Finally, someone willing to stand up for the haunted portraits of Victorian governesses www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr...

The fuel protests in Ireland are a Trojan Horse that aim to bring fascism to Ireland. We are witnessing the birth of an Irish version MAGA. The more you look, the more obvious it is that many of the key spokesmen (and they are all men) are dangerous anti-immigrant far right agitators.Wake up.

More like 'man tizzy', amirite?

The Guardian likely weren't allowed to ask Jack Whitehall about choosing to appear at the Riyadh comedy festival. It will be interesting to see if SNL UK has the backbone, or if we'll all just join in with the 'ooh posh people, aren't they funny' schtick. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

there has never ever been another man with this many photos where he looks like his mom just walked in on him jerking off

But I heard in space no-one can share your screen?

And they're off. Genuinely exciting. I didn't exist the last time people did this. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Sooner or later, the deregulation dickheads always reach this point. That British people are planning to vote in droves for people who literally wouldn't care if they burned to death is baffling.

Yet another Tory policy stolen by Labour.

When you’ve lost Neal Stephenson…

... the edgelord is with thee...

Have a break. Have a twit's chat.

A vial crime.

When I was a child my mother bought a hostess trolley. It looked insane in our cramped little house. But she'd spent the cash and insisted we use it all the time, bumping and scratching as we went. It was, in every way, a worse experience than just carrying stuff yourself. This is a post about AI.

1/4 One of my English teachers, Jim 'The Basher' Quinlan, died recently in Cork. When I was 14, I challenged his view that all poetry meant *something*. So he challenged us to write a poem that meant nothing. The only two lines I remember are: (1/n)

What a load of old chit. metro.co.uk/2026/03/25/s...

Rules to curb trans people's rights to participate in anything opens up everyone's manner, clothing, physical appearance to intrusive scrutiny and potential challenge. A worked example. History also shows allowing erasure of rights for one group soon sees others targeted. This is not a 'them' issue.

There's a lot of competition for the worst person but the thing about Rowling that sometimes pushes her to the top of my list is that she has absolutely *nothing* to gain from her grim awfulness to - and campaign against - trans people. It's pure unbridled hate for its own sake. She just enjoys it.

Birbalsingh also teaches a kid who jumped his BMX over his whole house one time

This is really shit behaviour, sort yourselves out. Afghan women deserve an education. And in all cases restricting student visas to throw some red meat to the Reform knuckle-draggers is both garbage behaviour and self-defeating. @labouruk.bsky.social @labourlist.bsky.social @labourlewis.bsky.social

The book banning school in Manchester has now been named, the Lowry Academy. Some of the books have been returned to the shelves but not all. Glad to hear CILIP are supporting the librarian ://www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/greater-manchester-school-library-censorship-who-is-accountable/

Between this and the homophobic George Michael 'joke' the other day from Reform's Scottish leader, Malcolm Offord, it certainly seems that Welsh and Scottish journalists are doing a damn sight better at exposing these fascist shitheels than their English counterparts. I wonder why?

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For anyone who has loved Small Prophets, these book covers are perfection, every single one 💖

Fixed it.

Are they switching Robocop on?

Now that you mention it ... #random #funny #fyp #viral #explorepage #explore #foryou #foryoupage #trending

Holy shit. It would be easier to get out of a contract with the Devil than to cancel my £5 a month subscription to The Times by email. What companies in 2026 are allowing digital sign-up but only accept cancellations by phone?

1— Welcome to #ThreadTalk! Today is William Morris’s birthday (1834-1896) & if you know anything about him you know he was committed to the *aesthetic* in every form. He’s often cited as the godfather of the aesthetic fashion movement... but it's more complicated than that.

Literal lunacy.

"I'm doing my part!"

So. Many. Questions.

I keep thinking about how nostalgia gets co-opted by the worst people. And I think it's important to point out that yes, things look worse now. But "wokeness" didn't kill the cool aesthetic, corporations did. Private Equity did. You are correct to be angry, but you are angry at the wrong people.

From "you couldn't make it up" to "you couldn't be bothered to make it up".

This is utterly jaw-dropping. A school that bans Atwood, Zadie Smith, Terry effing Pratchett and *literal George Orwell* is actively harming its pupils. www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/scho...

Good of The Times to make this clear. Imagine the outcry if patriotic Britons move to one of England's new towns in 2035, only to then find it was named after the woman who starred in Showgirls.

The median age in Britain is about 40. The median Briton has not experienced sustained economic growth in their adult life time.

The fastest turnaround between a Hugo-shortlisted book and a movie adaptation hitting cinemas was Clarke's 2010. It took 727 days between the book and the movie. It was 1,080 days between Slaughterhouse Five the book hitting shelves and the movie. Project Hail Mary is third-place at 1,781 days.

Honestly. Apart from every other thing about this, how thick have you got to be to make a statement like this in a nominally Christian country THE WEEK BEFORE EASTER?

The moment we've waiting for is here - programme is live!  The Programme team have been working incredibly hard to bring you this wonderful celebration of our fandoms. It is utterly brimming with delights to keep you chatting and thinking long after the convention is over. guide.eastercon2026.org

On programme. Looking forward to this. #Eastercon guide.eastercon2026.org/id/1037

Is 'tax breaks for tech bros' really the best ye can come up with? Lads, ye are billionaires -- ye'll literally never spend it all. Put down the Ayn Rand and go to the beach. Have a pint. Buy a yacht. Stop trying to stitch pockets into yere shrouds.

Clegg Is in the Bin

"Imagine the most depressing bookies you've ever been in next to the worst pub you've ever been in... but with no wall."

I Still Know What You Dune Last Summer

Terry and Dune