”Reform UK's barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don't play the bullies game." Martin Shipton from @nation.cymru on being bullied by Reform's lawyers: www.thenerve.news/p/reform-nat...

I don’t get it, why does making art become unsatisfying when you remove the part where your brain works and is rewarded with a sense of accomplishment

moby dick was almost called death of a whalesman

How I taught my nephew (age 4) to fear horses Was babysitting my nephew so I took him to a horse farm. He really likes horses but was scared to feed them by hand. I wanted to show him there's nothing to fear, as long as you're gentle. (1/6)

"You can't get better than a Kwik Fit fitter [pauses, stares into the camera, turns the page of his notes meaningfully] THEY'RE the boys to trust."

I've also refused to allow Netflix to show my video of an elephant shrew for exactly the same reason

In other news, today, I am going up the post office tower.

4 years ago, The Art Of Losing was an album of the year. It was a dream come true. Today, so many of those publications that championed that record have closed or cut their coverage drastically. New piece over on my Substack about why we need to fight for the music press: theanchoress.substack.com

"No state" is a genuinely fascinating remark to make when talking about the story of the nativity.

A satisfying twist on the usual "ackshually I can't be homophobic because phobia means an irrational fear and..." nonsense

"Sylvia, just heard back from the Masterchef people... no, bad news, I'm afraid, they've decided to go with Grace Dent instead... uh-huh... they said they were looking for something more upbeat... yes, still waiting to hear back from Bake Off."

Slightly obsessed with Reform UK's teeny tiny photoshopped breakfast.

Bloody hell. It's not just that Guinness World Records thinks having 'first fatal stage dive' as a category is OK, but the entry for it has some text going 'actually, we probably shouldn't publish this because it makes us look like fucking ghouls' www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-record...

i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao

It's even worse when you realise that the guy in the hat is a shepherd

I contain multitudes Oh Oh shit My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance

Turns out it was a tribute to the Porcelain God

We cross now live to Norwich, for a breaking news update

Bloomberg, throwing cans of parafin about like they're in Del Toro's Frankstein: "ooh, this might inflame the debate"

The Tories here, embracing pop culture by referencing a TV programme that hasn't been on for over a decade

Yes, yes, Kit Williams' hare is up for auction, but what about the real mystery buried treasure? www.youtube.com/watch?v=09Bi...

I guess this is the closest Kids Today (™️) will get to experiencing co-channel interference

I see Farage has putin cash for the farmers www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Richard Fuller is saying on PM that Reeves is worse than Kwarteng, because Kwarteng's measures were reversed within days and Reeves' won't be. Eh?

Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷

More bad news from the budget

Nigel Farage sat laughing at serious accusations of Russian money in Reform and his racist past, is not a good look. #PMQs

It's a dot com sit com/ About a hip hop French fry restaurant

O dear. Badenoch had been briefed that the OBR forecast had been shared, but nobody seemed to tell her it was a cock-up and so she's fumin' about leaks

My mum ordered a new freezer from AO and when the delivery van came, it did not have a tail lift - apparently the company won't pay for them The two guys were expected to lift freezers, washing machines etc off the back of the van themselves...which does not seem safe This guy can GTFO

I see Anon Opin has become one of those online influencers

One year my dad undercooked the turkey but it was well brined so we didn’t notice it at first. But as we got closer to the bones things got pink. Dad was so disappointed. my teenage brother’s friend, also a teen, assured him “don’t worry, this turkey is not a referendum on your love for your family”

On Thanksgiving 2005, we woke up to find a chocolate cream pie in a tupperware on the patio of my grandparents' apartment. We assumed it was a gift from the upstairs neighbors (grandma was recovering from surgery and getting lots of gift food) and devoured it. It was delicious. (Cont'd)

I mean who is it drinking lattes anyway?

Rather than 'wear polite trousers', this is a project that has the opportunity to make a significant difference in people's air travel experience (also contains the 'fall off my chair every time' fact that DIA covers FIFTY THREE SQUARE MILES. (Well over ten times the size of Heathrow)

There was a man from London (a place in South-East England) loudly opining before Adam Ant came on last night that he was surprised at the size of the crowd, given that we were "in the middle of nowhere", like we were in Tamworth or something

Still makes me laugh

Yes, I can absolutely see this is the sort of thing you'd do if you're expecting to be a significant player in the next parliament

Obviously you thank flight crew, unless you're some sort of monster, but they can shove this "dress with respect" thing right up their butts

Oh, God, they're going with the 'shift the M25' option for Heathrow, and I think the traffic jam that's going to cause has probably already backed up to Luton

Black shirts. Apt.

Reading about the BBC censoring The Reith Lectures while listening to Tony Benn's Andy Kershaw session doing selections from Tom Paine et al

KNOW YOUR POP STARS: Left - the first to go do a LIPA Right - the first to be Dua Lipa

When Scooby Doo processes your Visa application...

Just muttering behind people's backs, then, is it? Odious AND cowardly? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...