Terrorist attacks are profoundly sad wherever in the world they happen. They are more shocking still when they happen in places we have ourselves visited. My sincerest sympathies to everyone affected by the attacks in Sydney.

Police advise people to ‘take shelter’ following reports of active shooter at Bondi beach

In 2018 I said I had never met the Russian Ambassador. And to prove it, here I am in 2013 not meeting him.

The southwestern sky at the earliest sunset of the year. Rain was just starting. For us far into the Northern Hemisphere, today has the earliest sunset of the year. Every sunset from now will be later until June. The 21st December will have the shortest period of daylight. #EarliestSunset

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

A result which both illustrates the magnitude of the Reform threat and the problems with Labour’s “Farage is right, don’t vote for him” response. 37 point Lab to Reform swing. Labour go from first to 4th as anti-Reform vote splits 3 ways. Combined Lab/LD/Grn vote larger than Reform vote.

SANTA'S GROTTY! Farage on the naughty list! Here's today's @thenorthernagenda.bsky.social cartoon... www.shareyourstories.live/northern-agenda/

Stephen Flynn, "Nathan Gill, who was Reform UK's leader in Wales" "Do you know where he is now? He's in jail" "Because he was taking bribes from Putin" "At a time when Europe is at war with Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Reform UK party leader in Wales was betraying each and every one of us"

Ten years ago, the world took a major step forward in its response to climate change. The Paris Agreement is delivering real progress. WMO will continue playing its role by ensuring the world has the best possible data on weather, climate, and water. 🔗 https://wmo.int/all-activities

ITV Wales is rebroadcasting an episode of Face To Face in which Adrian Masters interviews Jenny Randerson, Baroness Randerson. But the continuity announcer, strangely, failed to point out that she, sadly, died early this year. Odd.

The Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru have reached an agreement which will allow the budget for 2026-27 to pass wp.me/p8Mk4U-1amI

Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru reach Welsh government budget deal, say sources to me and Emilia Belli

#StormBram is bringing a period of very windy weather 🌬️ The strongest winds are expected to be felt along the northwestern coast of Scotland, where gusts could reach up to 90 mph ⚠️ Latest warning info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning Stay #WeatherAware

HuffPost UK: Pro-Brexit Majority Of 2016 'Has Literally Died Out', Polling Expert Reveals www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/ex-pol...

A row has broken out over a multi-billion-pound rail link between Liverpool and Hull which has been designated as an 'England and Wales' project by the UK Government ✍️ @emilypricejourno.bsky.social

Today is the 160th anniversary of the birth of the Finnish musician and composer Jean Sibelius (1865-1957), also known as Johan Julius Christian Sibelius. He wrote music in a number of forms and is best known for his seven symphonies, violin concerto and tone poems. [Picture: Wikimedia Commons]

One of those beautiful #Cologne traditions, the Christmas concert to play along to on your instrument. Of course in the Cathedral of Cologne.

From kellnerp.substack.com/p/the-majori...

I'm very excited and honoured to announce my new position 🧪🔭 in the UK, starting in January! See here for more info: www.ast.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...

#StormBram will bring strong winds and very heavy rain to northern and western parts of the UK. We have various weather warnings in place, including an Amber wind warning. Read our latest news release ⤵️ bit.ly/3KGB94B

Then we need to do something about it. Maybe we should start circulating this and see if we can get a rejoin referendum before the next election on the agenda. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Nigel Farage has been urged to ‘come clean’ over his election campaign in Clacton after a former aide claimed Reform UK had breached spending rules

Deleted scene from Home Alone 2

I quit a large multinational as my manager was terrible. He gave me a rush project in my last fortnight, so I decided to write in in FORTRAN 77 (an approved language at the time). No-one else in our team knew it, so it had to be rewritten delaying the project. Boss got no bonus.

Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script

The Dutch-American astronomer and plantary scientist Gerard Peter Kuiper (1905-1973), also known as Gerrit Pieter Kuiper, was born 120 years ago today. He made many discoveries across Solar System science. #HistoryOfAstronomy [Portrait from the Wikimedia Commons.]

My aunt, 80, is so proud of her banana skin and teabag concoction to keep lavender plants healthy, that she tells everyone about it. We don't have the heart to admit that three times every year my wife just replaces the one she keeps killing with banana skins and teabags.

Andy Bunday @bundaycartoons on #Putin #ModiPutin #ModiPutinMeet #Modi – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

Martyn Turner @turnercartoons on #Trump #WorldCup2026 #RussiaUkraineWar #PeacePrize - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

My piece for The Guardian about why I am far more concerned about Reform's aversion to scrutiny than I am about them calling me a c***. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

'T Rex' captured on CCTV fly-tipping

Breaking. Liz Truss wins this year's FIFA Prize for Economics.

A small space telescope may signal a big new trend for modern astronomy. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne... . . #astronomy #spacemission #spacetelescope

Thursday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

BREAKING NEWS Over a third of Welsh Labour Senedd Members have written to Keir Starmer to stop undermining devolution. They say: "If this was being done by a Tory Government, we would be calling for a judicial review. This must never happen again." 1/2

Popular astronomy: the Moon will occult (pass in front of) the Pleiades star cluster tonight as seen from some places on Earth, including much of Europe. However, the Moon will be close to full, and the glare from the Moon will make the Pleiades more difficult to see. #PleiadesOccultation #Pleiades

Today is the 30th anniversary of the launch of the SOHO spacecraft, built by the European Space Agency in a joint project with NASA. SOHO has observed the Sun for 30 years.

Chris Riddell @chrisriddell50 on #KeirStarmer #RachelReeves #Budget – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

Matt @MattCartoonist on ending #jurytrials @Telegraph – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

Farage tells donors he expects Reform UK to do an election deal with Tories on.ft.com/48qr43G

OBR chair quits after inquiry into early release of Reeves’s budget

Cambridge Vice Chancellor talks to Reform Instead she should meet with student & staff to hear concerns, keep an open door for staff to report experiences & hold in-person town halls And adopt leadership style that questions motives & actions of those around her www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

We have written a special report looking at the people behind Reform in Wales. This was a bizarre piece to write. willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...

"Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg" is what happens when people working in television take the output of partisan newspapers seriously. It's on my television, but the sound is rather low, while Radio 3 is playing, louder, and more usefully.

Wales has a National Museum which serves the dual purpose of butt-joining the nation’s treasures. It’s a wonderful institution, but a museum is not a gallery. The issue isn’t No Welsh Art, but the absence of a proper place to put it ✍️ Desmond Clifford

”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...

Kal @kaltoons on #Trump - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com