This crossword is exceptional www.theguardian.com/crosswords/2... Hard but very much worth the effort.

Why did the palindrome cross the road? To get a map a mate got. #palindrome

I dig this

What I did with my day off ( @olihawkins.com )

The greatest bonus panel of my career is here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/crystals #smbc

She Had a Dream about the King of Sweden - Van Arno, 2005

This is absolutely superb. Proper, numerate, data-aware research into a complex and controversial issue.

“A Busy, Busy Day at the Airport” By Ruben Bolling Genius. Click in.

RIP George Wendt. Top Norm.

A huge, quiet success: violence has fallen 75% in a generation:

THE YETI SPEAKS (whose two halves use the same letters, in the same order):

NEW on Wonkhe: The headlines are well known, but the full HESA release adds a lot of detail to a generally bleak picture. David Kernohan has the charts buff.ly/x3m7xS5

This is good. I feel much better informed having read it.

Saw this today on another site: the 2017 Green Day concert where they were playing recorded music beforehand and everyone in the 65,000 person crowd spontaneously sang along with "Bohemian Rhapsody." I love this video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZnB...

My latest puzzle is in the Independent today. You can play for free here. puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti... Featuring: Do good, good dog (7) 📷 by me Modelling by Clyde. #cryptic #crossword #puzzle #dog

LOITERATURE - the book, article or whatever else you may read while you’re waiting. #neologism

The thinking-man's conspiricist reveals once again the hidden connections driving the course of history

I don't celebrate dry January and so I found this useful today

NEW How the lore of New Year defeated the law of New Year How the English state gave up on insisting the new year started on 25 March By me Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/how-the-lo... Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/01/how-...

In October, I had a very long chat with Alan Moore. On magick, sci-fi, the perils of ecological doomerism, the joy of occultist pranks, the psychogeography of Stoke Newington, the invention of the taser - and much more! As a Christmas treat here it is IN FULL. seamas.medium.com/its-a-rabbit...

To mark Macca’s big Christmas gigs, have just shown this to the kid for the first time and ruined / improved Christmas immeasurably. youtu.be/cW1ou7SH3is?...

📢CHRISTMAS COMPETITION KLAXON To win a signed copy of The Tories: A Tragedy, retweet this post and answer this question: It was recently discovered that the Somme is the battle most closely associated with menstruation. But which famous engagement is most commonly linked to an enlarged prostate?

They get hung up when given wrong coordinates (11) #cryptic #crossword #crosswordclue

If you are thinking of travelling by train in Europe in 2025 (perhaps for a holiday, or to attend a conference), it's worth noting that Interrail have a sale on until 17th Dec. www.interrail.eu/en/ni/journe... Buy now and the pass can be activated up to 11 months later.

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Just passed a skinhead with his laces undone. DMs open.

Deploying Barnes Wallis's bouncing Prime Minister - from The Dambusters (1955).

I take issue with those comparing the incoming administration to a circus. There is dignity in the circus. There is beauty in the circus. Clowns are artists. No circus would grant admittance to this darkness and intolerance. We're all going to need the circus in the coming years. Step right up! 🪕🎪

I have not lived with a cat since the internet was a thing. I understand it's customary to display them.

A song to remind me of the most useful phrases I have learnt from Italian Duolingo. (Sound up)

Let's keep the joy going, I've got another 6x8 print sat here, just Follow, Like and Repost to be in with a chance of winning Pat Butcher from Ghosts. The lucky so-and-so will be chosen Monday morning.

And So It Goes... My path to publishing Kurt Vonnegut's GHQ: substack.com/home/post/p-...

A quick MC Hammescher before bed. Night all.

Irish sea monster

the Lord is my shepherd, He shaves my entire body to make sweaters

What's bugging me today is that a whole load of students might not get a vote in an October general election: wonkhe.com/blogs/studen...