Short and to the point

This is a cracking piece

Having my toddler draw my mother in law’s Mother’s Day card started with the best of intentions.

I am intrigued to this statement because so far the most massive impact I’m seeing is into the coding & tech space - a traditionally massively male dominated environment.

What next? No idea. But here are four possibilities. as.ft.com/r/56bb7bf6-6...

Hello! Are there any criminology lecturers or graduates here who wouldn’t mind my asking them a few brief qs for research purposes?

Hello, rest of world. Today in Britain the leaders of mainstream political parties have been debating whether putting native woodland creatures on our banknotes is emblematic of our tragic decline as a patriotic nation, and we hope things are equally weird with you.

This picture of my civil wedding just popped up- we had a humanist ceremony during Covid hence the need for a town hall version. My mum was one of the two witnesses and unfortunately, also the photographer. Makes me howl with laughter every time.

there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for

Coffee, straight out of my nose.

This is fabulously entertaining

Bloody hell, some parents really go all in for world book day don’t they?

Your regular reminder that the UK's North Sea gas production is down by two-thirds since 2000 and is set to drop by another 97% by 2050 – even with new licensing rounds it would fall by 95%

-nervously watching rapidly depleting stock of interceptors all over the region- "How could we have known Iran might have a lot of Shaheds!?"

I wonder if the Washington Post still thinks sacking its entire Middle East desk was such a great move now

willing to bet a tenner that the local elections in May feature at least one party accusing a minority group of eating pets

interesting that new Green MP Hannah Spencer talks almost entirely about public services, cost of living, NHS, the grind of making ends meet.... and hardly ever mentions ecological/environmental issues.... this is the pivot that scares Labour the most

well

Just came across an advert recommending tutoring your child 12 months before their 4+ assessment for London private schools. So starting at 3 years old. What the actual….??? And these people call themselves educators?

"I bagsy the top bunk"

The question may not be "why are British students taking so many useless degrees?" so much as "why can't the British economy generate enough graduate vacancies?"

#Andrew #JustUs #JustICE #Injustice

btw, America, this is a very good reminder that it is in fact entirely possible to hold even the most exalted (and formerly exalted) people to account under the law.

Okay so this is true *but* not in the way most people think. Antibiotic overuse is not “I had five ear infections in a year so I took antibiotics five times this year” It’s “Farmers feeding antibiotics to chicken to make them fatter and more profitable” and “labs dumping chemicals into the river”

rare positive journalism news story

here goes nothing Hi, I'm a screenwriter, with film and TV credits, open to work or collaborate, here's a showreel I made some years ago. (I know, I need to do a new one.) Feel free to hit me up for all your comedy and or drama needs. www.imdb.com/name/nm34165...

Please pray for Matthew. He went into a Greggs and the staff held him down and forced him to drink a woke beverage.

I’m more shocked that there are seven people left at the entire Independent newspaper, let alone the culture desk

My book about Britain ends with a memory. Of the first time I ever worked at Broadcasting House as a guest commentator, what that meant to me, and what the BBC means for 🇬🇧’s place in the world. The idea that the World Service could end is awful, and frankly embarrassing for the British Government.

The BBC is a trusted name with broad global appeal - soft power like that allows the U.K. to punch significantly above its weight.

If only there had been some kind of warning - on.ft.com/40Zncmv

right, so, some quite insane professional news from me: last month I went to Paris to interview Gisèle Pelicot about what happened to her, and what her life looks like now - out in print on Sunday

Because of this story I can never give signed books to charity and if I buy one which turns out to have an inscription I feel bad for the signatory

How to ruin the World Cup

New hope for academics everywhere!

Maria is one of hundreds of children, who — like Liam Ramos — have been held at a Texas detention facility where parents say children languish as they’re served contaminated food, receive little education and struggle to obtain basic medical care. Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/

“Never mind Manufacturing Consent – have a read of Not Giving A Shit About Consent.” Marina Hyde empties the clip www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Well. Quite.

Instead of conferring titles, gongs and baubles and then demanding those titles, gongs and baubles be removed… …perhaps as a modern, mature polity we should have far fewer titles, gongs and baubles in the first place.

Not quite one year ago as.ft.com/r/52c094cb-4...

Heroes come in many forms and this is one of them

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

Such great news. I hope these goons gave him his hat and backpack back (and that they catch a horrible disease)

Absolutely mad.

The judgement ordering the release of the 5 year old abducted by ICE resonated with anger, but the sign-off is especially powerful

Read the judge’s order, he is SO mad! (It’s a short read) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Breaking News: A federal judge ordered the release of a 5-year-old boy and his father from immigration custody, condemning their removal from their Minneapolis neighborhood as unconstitutional. The detainment of the boy, Liam Conejo Ramos, by immigration officers had caused widespread outrage.

Minneapolis, I ❤️ you!

Jewish descendent of holocaust victims and survivors here. What he said was fine. Neighbours hiding minority children from uniformed government thugs in service to a nativist agenda is bad enough. I'm sure Anne would have preferred people spoke up BEFORE the Nazis got to the death camps stage.