Trump should go to Arlington cemetery and carve his name on all the tombstones.

I also identify rather strongly with both Tigger and Roo…

A festive start to the season on Monday 22 Dec on BBCRadio4 at 13:45! The inimitable Michael Morpurgo and I sing the praises of Piglet under the watchful eye of @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Just flagging up a wonderful, forthcoming BBC Radio 4 series for Christmas, in which Children's Laureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social asks celebrated UK children's writers, including @francescasimon.bsky.social, which Winnie-the-Pooh character they identify with. Here's some notes from me.

Ever mindful of the visuals, he gathers a giant group of old white people to surround him and support him while he spews his vile racist rants.

Again, every elected Democrat needs to put out a video stating exactly what Kelly and the others said. If ever there were a line to draw in the sand, it’s here. The military is not the president’s Praetorian Guard.

'I didn't even realise I had an accent until other students laughed at it' Our Associate Composer Gavin Higgins writes in Gramophone on music and class.

In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.

This was a terrific evening and I loved talking with my fellow authors about their favourite childhood books

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

I’ve never seen an American elected official fight so hard to starve people.

We are totally engrossed in a great French series ‘Un Village Français’ (or The Line) on @itvx.com about a village occupied in WW2. The moral dilemmas are heart-stopping and all types of collaboration and ‘crossing the line’ explored. Do you know it @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social ?

⏰ It's the final countdown! ⏰ Not long left to submit your entries for #BBC500Words, the UK's largest children's story writing competition 🎉✍️ Remember: spelling, punctuation and grammar don't count, it's all about the creativity! bbc.co.uk/500words.

The demolished East Wing is a monument to this regime's destruction of our system of checks and balances, and the process of democratic governance. It is a monument of rubble.

Priorities.

Such great news @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

The East Wing Obscenity open.substack.com/pub/therickw...

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES - WHO’S A CHILD RAPIST - IS GOING TO STEAL $230 MILLION FROM US B/C HE THINKS HE’S DUE REPARATIONS FOR HAVING BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF CRIMES HE COMMITTED. THIS IS WHILE HE SMASHES THE WHITE HOUSE & WEAPONIZES OUR MILITARY AGAINST US. Call. Your. Reps. 202-224-3121 ☎️🚨

The symbolism is heart-breaking

I've never seen and felt as much love for America as we're seeing across the country today.

Wow what a crowd

#NoKingsInAmerica rally at the US Embassy London. Dancing T-Rexs and frogs!

Metro in DC has stopped charging. Simply too many people!!!

The raw hatred is almost unbearable. But I’m withstanding it so I can report the truth back to y’all in the Homeland.

London #NoKings complete with dancing dinosaurs 🦕 and frogs

#NoKings #NoTyrants rally tomorrow in London at the US Embassy from 1pm to 3pm. Fuel the energy of resistance!

Tomorrow on my live podcast History Matters: Why Protests Matter. A LOT. This is for the naysayers claiming that they don’t matter. History, politics, and common sense say: they’re wrong. Friday 10AM ET NCHEteach.org/conversations

No kings equals democracy.

@jbf1755.bsky.social what about the history of the Insurrection act or government persecuting ‘enemies?’ for future #HMASDC?

I’m delighted to be speaking about my books and inventing a religion (Wodenism) in Jesus College Oxford during Evensong this Sunday. www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/u...

My article defending 'rip-off' degree subjects www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Thank you!

I love her

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO TYRANTS INDIVISIBLE LONDON UK” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Hey folks! Tomorrow on my live webcast, History Matters: On Lawlessness The rule of law is being trampled. What does that mean and what should we do? Join us tomorrow. Friday 10AM ET NCHEteach.org/conversations

This is a professor at Rutgers who teaches a class on the history of anti-fascism. He also teaches about human rights. He has received multiple death threats and been doxed. He is relocating to Europe for his safety. This is where we are in the US now. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Looking for one thing you can do right now to help protect the right to vote? It will only take a few minutes, and you can share it with all of your friends. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-thing-yo...

Imam Qari Asim has made this statement from the British Muslim Network about the Manchester synagogue attack. [He is also a British Future trustee].

If you live in: South Dakota Louisiana West Virginia Wyoming Tennessee Mississippi Alaska Call your right wing Senator and ask them why they're pushing to increase their constituents healthcare prices so much.

So thrilled that FINALLY, every state primary school will have a library (most people don't know this is currently not the case) by 2029. Thanks to #LibrariesforPrimaries campaign and @literacy-trust.bsky.social for making this happen. And thanks to #RachelReevesMP for the committment

Tomorrow on my live podcast History Matters: What the Heck is the World Thinking?? The UN meeting this week definitely raised this question. It’s been asked a LOT at key moments—and Americans are never prepared for the answer. Let’s talk. Friday 10AM ET NCHEteach.org/conversations

Summary of Trump’s speech to the UN today: 1. Your countries all suck. 2. None of you know what you are doing. 3. The US is better at everything. 4. All because of me. 5. I’m right about everything. 6. You should listen to me & do what I say. 7. And give me lots of awards.

So under Reform’s plan to abolish the visa status Indefinite Leave to Remain (given when I married a UK citizen) I would have been deported.

So what happened to the $50K in cash Tom Homan got in the Cava bag? Was it deposited in his bank account and reported as income that he paid taxes on? Is it under his mattress?

I never watch ABC, so the only response was to cancel Disney/Hulu. Join me. Only money counts in this brutal country.

I wrote a piece in today’s @theguardian.com about how authors and readers can protect our culture and creative industries from threat of AI. #AI #publishing #authors www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Two very important graphs. Net migration reached record levels in 2023 - and has since halved. The vast majority of arrivals comprises students and workers. Arrivals in small boats and asylum seekers - less than 5%. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

I sound like Pollyanna and all I need are birds twittering around me, but this was a fun interview observer.co.uk/culture/inte...

Kash Patel mistook Manufacturer’s Markings for trans and anti-fascist messages. Trump, Nancy Mace, and the MAGAt horde ran wild with it.