"The inquiry's report cites one estimate that by March 2023 vaccines had saved the lives of 475,000 people in England and Scotland" Astonishing www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...

Kanye West UK ban From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

AND next weekend she is running the London Marathon for codebar, which we are so appreciative of. What a HUGE achievement!! If you'd like to support her (and us of course), please consider donating here ❤️ ➡️ 2026tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/ilona-utt...

A quick reworking of my Apollo illustration for today's splash down... #Artemis

in a time when the economy is in shambles and our wallets are empty, i strongly encourage you go through game demos that are available. there are so many gems to discover, and i am overjoyed every time i find a winner. here are some i’ve played recently on steam:

Want to brush up on your blossom identification skills? Look no further...

Look at the delicate leaves on this glass beaker - it’s almost 2000 years old. Human ingenuity has been making the impossible for millennia. #HumanMade #HumanConnection

It was a record-breaking WSL & WSL2 weekend for the cumulative attendance, with 111,000 people attending games across the top two division's 12 fixtures. The six largest were... 46,123 (Arsenal) 24,983 (Man Utd) 10,156 (Sunderland) 9,142 (Ipswich) 5,292 (Everton) 3,822 (Crystal Palace) #BarclaysWSL

Each spring, blossom makes our local neighbourhoods that little bit brighter and remind us that sunnier days are on the horizon. As #BlossomWatch gets underway, save our bingo board and see how many varieties you spot. 🌸

Yaaaay, relaunched my website and newsletter on a much more ethical platform! Hope it works well on your devices! And sign up 💪🏾🫶🏽 www.romatheengineer.com

I took a trip down to Richmond to get to the bottom of the bizarre economics of temporary accommodation in London - read the piece here

It should be outside the paywall all day now www.ft.com/content/cd59...

Prepare for your mind to be blown. The oak trees that make up the Undercroft were felled in 1358. Their size and scale would suggest that they were at least 200 - 250 years old. Which means they were saplings only 50 years after the Norman Conquest in 1066. Mind. Blown. 🤯

Finally, if you ever wake up from a coma and you aren't sure what time of year it is, here is a helpful calendar👇 We are right on schedule this year!🤣🙄 18/

All other blossoms must be so jealous of the attention cherry blossoms get 😝

Not the point of the article but love this! The woman was later awarded 150,000 kroner [...] (This foundation [...] was created by an old, lonely man who wanted his secret fortune to go to people who “stubbornly fight for justice, decency and the less fortunate.”) www.thedial.world/articles/new...

i, for one, am delighted that we finally have a definition of “woke”

Oh, thats such a shame, I really enjoyed Liza Tarbuck on a Saturday evening www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Anyone else struggle with this because for absolutely no reason at all, it feels 'right' that even numbers should go in a circle and odd in a square? Brains are weird. Thinky Dailies 2-7 A Rival Arises Solved in 5:52 thinkygames.com/dailies/puzz...

"The Lionesses lost their final game of the Women's Asian Cup on the Gold Coast last night, and while it is unclear when exactly they are due to leave, there are concerns they will be punished when they return to Iran." www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Holy crap, what a stat!

My Super Seconds Festival sale is LIVE! :D You can browse my seconds sale here: abistevens.etsy.com?section_id=3... And I also have 15% off a bunch of my full-price items too! 👀✨️ #artShop #bsnm #UKGiftAM

Right folks, tomorrow at 10am GMT (around 11hrs from now) my big Super Seconds Sale begins - it spans the whole weekend. Prints & originals average 75% off and they’re either imperfect prints or end of editions. You can view the range here: www.georginadoodles.com/collections/...

Oh Pac-Man :(

🎉 Season 2 of Thinky Dailies starts now! Join our daily adventure of bite-sized puzzles as our hero learns more about the mysterious Solvers. Catch up on Season 1 any time! thinkygames.com/dail...

Excellent video from the Norwegian Consumer Council about enshittification and how to resist it #MakeItShitty www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Up...

MAGA gives off such incel energy. Might as well call it Operation She's Left Me Dave.

Howling out loud at this masterclass in Glaswegian investigative journalism, which started with a weird banner and ended up with an office full of 11 year olds ratting on their boss’s tax avoidance scheme. www.glasgowbell.co.uk/humanitarian...

But seriously. We are back! Next week we start shooting #bbcghosts the movie! Huge excitement in the camp, lots of splendid people joining us.

Lidl now open. Top tip - set your home store in the Lidl app to Walworth Road for some store-specific free coupons.

Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital halts mass eviction after London Centric uncovered what was going on. Hundreds of Londoners now receiving bizarre door-to-door visits blaming misinformation and being asked to record videos saying they don't want to be evicted. www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-...

Really enjoyed the demo and it even has a browser version! mdashow.itch.io/psi-demo

Can cows swim? Is this a question you never knew you wanted to know the answer to?

“It’s a UK winter endurance medal” From the new Private Eye, out now.

Claims that 75% of England’s mayors are Muslim have gone viral online. We could only find evidence that three of the country’s 27 directly elected mayors are Muslim, and there isn’t an official complete list of all the civic mayors.

"This means 2026 could be a year where things feel a little bit intense" Oh dear. 😅 www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...

I strongly suspect that if we just converted some cow-milking machines such that we could attach all the major alt-right figures to it by their gentleman's appendages in a massive blow job barn, all this would go away.

Why someone's selling my sushi recipe book on Amazon for £22.32 (used), when you can get it new from me for £6.99... cakeswithfaces.co.uk/product/sush...

Needed something like this today, what a great moment

BLOG POST: “One publican told us that not only had January been hectic but that they were now struggling to source cask ale because so many breweries they usually deal with had... reduced the amount they brewed in anticipation of a slump that didn't come.” boakandbailey.com/2026/02/fear...

Sonia Bompastor has to do without almost an entire starting XI 🤕

But… but is there *ANY* way this could be a woman’s fault…?

In the Smithfield in Derby, wondering why pub hedgehogs aren't a thing.

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐦: 𝐈𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐀 𝐂𝐮𝐩 On the lookout for some pre FA Cup fifth round draw reading? We've got you covered! #AdobeWomensFACup thehalfwayline.com/2026/01/19/f...

Polite Society is on Film4, Wednesday night at 9pm and I'd hugely recommend it: teenage would-be stuntwoman plots to stop her older sister's wedding, having decided the bridegroom is secretly evil. Enormous fun - this was my NYE film a couple of years ago.

With some of the recent incoming transfers to the WSL, Sweden 🇸🇪 has now the most players from outside of England. 🔢📊

There are now at least 365 UK MPs with accounts on Bluesky – more than half (56%) of all MPs 🔴 This includes nearly 70% of Labour MPs 🔶 Nearly 90% of Lib Dem MPs 🟢 All the 4 Green MPs 🔵 But only 5% of Conservative MPs ➡️ No Reform MPs