The Birdcage opened thirty years ago today, so in its honor, I want to share one of my favorite stories about Mike Nichols that didn't make it into my biography. This is from an interview I did with Nathan Lane.

I’m always excited to announce that my take on that French classic, Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic, is #RecipeOfTheDay! Do make sure you have some good bread to go with it, though mashed potatoes could also be given serious consideration. www.nigella.com/recipes/chic...

Ian Huntley has died after being attacked in prison. There’s questions to ask but right now, let the media focus on his victims: 10 year old best friends Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, and their parents and siblings who must still endure a lifetime of grief. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Last year when I was checking into a hotel, the desk person was wearing Meta glasses. I kindly asked them to take them off. They were annoyed. I said, “I do not consent to you looking at my credit card and ID with Meta glasses on.” My instincts were correct: www.bbc.com/news/article...

No one is blaming the Conservative government who acted unlawfully under British laws And that is down to our highly partisan media landscape So keep those critical thinking skills sharp when you see headlines like this! Watch out for the red flags and ask all the right questions! 23/

“Elite human capital” Fucking hell.

Got an amaryllis bulb for Christmas. Such joy to watch it flower. Magnificent

Integration Commission Enforcement has quite the acronym.

Today marks the first day of meteorological spring 🌷 March has arrived, and with it comes longer, lighter days. Over the next few weeks most of us will enjoy around two extra hours of daylight ☀️

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

While we sit around to find out how bad exactly it all is, a bit of cheer: the best baguette of Paris competition was won by a Sri Lankan who appears to have started as a dish washer in restaurants and eventually trained as a Boulanger. www.paris.fr/pages/la-mei...

For those of you who enjoy #MidsomerMurders and need something to cheer you up. We start the new series (26) on Monday..

Deaths in channel are preventable, but require governments to focus on ensuring people can seek asylum. It's repeatedly shown that hostile measures increase death tolls. Labour's decision to halt family reunification alone is already putting more children at risk. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Tehran is a city of nine million people, with 17 million in the larger metropolitan area. Saturday is the first day of the week for Iranians. Millions of people are at work, and children are in school.

Mothering Sunday on March 15th. It's hard if she's not around. I'll be reading out the names of our remembered #Mums26 from the top of the Ashton Memorial in Lancaster. You can see across the sea to the Lake District. If you'd like your Mum/Mam/Mom's name added to the list, reply with hashtag! ❤️ 👑

Fantastic interview. Everyone should read it:

Finally, the bug is back with a round of the Guinness.

"The men implicated in the Epstein files reinforces that I spend half my life explaining to men that their simplified, optimistic view of other men doesn’t line up with the experience of women and girls trying to dodge sexual harassment, assault and abuse attempts." - Leslie Morgan Steiner

Surround yourself with the kind of people who consider The Princess Bride to be one of the greatest films of all-time.

So-called 'nudify' apps. Smart glasses that secretly record video. An explosion in sexualised deepfakes. Tech has turned against women, and it's time to regulate it properly, says author and gender equality campaigner Laura Bates. Read more: ft.trib.al/Z3gd5bP

These people are poison. They will unleash racist thugs on the streets of this country and call it security. They will subjugate us to the US and call it patriotism. They must be stopped. There is no more important task in politics.

It’s a bit snowy here in Bucharest!

*gestures to the BBC to come closer* Hey lads. Come here. Just watching Small Prophets. You know, that thoughtful, sweet comedy you've given someone time and money to make. How about you invest in more people that have nice ideas and maybe nurture a new generation of voices? Just an idea, like.

I feel this way about pretty much all vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. You shouldn't be allowed to dump cyanide into municipal drinking water and you shouldn't be allowed to recreationally spread viruses around shared public spaces.

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

Ah that’s sad news. Dawson ❤️

Tremendous film. Watch it if you haven’t

It’s Burt Reynolds’ birthday This is the best, and funniest, Brando impersonation I’ve seen. Unsurprising that Brando hated him. youtu.be/VY2OE6vBxQM?...

A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years

It is so embarrassing that it has taken nearly a decade for a British minister to say this, a statement of the absolute bloody obvious

i love european olympics opening ceremonies. the second the ioc names a european host city the prime minister calls the culture minister into their office and says "find me your strangest homosexuals. give each of them a period of our great nation's history, a kilo of cocaine, and Ten Million Euros"

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Birthday flowers that keep on giving a week later.. Happy weekend all!

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

That‘s the spirit.

I can’t say that I take World Nutella Day seriously in any way, but it does give me an excuse (not that any is needed) to make this absurdly easy Nutella Cheesecake #RecipeOfTheDay! www.nigella.com/recipes/nute...

The woke scolds are trying to make this about racism. But Musk is right. It's about historical and scientific integrity. When the God of Thunder disguises himself as a swan to seduce and fuck a queen and the resulting baby hatches from an egg, *of course* the baby will be white. It's just science.

Melania won’t care if you’re going to see her film ironically. Neither will her bank account.

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I missed this. Damnit. She was one of the absolute best ❤️

Happy happy birthday to you @fionadolman.bsky.social! 💝

Sticky lemon cake. Birthday breakfast of Champions!

What a win for nature! Scotland is the first UK country to have Swift bricks in law – a lifeline for this threatened bird. And, for the first time ever, the Scottish Government must set legally binding nature recovery targets. Thanks for helping make history with a strong Natural Environment Bill.

Put community repair shops on every high street. Our work shows people love it, increases community interaction & helps people keep essential goods going for longer giving them more money to spend on food & utility bills It reduces waste and so reduces local authority costs. It is a win, win, win.

The fact that a woman has become the #archbishopofcanterbury is not the astounding progress that it might seem, given that women were preaching in 1641! But they were vilified for doing so by the Church of England, which has taken a very long time to revise that view #earlymodern

I have now lived in the British countryside for most of my five decades on earth, within which time I have come to know it well. I thought, for newcomers to the place, I'd write a short guide to some of its more interesting aspects. You will find them in this thread. 1. EXCITING VILLAGE EVENTS.

Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem. Thank you. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes.. Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared” Anne Frank