During the Premier League title race, I interviewed Mayor Zohran Mamdani for GQ about his love of Arsenal FC and his plans for NYC during the World Cup. You can read it here: www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/zohr... - if of interest, please share.

A memorable summer of childhood was 1995, July and August days roasted one after the next. We had no notion of staying cool or hydrated. Water was something we craved after six baking hours playing cricket or football.

Bha i teth teth teth an-diugh. Rinn sinn turas tron choille is ri taobh na h-aibhne.

I absolutely love Sadiq Khan for blocking Palantir in London for the Met. About time some fucker stood up to them.

Now reading: A Private Man, by Stephanie Sy-Quia #booksky

This is my lunch at work today btw. Leftover roast chicken, brown rice, Bri’ish viola and baby plums toms, red gem lettuce.

Calm ya tits. It’s three blokes cooking in a van for a laugh. Not a bad effort considering.

Idea for TV show - Carpool Cuisine. Contestants have to cook food while seated in a vehicle, driven by a range of professional drivers - hearse, taxi, Amazon delivery. Final requires a three course Michelin-quality meal to be prepared while simultaneously acting as navigator in an off-road rally.

Bangarang #eurovision Congratulations Bulgaria!

That Italian song was utter dogshit. How is it doing so well? #eurovision

Got a bad feeling Israel will win this. Baffling doing well with the juries, always ‘does well’ with the public vote. #eurovision

If this isn't "designed to stir up hatred" against Jews, what is? Why are the Met not arresting them?

Is that the captain of the Costa Concordia? #eurovision

Sweden! The best! #eurovision

Moldova could use this to repel Russians at the border.

Moldova was spectacularly awful.

The Croatian lyrics are, roughly, fair is foul and foul is fair; hover through fog and filthy air. #eurovision

That Australia song was utterly boring and forgettable. #eurovision

Sorry I’m not having any winner but Greece. That was an assault on the senses. #eurovision

Holy hell - Victoria Swarovski #eurovision

This willow is the shit.

I don’t like, respect, or admire her at all - but it’s odd nobody’s talking about Yvette Cooper for Labour leader.

Today in "which lying liar is lying to me?"

guitar effectes pedals but for email -- run that missive about the meetinge on fridaye through some delay and distorcioun firste

Bridget Phillipson often has an aggressive-looking. I like it.

column on david attenborough, a man feted and adored by a country that also ignores pretty much everything he actually says www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Unintentionally raced through this one in just a couple of days: Transcription by Ben Lerner. A cliché to say it's 'a meditation on memory' but it is exactly that! With reliance on modern technology (do people still say modcons?), parental expectations, and all sorts woven in there. #booksky

Just finished reading this mystery / thriller, which I picked up at Rossiters in Great Malvern whilst aimlessly browsing the bookshop. Fascinating and brilliant. You’ll want to re-read it for the nuances. #booksky

extenuating circus stances

Just watched Amandaland series 2 episode 3, an episode that hinged on Chat GPT and Ring doorbell footage - two things I do not have. Feel like I live in a bygone era.

If I were Alexander Armstrong, I would simply go bald or use my wealth to have a hair transplant.

do think one of the big problems of the era is that a lot of mainstream politicians have forgotten that you just can't convince everyone; the point of successful electoral politics is to convince the people you can convince and to *defeat the rest*

Enjoying this greatly - Through the Glass, Darkly by Helen McCloy. Published in the USA in 1950, there are many Britishisms in it, such as autumn and sofa. Made me wonder, how much has American English changed, or was it less homogenous back then?

Zia Yusuf has never been elected. He can also fuck off.

Here's some of my primary school Watership Down art based on the book of the film, which was all I knew, and drawn in Neochrome on our Atari ST. (Most of my output was way more disturbing than this and centred on the gassing of Sandleford.)

Incredible snooker!

A day later, and I've come to the conclusion that the 100 minute frame between Wu and Allen yesterday was not in fact a disgrace to snooker, or a waste of time, but one of the first great works of Avant-Garde theatre of the 21st Century

‘S fhada an bho cheannaich sinn an taigh seo - dusan bliadhna. ‘S e a’ chiadh turas a chunna mi an wisteria fo bhlàth.

A poem for Mayday for all who celebrate.

Had tickets to see Knats tonight and really wanted to go. Alas, I am ill and tired. So hope they tour again soon.

We're about halfway through the American version of 'And then they came for...' poem. People need to start fucking caring about the rights and protections of EVERYONE.

I need sunglasses. Preferably durable. Don’t care about brands. Problem: my face does not suit ANY shape sunnies. I try to avoid wearing them by wearing hats and caps, but it’s not enough.

Tonigh’s spontaneous collaborative bedtime stort (told in turns) was a Thomas the Tank / Octonauts crossover. Thomas got into difficulties pulling the Eurostar through the Channel Tunnel.

Is that tiresome twat, Long, on Have I Got News For You? again?

An-dràsta fhèin, tha mi a’ leughadh ‘Through A Glass, Darkly’. Bha e doirbh aig an tòiseach, ach tha e a’ fàs nas tarraingaiche

At a Dry Cleaning gig. Sausage-heavy.

The moment Dynamite the Gladiator appears on telly, I utterly melt. Holy hell.

Why is nobody talking about bombing America?

The astronauts sholde recorde a bunch of Mountain Goats songes while thei are up ther and release them as an EP titled The Moontain Goats. Thanke you Ich will be heere all weeke.