How delightfully quaint some of these old Devon village names are, their etymologies lost in the mists of time.

To borrow a @roberthutton.co.uk line, if only there were some sort of sign they were like this

When I say "all of Westminster", I mostly mean me. But it *is* the perfect Christmas present for that difficult relative who likes politics... www.amazon.co.uk/Smallest-Roo...

Prime example of why the contract between the public and the police is breaking down, regardless of long term crime trends. Thames Valley Police don’t even think it’s their job to investigate this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The funniest thing about this piece...

I only just found war movie theatre a few days ago and listened to ten anyway as I love my war films @duncanweldon.bsky.social @roberthutton.co.uk are two of the best on here and guys can you do conspiracy .. not one to laugh about but I find it totally compelling and just top acting esp by KB

This week on War Movie Theatre, it's the war movie to end all war movies: 1930's All Quiet On The Western Front. One of the first big talkie pictures, its influence is still everywhere, a century later. pod.fo/e/351dc9

"Entering a cinema is like crossing a threshold. In the darkness and silence, vision becomes sharper, the heart opens up, and the mind becomes receptive to things not yet imagined."

Pope Leo absolutely cooking

Oh my

“Where’s your fucking turkey!”

Wild how GB News can spend years screaming about grooming gangs and demanding total transparency on child sexual abuse…but the moment Trump sits down with them, its all smiles It doesn't count when it's rich white men, have I got that right? www.gbnews.com/politics/us/...

🤯🤯 The definitive Your Party weekend read from @siennarodgers.bsky.social www.politicshome.com/news/article...

You'd think that, after everything that's happened in the last decade, George Osborne would have at least a *slight* idea what the Tory right thinks of him.

Beautiful piece by @TimAdamsWrites on the brilliant Observer journalist Rachel Cooke who could write wonderfully about anything, has died tragically young and will be hugely, hugely missed by so many people. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Strong "recently divorced dad trying to hit on much younger women" energy here.

The neighbourhood group that successfully blocked the building of a proper house on a derelict plot round the corner is now objecting to the building of a bungalow.

Maybe the Plan For Growth is to make us all spend more on accountants.

To be honest I think “I’m going to give a press conference to tell the whole nation over their breakfasts about the absolute need for something big on tax, then just drop the idea 10 days later” may actually be more stupid than anything Truss and Kwarteng did.

"Trying to raise large sums with lots of tax changes that we hope no one will notice, although it actually just infuriates everyone. We thought it would work last year, but it didn't. It never does. But... It might work for us this year."

BBC5: The new BBC channel devoted solely to programmes about the BBC

Cooking something that seems plausible, only to realise you haven't thought things through? My latest Recipe For Disaster is David Cameron's Porcine Pasta.

Cack-handedness as an art form. thecritic.co.uk/kemi...

Tess Little on how ‘the Chicago Police Department, with its culture of misogyny, corruption and racism, was an unlikely birthplace for a revolution in the approach to cases of sexual assault.’ www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

This week, we're watching the 1930 episode of All Quiet On the Western Front, a war movie that explains all other war movies, including Starship Troopers! champ.ly/WkxBq-Vv

Kemi's Open Goal: my SKETCH of a government inflicting wounds on itself so hard that it's baffling.

Could this conversation about our massive criminal conspiracy have been an email

Remembering today the late 🇺🇸American theatre, film and television actress #KimHunter born #OnThisDay in 1922, seen here in the fantasy romantic film "A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH” (1946) written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 🎬 Eagle-Lion Films

Fawlty Towers still the go-to reference. And to think people ask whether Britain has soft power.

"On the front bench, Chris Philp’s legs were further apart than ever, his testicles swollen with pride."

Kemi's Open Goal: my SKETCH of a government inflicting wounds on itself so hard that it's baffling.

BOYS FROM BRAZIL EMERGENCY EPISODE Y/N?

@hackblackburn.bsky.social I envisaged this being you filing your latest story. youtu.be/Y1DWJQkOJew?...

Oh man, he was working from the inside to bring Epstein down! OF COURSE!

Left: Donald Trump’s Jan 6th quote, as presented in the dossier that brought down two BBC bosses Right: What Donald Trump actually said. Full story in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social: www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...

This is the sort of small but meaningful thing that helps to tackle a major frustration for one group of people inability to do something as basic as book a driving test furthers their feeling Britain is broken. Sort of thing govt should be leading with not infighting.

"Keir, I'm sorry I've written your name down, I hope I'm wrong"

James Bond discourse reminds me that an ex's nan sat in solemn silence through the whole of Austin Powers, then said "Well I don't see how he gets all those women"

“Quite what Nandy believes the role of the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport actually should be remains mysterious” @roberthutton.co.uk thecritic.co.uk/the-culture-...

The Culture Secretary who wasn’t there: my SKETCH of Today in Saving the BBC. thecritic.co.uk/the-...

I struggle to hink of any government body that would contradict a Secretary of State like this.

The Culture Secretary who wasn’t there: my SKETCH of Today in Saving the BBC. thecritic.co.uk/the-...

HELP ME settle a debate with @chadpbown.com Which cover for “How to Win A Trade War” grabs you most? The blue one or the white one? And ARE YOU AMERICAN? (favourite the option that applies to you!)

'Elon kan reed buks' and 'Noah can't read signs' are the two things giving me life this week onemileatatime.com/news/economi...

Bold early pitch for next director general of the BBC here

We know that we've let Donald Trump down, and in future, we shall try to do better. thecritic.co.uk/cris...

At the Critic Sketchcasting Corporation, we strive always for balance. thecritic.co.uk/cris...

Crisis at the Critic Sketchcasting Corporation!

Maybe Nigel Farage should refuse to appear on the BBC in protest.