Well, if it’s 6 October, it’s the 82nd anniversary of the day the world was deprived of Ignatius Trebitsch-Lincoln, who was born a Hungarian Jew, got elected to the House of Commons, spied for Germany in both world wars, and eventually declared himself the 14th Dalai Lama...

If you are a weirdo muppet dude and you like to interrupt pink creatures minding their own business singing thats called Manamanasplaining

When I first heard news of the Manchester synagogue attack, my immediate fear was for my dad, aunt and uncle. Once I heard they were safe, and my initial relief subsided, then the true shock and heartbreak set in. /1

As you get older, try to keep an open mind for what younger people enjoy, and engage with it how you can. This is easier the more you do. You'll enjoy a wider band of stuff, younger people who need you will find you more approachable, and you won't turn into a "in my day" grump.

Today is the 63rd anniversary of the London premiere of Dr. No, which means (well, obviously) it’s time to tell you a ridiculous shaggy dog story about the theft of not one but two portraits of the Duke of Wellington

Hey FYI the main reason women get stress fractures in the Army is that the heavy rucksacks they carry WERE DESIGNED FOR MEN. They do a shit job of distributing weight to the hips (where we are stronger w our builds). It's a design flaw. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

A reminder that next Saturday (11th Oct) I will be chairing a conversation between @oliahercules.bsky.social and @felicityspector.bsky.social at @burylitfest.bsky.social. Tickets are available here: www.burylitfest.co.uk/boxoffice

Any time a politician says we should leave the ECHR, the very next questions any interviewer should ask are 🚨Which human rights are you willing to lose personally 🚨Which methods of torture are you going to allow people to be sent to face 🚨Which family members would you be willing to lose #r4today

30 more women to tip this over 55k today? The calm, compassionate, inclusive feminists, who might not have seen the amazing support received for the trans community and the rejection of hate so far? Go on…

Remember, if you are going out in the hail showers today, pop a child's xylophone on your head for added fun.

Today is the 39th anniversary of a strange (which suits my purposes) but also somewhat unpleasant anniversary: the attack on Dan Rather by a man who wanted to shut off the signals being broadcast into his head and who consequently kept shouting “Kenneth, what is the frequency?”

Dinner of butter beans, slow cooked tomatoes and red pepper, green and yellow courgettes fried with garlic, thyme, chilli and lemon zest. Chopped parsley sprinkle. Not bad for a caravan kitchen! Yes, I brought my own knives. And Microplane zester. And silicon spatula.

Loving the Anglo version of Omas gegen Rechts. @omasgegenrechts.bsky.social

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It’s 185 years to the day since a man called Thomas O’Conor wrote a report about a stone figure on a church in Kiltinane, County Tipperary. This wouldn’t be especially notable if we didn’t also consider what the statue looked like, because this was the first written use of the term Sheela-na-gig

The area of Manchester where the horrific antisemitic attack took place is one of the few in the UK where Jewish & Muslim ppl both live in large numbers. We must learn from & follow how these communities support each other, as we condemn the attack & send love & solidarity to Jews across the UK

And this is why you never ever give them an inch. Migrants deported for crimes > Reform suggesting fly tipping is enough. Reform of ECHR > leaving ECHR. Removing citizenship for dual national criminals > removing for a UK national only They will never be satisfied

WHAT YOU FAIL TO SEE MR. POPE

For the love of all that is good in the book world, please work with real-life illustrators, cover designers and other creatives. In the UK, they are absolutely the best in the world.

It won't be long till only old people like us get this joke. It's brilliant.

Roses are red Oats go in porridge

A couple of interior photos of my home for the next couple of days 😁 Yes, I did bring my Microplane zester with me, what of it?

Happy Cocktober to those who celebrate! Day one is, of course, Dickula. #cocktober

*laughs in "don't be ridiculous!"*

Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals. Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’. What, Michelle? 🧵

I'm on (in?) a train to London. I do not enjoy going to London but it is the closest practical place most Interesting People come to share Exciting Things. #firstworldproblems

Afternoon, is anyone else in the UK finding Stripe transactions are being declined for no fathomable reason? My bank's 'digital assistant' was spectacularly unhelpful...

If you squint closely you might find it's not safe for work. To be fair, no one should be squinting at your computer that closely. www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...

I work with people in Germany who came all over the world. We don't speak German. We speak English. Neither the language of the country, nor the first language of the vast majority of my colleagues. That's why when stuff like Labour's announcement today comes out, it is hard not to be embarrassed.

If Reform somehow get in - and I maintain that, despite the polls, it's going to be really tricky for a party with barely any electoral infrastructure and a leadership that is consistently being outed as corrupt sex pests to do that in our system - the fault is Labour's for offering no alternative.

I’m on my nonsense again. This week’s Six Things: – the joys of autumn – a really beautiful, cry-inducing song – The Infamous Dog Thief Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn – the Ig Nobel prizes – Dial-A-Poem – aaaagggghhh game open.substack.com/pub/levparik...

$13 Effin' Birds tee sale ends tomorrow! Get yours before the apocalypse. eatf.art/13

When Jo Cox was murdered in the street to the cry of "Britain First" the UKIP shitgibbons went after anybody for "politicising" the murder. When it's one of theirs they launch multiple campaigns against people who had nothing to do with it. And the rest of us fall for it every fucking time.

what am I, applying to be wildlife photographer of the year or something?

I've updated and expanded my old review of Pride and Pudding by @regulaysewijn.bsky.social. This modern classic deserves a lot more time in the sun because a great cookbook is for life, not just the year of its publication! tales-from-topographic-kitchens.ghost.io/a-timeless-b...

And this morning the Shed is a circular hole through a polished stone; hag-borne; beach-wrought…

"yes Russian forces are at the borders of Ukraine, but they won't invade because that would be silly, don't be ridiculous" - 2022 "Yes Russian forces are violating the borders of NATO states, but they won't invade because that would be silly, don't be ridiculous." - 2025

Today would have been the 83rd birthday of Bernard William Jewry, had he not sadly died in 2014 at the relatively young age of 72. This wouldn’t be especially remarkable had he not spent the previous 40 years going by the name Alvin Stardust

😾🇬🇧😾🇬🇧😾🇬🇧😾🇬🇧 Reply in local paper to our very own homegrown racist!

Er... yes, well: happy 18th birthday to Ken Russell’s penultimate film, the heart-warming, Christmassy... oh fuck me, is it really called that?

@salutethepig.berlin Thank you, Chris ☺️

@nicmiller.bsky.social Thanks for the repost, Nic 😁

Good afternoon lovely #FoodSky, I'm staying near Ringwood, Hampshire for a few days next week and looking for recommendations of places to eat, markets etc. please 😊

Something positive for a change www.worldofmoose.com/products/civ...

I am really looking forward to reading in maybe four years time some fascinating articles about 'lockdown art'. That is, writing about the ways that things made in the first two years of the pandemic were very different to things made before and after. Not art about lockdown, but how art was changed