Thinking of starting a podcast called Why Don't You Just Fuck Off?, slagging off people who are on every bleeding podcast.

City AM issues broadside against flood of AI slop being submitted by writers for its pages: "if you can’t be bothered to write it, why should anyone be bothered to read it?" www.cityam.com/there-should...

Tremendous article. "Nils Lofgren. Him again". Quite apart from that belter of a line, there's a photo in this article of Sailor which I'm quite tempted to get printed on a t-shirt, I'm so in love with it.

The lady opposite me on the train was reading this. To be fair she was only on the first chapter.

Katie Phang on Jared and Ivanka's luxury Albanian island project: She also says, "I'm going back to my real estate roots." Oh, isn't that lovely for Ivanka. The people of Albania don't want this.

I wish cosy crime would just fuck off.

Anyway, I captured some HEDGEHOG WAR on my garden camera last night

What a book this is. Kathy is a beautiful creature, and when I'd finished this, I felt she was my pal.

Its the start of the month and - if you like my stuff - a very good time to join my Patreon. It'll support me continuing to make daft things and there's over a decade of writing, radio, podcasts and other nonsense which can be yours for the cost of some mid-level ham. www.patreon.com/c/BenBaker2000

"Are you sure you're ready for this, Savage?"

I know what it’s like to be 80. We have reason to worry about Trump’s health. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/01/trump-what-its-like-to-be-80

Don't they look FABULOUS? www.vogue.com/article/dua-...

Had to work until she was 68, never saw a cent from her invention. None of the billionaires are inventors they are all the crooks that stole from the inventors.

‘Fuck It, A Gig’s A Gig,’ Says Bruce Springsteen, Agreeing To Headline Freedom 250 Concert https://theonion.com/fuck-it-a-gigs-a-gig-says-bruce-springsteen-agreeing-to-headline-freedom-250-concert/

Jamie Bartlett's podcast on #BelieveInMagic was magnificent, and glad to see that this documentary moves things on. I really hope Jean Bhari is found, and soon. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Dear reader, she had a partner and a father to help her pay off her 225 grand mortgage aged 27. www.msn.com/en-gb/news/w...

After a week off, it's back to the shit job tomorrow.

BREAKING: The Trapp Family has withdrawn from Donald Trump's Freedom 250 concert, citing previous unpleasant experiences with fascists.

One amazing thing about #tiptoe is that when people are texting, it's big enough to read without going up to the telly. And it's just wonderful.

If anyone cares, here are my radio and podcast picks of the week. www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-r...

"Not bleakly, Not meekly, Beat me on the bottom with a Woman's Weekly!"

Still can't get over the first 30 seconds of #tiptoe . Not sure how I'll cope with the tension of the series.

Trump just posted a full-blown essay melting down over today’s court ruling requiring his name to be removed from the Kennedy Center and preventing him from shutting it down. Trump blames Obama and the “Radical Left” while declaring he’s no longer interested in running the institution.

As it's a Macca day, a reminder that even a classic can be improved with the addition of some beautiful brass. youtu.be/4J6YH2QE3cc?...

You need these, people.

I miss blogmeets and shiz like that. I really like taking professional friendships and online ones offline into real life.

Tom Watson told me on Substack that he believes Louis Mosley is a sound character. I promptly unsubscribed.

i saw a video of a tv writer offering tips to emerging writers on how to get stuff sold/made, and no shade to the writer, who i think is good, but what’s the point of giving them advice when you and three other dudes are writing *all the telly*?

Someone asked me the other day, having written about the arts and showbiz for many years, why I don't have any Showbiz Mates. I could only answer that nobody liked me.

DOJ Launches Criminal Investigation Into All Women

I’m beginning to think water companies aren’t very good at making water come out of taps nicely.

Saw this tonight. Highly recommended. And can Paul Rudd please clone himself, as I need me some of that. youtu.be/Evvpx6oxRZ8?...

I note that tonight's moon is waxing gibbous, which always sounds to me like the act of depilating a monkey.

here's today's post: "President Rottinghands McCankles declares himself to be in perfect health" — oh, please. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —

FIFA: "The explanation is actually very straightforward: we wanted lots of money" www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

I sang Your Baby Has Gone Down the Plughole for Princess Margaret because she asked me to.

You have 10 months left to listen to this. It was a Radio 4 Pick of the Year. Back in 2022 but still dining out on it www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Obsessed with Barbara since I saw them a few weeks ago. All their original songs are killer, but this cover is so lovely. youtu.be/LYGbuxAdD0c?...

Warm weather always turns my music to the Sixties and Seventies. youtu.be/k5UiDzY1UUU?...

Unapolagetically saying that I love this stuff. Tony Macaulay is a pop genius. youtu.be/-XxrSKNTd8A?...

Here’s a list of things Zohran Mamdani has done in just four months | First Dog on the Moon

watch Trump here. not only is his hand disfigured, but his eyes are closed and he looks like he's about to tip over

Hive mind help me! Which 1970s UK supermarket had the slogan '186 knock-down prices every day' on its carrier bags, possibly with a cartoon of a policeman with a truncheon, possibly also as carried by Bullman (Don Henderson) in Strangers / Bullman?

This is devastating. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

LOL -- Trump again insists he's slashed drug prices by 700%, which is mathematically impossible

Dying people want choice. Together we can finish what we started - it's time to back the assisted dying bill again.

In November I broke this story about Andrew Paul Johnson, a pardoned J6er who molested children and used the promise of reparations to bribe his victims silence.

the president is raiding the treasury to put your tax dollars into this mans personal checking account as a reward for what hes doing in this picture

When he's doctoring his drey.