A woman got shot after dropping a child off at school. A 6 year old left orphaned is awful enough. Orphaned by her government adds to the fear. Then they hear the government malign their Mum. I can’t cuddle that child, but I can say their president is a shithead, (because I don’t live in the US.)

A woman got shot after dropping a child off at school. A 6 year old left orphaned is awful enough. Orphaned by her government adds to the fear. Then they hear the government malign their Mum. I can’t cuddle that child, but I can say their president is a shithead, (because I don’t live in the US.)

Just had an epiphany. But realised I’m a couple of days too late.

I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.

My little tribute to Butterfly McQueen #BOTD in 1911. vocal.media/geeks/butter...

I was putting a throw on a sofa and tucked it in too hard and got mallet finger. The NHS have an X-ray of my hand giving the finger.

In the end, someone has to ask *why* people have been persuaded to be so terrified of immigration, when it has so many benefits and so few real downsides. Almost all of the claimed downsides are either lies or misinterpretations of statistics. Why would any sane country do this to itself?

God, do you remember 2025? That was a weird one, right?

My review of the cinematic year. I wrote this wearing a vintage gown and slightly drunk, enjoy... vocal.media/geeks/the-ra...

My review of the cinematic year. I wrote this wearing a vintage gown and slightly drunk, enjoy... vocal.media/geeks/the-ra...

Jake Paul and Andrew Tate still think they could beat Serena Williams at tennis.

Me at a wedding.

A gentle reminder if you've received an invoice from a Freelancer/Self employed person which is due before Christmas. Be a love, and pay it today.

This is terrible news to wake up to. One of the good Hollywood guys, who made some excellent films. When Harry Met Sally is one of my firm favourites as someone who both loves and despises romcoms, it is damned near perfect. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...

Last one of the season 🎄

Apparently Dick Van Dyke is going to be a … Centaur. How my mind filled in the blank. Happy birthday to the man with two innuendos for the price of one.

If you randomly have this kids 2016 Barcelona kit in the back of your cupboard and can save Christmas in my house please get in touch 🤞

An after-life rom-com. Does it live up to the tradition? (Think "A Matter of Life and Death" or "It's A Wonderful Life"). My review of Eternity. vocal.media/geeks/eterni...

The first outing of Sister Clare. A woman who loved the weird ways saints have been murdered.

A prize winning story from me vocal.media/fiction/miss...

A prize winning story from me vocal.media/fiction/miss...

One more thing about Hitler (no, I'm not secretly Ken Livingstone), as someone of Farage's age, is that *yes* we talked about him a lot, but always as an evil villain. There wasn't any doubt about that. Always evil. The quintessence of evil for the 20th century.

That was when it was sad, when you lay awake at night and remembered things.

Given myself an upper body workout rolling marzipan and icing.

Two film reviews for the price of one - and a Top Story to boot.

Two film reviews for the price of one (which is free x 2 - what a bargain!) vocal.media/geeks/jay-ke...

Two film reviews for the price of one (which is free x 2 - what a bargain!) vocal.media/geeks/jay-ke...

Join in, download, get colouring!

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

It's December. Pay your freelancers. That's it. That's the post.

A review of yesterday's cinematic viewing: vocal.media/geeks/the-ch...

A review of yesterday's cinematic viewing: vocal.media/geeks/the-ch...

Most of my university lectures were recorded for accessibility reasons…. Reform: But, but, but… we’re going to record for non-woke reasons, which is better.

Some fiction from me. This story won a short story competition three years ago and I thought it was worth giving it another lease of life. vocal.media/fiction/some...

Some fiction from me. This story won a short story competition three years ago and I thought it was worth giving it another lease of life. vocal.media/fiction/some...

Me being funny in Wakefield.

As @rbreich.bsky.social notes billionaires and their families own X, Paramount, CBS, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, the Washington Post, Amazon, MGM, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and New York Post, and could soon own Warner Bros and CNN And they are all Trump supporters "Liberal media" indeed

Course my life was better 50 years ago. I was 7. Mum & Dad did stuff for me. Considered a genius cos I could do long division. Could get away with sulking. But fairly certain the 70s were shit for lots of people. Everyone wore brown suits. Oh, and there was a global recession & mass inequality.

I haven’t read the article, but I’m going with - no.

Empathy is not a drug. Teaching is not a controlled intervention. Believing there is only one ‘correct’ way to research is in itself a symptom of the imaginative empathy required.

Just attempted to read a systematic review on the decline of empathy in medical students, with conclusion that educational interventions can improve empathy levels, but what is really needed is a randomised control test to establish efficacy. WTF?!

Back in January I wrote a sequel to Matthew J Elliott's The Escapists for Imagination Theatre. It aired on the radio in the US a few weeks ago and is now up on YouTube with ads and available to buy ad free for peanuts from harrynile.com/product/the-...

My latest film review vocal.media/geeks/hedda-...

A little short story from me. Miss Havisham's Bathroom. vocal.media/fiction/miss...

We were sold AI on the basis it was going to cure cancer, solve climate change and advance our lives. Instead all it does is produce social media slop and put ordinary people out of work. I think we're entitled to feel a lot more pissed off than we currently seem to.

One for stand ups, and for people who aren't stand ups, and for men and for women and anyone else.

A little short story from me. Miss Havisham's Bathroom. vocal.media/fiction/miss...