Not gonna lie. I’m enjoying Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont-Spelling Bee Australia. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Cheering “the killing of another son” is VERY #totp, isn’t it?

Fancy seeing what was on the front cover of the Radio Times from the week that this particular #TOTP was broadcast back in 1988?

Come on everybody. #totp

Play Derek B you cowards. #totp

I did a telly pilot with Mark Goodier in 1988. The rest is… well… his story. Maybe the Rick Astley jacket was a bad idea. #totp

This is a bit bloody tragic. Did someone actually invoice for this? #totp

“When your pants fall down and you can’t turn ‘round” #totp

Ah, the Peephole. #totp

No. No they’re not. #totp

Lena scared me. #totp

is this the theme to something presented by Cliff Michelmore? #totp

Just imagine if we still had Freddie. He’d be a mad ol‘ fecker, wouldn’t he? #totp

Just checking. Which Gary is this? #totp

Everything about I Will Survive is still awesome. Except the rollerskating. #totp

I can guess the swear, too. #totp

This feels like a song from a series closing episode of Waterloo Road #totp

Dear oh dear #totp

This is not the Korean Bodega song I was expecting #totp

Syniad ardderchog.

Just had a text from Amazon. It starts “Driver Chat:”

Such a charming and graceful man. What dignity.

The news this morning: “Never mind what people voted FOR. Let’s talk about the parties that lost.”

Have a listen to Hannah Spencer’s acceptance speech and treat yourself to some happy tears in the morning. For a change. youtu.be/eDiHqHRgCAI

One thing that unites the far right is that nothing that ever goes wrong for them is their fault.

How lovely to wake up to good news from the UK instead of craziness from the US.

I was very sorry to learn today of the passing of our former BBC NI TV Presentation colleague Edgar Martin. This clip is from 1974 with Edgar at the controls in TV Continuity, preparing to put Scene Around Six on air. Our thoughts are with Edgar's family.

The alt text on this is inspired

Rest in peace Edgar Martin. A great announcer and such a character.

At the Oooh Betty Ford Clinic, they help you in moments of weakness by assigning you a frank sponsor.

Genuine #LifeHack

Streaming services including Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ will be required to follow similar Ofcom rules to traditional broadcasters under new legislation being implemented

The sheer number of stories about people who want to be elected so they can boss us around. Please we pick people who’ll fix stuff instead.

Bore da

“And there was suddenly a Great Noticing of Bad Things…”

No one can say they didn’t know.

I’m working what I believe is called a ‘split day’. Been to work. Going back later. Now in a ‘what shall I do with the bit in between’ state. Had an unexpected turkey and stuffing baguette for lunch though. So there’s that.

Oh, I wonder why there's a shortage...

It is false to claim that he is the "shadow Home Secretary", as the Reform Party is not the official opposition

[me, a journalist who spends all day every day on a social media app where the discovery algorithm is personally controlled by its owner, captain birdseye] you know, a lot of people are talking about fish fingers, we should probably cover that

This clip is all over the other place and has made its way onto GB News and Talk TV so I’ll do a bit of an explainer here too! The clip doing the rounds is of a fantastic police officer telling a group of Muslim men that a Christian preacher nearby is entitled to freedom of expression. 🧵 1/19

Had my eyes tested this morning. Apparently my distance vision has got BETTER. Yes, there is a down side.

Things my parents kept - a Red Dragon Radio matchbox-sized ‘sliding’ alarm clock.

Sunday

If you liked this experiment, I published a full piece today in the same vein: a text that gets 100 years older with every section, from a modern blog post to a medieval chronicle. It's a single story spanning 1000 years of English. See how far you get. www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...

Farage is in the Maldives. 200 miles away from the Chagos Islands which are not a tourist destination. Hasn't got the paperwork and wasn't on the 'aid boat' he's pointing at which is trying to establish a settlement for four people on the islands. How is this serving Clacton? Who paid?

That hotdog is repeating on me.

Log this one for the montage 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ❤️ #WALvSCO