This is a beautiful theatre.

Hemingway, Alec Guinness and Noel Coward

Zia Fucking Yusuf platformed on r4 again?

And so it begins. Taken five days ago.

I wonder how English Language teaching accounts for the word ‘like’ these days. It’s utterly ubiquitous.

Walthamstow, E17.

Nearly a million people marched against Brexit. Not front page news. 50 people gather outside a hotel. National news for weeks. "Fears of mass unrest", media says.

Can you hit repost? Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat. My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?

😄👍 Massimo @Rainmaker1973 Redheads Festival, held annually in #Dublin, #Ireland.

This is the last thing the BBC needs

When asked which film he starred in was his favourite, Robert Mitchum replied 'They don't pay me to watch them!'

RIP Sly Stone. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tCc...

“I saw an iridescent biosphere teeming w/life..I didn’t see the economy. But since our human..systems treat everything, including the very life-support systems of our planet, as the wholly owned subsidiary of the global economy, it’s obvious from the vantage point of space that we’re living a lie.”

🔴‘Keir Starmer’s EU Deal Is Far Better Than the Media Is Telling You’ Much more needs to be done to repair the damage of Brexit, but this is a welcome step in the right direction, argues the Director of the Independent Commission on UK-EU Relations bylinetimes.com/2025/05/20/k...

River Lea.

Swan on the River Lea yesterday evening.

🧵This is the cruelty they don’t want you to see. Yorely Bernal was deported to Venezuela. Her partner, Maiker Espinoza, exiled to El Salvador’s brutal CECOT prison camp. No criminal records. Their 2-year-old daughter, Antonella, is still in DHS custody. Read on… www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/w...

Songs with fantastic fade-outs: ‘Strawberry Letter 23’ by Shuggie Otis. ‘Baby Strange’ by T. Rex. ‘Jesus Children’ by Stevie Wonder.

Paul McCartney 1967 The #Beatles

Peerless mash-up! www.youtube.com/watch?v=auxT...

Flats.

Sport at an elite level.

I love that a white guy was flying the plane, a white guy was flying the helicopter, and a white guy gutted the FAA last week but somehow the blame is too much diversity.

The Theological Hall of Strahov Library (Prague)

Duncannon, Co. Wexford.

The right do get a lot of attention for a country that booted them out of office a few months ago

I was once whingeing to Paul McCartney that I'll always be known primarily for the Wombles. Straight-faced, without irony, he said, "Yeah, I have the same problem with The Beatles".😂

Happy New Year 🎉; walking into 2025 like…

powerful from @edwardluce.bsky.social "Time to study Caligula. That most notorious of Roman emperors killed what was left of the republic and centralised authority in himself...Rome was not destroyed by outsiders. Its demolition was the work of barbarians from within" www.ft.com/content/379d...

Had lunch at the Clink in Brixton prison today - superb food, lovely dining area, and great service, all done by the inmates, who get great training which helps them in the labour market upon release. Do spread the word, and give it a try yourself - details here: theclinkcharity.org/restaurants/...

Autumn leaves North London.