On April 28 1986, the radiation detector at Forsmark Nuclear Power Station in Sweden would not stop going off Then tests revealed something terrible had happened But not in Sweden 40 years on, here is the story of Chernobyl (Paywall free) www.thetimes.com/article/4b9c...

En Garde! Harvey Keitel thinks you spilled his pint, and he's going to spend the next 20 years fighting you over it. We're watching The Duellists. champ.ly/UKQtTPOK

Depressing and plausible on why on the internet, it pays to be wrong.

Wondering if @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com can recall another time that Morgan saw an opening in the intersection between an exciting new technology and democratic politics.

Morning

A few weeks ago on the @warmovietheatre.com podcast, I recommended taking the train up to Derby to see eighteenth century master of chiaroscuro Joseph Wright’s The Orrery But Londoners can actually see it at the National Gallery for a few more weeks! www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/...

This is lovely for Peter. I'm sure both he and his family will be thoroughly chuffed. As will all the many many students of Peter (me included) who wouldn't be doing what they are doing today if not for his remarkable knowledge and expertise, astute guidance and unfailingly enthusiastic support.

Reform wants to introduce a “patriotic curriculum”. The Rt Hon Geoffrey Geoff-Geoffrey has thoughts…

There is a very good, straightforward explanation of why we can't just put solar panels on roofs if we're taking decarbonisation seriously here.

En garde! This week we're dealing with honour and obsession in Bonapartist France as we watch Harvey Keitel chase Keith Carradine around Europe, demanding to know if he spilled his pint. It's... The Duellists! champ.ly/UKQtTPOK

And as a follow-up, ask them to log into teams when you're outside the host organisation

I want to see a broadcast interview where a senior Microsoft executive is asked to move from Old Outlook to New Outlook without Outlook losing all their contacts, and then has to explain why anyone would trust their company to build an Artificial Intelligence.

Original Sin: my SKETCH of Olly Robbins' amazing morning of evidence on Peter Mandelson. thecritic.co.uk/the-...

Original Sin: my SKETCH of Olly Robbins' amazing morning of evidence on Peter Mandelson. thecritic.co.uk/the-...

Keir Starmer says he did want to know about Peter Mandelson, but how was Olly Robbins to know that Starmer wanted to know, when Starmer looked so much like someone who didn't want to know? thecritic.co.uk/the-...

The Man Who Knew Too Little: my SKETCH of Keir Starmer trying to pin the Mandelson blame on Olly Robbins. thecritic.co.uk/the-...

I've just discovered your War Movie Theatre podcast @roberthutton.co.uk I'm listening to the Who Dares Wins episode first bc my husband interviewed Lewis Collins for the school paper in St Helens in 1982 when he was only 15 years old. He said Mr. Collins was absolutely lovely :)

I am never leaving this website

For us, the war movies are over! That's right, we're watching what might be the film most precisely written for us, with plucky Brits, comic Nazis, and not a single grandstanding American: The Colditz Story. champ.ly/P7u5BPfz

It's the great Nick Hornby's birthday today, so no better time to trot out this classic list of his from his archives. And check out the sale on all his books in our store!

As well as being a great scoop by Guardian colleagues, this feels potentially very, very bad for Keir Starmer. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

"As Paul wrote to the Ephesians, 'Say "what" again! Say "what" again, I dare you, I double dare you, motherfucker, say "what" one more goddamn time!'"

"The ironic icing is that the originator of 'cakeist' political philosophy was undone partly by the having, and then eating, of an actual cake" 🎂 @roberthutton.co.uk's Recipes for Disaster: Boris Johnson iced by a cake bit.ly/4teoVkN

For us, the war movies are over! Yes, we're watching The Colditz Story - proof that the most fun anyone could have in WW2 was being taken prisoner. Or was it? champ.ly/P7u5BPfz

Cometh the hour... but the men and women are definitely not comething yet. My SKETCH of PMQs. thecritic.co.uk/a-mo...

If one of my party's recent prime ministers had redecorated the Number 10 flat in a way that ended up involving TWO separate inquiries and a Wikipedia page, I would simply not have put out a press release confirming that the current prime minister had spent less than the allowance he was given.

Cometh the hour... but the men and women are definitely not comething yet. My SKETCH of PMQs. thecritic.co.uk/a-mo...

Giving this line while apparently trying to flee the interview is *chef's kiss*.

This is a searing attack - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... and not just on Labour, it's on everyone. Needs to be taken seriously

This is my favourite: Trump as a pilot

"Rob, how can you keep saying that Lisa Nandy doesn't exist when she gives all these interviews about how she does exist and is definitely turning up to work every day at her department which she insists also exists?"

how do we get JD Vance to start speaking at Reform press conferences

Free advice to the opposition: It's very important that the GOP send the warm, likable, super-relatable JD Vance out on a national tour to campaign for MAGA in the midterms. He's got the touch!

Bridge At Remagen Problematic Moment LATE UPDATE...

Mr Gorbachev, I’m building my own wall.

TWO MEN AND A BRIDGE! We're watching a true-ish story of courage in The Bridge At Remagen, where, in 1945, America accidentally crossed the Rhine. champ.ly/K-GLmIkw

If Trump really wants to show the Iranians what's what, he should threaten to bomb US airbases in the region, too.

"Maybe the Nazis weren't great man managers" is a fabulous revelation in @warmovietheatre.com about The Bridge at Remagen 😂 open.spotify.com/episode/1P5I...

@roberthutton.co.uk’s Romps Tots and Boffins providing entertainment on the bus ride home

TODAY at the Prince Charles Cinema in London, watch a 35mm print of Master and Commander! Cinemas are Battlefields. champ.ly/bYDGzGC4

COUNTERPOINT: You seem to be able to cope with some of them just fine. www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

Frequently referenced on @warmovietheatre.com as @duncanweldon.bsky.social and I try to explain why all the British officers are tall and posh.

Really interesting that JD Vance is (I assume) getting it out there that he always thought attaching Iran was a terrible idea.

I guess in the end we can only wish there had been some clue that he was like this.

Obviously I'm very much anti-Persian genocide but I'll admit to being intrigued as to whether or not Speaker Johnson notices it.

In April 2008, UK economic forecasters hadn't even noticed the recession that they were, at that moment, living through.

Anyone know the name of this kind of hat?

Very traditional part of the British constitutional settlement on display here: a scaffolder finding something mislaid by someone in authority and carrying out his solemn duty of calling both the police and the Sun newsdesk.

GOOOOOOOD MORNING VIETNAM! We're joining Robin Williams as he sets out to win hearts and defy authority in Barry Levinson's 1987 smash. Rockin' from the Delta to the DMZ with comedy writer James Cary as our guest. champ.ly/7rJ6f-Fz