BBC complaint of the day: One week before a crucial by-election that Greens are favourites to win, Question Time has on a Tory, a Reform MP who was also a Tory until recently, a Labour MP and 'centrist' journalist Jon Sopel. My complaint follows. Get yours in now? www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...

The editor’s eye: when something is ‘fine’ but still wrong In publishing, 'fine' can be a dangerous word. Writing can be grammatically correct, well structured and perfectly readable – and still fall short. In the age of AI, the editor's instinct matters more than ever: to question claims, test…

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Who knew that Man Utd had room to become even more hated?

Direct mentions in the Epstein Files... Starmer 0 Farage 18 Mandelson 10 Person getting all the hate Starmer. Shows me journalists care more about narrative and sales than victims...

How do you avoid potholes damaging your car during February's annual potholageddon? Follow The Rule of Dibley. car-hacks.co.uk/2026/02/05/p...

This is why we need local journalism. Great work from the Mill. People across the constituency thought they were getting a letter from a concerned pensioner, they didn’t know she was working for Reform manchestermill.co.uk/exclusive-re...

How do you avoid potholes damaging your car during February's annual potholageddon? Follow The Rule of Dibley. car-hacks.co.uk/2026/02/05/p...

Tune in - your brain will thank you for it

This lunchtime, 1pm UK, I’m back on NTS for two hours of good times

The Railways Bill is making its way through Parliament. But it’s missing 4 vital ingredients that would make it truly work for passengers, not private profiteers: 1 Bring Rolling Stock into public ownership 2 Lower fares 3 Re-opening closed lines 4 Listen to passengers and give them a voice. 1/2

AI is everywhere in content writing now. As a former sub-editor, what worries me isn’t the tech, but the sameness it creates. Speed is useful, but judgement still matters. I’ve written about how to use AI without losing clarity, responsibility, or your voice.

“Pranking” in @duolingoverde.bsky.social can get right in the sea. A most unpleasant addition.

Do I actually need SEO or is it the wrong solution? SEO has a funny reputation. Most people I speak to don't know what it is. The next-most know it's important: they've heard they should be 'doing something with SEO', but they're not always sure whether it's the right thing for their business or…

The best episode yet. Like @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social, I wasn’t a fan of Evans but there’s no doubting TFIF’s cultural significance. And as an aside I think these pods are ✨best✨ when MS gets into the weeds of the culture around a subject rather than the subject itself, her insights are gold 🤩

And invests no money in content or creators or any infrastructure of programme making, does no training, cannot support collaborative projects efficiently, and has an opaque payment system that mitigates against what the public would understand as “making television”.

Why we won't be using X anymore ⬇️

Just off the phone from Admiral Insurance to REMOVE a car from my policy - got quoted a HIGHER price. Utter scam artists.

I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.

Google’s ‘Read more…’ SERP feature: what it reveals about snippets, intent, and clicks The new 'Read more…' SERP feature exposes which words Google chooses to speak for your brand. By showing the exact snippet source, it highlights a shift away from page-level optimisation towards passage…

Listen again to yesterday’s show on NTS Radio via the wonders of @mixcloud.bsky.social: www.mixcloud.com/NTSRadio/low...

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Watching The Snowman on Channel 4 with my boys and enjoying the Snowman’s tribute to Mani #rip

Things you wish you’d never found out about Big Suze from Peep Show ahead of the Great Christmas Bake-Off 😔

Noooooooo! Had some great times in the Lampie. Truly sad news.

“It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop... ever, until you are dead!”

Was at a funeral earlier where a @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social poem was read: “I sometimes fear that people think that fascism arrives in fancy dress”.

I love Dante Polvara, and he cannot be allowed to leave Aberdeen.

In most modern democracies, the rise of new parties is seen as something natural and parliaments represent the public in all its diversity. But our weird voting system can't handle more than two options. People have moved on from the two-party era. Our voting system must follow.

Don't forget🚨 70 per cent of the money from lifting the two-child cap is going to children whose parents are working. A third of Universal Credit claimants are in work. People claim benefits to reduce their hours to raise children or care for parents. https://bit.ly/4iooCiF

Classic BBC Scotland 😂

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How to score high with Google’s Content Effort signal Every so often, something surfaces from Google’s black box of algorithms that makes SEOs sit up straight. The recent Google leak did exactly that — and tucked away inside it was one particularly revealing signal: contentEffort. It’s a…

If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...

I don’t know what happened to my C90 with the ’97 Roni Size Essential Mix on it so delighted it’s appeared on BBC Sounds. Get on it www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Incredible scenes #FFF5

Nice try Aperol, but it’s red wine season

This should be on every billboard, TV, phone, lamppost and roundabout up and down the country.

It’s come to something when Shearer isn’t the worst pundit on MOTD

Chose to rewatch For Your Eyes Only for James Bond Day, that is a straight up great movie and stands the test of time pretty well - and unbelievably well for a Bond film.

We’ll get our Rocky Bushiri moment and come out of this. Believe. #COYR #standfree

Today is World Lung Day. A pleasant surprise to have the @sarcoidosisuk.bsky.social charity feature my comic about being diagnosed with pulmonary sarcoidosis. Please spare a thought today for those affected by the range of conditions that affect our lungs, from asthma to COPD to Sarcoidosis.

Dante starts at 10? This is it, big guy - take your chance! COYR ⭐️⭐️

To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.

Useful reminder from Peter Kellner on the problems we refuse to acknowledge are getting better, and the politics of hopelessness that this breeds open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...

A thousand times this.