I am extremely tense about the queue for Dracula tickets which doesn’t bode well for if/when I actually see the play.

It was barely 50 years ago that mothers being cold towards their children (!) was thought to be a cause of autism. As to Trump’s “not letting it happen anymore” that used to be quietly shoving disabled people out of sight. So that’s basically what we can expect when they fail to “stop” it.

Is there a consumer campaign I can join to crusade against Kellogg’s new recipe for All Bran? It tastes like a cross between fibreglass and an accident. If my cholesterol goes back up because I can’t eat it, I am absolutely blaming them.

Good morning from Wales where the dog is doing her bit for the LNG marketing board

Wikipedia is what the internet was meant to be and one of the few online places that hasn’t got worse. It’s a miracle

Buried details: the 18% of kids whose identities shifted over the course of the study were overwhelmingly between binary trans and non-binary or vice versa. The number who shifted between binary cis and trans was very low indeed - out of a subset of 254, precisely *one* kid shifted in this way.

you come to me, on this, the 21st night of september, and you ask me if i remember

You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes. #romancelandia

The ways in which women’s choices, or lack of them, are discussed by governments, researchers, and wider society offer a fairly glaring insight into why fertility rates continue to fall, writes @katbrownwrites.com www.independent.co.uk/voices/paren...

I spent the best part of a day editing this piece by parent and professor Ahmed Kamal Junina – pictured here in front of what used to be his office – not because it needed the work, but because every paragraph made me stop for about half an hour. www.independent.co.uk/voices/educa...

I spent the best part of a day editing this piece by parent and professor Ahmed Kamal Junina – pictured here in front of what used to be his office – not because it needed the work, but because every paragraph made me stop for about half an hour. www.independent.co.uk/voices/educa...

A collage full of nature for you today, but all made out of thread. 😊🪡 16 little snippets taken from a variety of my embroideries. I hope you enjoy. 🌿🌺🌱🪻🪷 #stitchedart #thesewingsongbird

We need to be very clear about this. Rising Christian nationalism is a threat to us all. humanists.uk/2025/09/17/r...

Not sure this is the right text lads

Measured, sensible, and much welcomed statement from Faversham Town Council on the idiocy of the moronic flag pandemic.

Phil Collins' ...But Seriously, and I'm about to have my first liberal awakening thanks to Another Day in Paradise's melancholic tune and lyrics, and Phil's incredibly clear diction.

Pete and Jowita are a couple, and new Strictly starts tonight – I AM SO EXCITED!

Husband forced due to car journey to listen to #TheArchers: “Honestly, you’d die if you played a drinking game every time they say ‘Martha’.”

*Derek Guy prepares a thread*

I have a counter conspiracy of my own re Candace Owens. While researching Natacha Rey, who originated the lies about Brigitte Macron, I could not find her at all. No pictures. No video. No digital footprint. Didn’t appear in court. I’m not sure the woman at the heart of Owens’ claims even exists.

My piece on Brigitte Macron, transvestigation, and how conspiracy theories about public figures have filled the gap left by UFOs thanks to Trumpism and us effectively now living in an extended retelling of “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” www.independent.co.uk/life-style/b...

The clouds are so unusual and lovely. Feel quite Bake Off adjacent.

This story is so absurd and so appalling. It’s so debasing for society that the anti-trans panic has some people thinking that it’s their business what’s in anyone else’s pants.

“Never apologise, never explain, and cling to the BIG lie at all costs. Another grift will be along in a minute. There’s always a spot at the table for an ambitious person who believes in nothing and will say anything.”

I have a counter conspiracy of my own re Candace Owens. While researching Natacha Rey, who originated the lies about Brigitte Macron, I could not find her at all. No pictures. No video. No digital footprint. Didn’t appear in court. I’m not sure the woman at the heart of Owens’ claims even exists.

My piece on Brigitte Macron, transvestigation, and how conspiracy theories about public figures have filled the gap left by UFOs thanks to Trumpism and us effectively now living in an extended retelling of “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” www.independent.co.uk/life-style/b...

Genevieve’s doing her Melania impression again

I’m so pleased I washed and styled my hair last night to look sleek and beautiful when it now resembles a soot sprite with its finger in an electrical socket.

This is such a delightful nerdy article. During lockdown, my husband and I bought a lovely DeLonghi. However, when I had my hip replacement, he had to walk the dog, and started picking up coffees. Three years on and he still does this because Sybil refuses to miss her morning biscuit and cuddle.

Good morning from Genevieve

This is really shameful and pathetic, even for Kash Patel. Maybe have qualified law enforcement people head the FBI instead of professional shit posters.

Watching Trump’s administration being torn a new one is very comforting viewing all things told

I just want to warn the UK that with a ride in a gilded carriage, a castle, and a flyover with jets, the odds are increasing that Trump won’t leave. But we are good with that.

As a country I think we place too much emphasis on bagpipes.

Utterly thrilling to watch the drummers getting their day in the not-very-sun at Windsor Castle. Being a drummer at the 2012 Opening Ceremony was the most hypnotic fun I've ever had even without being a smidge as good as these all are (with the bonus that, well, he wasn't there.)

Watching Adolescence, and I can't stop thinking about the chilling scene in ep.3 where the kid throws the child psychologist's hot chocolate on the floor. She paid good money for that hot chocolate and now it is wasted. Fathers, talk to your sons.

This week on HIF Player, journalist and commentator Kat Brown, smashes the stereotypical idea of ADHD with scientific evidence, historical context and provides practical support for ADHD minds. Listen to this week's episode: https://bit.ly/HPKatBrown 🎧 @katbrownwrites.com

Interesting that after wearing a Burberry trench on the plane, Melania is now back to looking like a sulky, sentient floor lamp.

I love London so much. So much. Did you know that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any city of comparable size in the world? Multiculturalism has in fact worked here. They just don’t want it to be true because we happen to have a Muslim mayor.

The former staff of FHM must be feeling quite twitchy today

As usual, I've preordered my September Richard Osman. I reread all four after the not-very-good-at-all film (and didn't love the new book series), and I can't wait to settle in again. As the reviewer says here, the language, the jokes, and the observations are bliss. inews.co.uk/culture/rich...

I'm not saying that Redford invented the sexy forearms trend but I'm also not not saying that.

What the journalist could have done at the outset is to ask them what they think a racist is.

This year, we’ve had insider pieces from barristers, escorts, SEND school teachers and medics inside asylum hotels – and we want to hear from you, whatever you do. Got an insight into an industry people don't know about? Pitch to [email protected] without delay.

In the 1930s Mosley and his rank and file BUF were careful not to outwardly portray themselves as racists. They weren't antisemitic... far from it... they were just concerned about "bad principles" and "international bankers" and the influx of foreigners Everyone knew what they meant.

Q: Do you think it would've been fitting to lower the flags to half staff when Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota House Speaker, was gunned down by an assassin? TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?

Oh. (I hadn't seen this before.)

👇 Leadership matters and does change things. (A smaller scale version of this is watching people on here who have a red rosette where their own moral compass should be sharing a statement that only earlier this morning they thought it was Actually Wise Not To Make)

"Healthy debate" = when I criticize you "Cancel culture" = when you criticize me