Honestly, @wikipedia.org if you could find some way to determine the people who have already given - possibly quite generously - to support you and thereby not nag them about not supporting you, we might feel more warmly towards you 😬

« I think that it’s a problem that people enjoy hanging out with people they like, rather than people they don’t like ». Dude: it’s you that has a problem.

A worrying side of things to come?

More than a decade after Leveson, one of the bodies created in its aftermath is asking a difficult question: Does Britain’s press complaints system actually protect the public? @eastangliabylines.co.uk @prpanel.bsky.social

Too. Hot.

"The journey would be long, tortuous—and worth it. Brits would get to unpick an error that has left them poorer and more isolated." https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/05/21/bre-entry-may-be-the-next-drama-to-grip-the-european-union

Is she lying for him or did he lie to her? Or both?

🇨🇾 Today, Cypriots are heading to the polls in another crucial election. 📊 Opinion polls predict a major shake up of the islands political system. The far-right National Popular Front (ELAM) is expected to emerge as the country's third-largest political force, securing around 10% of the vote.

This is, literally, wonderful.

#NowSpinning Mozart’s K.361 Serenade in B-flat Major for 13 Winds, the ‘Gran Partita’. What a joy it is to follow Mozart’s music with the score; I would have loved to play this myself.

Guillaume de Machaut Ma fin est mon commencement Mie Miki, Akkordeon Nobuko Imai, Viola. #classicalMusic youtu.be/89Y6AXpFpSU

Hibiscus in Singapore 🇸🇬

Helga, my mum, bought me a Magimix after I left university but because I am daft, whenever I’ve needed ground almonds, I bought them. It finally dawned on me I could grind my own. Which is what I did for @nigella.bsky.social Apple and Almond Cake which is as buttery as she says and bloody delicious.

"The Brexiteers don’t even bother to hide the fact that theirs was a victory for the rich, a victory for the entitled, a victory for the people who have clubs, butlers, and views on game." https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/matt-withers-brexit-was-for-the-rich-and-theyre-not-even-pretending-anymore/

"Reform MPs, their humour is slightly snarky, aggressive and unpleasant – it works on social media, but is shown up in moments like this." Robert Jenrick turned a shade of puce after he was humiliated in the Commons, with nothing to offer in response... www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/robe...

Farage now claims Russian spies hacked his phone to obtain details of his controversial £5million gift www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

This is a shocking indictment of the abject failure of UK news shows to get the actual facts about net migration across to the public and call out the bull**** by the likes of Nigel Farage. I’m sure the Sunday politics shows will be all over this…

Nuclear test veterans hope for justice as secret files are released. Servicemen exposed to radioactive fallout in cold war weapons testing are using newly declassified documents to fight for a fair compensation scheme observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

The Case Is Altered (1932) by William Plomer (1903-1979), a London boarding house novel, is an excellent example of “male middlebrow” - although Plomer also had impeccable “literary” credentials. [more]

Frohe Pfingsten A happy Pentecost

Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones has told SkyNews today the government will be bringing forward this shameful immigration plan this Parliament. IT WILL KEEP PEOPLE WORKING IN KEY INDUSTRIES LIKE CARE IN TEMPORARY STATUS FOR A DECADE OR MORE. youtu.be/DI1arGGNP50?...

Here’s just one detail from @thenerve.news #HarborneReceipts timeline. On the *exact same day* Christopher Harborne gives Reform £3m, Nigel Farage says Reform will lift cap on stablecoin ownership. Where does Christopher Harborne’s money come from, you ask? Stablecoins!

If Russia can’t screw up America, then Trump’s going to have to step in…

Newcastle man sentenced for Covid fraud and insolvency offences A Newcastle recruitment consultant has been sentenced for a string of offences including Covid fraud, flouting director disqualifications and running a phoenix company while bankrupt northeastbylines.co.uk/news/newcast...

It's going to get a lot worse... That is the damning verdict from these young people. Brexit has devastated our economy and stripped our children and grandchildren of the rights we took for granted.

@carlyja22.bsky.social Nearly 10C warmer in London than here, as usual! I feel sorry for the soccer players at Wembley today playing in this heat. Jeremy's garden as fine as ever. ☀️🇬🇧☺️

Good morning! 🌱 Watering the plants before we hit 35°C this afternoon, followed by 38°C over the next two days. Take care and keep hydrated. ✨

Worth reading all of the decade-old article linked (& translated) here. Quite shaming for a lot of UK hacks happy to let him bullshit away to his heart’s content…

A Million Acts of Hope Dire Straits frontman, Mark Knopfler, unites with communities to say 'thank you' to the people making hope happen in the North East northeastbylines.co.uk/region/north...

Genius. “This is how, in the early 1970s, he wrote one of his most famous songs, Send in the Clowns, from A Little Night Music – in 36 hours of total panic just days before the show previewed.” #Booksky

Happy Sunday!!

Booked to go to this concert in Berlin on 5 September, and planning to travel by train!

Can the government issue bonds for ringfenced projects? This would seem an obvious answer to both public ownership of monopoly services, and not unduly disturbing the bond markets?

Great investigation from @opendemocracy.net, who’ve charted the growing prominence of abortion in Reform’s messaging. Is it a coincidence that groups from the American Christian right have upped their spending in the UK at the same time? https://bit.ly/4wGy3kk

We’re enjoying today’s heat, but we can’t help but think of this graph we saw in this week’s report on climate adaptation from @thecccuk.bsky.social. Temperatures are getting hotter than our homes and buildings could hope to handle. It’s time to invest. https://bit.ly/3PU4dIA

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I dropped in on today’s recording session with Ad Solem! Singers and conductors making great music in a lovely acoustic! @officialuom.bsky.social

Rather a fun day leading a workshop for North East Early Music Forum based on last week's Ascension Vespers extravaganza - brilliant to see so many people enthused about lesser-known Monteverdi, and to staff it with everything from cornett to curtal to sackbut and most known varieties of recorder!

Fantastic to see @thenerve.news’s investigation trending on UK Twitter. The crypto millions fuelling Britain’s far-right turn (the exact same playbook as Trump) requires much, much more scrutiny.

A golden evening at Glyndebourne

Nigel Farage's Reform UK handed almost £15m by offshore millionaires www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

"It is vital that children are put at the forefront of our response. We have ample evidence to show how important the early years of a child’s life are, and increasingly we are understanding how these years are being disrupted by climate change."

🚨 " John Healey, has urged Nigel Farage to provide transparency about the £5m gift he received from a billionaire businessman, in particular over whether any of the sum could have been linked to Russia-connected profits."

'Shameful' more spent on benefits than jobs for young people, says Milburn The government spends 25 times as much on benefits for young people than it does on supporting them into work, the author of a major review into youth inactivity has said.

Apparently everyone knew what they were voting for..

🚨VERY IMPORTANT Now over 26,000 signatures! Please help get it to 30,000 today! Women living metastatic breast cancer are dying before their time, lets help them access the life extending drug #Enhertu @breastcancernow.bsky.social action.breastcancernow.org/sign-petitio...