A fascinating thing about India is that the whole, very big country is in one time zone. Which means that in the far north east, it gets dark very early for a lot of the year. Turns out if you play test cricket there, you therefore have to have tea before lunch

No Rizz.

Ghislaine Maxwell lied about Trump never going to Epstein's house (directly contradicted by her email correspondence with Epstein), and she was rewarded for that lie with a transfer to a cushier prison. The coverup is happening in plain sight.

We have all been thinking about this, Ghislaine.

This one fits Angas’ silly surface criteria. I created a Minute Cryptic for you to solve: Terminators said “Sara, we’ll be back”. Erroneous franchise baddies. (6) Give it your best shot! www.minutecryptic.com/custom/ba249...

TGT on Thursday celebrates the 70th Birthday of Whoopi Goldberg. I just love the story of her inspiration to acting being Nichelle Nichols on Star Trek. Sparking not only a phenomenal acting career, but a drive to appear on Star Trek. Discuss why representation matters. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

The letter the BBC could send back to Trump - brilliant stuff from @davidallengreen.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/emptycit...

For a minute I thought they had no plan at all. But it’s ok.

Wednesday's TGT highlights two amazing British women who broke running world records last month. Sarah Webster and Sarah Perry's achievements are both jaw-dropping but slipped largely under the radar. Tell your students about them tomorrow. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

Minute Cryptic - 12 November, 2025 "Rouse ancestors holding one of these?" (6) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (11,450 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

MPs and BBC staff call for Robbie Gibb to leave broadcaster’s board. Staff left unhappy at all staff meeting today, as their questions about the board go unanswered… www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...

Optimus boots:

Oh both my hearts ❤️

This one fits Angas’ silly surface criteria. I created a Minute Cryptic for you to solve: Terminators said “Sara, we’ll be back”. Erroneous franchise baddies. (6) Give it your best shot! www.minutecryptic.com/custom/ba249...

Boris Johnson says the idea that criticism of the BBC is being organised by the right is ‘complete and utter bollocks’, which makes me think there might be something in it.

More “Ow, me back” Than “I’ll be back.”

Wednesday's TGT highlights two amazing British women who broke running world records last month. Sarah Webster and Sarah Perry's achievements are both jaw-dropping but slipped largely under the radar. Tell your students about them tomorrow. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

It's like the crocodile story Ken Clarke once told me. You can feed buns to the crocodiles until the cows come home. Once you run out of buns, they'll eat you anyway. They'll never stop.

That is glorious, @lrlr.bsky.social - needed two letters and I’m not even mad about it. Minute Cryptic - 11 November, 2025 "See outspoken farmers pouring heart out. They live off the land?" (9) 🟡🟡🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 2 hints – 1 under the community par www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Frankenstein?

Vonnegut's blend of satire and human experience is unmatched! His quote, "We are all here on Earth to fart around," captures the joy in the mundane. What small moments bring you joy? 🪐📚 #Vonnegut

Can football on prescription play a role? Last week Forest Green Rovers' most recent ‘patient’ declared that ‘football was better than any drug she had ever taken’.

SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten. "I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA

Parsed the wrong way this morning. Lovely clue and easy when parsed correctly. Minute Cryptic - 10 November, 2025 "Black sheep beginning to moo if it's confused" (6) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (82,360 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Kurt Vonnegut is the subject of Tuesday's TGT. Discuss his experience as a soldier or his satirical novels. But I think it's worth discussing his view that there is joy to be had in walking to the local shop for a single envelope. We are dancing animals born to fart around. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

TGT on Monday celebrates the life of Ennio Morricone. Discuss film scores and their importance with your tutees or the incredible fact that one of the greatest directors and greatest film composers of all time went to the same school in Italy. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: “We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”

Right now if the BBC announced Alex Jones as the next DG, I'd have no idea which one.

This week has been a long year. But you know what to do. 😍

Art is emotion through expression. AI does not think and it cannot feel. It is a program designed to scrounge the internet to pass things off as its own. All the while stealing jobs from real artists and soaking up drinking water.

TGT on Monday celebrates the life of Ennio Morricone. Discuss film scores and their importance with your tutees or the incredible fact that one of the greatest directors and greatest film composers of all time went to the same school in Italy. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

I'm guessing the BBC 'scandal' has been big on X this week as this was the first I had heard of it...

Ooof.

“WE REMEM WILL BEP THEM”

Deep dish et decorum est

Enjoyed the animation in the explainer. 🤣 Minute Cryptic - 9 November, 2025 "NOO! SNOW AT 180º? Time to get drenched" (7) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (51,503 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

I have to say, I find this letter completely baffling for a number of reasons:

Alongside my poppy at the cenotaph this year, I’ll be wearing the red triangle to remember the liberation 80 years ago of humanists who were held in the camps wearing this badge like other political opponents of fascism. We must have courage to stand against fascism and for freedom in every age.

Had a similar answer this morning ending in a -y. Took five letters in the end. Not my best effort Minute Cryptic - 8 November, 2025 "Shivers after hour spent devouring "50 Shades of Grey"" (7) 🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏋 5 hints – 2 over the community par (65,520 solvers). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Health Insurance companies, bad. Health Insurance companies, good.

Saw someone with the same teeth as me at the coincidentist.

When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)

Was smart of Bolsonaro to get Tim Sherwood sent to prison instead of him, as no one will miss him.

"If you say to any audience what that audience wants to hear... I would say that's a swindly thing to do"

I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme. So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”

Breaking 1980s football news: Yourname Acrossmyheart has been signed just in time to feature in the Terence/Trent Derby

Getting the boy started on his DoE volunteering journey at Brickfields Park.

I will never understand the people who can look at this and shrug.

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