A better turn out than for his stag do…

The Dalai Lama, seen here illustrating the basic Buddhist belief that life is suffering, pain and misery.

“Select all squares containing J D Salinger books” - CAPTCHA in the Rye.

Binged Wayward over two nights. A lot of fun, thought-provoking without getting in the way of genre thrills, and some great performances from the young actors especially Isolde Ardies as Stacey

They're all trolls. Tommy Robinson thugs, Trumpists, Reform supporters, the entire 21st century far-right fascist movement is 100% based on trolling. Trolls cannot be reasoned with on any level. They can only be destroyed. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

“The Riyadh Comedy Festival” should be a Comic Strips Presents… episode about a group of edgy comedians staying at the same luxury hotel for the festival, all trying to out ‘edge’ each other and terrified of appearing woke, while also panicking as members of their group start disappearing.

Someone needs to make Adolescence, but for grown-ups who lose their marbles on the internet. And also make it funny. Like Four Lions

Some amazing gay history. Listen up kids.

@pussellrarker.bsky.social well this is lovely youtube.com/shorts/JKngO...

What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

They’re saying the ‘out loud part’ at the top of their lungs.

We ARE sure that's Melania under there, right?

Me at my uncle's wedding in 1992 during the speeches when I can literally SEE the cake.

Come on you lot, Anneka is in the helicopter waiting for the next clue.

Heartily approve of the fact that Kit Harrington's production company is called Thriker Films.

Brilliant writing

Roommate: Hello. Robinson: Hello. Roommate: Tell me, what were your reasons/motives for committing the murder? Robinson: My reasons/motives for committing the murder were as follows:

Jeff Hiller, recognized for his role on “Somebody Somewhere,” was one of the night’s most surprising Emmy winners. His moving speech invoked the earnest warmth that made his show so special, Paula Mejía writes:

That’s it Sainsburys, you tell him!

When books are thoughtfully arranged, they help us arrange our thoughts... When not hidden behind barricades of other books, when not stacked into precarious towers, each title becomes a kind of waypoint, a visible record of a mind genuinely searching for particular ideas.

This defence of investing in quality football journalism by @paulhayward.bsky.social is worth a read even if football isn't your thing (it's not mine particularly)- his observations apply across the board observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

RFK Jr here remembering an idyllic childhood untouched by … gun crime.

Young Howard appears to be channelling Matt Groening #onlymurdersinthebuilding

Netflix has just announced Charlie Brooker doing what essentially sounds like 'A Touch of Cloth does True Detective' with Paddy Considine and I am very much here for that

Good piece. 'As long as there is attention to be had, you can bet he’ll find a way to make himself the center of it and make sport of self-aggrandizement, regardless of who, or what, he may trample over on his march.' #wato #USOpen2025 #bbcpm #tennis www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...

I rarely bail out of prestige dramas after just one episode but Task was such a slog, and as uninvolving as its limp title. I'm out.

“Fellow hellraisers Coldplay” is a phrase no human would ever write.

An under-remarked upon aspect of “We Didn’t Start the Fire” is that the straw that breaks the camel’s back & drives the narrator to declare he can’t take it any more is the cola wars. AIDS? The hydrogen bomb? Thalidomide? These things are bearable. Coke vs Pepsi? Breakdown. Amazing character work.

Turning up dressed as Jonathan King was unwise, in retrospect.

Catastrophic subtitling on the 1941 movie "Love on the Dole". (It should read "She's a strange lass, is our Sal"...)

Graham Linehan once took issue with a sketch I did and tweeted about me referring to me not by name but only as to who my boyfriend was and called me an NPC ( non player character.) It was misogynistic and his “standing up for women” schtick is baloney.

When I was announced as the lead in a Doctor Who spinoff in 2023 Graham Linehan tweeted about me for TWO DAYS, tagging the BBC and others to say that I am pro-child abuse and they shouldn't work with me.

A timely reminder that Cook'd and Bomb'd has ongoing, comprehensive discussion regarding the continuing massive public breakdown of professional transphobic recidivist, public toilet enthusiast & potato-headed stain on Irish culture, Graham Linehan. #Glinner www.cookdandbombd.co.uk/forums/index...

It’s blatantly obvious when you read the Telegraph article that their FOUR trans-hostile Telegraph activist-journalists that it took to write the propaganda piece were misrepresenting the words of Keir Starmer from BEFORE Glinner’s arrest, pretending it was in RESPONSE to his arrest! 😣

What's the most amount of red flags you can fit in a paragraph?

that immaculate vetting process strikes again

that immaculate vetting process strikes again

Wow. Just wow. Collectively these books give a bizarre Richard Scarry vibe of some busy world of idyllic occupations: violinists, librarians, storytellers, gardeners and seamstresses. Truly grotesque.

[rings bell] We got another one!

Contributed to this article as a ‘streaming expert’. First time for everything www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/do...

Destination X ep 2: cable car challenge is rather familiar from Amazon’s 007: Road to a Million…

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

Will the BBC now order the MasterChef sketches to be edited out of Horrible Histories on iPlayer? Still intact at the moment but the optics of keeping them in probably aren't great, particularly as the impressions are spot on

Don't remember any government ministers weighing in on this. Perhaps there was less need of a distraction that week www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/j...

Anyone checked in on Joy Orbison?

Why I love Traitors NZ: contestants are largely good at the game and no one says “100%”

Yeah he peaked young. But what a peak youtu.be/5WD6BccSY1M