Happy birthday to William Shakespeare.

The claim that there's more golf course land use than housing was debunked in this edition of the stats programme More or Less. Starts ~11 minutes in. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Pete Hegseth quoted a fake Bible verse from the Tarantino movie Pulp Fiction yesterday during a Pentagon prayer service

TV sound bar with no respect for the laws of thermodynamics.

The BBC undercover investigation into false immigration claims is deeply irresponsible journalism. It does not highlight that exploitation by unregulated advisors occurs because legal aid was cut and the system is insane to navigate.

Friday July 17th: Improv comedy at the Thorington open-air theatre in Suffolk. Beautiful setting. With Lauren Shearing, Richard Vranch, Lee Simpson, Josie Lawrence, Ruth Bratt and Steve Edis on piano. www.comedystoreplayers.com/events/thori...

Fun night at The comedy Store.

Great mix of groups marching against the Fash in London today, including my Union.

So it turns out the real scandal of the Gorton and Denton by-election was the willingness of media organisations to collude in Nigel Farage's attempt to undermine the result of a free and fair election www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/how-the-bb...

the girl guides in the UK just kicked out all their trans members specifically bc they were threatened with a lawsuit from a rowling-funded group

Lovely to see all the positive reports about SNL UK. Don't have Sky so I haven't seen it. I wonder how many people actually did.

Lovely crowd in Chelmsford tonight.

Not a day goes by when he doesn't embarrass and degrade himself, the office of the President, and our nation. Thank you for your attention to this moron.

of interest to few certain strains of music heads: huge stash of NME back issues now dropping on @archive.org, 300+ issues, 1969-1983 (so far). archive.org/search?query...

Oil prices wouldn't be all over the news today if more of our economy was powered by local, secure renewable energy. This isn't an "energy crisis". It's a fossil fuel crisis. 44% of UK electricity came from renewables in 2025. More of that plus an electrified economy => no more oil shocks.

The fog in London this morning wasn’t a pea-souper. More of a consommé.

South coast sunset today.

This’ll be good.

Dog tipping more effective than using flies.

Lent.

This’ll be good.

Roses are red Violets are blue Wavelengths are spread By a factor of two

That was marvellous fun. We normally forget what we've improvised straight afterwards, but I last night I can recall being a kickboxer, a doomed vampire and a fox killed by a fiendish trap.

Tonight! There are a few tickets left.

13th February 2026 marks the 29th anniversary of the Great Lego Spill, when nearly five million pieces of Lego fell into the ocean after a cargo ship laden with goods was hit by a storm.

Tao of Glass, created by composer Philip Glass and writer and co-director Phelim McDermott, will receive its West End premiere at @sohoplace this summer.

Leicester Comedy Festival 2025 Legend of Comedy Award winners The Comedy Store Players return tomorrow Thursday 12th Feb to perform a 2 hour improv comedy show at the Y Theatre. Josie Lawrence, Richard Vranch, Lee Simpson and Kirsty Newton on piano. With special guest Rachel Parris.

The same team is performing tonight at the London Comedy Store. Doors 6.30, show 7.30 to 9.30, bar and food, cheap tix on the door and for NHS, 65+ and sutdents.

Friday July 17th: Improv comedy at the Thorington open-air theatre in Suffolk. Beautiful setting. With Lauren Shearing, Richard Vranch, Lee Simpson, Josie Lawrence, Ruth Bratt and Steve Edis on piano. www.comedystoreplayers.com/events/thori...

This is very good. Very funny, great writing and performances all round.

Not a multiplex.

Clement Freud. We used to listen to old Just a Minute and our favourite quips entered our everyday vocabulary. He destroyed those little girIs' childhood, and just to add insult to injury, he ruined something I loved. I will kick his ass in hell.

Cliff and the Shadows.

John Yogi Baird, smarter than the average Baird.

BBC describing Rehan Ahmed as a 'pinch-opener'. Is this because they've realised 'pinch-hitter' sounds like someone who's eaten pins?

A 2-year old. This is a baby. newrepublic.com/post/205638/...

Don's suspicion of windmills is very Quixotic.

The initial letter of support from the US on the founding of the WHO pointed out that infectious diseases know no borders. I wonder what has changed.

The range of acceptable Somerset bowlers in the England set-up is known as the Overton Twindow.

Just had the “try our updated app” email from Trainline. If it wasn’t so depressing it’d be hilarious. What’s the ONE thing you want with travel information…?

Spoon theory explained by an autistic person doing tricks with spoons! #actuallyautistic #autistic #autism #adhd #disabled #disability #neurodiverse #neurodivergent #spoontheory www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1X9...

Near Leicester on Thursday 12th February? Then why not come and see some top-notch comedy with this lot. www.comedystoreplayers.com/events/leice...

Yesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...

President Trump withdrew the U.S. on Wednesday from dozens of international organizations intended to foster multinational cooperation, cutting ties with a wide range of prominent forums addressing international security, law, trade, economics and human rights.

For those asking who's performing at the Comedy Store on Sundays - the listings are here: www.comedystoreplayers.com/events

Spooner's career as a continuity announcer was short-lived

Nick Hancock did a great gag in the 80s about adapting Pro-Celebrity Golf to other sports, like boxing. "Mike Tyson. Versus Wendy Craig."