Trump faces a ‘personal Vietnam’ in Iran | Sidney Blumenthal www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... good summary of the mess Trump has created.

Cartoon by Jeff Koterba

Second visit to Singapore for work. What a gorgeous place it is and the friendliest people in the world.

If there's one thing more annoying than being asked if I want to be taken off Mother's Day Lists it's being told it's my pay day when it's not.

Beverley Knight is 52. Fantastic.

With the 'Board of Peace' we have finally arrived at 1984.

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Michael Maslin. #NewYorkerCartoons

Very interesting documentary #TonyBlairStory but would have liked more on all the campaigning and ideas about New Labour prior to 1997. Evidently no contributions from Gordon.

I can totally concur with this. I started writing positive things down in a notebook which started when I helped a panic stricken motorist get out of a tight parking spot. It's both the writing down and reading it again later.

@hannahcfrench.bsky.social I was looking out for your regular post today but nothing yet. Gorgeous music. I have the Donizetti blasting out to wake the neighbours!

I have decided to go from my winter dressing gown to my summer dressing gown. I feel this is an important statement.

Love the way that the Winter Olympics have to make such big exclamations 'Oh' on virtually every big air snowboard jump.

You would think that EE would have discerned that I didn't want to take out their broadband the first 850 times they asked but no. They felt a need to ask 851 times.

I've really grown to love Landscape Artist of the Year #Laoty which I started watching when I heard Portmeirion was on it (2023 I think). It's such a testament to positive artistic endeavour. Reassuringly patient and optimistic and lovely outputs - the paintings themselves.

Reform are determined to collect all the most odious politicians in one place. Never liked Jenrick ever since he had that mural painted over.

Art could save your life! Five creative ways to make 2026 happier, healthier and more hopeful www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Showaddywaddy have that air of those guys down the pub deciding to form a band and they're not really any good but no-one dares to tell them.

Watching #TopofthePops 1978 makes me feel we have made some progress. Smurfs, Brotherhood of Man and Legs and Co dancing around in what can only really be described as their underwear.

How great is Can't Hold Us by Sampa the Great? My favourite track of the moment.

A cartoon by Barbara Smaller. #NewYorkerCartoons See more cartoons from this week’s issue: www.newyorker.com/gallery/cart...

For anyone in France, you can find an article about AI toys (featuring mine and @drjennyg.bsky.social's research into their impacts) in Issue 14 of @labreche.bsky.social. 🇫🇷

Fun to see myself quoted in this list of gift ideas for one-year-olds! 😊 www.theguardian.com/thefilter/20...

Call Out: Commission Programme for Disabled Artists with mentorship and support from artist Jason Wilsher-Mills - National Coal Mining Museum www.ncm.org.uk/news/call-ou...

I am learning so much about AI through this project. The outputs will be very interesting.

Whilst we are talking about #bbctv - how wonderful is it to have Matthew Bourne's #Nutcracker on BBC 4 on a Sunday evening?

I recently chatted with @prisblossom.bsky.social about AI toys, all the things we don't yet know about them, and @drjennyg.bsky.social & my research on their impacts in the early years. Read our conversation here. 👇

New publication celebrating 10 years of @pedalcam.bsky.social! 🌟 Featuring reflections from our first decade, including... 🗨️ children's self-reported playfulness 🤝 children as advisors on research 📹 child-driven creative methods 🔓 Open access: doi.org/10.1080/2159... @paulramchandani.bsky.social

In Barry Blitt’s latest Kvetchbook, it’s 2027 and Donald Trump is the only American not behind bars. Get your daily dose of satire by signing up for our humor newsletter: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jJCeRz

The Hack is so good. Can't believe it hasn't received more coverage and reviews in the papers ....

Legendary cricket umpire Dickie Bird dies aged 92 www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s... - Greatest Ever!

How will childhood be changed by AI toys? | Letter www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle... Great letter from Dr Emily J Goodacre (my niece) in The Guardian today in response to article about AI Toys earlier in the week.

I know everyone says this but the news is so depressing in so many different ways. We really need uplift - music, poetry, flowers, birds, sunshine.

👥 Partner Spotlight: Hypertech Sustainability Research and Technology Center - HSRT HSRT leads HAMLET’s dissemination, exploitation & communication, develops the Collaborative Community Hub, and ensures QA & ethical oversight for real-world impact. #HAMLETProject #DigitalTransformation #EthicalAI

👥 Partner Spotlight: CERTH Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CERTH) leads HAMLET, guiding research & innovation with expertise in AI, data analytics, VR/AR & IoT. They design enablers, integrate pilots, and ensure collaboration across all partners. #HAMLETProject #EUresearch #EthicalAI

We're looking for early years practitioners to help us learn about AI toys in early years settings. No experience of AI is required, and all views are welcome. Please repost, share with early years practitioners, and/or sign up for more details here: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Wo. Cricket. Test Matches. Amazing!

Late Shift (#Heldin) what a film! Drama about nurse over a dramatic shift at a Swiss hospital. Leonie Benesch brilliant in central role. Just about holds on to reality and avoids cliche but sort of inspiring in the end. Need a stiff drink afterwards though.

Check out the recordings from #PEDALConference2025, including me presenting preliminary results from our scoping review on generative AI toys 📖👇

Have we used the joke about there being no escape from Alcaraz yet?

#NeilYoung at #GlastonburyFestival - the elderly relatives you weren't sure if they were up to it bit and then they get up on stage - and then you just feel 'I am not worthy' in a Wayne's World sort of way.

Trying to get something sorted with British Gas through their Customer Service is like some kind of bizarre Kafa-esque experience.

ABBA Voyage has generated a total economic impact of £1.4 billion for London. The show's impact is significant, with every £1 of ABBA Voyage's revenue generating £4.45 in turnover for the wider London economy. Bloody forriners coming over here, generating money for the British economy. 🙄

A fitting way to travel to yesterday's thought-provoking workshop on playful and ethical AI for children at #IDC2025

Last week I was working in a palace in Almagro in Spain and this week in castle in Amsterdam #interestingwork #audienceagents

Coco Gauff ‘proud to represent Americans that look like me’ in French Open final triumph www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j... and Sabalenka rather ungracious in defeat it seems.

Very very disappointed in the use of 'island of strangers' and 'taking back control' in Pam's speech today and also lack of mention of positive aspects of immigration. A Labour government must be better than this.

Total chaos at Stansted Airport. IT outage.

I knew it: Drinking champagne could reduce risk of sudden cardiac arrest, study suggests www.theguardian.com/society/2025...