That Lloyds bank ad which estimates your age…. Yesterday it got me about right. Today, I’ve had a shave and done my hair. It’s knocked 10 Literally 10 years off me. Might be a while before age estimation tech is foolproof.

I think we all agree that Andrew shouldn’t be able to call himself Mountbatten either and should revert to Battenberg.

I thought absolutely nobody from the cabinet would have a chance in this election. This is an exceptional showing for Bridget. And the fact that both candidates were fairly moderate and the ‘leadership’ candidate nearly won a sign that the Labour has substantially changed from the late 2010s

In the last 24 hours I have been invited to speak to an event by post and had a large organisation ring my office landline to ask to for a ticket to one of our events. Hello 1993.

I saw @jim.londoncentric.media the evening he conducted this interview and he had the faraway look of someone who had seen things beyond normal comprehension. It doesn’t disappoint. Mafia Snails…. www.londoncentric.media/p/terry-ball...

If someone offers to serve me Pepsi products I will simply assume They want to get rid of me

This is a real marmalade dropper

How does World Economist Day inspire the next generation of economists? Well, first let us assume that economists are inspired by world economist day…

Feef Fife Fo Fum

What an absolute pleasure to join @roberthutton.co.uk and @duncanweldon.bsky.social on their podcast to talk films, the French resistance and the ultimate defeat of Nazis. open.spotify.com/episode/6JqG...

This was so much fun recording and just listening back to …. Thanks @roberthutton.co.uk and @duncanweldon.bsky.social for having me along!

This by @samfr.bsky.social is both thoughtful and thought provoking on why Labour still goes after its ‘reform curious’ voters despite it being hard. But some thoughts in response. 1/… open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/i...

When the global financial crisis hit my main reaction was ‘oh shit what happened after the 1929 crash…’ So as a Jew and a child of Holocaust survivors I don’t feel less safe these days because I haven’t felt safe for decades.

Chelsea beating Liverpool today sends a real message - you can’t just buy success in the Premier League. You need a team with a history, with a community spirit.

got fed up of paying for £ glasses and decided to go for Specsavers. Advertising works. Months later I am sat in something more overcrowded than a doctors waiting room, waiting for hours to see someone who can finally give me the glasses which were no cheaper than the last pair I bought elsewhere.

My Granny who I had met just once at that point and lived in South Africa sent me a VHS tape of this National Geographic documentary about Jane Goodall when I was maybe 6 years old. It had a profound impact on me and I watched it over and again. Thinking of both of them. youtu.be/Bp83FDSs-cg?...

‘I’ll cut the half time oranges, not the NHS’

Cutting the half time orange.

I was into fiscal rules before it was cool

All these people doing a Gold Standard apprenticeship …. We will have a huge number of experts in 1920s monetary policy.

Keir is on those frigates so often they’re going to need a bigger boat

Carol linforth yet again stepping in to sort out disruption in the Labour conference floor. Firmly and politely. Legend.

Am I remembering right there was a weird Fabian society conspiracy during the 2015 first Corbyn leadership election ?

Support from Belle and Sebastian for Bridget Phillipson in the deputy leadership election. The lobby is abuzz with speculation about which way Mogwai, Symposium, Terrorvision and Ocean Colour Scene will go.

A big day for the Danny Kruger effect

Got in the car and said to my daughter: ‘oh great Everton are on the radio’ ‘….’ ‘What’s a radio?’ ‘That is a radio’ (pointing at where the noise is coming from. ‘What… a car is a radio?’

Why is nobody tracking who is backing who for the deputy leadership? I’ve got kremlonogy withdrawal symptoms post reshuffle

Very interesting that Bridget has taken the decision to stand. Does Labour have the appetite for a unity candidate ? Exceptionally bright and clearly - by running - shows herself To be politically courageous. Bridget Phillipson enters Labour deputy contest www.bbc.com/news/article...

I got the alert first in my house. Shortly before my wife and my dad. So top marks for HM Government for ensuring that the truly vital for the recovery of civilisation from Armageddon are prioritised.

I can’t work out if an Eagle counts as Environment, Rural Affairs or Food

Football pundit explains the concept of the market

Everton are about to sign a player called Merlin but he is not a wing wizard. Total fail. #efc

Italia 90 redefined English football. It kick started the recovery in our love affair with the game that has launched the Premier League into global hegemony. My key takeaway? ‘Can you cut my hair to look like Chris Waddle please?’

Jonathan Pearce literally said ‘the game’s gone’ on match of the day today. Scenes.

I just told my four year old son the half time score from Everton at Wolves. ‘Daddy…why do Everton win ALL the time???’ ‘Son. It’s possible I don’t always remember to tell you the score….’

Errr…. Have very online Corbynista bros taken over the French media ? #keith 🇫🇷

I have just seen a young lady get on a train with a tent, sleeping bag, pillow and **multiple socks hanging in her hair **. It turns out it is a TikTok hair curling trend?

My son saw this sign in the doctors waiting room and shouted ‘look there is some wine for daddy!’ Really loud

All the major food groups

EVEN LESS REASON TO NOT STOP DREAMING

FOUR YEARS OF HURT NEVER STOPPED ME DREAMING

We were born within an hour of each other… Our mothers said we could be sister and brother…

In my view the person offering the training is entirely wrong and this young person is correct. The problem with answering the phone and not saying hello is **that you have answered the phone**

Incredibly this has been followed up with ‘Our beloved snake is missing…devastated. If you see her pls call me. She’s very friendly and easy to handle, will happily curl up on your lap if you’re willing to handle her. She’s a Royal python.. around 2 ft long.’ IT’S A DIFFERENT SNAKE

Went to see Fiddler on the Roof tonight and sat to my wife’s right were two full on Mormon ladies with ‘Chuch of Latter Day Saints’ badges from Utah. For some reason my wife did NOT ask them if they preferred Book of Mormon.

This was such a great bash to celebrate a fab book and person. Out imminently www.panmacmillan.com/authors/laur... The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson - Pan Macmillan

Quite fitting that in the week that Norman Tebbit has died I will be spending a day at the England v India Test match. A fascinating figure.

‘★★★★☆ Writer-Performer Jack Klaff pays profound, tireless homage to the Prague master,’ ‘Kafka’ Proud of my dad’s rave review for his New York run (Kafka 59E59 and runs through June 29. Tickets and information: 59e59.org) nystagereview.com/2025/06/16/k...

Alexander-Arnold’s Spanish is so good I’m surprised his new squad number isn’t 30.

The Westminster arms v two chairman joke is potentially the most Westminster bubble joke ever conceived. I love it.