Dream home just came on the market… www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/2616555...

Bit niche but I just finished Completionist++ on #Balatro and I genuinely think it might be one of my most impressive life achievements

My goodness Yuval Noah Harari’s analogy between AI and immigration in the latest @ezraklein.bsky.social Show is genius

We survived… #COYS

Harry Kane - what a total legend www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Absolutely amazing! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Cheeky "Am Yisrael Chai" there. Love it! #eurovision

Happy Proms Tickets Redemption Day to all who celebrate. Combining two of our greatest British traditions - the Proms and (online) queueing. Good luck one and all..

HRH The King is a mensch www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

For all this city’s many challenges, it is a cultural powerhouse and I love living here www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Happy 100th Birthday to David Attenborough, our greatest living Briton

What an unbelievable final #bbcsnooker

Brilliant production of one of my all-time favourite plays, Copenhagen, at The Hampstead Theatre

A quiet, but profound, demographic revolution www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

My brother @quincel.bsky.social is running the London Marathon today! He sets off at 9.44am and is raising money for @suttontrust.bsky.social. He’s literally a few tens of pounds below his target so if you want to support him head over and chuck a few quid in! www.justgiving.com/page/pipmara...

Very sensible www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

I was the tour guide for an FRS group in Prague last weekend, and was literally there last night teaching their conversion class. I left at 9.45pm and a few hours later, two people try to firebomb the place. Awful, scary, shocking but unfortunately not such a surprise www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What connects Umberto Eco, Bill Clinton, Vaclav Havel, Louis Armstrong, Kofi Annan and Tom Cruise? They’ve all frequented the legendary Reduta jazz club in Prague, which is literally one of my favourite places on earth. Such a treat to spend this evening back here

A shorter reign than Truss and no less disastrous www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

This is just too perfect

It’s all just so embarrassing #COYS

Amazing on so many levels. I love the idea that it has taken almost two decades - it’s the kind of “multi-generational” (at least in government terms!) project that we need many more of but get far too few of www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If we play half as well in the Prem as we played tonight, we will stay up. I'm cautiously pessimistic... #COYS

A draw that feels like a win and stems the flow somewhat... first decent Spurs Premier League performance in weeks #COYS

They killed their kid then spied on them as grieving parents. Mind-bogglingly awful www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Periodic reminder that "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" is one of the best books I've ever read and if you haven't yet, go and grab a copy to learn about this remarkable and deeply ethically-challenging story www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The #Samurai exhibition at the British Museum is really good. Fascinating objects with good curation, the right length and a strong balance between telling a story and shattering some myths

“Kane reached 500 goals in 743 appearances for club and country. That means he got to the milestone quicker than Portugal legend Cristiano Ronaldo, who in 2015 hit his 500th goal on his 753rd game in professional football.” Kane is incredible, and serially underrated www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

GOLD for Matt Weston! Totally dominant performance

PSA: the revival episodes of Mock The Week on TLC are available, in full and free, on YouTube www.youtube.com/@TLCTVUK/vid...

He needs to go #COYS

Cripes... the new BBC adaptation of #LordOfTheFlies is exceptional. A brilliant telling of this darkest and most timelessly-relevant of tales, with strong performances from the young cast, some daring, haunting camerawork and absolutely no shying away from the visceral violence of the material (1/2)

For a physics and philosophy graduate could there be better theatrical news?! (Helps that it is also an excellent play and it looks like they are putting together a stellar cast) #anotherdraft www.hampsteadtheatre.com/whats-on/202...

Good news www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Very interesting (as always) data from The Taub Center in Israel www.taubcenter.org.il/en/states/20.... One stat that really stood out - in 2025 Israel will have had the lowest population growth % in its entire history, and also the highest number of emigrants (with 2026 possibly having even more)

Very good news www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

After 843 days, the hostage nightmare is finally, it seems, over

#Hamnet - wow what a film. Absolutely stunning acting from Mescal and, especially, Buckley. Yes it’s melodramatic to the point of emotional manipulation but isn’t it for film to put in pictures and sounds the feelings that make us all human?

Luke Littler… wow

Whilst broadly I think #StrangerThings stuck the landing, and it remains a wonderful story told with emotion and awesome action, ultimately it could have been ever better with a bit more narrative bravery. Also the last hour is Return of the King-esque and that isn't a compliment

Happy new year from Colindale!

At #LimmudFestival2025 for until Wednesday. Shabbat shalom everyone!

A Christmas miracle! After just shy of 115 hours (!), I have finished the “true ending” of the masterpiece that is Hollow Knight: Silksong

Mum - amazingly - managed to make her Yuzu tree fruit this year, so we tried a Yuzu Lychee Martini for the Christmas cocktail this year. I can confirm it’s bloody delicious

Merry Christmas!

Agree with this. The best thing I watched on TV this year and on so many levels an absolute masterpiece www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Some thoughts on the new Avatar film: 1) yes it far, far too long 2) yes the action scenes are becoming a bit samey 3) the new fire tribe are cool baddies 4) the premise of the world - an interventionist god exists and will save the Navi if their faith is strong enough - remains fascinating (1/2)

The Limmud Festival 2025 bottle of single malt (for Friday night bar consumption) has been purchased!

Chag Hanukkah Sameach, on this day of awful tragedy in Sydney

In a little more than two months, we have had the worst day for British Jewry and the worst day for Australian Jewry. Jews must - MUST - be safe to pray in our synagogues and celebrate in the public realm. This isn't a "nice to have". It's a basic pre-condition for our liberal democratic societies