What a powerful story. A reminder of the power of art and culture to change lives.

🚨BOOM! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 80,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000 this weekend. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

In other shocking news, adjascent apples in same barrel also appear brownish. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... PS I know it shouldn't surprise me, but OF COURSE he lives in France.

I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities. Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...

This is an unspooling thread of total joy. A slug of forgotten comedy history. The brilliant female clowns of silent cinema. This might be the most ALIVE thing you’ll see all day.

My heart!

Three more school contemporaries who claim to have witnessed Nigel Farage’s alleged teenage racism have rejected the Reform UK leader’s suggestion that it was “banter”, describing it as targeted, persistent and nasty. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I’m wondering where the “pro-life” people stand on this.

“I have no recollection of ever saying ‘gas the Jews’. But if I did, it wouldn’t have been in a hurtful way.” If we start pulling politicians up all the time and challenging them on things they’ve said in front of witnesses, they’ll never get any grifting done.

Recent research showed that a huge proportion (87%) of Brits rely on hanging wet clothes inside their homes – and they’re unknowingly causing serious issues. A study by the University of Manchester found that drying a wet load of washing indoors can release two litres of water into your home.

US judge throws out criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James

On this day 24th November 1877 the novel Black Beauty was first published. Anna Sewell said she wrote the novel "to induce kindness, sympathy, and an understanding treatment of horses" Artist: Harry Wingfield

1/ How does the COVID Inquiry's Module 2 report align with what we said in @independentsage.bsky.social at the time? A 🧵on Transparency, Early & Decisive Action, Scientific Advice, Integration of Social & Economic Harms, Communication and Behavioural Science, Governance, Data and Preparedness

“Did Nathan Gill ever say anything you disagree with in return for his bribes from a Kremlin stooge?” “Did you, in your roles as his boss, friend, mentor & party leader, ever question his full-throated support for an enemy of the UK and if not, why not?” You can have those for nothing, lads.

“Trump now takes Putin’s side. Europe must choose again: appeasement or our values, imperialism or freedom”

Watching Torode on Celebrity Masterchef saying “pretty soon one of them will be going home” and shouting: “It’s you mate”

There is a beautiful symmetry in the fact that if Shakespeare himself were to take the piss out of “Bozzy Hotspur”, he could do no better than this.

Read and weep for boys as much abused by the search for justice as they were by the paedophiles embedded in the care system.

truth matters

The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford

Keep his tiny orange hands off our flawed but immeasurably precious BBC.

"Taking back control"

As always, @anntelnaes.bsky.social simply and succinctly nails it. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/trump-meet...

Extortionate tickets and matches moved at Trump’s whim: are you ready for the ‘greatest World Cup ever’? | Marina Hyde

Trump presumably no longer wants to annex Brownland.

Farage racist? Is anyone surprised? www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

These clips are way beyond cringeworthy.

Chris Riddell @chrisriddell50 on #BBC #Trump @TheObserverNews – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

A brief thread on Trump renewing his threat to sue the BBC. (Note I am not an American lawyer, this is perspective of an English legal commentator.) >

Megyn Kelly, hang your head in shame.

open.spotify.com/episode/67sR... I’ve been saving this one up for a rainy day and hoo boy is it coming down. Thanks, @sturdyalex.bsky.social for the use of your umbrella. I’m in coils of anticipation for the 2nd series, and so is my hair 😬

I give Catholic bishops a hard time often for all the obvious reasons, but this is beautiful and loving, and I'm deeply grateful to hear it. This can change hearts and save lives.

"This vote is gonna be on your record for longer than Trump is gonna be president. What are you gonna do in 2028 and 2030 when you're in a debate and they say, 'How can we trust you? You covered up for a pedophile back in 2025.'" 👏🏽

Whit?

The best video in the history of the internet* *cetacean needed

What kind of fucking tool just carries on an interview with Sooty and Sweep on his shoulders?

Next on BBC news……

Holy see: three of Pope Leo’s favourite films are divine. But the fourth is hard to forgive

Durham’s Lumiere festival was a beacon of hope and togetherness – we cannot let the lights go out on the rest of the arts

SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten. "I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA

‘I opened up like a giant elevator’: the seven sly, savage stages of a £100,000 romance scam

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. 🧪🧬🧫

That's unfair. It's only part of who James Watson was. He was also incredibly sexist. Proper old-fashioned male academic S-Rank level grubby sexism. You know. Saying that Rosalind Franklin could have been pretty if she'd tried. Calling her 'Rosy' even though she never used that name. That level.

I bought these old RSPB magazines for their CF Tunnicliffe cover pictures. They look so good together (with that delicious typeface!)

I, for one, believe him.

EXTREMELY excited that the superb foreign policy podcast Behind The Lines is now part of the Quiet Riot family of shows and WHO better to kick us off than the marvellous @emilythornberry.bsky.social And a huge welcome to @snellarthur.bsky.social 🎧👇 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

Say it ain’t so Nige….. 😁