Can everyone please stop referencing Traitors so that the four of us in Britain who don't watch it can actually have an adult conversation about anything?

My DMs are open if anyone has more info on this. 100% confidential.

My DMs are open if anyone has more info on this. 100% confidential.

This is amazing. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

No, I'm sorry. Just change the name of the school, I don't care how old it is. (I drove past it the other day, before you ask about my search history)

Go home, Spotify, you're drunk. Elton John and Bernie Taupin did not write Chameleon.

Chelsea FC won't feel the effect of a financial penalty if found guilty of 74 breaches of FA rules on agent payments, accounts suggest. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Loving the revelation that the head of Kings College Hospital's liver unit recommended women limit daily drinking to THREE DOUBLE GINS in 1979. Also, guess the max before driving... open.spotify.com/episode/6Adm...

Mickey Van De Ven and Joao Palinha single-handedly avenging Lindisfarne. Bacon fried. #thfc #coys

There is no other footballer like Mickey Van De Ven. Better defenders maybe. But no other footballer like him. Is that as good as Son's Puskas? It's not far off. #thfc #coys

Among the softest red cards I've seen. #thfc #coys

It's weird that I don't want Brennan Johnson, the best finisher at Tottenham Hotspur FC, anywhere near the starting line-up. #thfc #cous

🔴The Sun Newspaper Wages War Against Gambling Taxes – While Holding Huge Betting Stakes Itself Rupert Murdoch’s paper recruits Nigel Farage and Conservative and Labour MPs for ‘Save Our Bets’ campaign – while holding lucrative betting partnerships worth millions bylinetimes.com/2025/10/30/t...

I'm on holiday but I see Grainne Hurst is an equally adept communicator as her predecessor as head of the gambling lobby, Michael Dugher. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Looking at this in the cold light of day, on about three hours sleep, I need more engagement with this to give me the dopamine to get through the rest of the day.

Half term holiday so far:- CO2 alarm in remote caravan went off at 12am. Drove with 8yo and 3yo to a large hotel chain. Aged receptionist does not know how to use equally aged check-in system. He is sighing. Kids are going nuts...

The most predictable development ever if you read "Jackpot" @byrobdavies.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

The Treasury select committee is holding an evidence session on gambling tax next week. The committee will be taking expert opinion on tax from two industry lobbyists who previously worked for Entain, the owner of Ladbrokes and Coral. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Timeline cleanse: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

It's what he would have wanted.

Was in the Kafka museum in Prague today and not only was the gift shop selling the new Dan Brown but the guy in front of me in the queue actually bought it.

Is it me or is the Mercury line-up a bit weak this year? I don't even have a clear favourite, which is unlike me.

The new, hidden gambling partnerships taking root around the Premier League. By @philippeauclair.bsky.social

I don't care about defending Harry Kane to silly England fans now that he's not at Spurs. But it is genuinely ludicrous that there was so much clamour for the likes of Callum Wilson and Ollie Watkins over him.

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

A really intriguing read that also made me want to scream forever. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Exc: High street slot machine shops pay bonuses linked to how much gamblers lose. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

That tense scene where the brave newshound attempts to connect to GovWiFi during five hours of commercial litigation at the Rolls Building. Chills. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Saw One Battle After Another. Really enjoyable, think my favourite bit was the Jingle Bells secret knock. Lovely touch.

Stand By Me (Ben E King) 9/10 Stand By Me (Oasis) 3/10

Best I can find it Express Yourself by NWA (7) and Madonna (8). The Charles Wright sampled by NWA never charted which shows that we deserved Brexit.

Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs 10/10 Maps - The Front Bottoms 8/10

1999 (Prince) 9/10 1999 (Charli XCX) 7/10 Total score: 16/20

So Creep (Radiohead) & Creep (TLC) are both bangers. 8/10 & 9/10 respectively. A total of 17. Am I doing this right?

Fun music game. Take two songs with the same name and post your combined score out of 10. How high can you get? No covers/no triples (e.g. Power of Love) My first effort, which i think is hard to beat... Zombie (Fela Kuti) 10/10 Zombie (The Cranberries) 7/10 Total score: 17

Exc: High street slot machine shops pay bonuses linked to how much gamblers lose. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

The end of passport stamps? That was pretty much the only Brexit benefit, getting a lovely big stamp in my passport (the kids also like this). www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

Ordered some posh chocolate that I saw in How To Spend It because I needed a pick-me-up and...I'm afraid neither of my children will now ever go to university or receive any help getting on the housing ladder.

Me (lying broken on the ground): "C....coke. Oh God what's the point though?"

Vote for me and enjoy weeks of home schooling and tense conversations with your boss...is an interesting electoral offer. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Nothing against the reporter here but I'm not sure I see more gambling ads anywhere than I do when watching a drama on ITV. www.itv.com/news/2025-10...

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it