Sir Nicholas Grimshaw | 1939-2025

Conor Gearty | 1957-2025

The paperback of 'English Convents in Catholic Europe, c.1600-1800' by the CCS' James Kelly is currently available in the @waterstones.bsky.social sale for only £10: www.waterstones.com/book/english... #skystorians #nuntastic #Catholicism #history #CathHist

Let’s be clear, Trump and Vance love the second amendment, but hate the first. Pretending a love of peace they promote violence, espousing free speech they close it off.

Cold War Steve

Epstein pal and convicted felon lands in UK for second state visit as protesters gather in Windsor

Robert Redford | 1936-2025

Max Hastings excellent on BBC PM, explaining why tomorrow he will be joining the protests against the second state visit of Donald Trump, the nastiest and most dangerous president the US and the world has ever had to endure.

Not a sense of irony indeed.

Berkeley succumbs to the Trump thought police

Trump is a Russian asset. Why are people still pretending otherwise? Putin’s pawn.

And will Starmer still welcome Epstein’s other pal and convicted felon, Donald Trump, next week?

We have a bit of a natural experiment here. Compare the tone, quantity and duration of Charlie Kirk coverage with that of the two Dem lawmakers gunned down in their homes in Minnesota 6 months ago. May be revealing.

Live issue: Epstein pal Trump unable to recognise his own signature

Nadine Dorries joining Reform tells you all you need to know about Reform

Giorgio Armani | 1934-2025

Andy Saunders | 1963-2025

Cold War Steve

Zack Polanski wins Green party leadership election

Paris pigeons

Why, you might ask, do the BBC and Sky News, casting their editorial guidelines to the wind, keep giving massive airtime to the far right, while shutting out leftwing voices? Don't their bosses understand the likely consequences? Only one explanation now remains. They do. And it is what they want.

Joe Caroff | 1921-2025

Terence Stamp | 1938-2025

Avallon

What sort of fishing were they pretending?

Yesterday in the Cotswolds we told JD Vance to get lost On September 17th in London we will come together to tell Donald Trump the same thing Spot @everyonehateselon.bsky.social’s Vance meme van 😭😭😭

Andrew Saint | 1946-2025

Trump himself has been convicted of 34 felonies and is the first criminal elected president.

Vile

Biddy Baxter | 1933-2025

Jim Lovell | 1928-2025

The Return (2024) - Uberto Pasolini’s minimalist retelling of Odysseus’ return to Ithaca; to his wife, son and dog. Hardly any sets, and everyone wrapped, when wrapped, in blankets; absolutely no gods. Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche compelling throughout, Fiennes above all.

Tim Burton's Wednesday (Season 2) is good, but would be even better if Jenna Ortega (Wednesday) had some coaching in enunciation, so we could better catch what she is saying.

Sir Kenneth Calman | 1941-2025

Ugandan LGBT+ refugees in Lusaka face violence and homelessness. Urge UNHCR to act – sign the petition for urgent protection!

Evening

Yes, that’s the same Tony Blair Institute who’s been working with Trump on the Gaza Riviera. It is incomprehensible that anything this organisation is doing gets a free pass in the UK press let alone front page treatment www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

“A group of global civil society organizations have placed the US on a watchlist for urgent concern over the health of its civic society, alongside Turkey, Serbia, El Salvador, Indonesia and Kenya.”

Tom Lehrer | 1928-2025

Starmer's Britain