Play up the Glasgow Rangers.

“Would you like to discuss the price, perchance?” No - Martin Chuzzlewit - I would not. Not if you’re going to use that sort of language.

Oh hiya Mark. Been far? open.spotify.com/track/4uIXvy...

Happy Friday. youtu.be/VwcKwGS7OSQ?...

This Is Where the Serpent Lives by Daniyal Mueenuddin Could have read another 200 pages of this book set late 20th/early 21st century Pakistan. Squeezes a state-of-the-nation into a sharp 340 pages and leaves you wanting more. And you’ll never care so much about cucumber farming. #BookSky

Thanking the Lord (literally) for hot cross buns.

Getting Away With It on in Tescos. For the mams and dads, no doubt. Bet Richard Butler is raging when that happens to him.

Yellow label tapas from Waitrose Listening to Clyde Superscoreboard In a west London Travelodge 🎶 that’s living all right 🎶

I start to think And then I sink Into the paper Like I was ink.

Great header Youssef, you big enigma you.

Get. In.

Blue skies over Democratic Socialist South Yorkshire.

Delighted to confirm my suspicion that Nussaibah Younis is a Scoop fan. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...

Morning. open.spotify.com/track/3iDRa9...

Smashing article. Glaring omission:

Stop it.

Mmmm…. pie.

She shoots, she scores… again. “I had a mirthless laugh at the New Statesman’s cover this week, which characterised the Mandelson affair as “the scandal of the century”. Guys, it’s not even the biggest scandal of the scandal.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I ‘think’ on this occasion @thetimes.com you can get away without the quotes on racist.

Got one of these - 100% worth it.

“They all sell out women in the end. So yet again, it’s being left to the victims.” Marina doesn’t miss. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Katabasis by R F Kuang I believe the genre is dark academia… Enjoyable saga about two postgraduate students who voyage into Hell to retrieve their PhD supervisor. Like all fantasy, as daft or as serious as you want to make it. I was entertained. #BookSky

Transfer deadline day eh? Spent the last 12 hours worrying we might not sign a German dude I’d never heard of until last week.

Morning youtu.be/_7sVSSb2mU4?...

Everything about this is tremendous.

What a wonderful weekend for Scottish football.

Quote a post with a clue where you’re from.

No reveal for Roxy? #traitors

What We Can Know by Ian McEwan Split between the recent past and a post-climate catastrophe future in which Britain is reduced to a rump archipelago. This is a bleak book filled - McEwan style - by mostly awful people. However, I was pulled in, gripped by the mystery of a vanished poem. #BookSky

If you enjoy family dramas filled with secrets and lies, and have Kindle Unlimited, you can now download #TheLiesOurChildrenTell as part of your subscription. #booksky 📚💙 @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social amzn.eu/d/45F1ys7

One of my oldest friends has gone missing in Thailand. Sharing this on all platforms and would appreciate any reposts

Fair play to Celtic, they were the better team and - on balance - probably deserved their win over Auchinleck Talbot.

Bleak, damp day in the north of England so, to keep up morale, I’ve been reading Ian McEwan’s latest. 🕺

1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin Brilliant retelling of the 1929 crash which succeeds by zeroing in on key individuals and their stories. Shurely destined to be a film a la The Big Short - final scene the Senate Committee hearings, snappers with big cameras crowding in. #BookSky

Books I have read in 2026 🧵 #BookSky

Born on the north bank of the Tweed.

Brrr.

Listening to Nebraska on a Saturday night. 🕺

Ace new album from Monkey Boy. A pseudonym for Ian Brown or my mate Simon? Strongly recommend if you like electronic music from deepest Lancashire. open.spotify.com/album/3eTa3r...

Danny Rohl has seen off three Celtic managers.

Booooooooooooooo.

God bless those of us who have taken today off. Like one last slice of Brie.

Absolutely delighted for Chermiti, after everything that’s been said about him. Also, Mikey Moore’s goal celebration - 👌

Play up the Glasgow Rangers.

December 23rd… *Excitedly* “Cheese and biscuits?” “Oh aye, definitely.” January 1st… *With weary stoicism* “Cheese and biscuits?” “Ok.”

Just realised, this June will be 30 years since the first big weekend of the summer. youtu.be/YfLQ9TVbgA0?...

Made the mistake of listening to this, Hensher: Opens by saying he’s only read two books he likes. Refers to Muriel Spark as “Muriel” - host asks if he knew her, he’s never met her. Laments the fashion for books about slavery. more/

Approaching 2026 like…