My abiding memory of Abu Dhabi will be my glasses steaming up when I walk outside. I mean, some other stuff too obviously but...

Relieved to have found Abu Dhabi's only microbrewery after several days of boldly priced hotel lager.

Probably didn't need to eat all the tabbouleh.

This hotel bar is giving me a headache.

Spent all afternoon listening out for a kingfisher. The river was in spate after Amy so expectations were low. Decided to add in a 15 minute diversion for more river time. Just as the path was due to take us away we heard, then saw that flash against a grey, fading afternoon.

Read several responsive op-eds to the Manchester synagogue attack this weekend. None have articulated the relationship between Israeli government conduct and rising antisemitism, and no, it's not to excuse, but how can you tackle the problem without openness to do so? observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

BEHOLD, THE MESSIAH observer.co.uk/news/interna...

This #Amy storm is awfully persistent.

Good read this. #Labour is on a dumb path to defeat.

Seems I'll be picking apples off the ground then. #blowy

Officially good beer in here.

This deserves *way* more attention than it’s getting Reform’s former Wales leader admits he received corrupt payments in exchange for making statements in the European Parliament to promote Russia’s interests in #Ukraine.

This hilarious legal fumble is such a perfect outcome for this utter circus. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...

Now, that's how you do a #UNGA speech.

Still unclear who Jimmy Kimmel is. Another one of those programmes is it?

The existence of #ANTIFA implies the existence of FA.

NEW Has the government overreached in using terrorism law against Palestine Action? A disclosed MI5 document indicates that the basis for proscription may be weak By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

Israel Premier Tech sports washing a genocide. Other teams should boycott if they won't withdraw, just as Ireland, Spain and others are rightly threatening to boycott Eurovision. Show it up for what it is. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...

"In opposition, Labour committed to a Scottish-style right to roam. However, after lobbying from landowner groups, the party U-turned..." Perhaps #Labour should instead consider representing the interests of those it purports to represent.

First butternut squash of the autumn. A butternut squash and coconut Caribbean soup. SEE HOW I DEFY YOU WEATHER!

Well Granny Lindy, purveyor of handmade delights at local fêtes, you have excelled yourself.

As Chair, here is our cross-party joint statement from the Parliamentary Black Caucus, regarding the rising threat of racism and violence from the far-right.👇🏾

He and his idiot cabinet have spent months doing exactly this.

Do we not have the technology to launch #ElonMusk into the sun? Feels pretty basic right now.

Nights like this, the cat rolls in, drookit, demanding to be towelled down. And so I towel her down, with her dedicated cat towel. This is what subjugation feels like.

Damn. What's the chances of rolling home to find One Dove on the wireless. Nice.

Doing the teen's laundry earlier and found something in the dryer that really shocked me. It was a conker. She and her mate have been collecting them on the way to college. I was worried that nature didn't mean so much to her any more and I couldn't be happier.

Are we doing a sweepstake on when The King in the North will come down south to save #Labour from #KeirStarmer yet?

Sometimes it feels like the solution to a problem is staring us in the face.

Eurovision should stand for peace, joy and shared humanity — not complicity in genocide. The BBC must withdraw from coverage if Israel is allowed to participate. Full statement 👉 bit.ly/eurovisionBBC

*Points *Laughs www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

His excellency Lord Peter Untenable Mandleson, impermanent representative to the United States.

Really wish that the cat didn't feel obliged to feed the children rodents at 3 and 4am. Surely they can wait until 7:30 for their breakfast.

Unusual to read an obituary/profile of someone who has contributed absolutely nothing of value to society. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Of course there's a note from Mandleson in the #Epstein birthday book.

There may yet be hope for the climate.

This is as illuminating as it is depressing, if you still think that capitalism has the solutions to the #ClimateCrisis you need to remove your head from the ground. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Life's Pleasures Returning home to leftover curry after several scoops. Naan accompaniment.

The only good #flag? I dunno, they seem divisive by definition, and nowt but bother. Even if they are the cool ones with dragons on.

Exciting that our new environment minister is a former lobbyist for The City, how wonderful. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Re...

Glad that Yvette Cooper is further away from the Home Office, doubtless she'll be pleased to be closer to Israel as Foreign Secretary. #Reshuffle

"We've come on holiday by mistake".

From the coverage one could be forgiven for thinking that Corbyn won the Green Party leadership yesterday.

Odd how you can have both record summer temperatures and record levels of climate denialism. Oh, maybe this is how it works. The more obvious the #ClimateCrisis becomes, the higher the pitch of their whine.

21st Century ethnic cleansing in #Gaza includes the thrilling promise of "AI-powered, smart cities”, it's as if The Jetsons were genocidaires www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Respect to Ruby Tandoh for shoehorning a Cambrian explosion reference into this piece about boba tea. Good read too, as a parent, this whole thing has been like a fucking fever dream. observer.co.uk/style/drink/...

If only there was a term for situations like this. Perhaps The Observer could propose one?

Not sure I'd take public health advice from someone who sounds as sick as RFK Jnr; it's like accepting sweet nothings from a degassing corpse.

This is why they had to make the #England #flag so simple.

Curious as to whether it's possible to unrecognise a previously recognised state, such as Israel.