Easter hols and weather picking up - well worth re-sharing this from @samwollaston.bsky.social again 👏 www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ma...

National Raise the Colours founder Ryan Bridge was arrested last night on Abingdon Road for public order offences. Bridge himself had called the police when an Oxford resident lay under his cherry-picker van. Mobile phone footage from local residents shows Bridge shouting “I’ve been arrested!”.

Possible solution: stop breeding pheasants and get the pheasant shooters to shoot the cats instead. Both problems solved www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Do you like my yellow tulips?

strong agree with this

don't think i'll be switching www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Stay humble Leo. A joyous inteview by @shattenstone.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...

11 different scorers for Bosnia (even if one was an og), that's got to be some sort of record?

There were about 3600 public libraries open in the UK in 2020. This is about £40 for each of them.

bloody hell. at least I know which side of the Isle of Wight to go on holiday...

weird yellow thing in the sky here ☀️

first half decent drying day for while. fyi

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