There was a Rest is Politics episode once in which both Rory and Alastair completely forgot about the existence of Robert Jenrick and had to be reminded about him by listeners

Local news outlet that died after being bought by Reach dies

When I am reading it, I see Tom himself, hunched over a typewriter, ironwork an alphabet in the windows (anybody can write like this), cashmere jumper a loose noose about his shoulders (and too many people do), smoke fingering from the ashtray, one hand down his pants, clause on clause unending

I've been sat here trying to think of a caption but really I just want to show off my pie.

I dreamt last night of submitting a job application in the form of a crocheted blanket which could be read in braille.

Let's have it.

Five years since I told my friend 'wow it looks like Trump's started a riot' and he said 'that sounds like social media bullshit' and I was embarrassed and put down my phone :(

This mincemeat matured for over a year. I got two lots of mince pies out of it, and the dregs have been turned into pinwheels with marzipan and flaked almonds. Worth the wait.

While the US has been saving the world from having too much oil, and you've all been chatting about it, I've been making a beautiful spreadsheet to track my current crochet progress.

Starting 2026 as I mean to go on: eating pickles from a jar and staring into the middle distance

It's been an appalling last couple of months. I've spent too much time moping and too much time on social media. Planning to get it all out of my system over the remaining 50-odd hours of the year, then spend 2026 in perpetual craft status.

This Christmas, I'm trying to finish reading Wuthering Heights before getting round to the Kate Bush adaptation

Bez at Mani's funeral / 'Head of a Man (With Red Eyes)' (1938), LS Lowry

Not now aggressive hepatitis, covid and herpes monkeys

Always wondered what it would be like to share a name with a weather event and let me tell you, it is... not cool

Fun Louvre fact: The pyramid was designed by the brother of Tina Weymouth from Talking Heads

B plot from a 00s sitcom: I found a valuable Pokémon card in the street which I'm selling through an intermediary to an ex-friend who doesn't know I'm behind it.

More clearance in the Japanese Garden this morning, thanks to Penny, Kris, Jordan, Chi, Matt, Lucy, SteveM, Val, Sam, Liss and Bridget. Lots of buried litter! ☔️ stayed away.

This was a perfectly cosy way to see out a weekend

Today I bought replacement bronzer, and then I got home and realised it was a tester, and five minutes later my existing bronzer fell out of the medicine cabinet with the rest of my make up and smashed in the sink. The fates can take my artificial sun-kissed look from my cold, bronzed, dead hands.

The wallpaper 💀

The Andrew formerly known as Prince

Today's mood has been brought to you by a disappointing slow cooker chilli and Mac Miller on repeat

There's nothing like the swagger of coming out of the airport in your hometown. That's right guys. I know the score. Get me in a fucking queue.

Wanted to know what it would be like to go on a wacky Japanese gameshow so I went for a piss on a moving National Express coach

Made a hat with actual Aran wool from the actual Aran Islands

They will never attribute autism to something that Dads do. Or some shortfall in public services or environmental standards. They will wonder aloud with no evidence or bad evidence, blaming stuff they already dislike, and somehow always manage to stay in their "mum's fault" lane.

Once I finished making my blanket, I baked a cake for a friend's birthday lunch. While there, I picked apples from their garden. The apples are in the slow cooker now, getting turned into chutney. Autumn is so magical.

Digging, weeding, planting - thanks to Penny, Steve, Jordan, Val, Liss, Chi, Margaret, Peter, Matt, Lucy and Nadev! Also thanks to Sylvia for donating bulbs which were duly planted this morning. 🌱Glorious morning but next time we'll chose to pose somewhere where we're not squinting or in shadow!

Just finished the Six (Fourteen) Day Star Blanket

Finished my latest blanket (pictures to follow). Next project: a hoodie. Protect ya neck.

THEY'RE CALLED GROYPERS COOP. A GAGGLE OF YOUNG MEN ONLINE WHO CAN'T DELINEATE BETWEEN VIOLENCE AND ENTERTAINMENT. DARNDEST THING. ONE OF THEIR SHELL CASINGS TURNED THREE OF OUR BEST AGENTS GAY.

The bespoke needle-punch rug that has cost hundreds of pounds and I've been 'working on' for three years has been silently sobbing in the corner since I whipped this scrap yarn baby up in two weeks

Guy Garvey's voice is the distillation of a rainy Sunday afternoon

Googling lyrics in the age of AI has a different cadence

Brother's birthday yarn bowl smashed in the post; they're sending a new one; I fixed the old one for myself; had to share it on a social media that my bro isn't on

Finding British crafters on YouTube by judging the teeth in the thumbnail, like a 17th century duke trying to find a wife

Thanks to Jordan, SteveM, Chi, Bridget, Liss, Andrea, Peter (withFoxy), Ann and Sam for lots of work in the Chinese garden this morning. It was a hot one!

Schrödinger's house

Scored as I was plugging in my HDMI cable and the screen was turning on; you're all welcome

Thanks to Steve, Jordan, SteveM, Penny, Matt, Liss, Chi, Colin and Rob for this morning’s session. Brambles cleared, paths widened, planting and, of course, litter picking in the Japanese Garden!

Jim Corbett:

Happy 150th birthday to the GOAT. Jim Corbett: hunter of man-eating leopards and tigers in the foothills of the Himalayas, turned conservationist and photographer

Listening to this, the last of *209* albums from the selected discography of Ruy Castro's history of bossa nova. No idea what I'm meant to listen to now while I walk along the Mersey in the morning pretending I'm in a film. É o fim do caminho.

Thanks to Jordan, SteveM, Val, Penny, Liss, Peter, Chi, Vanessa, Ian, Kris, Bridget, David, Safeer and Matt for weeding and clearing this morning in the Festival Gardens!

I'm loosely planning a thread on Nanda Devi, the Himalayan mountain with whom I've fallen head over heels in love. But with each week I discover another book to read, and I'm now looking at learning Hindi. It's either the affair of a lifetime or I've mentally illed myself into latent spirituality

Thanks to Jordan, Penny, Val, Ann, Liss, SteveM and Bridget this morning- lots of weeding in the Chinese garden and main entrance. Hot 🥵 work!

Inside you there are two wolves

somebody at the beeb is sending an SOS to the world

Thanks Steve, Jordan, Penny, Steve M, Liss, Chi, Fionnuala, Peter with Foxy, Ann, Val and Leo this morning, working around the cascade! Of course, we spent half an hour fixing plants pulled up and damage in the Japanese Garden before we even started! What a team!