Enjoying THE PEEPSHOW Kate Summerscale’s book on the Christie murders which keeps producing marvellous cameos like this.

Um… surprise party?? *gulp*

Starmer had a Head of Communications???

The plot thickens...

Jimmy Kimmel's comeback monologue is very well judged, passionate and smart and with some punchy gags.

Sorry to be crude, but he genuinely looks like he's been dipped in shit.

I really hope I don’t get raptured before I get to the end of thi

Repost for Irish Film Classifications by Damien Owens, because it's just come up in FB memories and it's still *brilliant*.

I can’t believe the “cure Covid by injecting yourself with bleach” guy has just broadcast dangerously inaccurate medical advice to the nation.

“holding a Bitcoin”

Just remembered that last night I dreamed I had decided to rework my adaptation of Our Mutual Friend to incorporate a series of spectacular shark attacks.

The prosecutors in the Charlie Kirk case are pushing for the death penalty. I know it’s not the main issue but I can’t help think of the shooter’s parents who were the ones who identified their son and brought him in. How will they feel if he’s then killed by the state?

My review of The Lady from the Sea, Simon Stone's powerful but domesticating take on Ibsen.

In absolutely astonishing news, Jeremy Corbyn turns out to not be very good at running a political party.

We ARE sure that's Melania under there, right?

Not a humblebrag, purely a brag. In the British Audio Awards, my play RESTLESS DREAMS has been nominated for Best Original Drama and my OUR MUTUAL FRIEND for Best Adaptation. www.thestage.co.uk/news/the-spe...

THEATRE QUIZ: what show am I about to see?

Are you a fan of cheap reprints of classic novels in outdated translations with shlocky AI-produced covers? If so, do I have a treat for you! amzn.eu/d/crG0cRY

THEATRE QUIZ: what show am I watching?

Danny Kruger has defected from the Tories to Reform but Kemi Badenoch reassures everyone that 'I'm not going to get blown off course' by it, which begs the question what course does she think she's on?? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I think what you mean, Napoleon Dynamite, is that if nobody buys your magic glasses, you're going to be at a "significant economic disadvantage".

@norajw.bsky.social Horrified by the experience you related this morning. Very sorry you went through it. Loved your calm and wise response. x

Oh no it’s raining again. WON’T SOMEONE THINK OF THE RACISTS???

This idea that Charlie Kirk was a champion of opening up the debate is such crap. He sat on stage with the microphone offering snarky comebacks when liberals asked him questions. This was arena-scale trolling, not debate.

Okay, but at least no one has a Palestine Action banner, thank god, because that WOULD be beyond the pale.

Good to see the weather is literally raining on their parade. #fascistsgohome

Just been out in London and it seems there is some kind of gathering for fat middle-aged racists. Your flags are not welcome here! Do not invade us with your alien culture!

Pleased to see that whoever has planned Donald Trump's state visit have laid on the most boring possible way to spend a week in Britain.

Tyler Robinson is a third-year student in the electrical apprenticeship program at Dixie Technical College. I'm guessing the ethics of political assassination doesn't come up much.

oh well, onward and upward

Charlie Kirk would NOT like that.

I wonder what will happen with Turning Point after Charlie Kirk's murder? Ironically, there appears to be no great replacement.

What? This isn’t a thing, is it? Who doesn’t rinse the washing up liquid off??

I know it's all too easy to point out hypocrisy but are we seeing a great outbreak of Republican 'thoughts and prayers'? Are they urging people not to rush to politicise this? Are they insisting that the shooter was mentally ill rather than ideological?

This appalling tweet is more revealing of its author than he realises.

RFK Jr here remembering an idyllic childhood untouched by … gun crime.

Hoo boy. Nearly half of all US capital expenditure is in AI. If this is a bubble - and all the overpromising and underdelivering sure makes it look like it might be - this is heading for one messy pop.

Rosa Parks could have seen the Doctor Who reboot with Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper.

RFK Jr here remembering an idyllic childhood untouched by … gun crime.

In the Skids review here, Pete Silverton mentions a 'blog'. What did 'blog' mean in 1979? (The OED doesn't know.)

EXCLUSIVE - Today the Guardian is publishing the Boris Files A trove of leaked data from the office of Boris Johnson. It reveals how Johnson is using the relationships forged in the UK’s highest elected office to facilitate his personal enrichment. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Tell you what, 3:01pm would have been a hilarious moment for a tornado to rip through Clacton.

So I put a reminder in my calendar about the alert three hours before, an hour before, and five minutes before, and it still startled the bejesus out of me.

Me too, parcel. Me too.

“And now, ladies and gentlemen, it’s my great pleasure to introduce tonight’s special guest: Reform UK, let’s go crazy for murderous racist Lucy Connolly!”

Disgusted that Angela Rayner has had to resign. It was worthy of a reprimand at most. I hope doing this means she can be reappointed very soon, but the hypocrisy of our political systems is revolting.

No, in Europe, we’re all holding out for AI-taxis which know where you want to go better than you do and compliment you unctuously on your smalltalk along the way.

AXL ROSE: Take me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty. TAXI DRIVER: I’m gonna need a postcode.

Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere