On this point, I know BSky has little sympathy for farmers, but now that the government has effectively admitted it got the policy wrong, it's worth revisiting a moment from 14 months ago that stuck in my mind, because it said a lot about how the government was developing policy...

teenagers shouting from their bedroom when you tell them dinner’s ready #TheTraitors

I really enjoyed this, thanks. Writing for, and treatment of, Jo character is absolutely shocking. Though it is still a great film, I wonder how it would look if remade today...

You can't HANDLE the podcast! This week, Hadley Freeman joins us to watch A Few Good Men and talk about why Rob Reiner was a director who got the best out of everyone. champ.ly/1X717cOc

“Son, we live in a world that has podcasts, and those podcasts have to be recorded by men with microphones. Whose gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinburg? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom.”

Top 10 of 2025 – No.8 🎬💣 @roberthutton.co.uk & @duncanweldon.bsky.social of @warmovietheatre.bsky.social rage at WWII films casting middle-aged actors as teenage soldiers — and generals killing good ideas. 🔥 If your war history comes from movies, this will hurt. 🎧 pod.fo/e/33dfc1 #Movies #WW2

Now he is literally the Poundland Donald Trump

Having had a day to think through everything about El-Fattah, here's where I stand. Yes, it's possible to believe all of these things at once! In fact, it really shouldn't be that hard.

So long 2025! You were a terrible year for British feel-good films... tomdavidson92.medium.com/6283c17b1746

Somebody stop him before he strikes again!

Awimbawa Awimbawa Awimbawa Awimbawa In the ocean A frigid ocean

I thought the silliest sentence was the one in which he fantasises about Sinn Fein joining the British Government

Wisdom from the old man

The Lord of The Rings movies were rated PG-13. By current rules that means that each film could contain one use of the word "Fuck". Which line are you altering to insert the most useful swear word? "I can't carry it for you, but I can Fucking carry you"

Antifascism is a Nazi getting booted up the bottom by a magically animated suit of armour.

HAPPY WAR MOVIE THEATRE NEW EPISODE DAY! And in honour of the season, it's a Christmas Special Peace To All Men Zero Bodycount episode: Bedknobs and Broomsticks! champ.ly/hdlMUPgx

. @duncanweldon.bsky.social @roberthutton.co.uk is The Battle Of The Bulge a Christmas movie?

In London a time comes every day where the ghosts get their own back. It's often subtle but always undeniable, and it's strongest in autumn & winter. If you're ever at loose ends on Christmas Eve, pay respects at St Michael's Cornhill. Because here, down the alley, was Scrooge's counting house.

Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...

As an inexperienced Lobby Correspondent with no sources inside government, one of the things I realised was that when Tom Kelly was especially grumpy about an issue, it was because there was an internal problem with it, and he knew it. His letter to The Times about why the briefings matter:

you can tell Kemi hasn’t cut through because what do you mean only 7% think she’d be most likely to start an argument?

What really makes a genius? 🤔 THE GENIUS MYTH by Helen Lewis challenges the myth of the lone (usually male and white) mastermind and uncovers the truth behind creativity, innovation, and who gets the credit. Get inspired and start rethinking “genius” today.

I’m sure there’s at least one person in inner London browsing Bluesky at 11pm who needs a late Christmas present delivering.

BBC are showing A Question of Attribution on Saturday - it’s amazing ❤️ www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

1. This is indeed a climbdown by the govt, and therefore a Tory win. 2. But anyone who suggested this wasn't an obvious Tory campaign is a moron. 3. So why are you telling us you have moron advisers?

Well, it's been a good year for agricultural accountants and lawyers, so this hasn't all been a *total* waste of time.

The very rarely-seen #journalese quadfecta. This is a back bench at the top of its game.

Last Saturday before Christmas! Crazed shopping! Crazed travelling! You need a podcast about Gregory Peck trying to clone Hitler. Don't worry, we've got you. champ.ly/GKaRPCV-

If you're looking for a Christmas present for the history-loving, magic-enjoying person in your life, The Illusionist is available in good bookshops, and bad ones, right now... roberthutton.co.uk/the-illusion... amzn.to/3YoJDRc

“Be sure to set me to ‘delicate,’ Alison. It’d be a shame to ruin that sweater, you know, in case it ever comes back in style.”

It was right up there as funniest with ‘Enemy at the gates’ for sure. There was a track on the 1981 Simple Minds album sons and Fascination called ‘Boys from Brazil’

This was, without doubt, one of the funniest episodes we've done. Which may also be what you need this weekend.

Amazing! War Movie Book Club starts here!

A post about children's books that's NOT about David Walliams: I've just made my annual donation to the @booktrust.org.uk Christmas appeal, to help give books as gifts to kids in care and whose families need to use food banks. If you can help spread the #MagicOfBooks, please do - they're brilliant.

As a former editor of Popbitch – and the proud owner of a legal letter sent by HarperCollins, accusing me of being "highly likely to cause serious harm to [their former star client]’s reputation both as an individual and author” – may I just say: GET IT RIGHT UP YE

Now Harper Collins have got a gap in their roster I might start writing children's books. How hard can it be? www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ2c...

"How can you say the Department of Culture doesn't exist, Rob? Why, Chris Bryant was a minister there for over a year!"

Vulgarity aside I don't really get why any sane human wants this when in a few years this will get torn up to widespread applause Saddam style.

"any *NEW* titles..."

...I did it! In 2025 I: 1. Had a baby 2. Wrote a book 3. Did absolutely nothing else Filed the book last night, please celebrate with me by preordering it... (it's fun! you'll enjoy it!) UK: www.waterstones.com/book/how-to-... US: www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-to...

I also want to say thank you to the person who introduced me to the French word 'beaucoup' this year. It means a lot.

Is this Raynor Winn's husband's new scam?

Laurence Olivier! Gregory Peck! Baby Hitler! We're joined by Fuhrer-DNA Expert @hackblackburn.bsky.social to watch "The Boys From Brazil" - the ONLY podcast to discuss both James Mason's contract terms and Hitler's micro-penis. Wherever you get your podcasts. champ.ly/GKaRPCV-

Christmas Prime Minister's Questions is the Prime Minister's Questions with the worst jokes. My SKETCH. thecritic.co.uk/stan...

If you're going to use a scary number try to all agree what it is first. This just makes it look like they're making shit up

I know all this stuff is massively undignified and demeans his office, but it's also comically insecure.

‘Conservative MP Andrew Snowden attempted to channel Dickens as he described the awful scenes taking place across the country. Unfortunately, the second one he chose was “children hugging each other as their independent school closes.”‘

Christmas Prime Minister's Questions is the Prime Minister's Questions with the worst jokes. My SKETCH. thecritic.co.uk/stan...

OOOOOOOoooooooooh. @wallaceme.bsky.social