Watched the Alex Honnold skyscraper film last night. Not as good as the Harold Lloyd original imo

maybe you want to read quite a long piece about lithium mining in Cornwall? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

[explaining to a child why they are living in poverty] for every hundredth pint i drink i can get one free pint

@samwollaston.bsky.social I loved this piece! I lived in Jerusalem from 1978 - 1982 and I became a donkey owner in very similar circumstances. I went to the Anglican International School, too. I can't believe the parallels! Thanks for a great piece. 🙂

The pet I’ll never forget: Cocolo, the donkey who arrived unexpectedly at our door

major journalistic goal achieved: I did The Pet I'll Never Forget column... www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Hard to say but Come on you Spurs #AFC

@timdowling.bsky.social seems you're needed in KX

This guy has shut down King’s Cross station but I can’t read why

The Observer Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism is looking for the best new voices in cultural criticism. Entries close on 28 February 2026, so get scribbling! First prize is £3000 and publication in @theobserveruk.bsky.social Find out how to enter: www.anthonyburgess.org/observeranth...

I'm afraid I now need to see it

If he sets off right now, he could get to Dignitas before they close. It's only a 2 hour drive from #Davos. If it's the cost he's worried about, I'm sure he'd get a generous crowdfunding response. Maybe they take gift vouchers? Either way, the clock's ticking...

Learning how much hatred there is this dull song makes it suddenly more interesting www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...

fully signed up and ready for the Big Garden Birdwatch. Bring it on

Mayor Frey so impressive

Go round the outside.

Give/get for Christmas. So good

can i take the 450k?

Is there an influenza influencer yet? There should be

Is it Reformy to wish these guys would fuck off? Purely hypothetical…

I met some good people doing good things on Tyneside www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Spotted at King’s Cross. Ku klux traffic cones?

love the fox and otter having a night out in Lincoln together in this. Someone needs to write the children's book about them

Bloody hell, See No Evil, the Ch4 doc about John Smyth... reeling after that one.

...or too many people in Bonnie Blue?

such a welcome return for the best eyebrows football

1. P Morgan 2. O bin Laden 3. H Kane

feeling for the community in which JB has been ordered to do 200 hours work in

funny how the t in fillet is now often not pronounced. Not because of pretentiousness, I think it's because of McDonald's

2 in 3 of Nigel Farage’s current and former partners do not speak English as their first language.

I went wallaby hunting… www.theguardian.com/environment/...

not sure I'd want to take a risk, even with a "vast majority" fixed

my favourite thing about this story is that Thiago Silva's sons are called Isago Silva and Iago Silva www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

I'd never even heard of the billionaire Brim Amid Al Shakeup

possible not the most important takeaway, but you wouldn't get very far with an audiobook read by Rachel Reeves #Budget

going to rewatch The Harder They Come tonight. Jimmy Cliff, what a legend, RIP

rip jimmy cliff

gonna be a movie

Stephen Lambert on Today programme (yet again), but Nick Robinson didn't ask him about dodgy editing. SL famously resigned for an edit that made the Queen look as if she'd done something she hadn't

I spoke to some nice footy fans… www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Even I thought this was one of mine!

Nice piece. And spot on www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

hahaha

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

Otter AI really struggling with a Brummie accent

went for a walk with Terry Gilliam... www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

One advantage of sharing a name with someone famous: more people read about you when you die. Sue sounds amazing RIP

"Parking is such sweet sorrow"

perhaps this one should have also been called something different?