Gary Lineker, "A wealth tax possibly on the super rich?" Andy Burnham, "I'm not going to rule things out right now, I do believe we need a great sense of fairness" "The key thing of course is helping people with the cost of living"

BOOKER: Were you involved in Ghislaine Maxwell's transfer for a minimum security orison camp? BLANCHE: We learned she was received threats BOOKER: When people are under threats in the Bureau of Prisons facility, they are not moved to a camp

'explosive diarrhoea' being one of the biggest words in the Trump presidency word cloud sounds about right

Remember to scream loudly out of the window at random moments to keep your iPlayer-watching neighbours on their toes.

The shamelessness of a political party which is led by a man who just weeks ago called for "pure cold rage" on the streets, shortly before migrants were literally burnt out of their homes, now accusing their opponents of "stochastic terrorism" against them, is quite something

OSSOFF: Who won the 2020 election? CLAYTON: Uhm, you know, I'm not going to do this with you O: This is a job interview. You have an obligation to be honest with the committee. Who won the 2020 election? C: I'm not gonna get into that with you O: You're not being honest or forthright C: ...

so this is published eight weeks TODAY. if you have a radio show / podcast / book shop / event / popular YouTube channel / unpopular YouTube channel / envelope opening in need of a mildly amusing know-it-all, I'm all about the promo. DMs open

EasyJet Holidays’ ‘spa’ resort was lacking an on-site spa or gym

The ability of the far right to make everything about them and the way ppl fall for it is embarassing. Ann Widecombes murder has fuck all to do with him. I don't know why they are debating his security on Today!!!

The euro isn’t a trap to be escaped, but an opportunity to be argued for. A provocative case for changing how some British pro-Europeans talk about membership. 👇

The rank hypocrisy of a man who regularly incites violence against “immigrants”, whining about his own personal security. You reap what you sow Nige, you reap what you sow.

I must’ve been going to the wrong libraries all my life.

Sam Neill should have won an Oscar for this “help I’m being attacked by an invisible Chevy Chase” scene with a stupid looking plastic gun taped to the side of his head

Rest in peace to one of cinema’s most outstanding artists; the legendary actor Sam Neill (1947–2026)

It is so uplifting to see athletes make such an impact on young lives by being great #rolemodels. Amazing footage of #JudeBellingham, #English #footballer, 23 year old known as one of the best players in the world. #WorldCup2026

Actually flawless.

Berlin

It feels ridiculous to be told my entire life the importance of reducing my energy usage and switching to stuff like LED bulbs and then read reports of energy prices spiking in many US communities due to data centers.

'Lurcher leaping a fence' by UK photographer Fay Godwin (1931-2005) #womensart

🌲 Forests absorb 2.6 billion tonnes of CO₂ annually – about 1/3 of fossil fuel emissions. 🔥 When we burn or cut them, that carbon releases back. Deforestation accounts for 12% of global greenhouse gases. Protecting trees = protecting our climate. #ClimateAction #ForestsMatter

Deforestation facts: 🦜 137 species/day extinct 🌍 12% of global CO₂ emissions 💧 100+ gallons of water loss per tree ⛰️ 24 billion tonnes of soil lost yearly 👥 50 million indigenous people at risk Forests = our life support. Don't let them disappear. #EcoFacts #RestoreNature

Well I’ve spent the whole of #NorEng drawing the three English lions on a tote bag, time well spent even if we don’t win

I was 13 when my sadistic English teacher died suddenly over the summer holidays. I danced around the house shouting that he was dead. Am I proud of that? No. Did he terrify me & my fellow students? Yes. When I was a teacher I tried to be one who wouldn’t inspire similar reactions when I died.

My first foray into travel journalism for a very fun new magazine, Paperweight 👇 www.paperweightmag.com/postcards-fr...

Visions of Light is a superb documentary on the history of cinematography up to the end of the 80s So many beautiful clips & interviews with the very best to do it throughout. My students loved watching it. youtu.be/FVns3k-NGAo?...

More than 100 firefighters tackle railway embankment blaze in east London

Netflix is struggling with keeping viewers "hooked" because it keeps canceling shows after 1 season so no one trusts a Netflix show to last. Its that simple, regardless of whatever their bullshit internal analytics are informing them.

Just emptied a can of fresh water into the bird bath in front of the Shed, to the exuberant delight of a volley of little birds. On these hot days, a dish of water can be a lifeline for wildlife…

I spent years in a newsroom where the number one hiring policy was "no dickheads", fleshed out as no one is so talented that they're worth the drag on the rest of the team. It was a v good rule. (Yes, yes, we can all wonder at how I slipped through the net, BUT I DID)

Labour's Miatta Fahnbulleh, "Do you think it's ok to take £5m and not declare it?" Nadhim Zahawi, "Yes, because it's within the rules" It's actually not within the rules because it was a political gift either for his years of campaigning for Brexit, or for security, both of which are political

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

Talk TV presenter Kevin O'Sullivan here, shortly after the police warn that media speculation about Ann Widdecombe's murder risks jeopardising their investigation

Dermot Murnaghan dealt in affability, reliability and authority – not ego

"Not for our Nigel these petty, private embarrassments. For a man who remade British politics, in roughly the same way an enormous flaming space rock remade the dinosaurs, only face-planting and then wetting himself in front of the entire planet will do." The humiliation kink theory of Nigel Farage

Curious to hear Mitch McConnell's comments on the passing of Lindsey Graham.

Britain’s biggest community solar farm forced to shut over grid overload fears. UK electricity privatised in 1990. National Grid paid £28bn in dividends since 1990. Still poor transmission and storage infrastructure. Yet record high prices and profiteering. Does anyone call companies to account?

I fucking hate being a historian at times like this, & having to check info in Twitter. Far right extremist Widdecombe is murdered. Far right extremist Farage leverages her death into her being the Horst Wessel of the Home Counties. They deserve each other in life & death.

for everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to bait, and a time to switch; a time to pump, and a time to dump; a time to lay the rug, and a time to pull it

No statement from Mitch McConnell on the sudden passing of his senate colleague? So much for decorum

Deeply saddened to learn of the loss of my dear friend Satan, the Prince of Lies. Though we often disagreed about matters such as the appropriate role of torture in the afterlife, I will most remember how his quick wit and affable nature made our weekly golf outings a ritual. He will be missed.

Remembering Amedeo Modigliani on his birthday 🎂 📷 Anonymous; in his atelier on rue Ravignan, 1915 "He is the prototypical handsome, promiscuous, inebriated, pugnacious, misunderstood, tragically ill, impoverished, vulnerable, gifted & short-lived exemplar of la vie de bohème." - Michael Kimmelman

The idea that we shouldn’t speak ill of the dead seems ridiculous to me. What more important time is there to set the public memory of the good or bad a person has put into the world than when they die. It’s the gift we give to those we loved, and the bill due for those who made others miserable.

Live your life in such a way that people don't celebrate your death

This made me laugh. 😂 youtube.com/shorts/ZCtp-...

Thank you European Union 🇪🇺 #europeanunion #EU #smartphones #mobilephones

Hey Meta… No amount of supermodels or prime time World Cup ad slots will make us view them as anything but predator glasses.

GET A GRIP Ireland is building a battery that contains no lithium. No cobalt. No rare-earth metals. Instead, it stores energy using carbon dioxide. The project is designed to hold 200 megawatt-hours of electricity, making it one of Europe’s largest long-duration energy storage systems.