Bizarre and maddening but also great, proper investigative journalism.

I know 15 months is too late to change a child’s name but fuck it, my son is now called Harvey Barnes. #nufc

Looking like half our team got ketamine in the secret santa #nufc

"Getting a robot to use the treadmill for you at the gym doesn't make you any fitter" You don't say?

Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival

If you could chuck a few bob our way I'd be very grateful. It's an immersive school project. The kids get hands-on experience of the filming process as well. They, and Lancaster Film Institute, are amazing. Please repost/share/bung us! Thanks, you're amazing too, whatever. www.spacehive.com/angeline

A cracking read #nufc

Cannot wait for this.

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...

I’m in tonight’s Death Valley on BBC1. Don’t think I’m in it that much but I’m in it and it was fun so that’s the important thing.

Bluesky when something funny happens

BBC1’s Death Valley with Timothy Spall is as charming as it is absurd — it’s like Midsomer Murders at its best

Cracking work as always from the inimitable @editkev.football #nufc

Timothy Spall plays a famous TV sleuth who starts helping solve crimes in real life in BritBox's warm and utterly charming new crime drama #DeathValley, and I desperately hope it finds the audience it deserves. My review at @pastemagazine.bsky.social:

I am probably the last to discover this but my mind is blown that Andor's Diego Luna and Stellan Skarsgård were originally in cast Goal! and filmed a couple of scenes before the director left and the film was completely changed. #nufc

Oh christing arse the estate agents have discovered chatgpt

Looking forward to Death Valley on BBC1 tonight in the all important post Antique's Roadshow spot. Starring Timothy Spall and written by the great @pdoolan.bsky.social. I pop up briefly in episode four.

Death Valley starts tonight at 8:15 on BBC1. Here I am half way up a mountain in the Brecon Beacons last summer. There are worse jobs.

How much do I love detectives? My dog's called Dorothy L Sayers...

To celebrate the broadcast of Death Valley on Sunday 25th at 8:15 on BBC1, here’s a photo of @pdoolan.bsky.social and I looking completely relaxed and normal.

105 cyclists/yr are killed by cars in the UK. Cars kill or seriously injure 1,233 child pedestrians (u16) per year. Changing the law is meaningless because so few people are killed by bicycles. The only effect will be to give drivers an even greater sense of entitlement to endanger others

On my deathbed urging my son to continue the family business, the production of Bubble Gum Camel Balls Extra Sour

Did you know that people who have lived in the UK for just three years, who may never have worked here, can buy a full state pension? It would be good to know how many people overseas are doing this. So I asked HMRC. They don't know: www.newstatesman.com/politics/eco...

Every time Alistair Campbell and Rory Stewart refer to Anthony Scaramucci as The Mooch it just torpedoes the seriousness for me. They might as well be talking about a friend they have called Farthouse or something. That is all. #news

My new series DREAMERS is available to stream on C4 from Sunday. Add it to your watchlist now. Or set your series link for 10pm on Sunday night. www.channel4.com/programmes/d...

Every time I walk past a bank, I face an ethical question. Should I just rob it? It's a stumper.

We decided that on balance it was probably a good week to record a Newcastle Natter. Should be available wherever you get your podcasts... podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l...

Redraw the maps #NUFC

‘Counting down the days’ ‘hilarious’. Not my words, Carol. The words of Good Housekeeping magazine. #deathvalley #excited #hashtags www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/lifestyle...

In other news… www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

I swear Glastonbury gets worse every year. I haven't heard of any of these bands.

Nothing more comforting than watching Rick Stein sweating through a shirt and complaining about Brits taste for ‘hamburgers’. It’s my hyyge.

The fact that there might be a conclave so close to a movie about one has really motivated me to finish my screenplay "The Tech CEO Who Died of Diarrhea So Explosive The Coroner Said He Had No Lower Back to Speak Of"

Or just have a pancake.

The only thing you ever need to read about Cummings is the @vizcomic.bsky.social cartoon. Perfect encapsulation of his character and work.

Sometimes I'll just make thumbnail graphics for YouTube videos that don't exist.

THE WEEK AFTER: Flying machines are the new Fleabag.

Funerals should have a bit where they ask the congregation to speak up if there’s any lawful reason why the dead person shouldn’t be buried

Martin Fishback on the Musk salute.

It’s mad how many private school scare stories and anti-trans articles you have to wade through to get to actual news in The Times.

There are around 10k private school kids in Edinburgh. 51 have moved to state schools in January. As I've repeatedly said the effects of VAT on fees are going to be minimal. www.thetimes.com/article/ab42...

'A government spokesperson said: “Current uncertainty about how copyright law applies to AI is holding back the creative industries and AI sector from realising their full potential."' I notice the government are not sugesting the power companies give the AI sector their electricity for free.

New Newcastle Natter podcast up on Spotify and wherever you get your pods. Previewing tonight's game and soft launching @ferguscraig.bsky.social 's hard hitting political podcast, Both Carols. #nufc

Well that was pretty fucking wonderful. #nufc

You boy, is the transfer window open?

oh boy! Labour publishing this kind of horrid AI art while their consultation on generative AI is going on - that really inspires confidence that they'll listen to dissenting voices in the creative industry, doesn't it!

If you’re creating new Popeye work be careful - although the character is now in the public domain, his iconic catchphrase “I’ll fuck anything that moves” won’t enter the public domain till 2032