A short time ago in a galaxy here 😭

I felt a great disturbance in the force, as if billions of people cried out in sorrow all at once.

#RIPCarrie

A new lazy low

Bruce managed a new low in laziness yesterday: he put some paper on the shredder but was too lazy to push the button that turns it on.

Un-Fucking-Believeable!

Parts of history sliding into the dark ...

Ben Haywards are closing after 105+ years.

The Whitechapel Bell Foundry is also closing it's doors, after considerably longer

From The Londonist

From the Telegraph

From the Gruaniad

2016: When Death stalked the land like a big stalky thing

Some notable people who have died so far this year (to be updated as thegrim reaper swings)

Carrie Fisher
Pierre Boulez
David Bowie
Alan Rickman
Glenn Frey
Terry Wogan
Umberto Eco
Jo Cox
George Michael
Harper Lee
George Kennedy
Debbie Reynolds
George Martin
Keith Emerson
Johan Cruyff
Gary Shandling
Zaha Hadid
Cesare Maldini
Prince
Muhammad Ali
Anton Yelchin
Kenny Baker
Jimmy Young
Colin Vearncombe/Black
Dan Haggerty
Ed Stewart
Antony Jay
Carla Lane
Burt Kwouk
Gareth Thomas
Paul Daniels
Cliff Michelmore
Sylvia Anderson
Iain McGaskill
Henry Heimlich
Rick Parfitt
Frank Kelly
Gene Wilder
Arnold Palmer
Shimon Perez
Dario Fo
Pete Burns
Leonard Cohen
Janet Reno
Robert Vaughn
Fidel Castro
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Victoria Wood
Andrew Sachs
Peter Vaughan
Greg Lake
Liz Smith
Caroline Aherne
Ronnie Corbett

And John Lyle.