So much truth. And controversial view: for me one of the key differences between radio programmes and podcasts is that radio programmes rarely make me shout GET THE FUCK ON WITH IT I DON’T CARE WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER IN THE PUB I WASN’T THERE

@gabyhinsliff.bsky.social Is a beacon of light in the toxic terrain of cancel culture www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Matthew Goodwin objects to prosecuting this: ‘I think it’s time for the British to gang together, hit the streets and start the slaughter. Violence and murder is the only way now. Start off burning every migrant hotel then head off to MPs’ houses and Parliament, we need to take over by FORCE.’

Essential 🧵Mina Al-Lami Chief #jihadist #media specialist #BBCMonitoring Update on #IS. Pls read her final post. "Online supporters of IS have been enthusiastic about what they describe as the group's return to global headlines+renewed international discussion of the group as a security threat."1/

"We are a culture adrift, searching for meaning but mostly only finding distraction" . Rutger Bregman delivering the BBC 2025 Reith Lecture at Stanford. share.google/qhlsiP6zinAb...

Melvyn Bragg never learned to drive. But through In Our Time on BBC Radio 4 he learned just about everything else and we swam in the slipstream of his enduring curiosity and respect for knowledge. Thank you doesn't come close.

That is a lot of tweets. If you got this far you deserve a prize. Reasonable people will debate this growth strategy. But claiming there isn’t one is lazy nonsense. Higher growth matters because rising living standards are the goal, and higher investment is a key tool.

What we're seeing is exactly what we saw in the late 1940s, the late 1960s and the mid- to late 1970s: a concerted and hysterical campaign to delegitimise a Labour government, and indeed the very idea of Labour governments at all.

"The BBC is our most effective defence against the dangers of global media power concentrated in the hands of a few private individuals" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This piece by @markurban.bsky.social is a refreshing dispelling of the nonsensical ideas that the BBC has no real problem to confront and that there is some kind of "coup" underway at the Corporation markurban.substack.com/p/the-bbc-is...

Municipal Dreams supremo John Boughton champions 60s expanded town Thetford in the latest episode of Monstrosities Mon Amour podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...

This is me with the wonderful @grindrod.bsky.social talking about the London overspill town of Thetford - 60s' optimistic progressivism incarnate - and ... white bread. Enjoy. open.substack.com/pub/johngrin...

It's a fantastic listen. I'm not biased...

Real change. BBC News - Renters' Rights Bill becomes law - here's what it means for you www.bbc.com/news/article...

Dave Rich has had enough. He's right. open.substack.com/pub/everyday...

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

Open letter in support of Prof Michael Ben-Gad, City University London, targeted and harassed by “students” in a protest group, for no other reason than pure anti-semitism - for being an Israeli Jew. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

This week's Substack post tells the story of how one London Labour Party came to accept the need for multi-storey housing and how Stepney's John Scurr House became the first municipal development to be accepted for the Royal Academy's annual exhibition: municipaldreams.substack.com/p/john-scurr...

I'm very pleased to have received my copy of Ned Newitt's thoroughly researched and finely illustrated history of social housing in Leicester. I recommend it not just to locals but to anyone interested in our housing history. waterstones.com/book/housing...

GOV. PRITZKER: “This is a convicted felon threatening to jail me? He’s an unhinged, insecure wannabe dictator. Come and get me.”

If ever there was a moment to pivot from protest to peace-building, from sides to solutions, from hate to hope, this is it.

Just finished watching the Hack. A complex story to tell and felt too tricksy at first but it works. Toby Young as Alan Rusbridger not so much...

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

Whether it's Lapid or someone else, there is a post Gaza War future for Israel, Palestinians and the region and it could be this archive.ph/2025.10.07-1...

Today is a day of grief. Absolutely. Those who celebrate violence & suffering are edgelords. We need more people who have internalised this wisdom.

This is so important. Atrocities deserve outrage. But social media has fed an addiction to outrage that obliterates commitment to solutions.

This is important.

*gasp*

I just finished this extraordinary book. I am wrung out. Utterly brilliant achievement.

Today’s digital ID announcement yet another example of how X being the main platform for political discourse will inevitably throw the MSM’s coverage off course, because online right opinion is fevered/way off the beat with the public. Guess who need digital/reliable ID most? Those in poverty.

While so much news coverage of Israel and Palestine just bobs along with the prevailing current we still have a few seasoned journalists who are worth reading. Not many though. open.substack.com/pub/markurba...

Your Party. No! MY party (Sultana). No! MY party (Corbyn). What party? (everyone else).

Far as I can tell, Robert Redford was: * successful at everything he tried * genuinely intelligent & insightful * desired by women * envied by men * an absolute mensch to everyone he dealt with * a tireless, lifelong philanthropist ... and he died peacefully in his sleep. 10/10 life. No notes.

If you’re interested in what’s going on in Parliament, my newsletter explains the bills MPs are voting on each week. Get it free here: clearthelobby.co.uk

If I’m being honest, I’m feeling pretty crap about my small business. It’s so bloody difficult at the moment with rising costs, US tariffs, Brexit nonsense and the threat of AI. Please have a look at what I do and repost to spread the word gailmyerscough.co.uk

Bennett says government full of ‘stupid ministers,’ plans to form united centrist party https://www.timesofisrael.com/bennett-says-government-full-of-stupid-ministers-plans-to-form-united-centrist-party/

A rare and helpful glimpse inside Iran. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/w...

A thoughtful, useful and frankly urgent discussion in which @arusbridger.bsky.social and @aloner.bsky.social get answers from @daverich1.bsky.social and Jo Glanville www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/religi...

For Melvyn Bragg fans you need this Explore the In Our Time archive | Braggoscope share.google/JE8LsIw2CmXF... (thank you @billt.bsky.social )

Terrific analysis from @peterkellner.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...

Andrew Scott is a contemporary artist renowned for his bold "frame-breaking" creations, where characters in his paintings seem to penetrate through glass. Through this unique creative approach, Scott explores themes of freedom, solitude, and resilience. Artist: @andrewscott_art #art #visualart

Unintended consequences. The Epping judgment could be relied upon to prevent the use of hotels/B&Bs for anyone who is homeless, not just asylum seekers, including families escaping domestic violence. Legitimate concerns indeed.

@jamesrussell2790.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/markurba...

Another treasure the BBC should have hung onto. open.substack.com/pub/urbankao...