"We called London a war zone and moved to Dubai by mistake"

You couldn’t make this up. And if you did, everyone would say it’s too much.

really lovely display

obviously a lady, I think

For St David’s Day, Ciaran Jenkins of Channel 4 News and I play the Welsh song Ar Hyd y Nos (All Through The Night). #StDavidsDay

just watched Rye Lane and it is great wonderful brightness and quirky humour

Royal family is considering removing Andrew from Succession. He is 8th in line, so there are low chances he will live that long, but it's just on the Principle. Armed Police rammed into his accommodation on his birthday, just to add salt to the injury. Long Live the United Kingdom! #MainBastards

Definitely for next time there

Thank you to Greenland for providing emergency medical care to a US sailor on board the submarine, since we did not have adequate resources in the area to treat him. I’m sorry that our president felt the need to cover up our shortcomings with a deranged ghost hospital ship post.

This one hits hard.

L: Scoop in The Telegraph yesterday boasting: “The Telegraph has learnt that the King urged his mother, Elizabeth II, to veto the appointment but his warnings that it would end in disaster were ignored” R: Flunkey’s column from Eye 1668, three weeks ago. Stay ahead of the news; buy the Eye.

I would vgo if in Southampton

First Gent: My lord, what news from Norfolk? Second Gent: The prince, the king's own brother, is detained At Aylsham. First Gent: Marry, it will *ail* the king Full sore if this be truth and not a *sham*. Second Gent: (beat) My lord, are we really doing this

Liu and her father, who had protested the Chinese government after the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, were targeted in an alleged spying scheme months before Liu competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

BBC keeps claiming it broke the story about Prince Andrew sharing government documents about an impending trade trip I’m pretty sure my colleague @reporterrwright.ft.com first wrote it several days previously www.ft.com/content/6b2f...

To have brought a shell to bed with me, picked from a Welsh cove. To have spoken to no one, to have let grammar abrade and brighten with the wet stones. To return now with something to tell you. 'The Blue Hour' Angelina D'Roza £2 off until 20 February longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...

Lost my phone in London, with four credit cards and £150 cash in the case. Returned to me within 21 minutes. This hellhole of a city eh.

I remember reading this from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social at the time

Maybe I missed something but it seems like the only people that have been ‘found guilty’ are Epstein and Maxwell. Who else (donors & politicians) is he talking about??

Leslie Wexner is one of the 10 co-conspirators named by the FBI during the 2019 arrest of Epstein. He gave Epstein millions of dollars and the $70 million NYC townhouse. Leon Black gave Epstein over $170 million. Both men are alive. How come they've never been asked to testify?

Massie accused Lutnick of being in business with Epstein “many years after” his conviction in 2008.

Delighted to find Britta Marakatt-Labba's work discussed at @barbicancentre.bsky.social Saw her work at modernamuseet.se/ Stockholm in June superb embroidery and collage work illustrating Sami culture and showing her activism wonderful landscapes

looking forward to seeing this but when does mat end?

I know some other matters are more important but I have 3 broken umbrellas due to this continual rain #rain #London

‘Much of our politics now consists of performance rather than governance. The calculations are short-term by design: win the week, dominate the clip, neutralise the headline. The long-term consequences are outsourced to society to endure.’ @judeinlondon.com on the blog www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...

Oh just to dive into these pools

Imagine never using email and still showing up in the Epstein Files 38,000 times. unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/15-y...

the FT had by Saturday night broken two stories showing that the Mandelsons had taken over $100,000 from the world’s most famous paedophile by Monday we were all writing various stories about him leaking sensitive state secrets to Epstein they could have easily pulled this puff piece in time

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absolutely - they have no idea and I say that with family there

Happening now in Silicon Valley: marchers have surrounded the Palantir building and are holding a prayer vigil for victims of ICE, while video of ICE and Palantir crimes is projected on the building. #abolishice #iceout #palantir #paloalto

Very good news

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

🚨Jeff Bezos' wedding last summer cost about $50M. That, alone, could have saved all 300 positions cut today at The Washington Post for a year. Actually, he could have ensured there were no staff cuts for the next decade and he'd still have net worth of 249B. Thank you Lizzie Johnson.

“How a major national newspaper will carry on without someone on staff to summarize the plots of midlist literary novels is beyond me.” @roncharles.bsky.social faces the post-Post world:

Thousands showed up in Seattle—nurses, doctors, educators—people who heal and protect life. Congress is voting to fund ICE instead of care. The public is choosing dignity and health. Lawmakers should listen. #FundHealthcareOverICE Let’s unite in compassion

now partner reading 'Eric Satie Three Piece Suite' by Ian Penman from @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social their books are quietly invading the house

those book pages were iconic what vandalism yet why am I surprised?

Award-winning novelist Elif Shafak delivered the National Humanities Lecture 2026 University of London @ies-sas.bsky.social this was really good #stories #fiction #novels #London

A nice image to cheer people up a bit. Only a matter of time before Tesla Tesla the same way. #TeslaTakedown

I sort of feel world politics needs a bloody good deep clean. Like I give my fridge once a month . Throw out the stuff that's clinging on and rotting at the back . Scrub it all out right through and reinstall the stuff that's still usable. Job done.

How to survive flying Ryanair Read a novel as good as 'Golden Child' by Claire Adam @faberbooks.bsky.social Utterly immersive

What else actually is there? www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... Just enjoyed reading this while waiting for Spanish winds to abate

Misty and gold #Altea

Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin. Here is a photo he used for several accounts.

Somehow the world feels a better place with a view like this

a fab review for you in @thetls.bsky.social from the lovely @alicejolly.bsky.social

so despite what is going on - great discovery today is checking in on @ryanairofficial.bsky.social app much easier than on computer you don't get deluged with lots of stuff to buy