astonishing picture .

Does anybody know why this photograph is so important?

I’m the same with some of the other photographs. This is a superb thread.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_Girl

Still alive today though. The things she would have seen.

I’ve never really appreciated just how much we rely on photography to capture history and shape the world. Great thread.

Kevin Carter’s gut wrenching shot of a vulture waiting for a starving child to die. Carter took his own life later, it’s thought because of the guilt he felt for taking this picture. Sir Don McCullin CBE Shell-shocked US Marine, The Battle of Hue 1968

You’ll notice one glove is on the right hand and one glove is on the left hand. The white athlete leant the others his gloves for that shot.

Yeah, the quality really counts. Bland and tasteless doth not a fry up make! Unfortunate he closed but that’s what you get when you try to do things on the cheap. As for the Hop.. Still a Greek restaurant called Meze Meze.

For cheap and cheerful but undoubtedly rather low quality produce, I still pop into the Rainbow in Lancing most Monday mornings for a breakfast. Tend to stay away from their sausage and bacon (it’s not good quality) but they do a good Spanish omelette with chips and beans. Anyone know anywhere...

Sink a few pints in the Lion & Lob and then it was either SaltyFinger, Cheeky Chicken or if we’d been to the Hobgoblin for late beers, it was queuing outside the MD for the gutbuster. Would have probably been just as happy going home and having a slice of toast but we went along, nonetheless...

Kids want the whole world to be their safe space. Ironically, online is where some of the worst types of predators lurk.

Ah yes. Been to Port Kitchen once before. Very good indeed.

The Perch, Lancing, had a great breakfast until they started f***ing about with the potato element. Used to have potato fritter/hash brown hybrid which they replaced with a basket of horrid, dry, tater tot type things. Then they added the option of some weird, dry “mini hash browns”. No...

Sums up a 1980’s weekend for me…