Goodbye, over-dramatic watch website.

Would absolutely devour a series of mystery books featuring a lightly fictionalized Gordon Brown analogue about a former UK Prime Minister who goes about solving crimes based on archival research and their international network of connections.

BSME Young Writers' Prize w/ @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social - open for entries A brilliant initiative and much needed - more diverse voices. A fantastic £12K prize plus mentoring. Any budding journos here - give it a go!! And how refreshing not to be asked for a video entry. @thebsme.bsky.social

This post is really a tenuous excuse to say The Horrors' stint as BBC 6 Music Artist In Residence is a total joy. They ought to be given their own show, not just because of their selections, but also the ease with which they intro the songs, welcoming you in where others might have just showboated.

Happy Seventh Birthday to Nigel Slater not being a fucking travel agent.

"Keep your side of the road clean." In a world of dolourous news, all you can do is find one small thing - then try to fix it. And so me and the British Society of Magazine Editors are launching this - to find the next generation of writers AND PAY THEM. Screw you, AI. We still believe in writing.

@mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social is launching a new Young Writers’ Prize to help disadvantaged young people get into journalism – and she wants you to put forward your students

I will miss the Winter Olympics SO MUCH. Particularly Ed and Tim on the Big Air commentary. "The Chinese equipment team made sure those skis were staying put, didn't they? Six inch PoziDrive screw right through the boot." THREE WEEKS of chat like this. They are my kings.

Yes, Jim Ratcliffe might come across as a man easily confused by numbers, and inclined to say things that sound racist. But that's the problem with powerful, busy billionaires. They're just a bit overwhelmed: www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

Join me on June 1 at The Union Chapel to discuss the genius of George Michael. I'll be live on stage for @intelligencesquared to launch my new book, Tonight the Music Seems So Loud, exploring the life, music and contradictions of a man beloved by many. Tickets: sathnam.com/events See you there 🙏🏾

Delicious fondant Pacino.

Just so everyone knows - they're now doing Scarface "Say hello to my little friend" birthday cakes on Green Lanes.

I hate football but I applaud crap puns

One lesson of the Epstein emails is the total intellectual vacuousness of the international business elite www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

For half-term, next Tuesday I’m doing a fun kids’ event at @southbankcentre.bsky.social in London — I’ll be doing a funny talk on the history of Roman Britain, and my ace illustrator @rikinparekh.bsky.social will do a live draw-along tutorial Tix cheap! www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/tot...

Just discovered Mandelson’s reaction to our first report he’d leaked government emails:

I mean, I didn't. But I was there. And it was just perfect: www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

some people might say I take the RSPB's Big Garden BirdWatch too seriously. I don't think that's possible: www.thetimes.com/life-style/w...

Oh man, Hugo's just such a cold, clear, great writer on men. How they break, or break others. The blindnesses they cultivate.

As these posts make clear. This is a good thing!

That‘s the spirit.

yeah i hate those celebrity comedians who lecture people about their pet causes

In these awful times, it's the small things that keep you going. I've started hearing The Music Of The House: www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

On almost everything – fraud, polarisation, radicalisation, misinformation – evidence suggests that over 60s are in much more urgent need of online protection and education than teenagers. But that issue gets zero political attention, and is a total non-starter. Nothing good will come of it.

For The Times' Travel, I went to Paxos, because I have the best job in the world. "Everyone says it's like Corfu - but better." Is it? www.thetimes.com/travel/desti...

Reform is basically a suburban petrol station's DVD bin of Tory politicians.

Excited to see who the first Tory MP is that Reform reject.

Having discovered the best-named scent of all time, I can now take the rest of the day off www.etatlibredorange.com/products/fat...

This, by @claireberlinski.bsky.social, is a smart, thorough comb through Trump’s use of language, and what it says about him — and robustly makes the case that no-one has to be qualified to make a diagnosis to point out what everyone can see and hear. claireberlinski.substack.com/p/the-presid...

In ascending order: Fred West, Lucy Letby, Liz Truss

my favourite attendee of the London Art Fair yesterday was the girl - I want to say maybe nine years old? - who ran like the wind towards one specific booth, stopped dead, got paralysed by giggles for a solid minute, then got her phone out and took a very zoomed in picture of a painting of a butt

This came up in my old posts today. Don’t know why, but it feels good to know that Andre 3000 specifically is this kind of guy.

Can confirm that being a journalist is occasionally very sick indeed.

you’ll never guess what this was in reply to

She is the best of us. God, l'd sign a petition in BLOOD.

The High Court has allowed Nadhim Zahawi's lawyer's appeal against the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal's finding of professional misconduct. It’s very surprising, and concerning. Quick thread.

It's also all a bit...'Franz Ferdinand's assassination an embarrassment for the 'Visit Sarajevo' tourism campaign', it is certainly *true* but it is missing the point.

Brooklyn Beckham: it's time to address the shadowy shape that's difficult to photograph in the room

Have him brought onto stage in a long boat pulled by dozens of people in Viking costume. Massed choruses chanting his name.

I honestly think the sensible thing now would be to give in and give the Nobel Peace Prize to Trump. In the minds of anyone even halfway rational for him now to accept it would only make him look even more absurd. The ceremony could be almost satirically over the top.

In this week's column, I ask the question: is it time for women to start making fake porn of men, and flooding the internet with it? www.thetimes.com/magazines/th...

honestly shoutout to anne. she said yes im 80, yes i will be at the super bowl in my frog costume, who should i call if im detained?

this is a mood

I think Morrissey's new single Make Up Is A Lie is his most effective act of trolling to date and here's why. www.patreon.com/posts/title-...

Shouting "Did someone say beveragino?" before unpopping the bottle of Sauvignon Blanc and tossing it in the room with the enemy combatants.

If this ISN'T genius, I don't think I will be able to fathom what IS.

I miss the old Morrissey lyrics.

Having recently sobbed over the movie "Train Dreams" so much I actually thought I'd turned myself inside out, I now strongly believe movies should carry warnings for sex, violence, drug-use, defamatory language - and sadness: www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

Everyone should watch this