Beautiful Jill McDonald front and back covers for this 1960s primary school English textbook, filled with lovely, thoughtful invitations to imagine, play with poems and write short creative pieces

Distracting attention from the Epstein files by singing a selection of the hits of Al Jolson.

Trump Denies Writing 36-Volume Comic Titled ‘Don And Jeff: Time Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-denies-writing-36-volume-comic-titled-don-and-jeff-time-pedophiles/

What an absolute treat: #pulp youtu.be/x_KlY-AegeE?...

Drop something WHITE

On the one hand, *God* he looks frail, but on the other, so glad he's still able to do stuff like this at all.

According to 6Music News “91 pensioners have been freed by mistake in the past year”. Shocking. But may explain the old guy hiding behind the bins.

JR Hartley sitting in a tree F-I-S-H-I-N-G

The worst you can accuse Panorama of doing is making a misleading edit – and I’d dispute that! – to make *a point that was true*. The programme aired without anyone seeing any issues with the edit. It was on iPlayer for a year without complaints. Donald Trump *did* incite Jan 6th.

What's JR Hartley doing up a tree in the video for XTC's "Dear God"? youtu.be/p554R-Jq43A?...

Bookies manager of 6 years here. - They do not support mental health, they enable problem gamblers. “Responsible gambling” is a myth. - They moved gambling addiction to being a healthcare problem in 2022 - Penny machines? Not the same, not even close. - Completely agreed on Point 4.

A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule

Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?

On this day in 1970, Charles Schulz replied to a 10-year-old kid who had written and asked, “What makes a good citizen?"

Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community. Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.

If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...

could you imagine how great a Claudia Winkleman commentary version of the series would be, her sitting there with a barrel of wine, laying into what’s going on. I ask the bbc to release the Winkleman Cut #TheTraitors

Wikipedia vs Elon Musk In a world of algorithms and AI slop, the simple joy of aimlessly wandering through a website of ideas is worth preserving. ✍️ www.linestotake.com/p/wikipedia-... My newsletter, out now.

A retirement home for the terminally online

Oh bloody hell. I hope he's ecstatically dancing somewhere good.

Another thing of brilliance from Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social. Who I must thank for his generosity of posting on here. I see most of the newspapers ones but this one is from @prospectmagazine.co.uk

Because I am writing about Tirzah Garwood for a talk, please have this picture of her kitchen. Otherwise I will have to post about the Parliamentary briefing documents which are making me cross and I think you would rather have cats

'London Dreams: Sleeping Cat and BT Tower' by Edward Luper edwardluperart.com

🚨 A unique test panel from the Tottenham Court Road Station murals by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005) is coming up at auction with Lyon & Turnbull on Oct 31. Created in 1982-86, the polychromatic glass mosaics at TCR are the ‘Sistene Chapel of art of the Underground’, yet remain unlisted.

Looking for illustration and drawing projects. Portraits, children’s books, comic art and editorial illustration just some of the things I can offer. 🎨🧑‍🎨🖌️🖼️ Shares very much appreciated 🙏

An observation test for you - for your inner 8 year-old “The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?” Treasure magazine, 1964 Official answers coming soon (Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)

The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 has been awarded to Venezuelan democracy activist María Corina Machado. The Nobel Committee recognised her “struggle to achieve a just & peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.” In other words, exactly the opposite of what Trump is doing to the United States.

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Sometimes I have a Good Idea. @susannahwalker.bsky.social helped make it work. #proofofcat

Dismal. If anyone wants a copy of proper (NHS Scotland) leaflet on childhood immunisation in English or 15 other languages, have a peek here: publichealthscotland.scot/publications...

Hmmm. Not today, thankyou, DVLC.

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Was going to mow the lawn. Changed my mind. I live in the centre of a town for goodness sake.

It's exactly five years since Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite (@plasmatron.bsky.social) gave his mum a scare by quoting his favourite Public Enemy lyric on Twitter

🥳 Today is International Translation Day 2025! 🤝 In these turbulent times, where peace often hangs in the balance, and global communications and relations are strained by a lack of trust, this year's theme is more important than ever. #InternationalTranslationDay2025 #ITD2025 #ITD25 #JMT2025 #JMT25

An early look at next week’s cover: "Remote Control,” by Barry Blitt. nyer.cm/6ApBXER

A song to remind me of the most useful phrases I have learnt from Italian Duolingo. (Sound up)

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Not all the features of our holiday home were mentioned on the listing.

A #cartooning thread... Some of you will already know my late mum was a commercial artist and (mostly amateur) cartoonist. If not you can read this piece on Bleeding Cool which was originally a thread I wrote on the other place shortly after her death... bleedingcool.com/comics/rose-...

Greetings from Naples where the best ice creams come from Gay Odin and Maradona is a saint who will live forever.

I don't really care that they refused to mourn left-wing and liberal figures when they died, I'm not taking my moral cues from them, that's the whole point

Martha Mills was one of my favourite people. She should have had her 18th birthday today. Her parents have campaigned tirelessly to improve healthcare so that others won’t experience what they did. They are heroes.

It is insane to me that the richest man in the world is using his global megaphone to call for millions of British people to be rounded up and deported (including my family) and somehow this isn’t even news.

Stop dictating our politics via opinion polls. Reflect on who we vote in. Since July 24 we’ve not had the make up of our elected House of Commons correctly reflected on TV or radio. Reform UK are NOT the official opposition nor the third party! Keep signing petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Today, *why* we need to make things in parks for teenage girls, prompted by this Sunday Times survey. - 34% of girls suffer anxiety, compared with 14% of boys. - Girls were nearly twice as boys likely to rate their life satisfaction as low. Parks can change this. www.thetimes.com/article/c2a6...