Posters, Barbès #Paris

"In both 1936 and 1939 the number of recorded NKVD executions is below 2,000. The figure in between is over 300,000 in each of the intervening years." @ppfideas.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/3lo8...

We're doomed, part 385

Camembert #Wednesday #lambing

Sunset near Caen #channelcrossing

You don't need to strip search & detain & deport too many white European tourists to crush the tourist industry.

Sailing past the Prince of Wales, Portsmouth... I'm heading to Normandy to do a couple of days helping out with the lambing on my partner's cousin's farm. My first time.

Thames

"Nobody in Europe has spent the past week looking at their stock portfolio, wondering if they could still afford to send their kids to university. Europeans have no idea what 'medical bankruptcy' is." The @economist.com on Europe v Trump's America.

Thames #Saturday

This interview with @davidfrum.bsky.social is full of bad news but ends on a sort of optimistic note: he thinks America is going to learn the hard way that isolationism & contempt for rule of law are bad for everyone. The stuff on tiny screws in iPhones is sharp too. open.spotify.com/episode/6wKZdh…

Great British export. Coming up on @artefr.bsky.social... #Baftas

Last year I spent three days in North Carolina with fellow Carolina Chocolate Drops member Justin Robinson to record 'What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow,' an album of North Carolina fiddle and banjo music, which is now coming out April 18 on @nonesuch.com.

Waiting for Elektra, Duke of York's

"Othello is one of several celebrity-fueled plays this spring that are charging obscene prices... Tickets costing the same as an apartment rental in Kansas City is especially rich coming from an industry that prides itself as a warrior against inequality." nypost.com/2025/03/08/e...

Regent's Canal.

Thames #Sunday

Regent's Canal #Monday

❤️ By @mortenmorland.bsky.social @thetimes.com

Waiting for Patti LuPone, London Coliseum

"Speaking as a Democrat, why would my party attack the third most-trusted institution in America?" Fine analysis of an own-goal. #crime youtu.be/CU9xIX7OOiY?...

Waiting for Richard II, @bridgetheatre.bsky.social

Regent's Canal #Friday

The sex talk goes on and on and on. ★★ for Unicorn www.thetimes.com/article/3530...

Passing by... #Thames

❤️❤️ By Kaamran Hafeez, @newyorker.com

When Winston met Uncle Joe: Roger Allam is a terrific PM in Churchill in Moscow. www.thetimes.com/article/b003...

Regent's Canal #Sunday

The great Jack Lemmon, born 100 years ago today. #ClassicDinerScene #BeforeWhenHarryMetSally #BOTD youtu.be/f_5nHV8FJyI?...

Best show of the week... Bill Bailey, Haymarket

Watched two films that I hadn't seen in years - they've both stood the test of time. I loved American Splendor's quirky take on graphic novels. Up in the Air is such a clever satire on corporate life & modern rootlessness.

Regent's Canal #Sunday

I seem to be in a minority on this one, but I was hoping for a lot more from Inside No 9 Stage/Fright. ★★ for a tepid collection of things that go bump in the night. www.thetimes.com/article/ec6b...

"The last mass trials were a great success - there are going to be fewer but better Russians." x.com/DannyDrinksW...

Waiting for Inside No 9 Stage/Fright

Thames, evening

Waiting for The Invention of Love, Hampstead Theatre

Regent's Canal

The @royalcourt.bsky.social is definitely getting its mojo back. ★★★★ for the South African satire A Good House. www.thetimes.com/article/40b4...

Traffic, Thames

Waiting for A Good House @royalcourt.bsky.social

This would-be intergalactic drama doesn't get out of Earth orbit. Two stars for The Employees. www.thetimes.com/article/d0d4...

Waiting for The Employees @southbankcentre.bsky.social

A hint of blue... #Thames

A 2001 Space odyssey moment in @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social's column on #AI

By the river #StPauls #MillenniumBridge #Thames

It's a mad, mad show. And it's glorious too ★★★★★ for the blockbuster spoof Titanique. www.thetimes.com/article/a1b7...