I remember that snow in December 2010. #c4news We even had a bit here in Swansea.

Still watching the brilliant 1990s French production 'Maigret'. Definitely worth a view if/when it's repeated again on Talking Pictures. Bruno Cremer is outstanding.

new most bizarre moment of the Olympics just dropped Norwegian biathlete wins bronze medal, then, totally unprompted, reveal he cheated on his GF, she left him, and he wants to apologize publicly hoping she takes him back www.vg.no/sport/i/vr5g...

BBC News - Sepsis mistakes killed our daughter – we fear it could happen again - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It's the poor girl who is the victim, of course, and her family and loved ones. #c4news But this appalling man also hurt many others. He damaged other asylum seekers and hurt our society.

Excellent work by Keme Nzerem and team revealing Crewkerne Gazette to be racist, extreme right, violent criminal troll Joshua Bonehill-Paine. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_... #c4news

Oh. Apparently there is an American angle to the Epstein files. #c4news

My God... 😢 'Lucy Harrison, from Warrington, was shot in the chest by her father while visiting him in Texas, after arguing about Donald Trump, an inquest has heard. No criminal case was brought against Kris Harrison after a grand jury declined to indict him.' #c4news www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Following on from yesterday evening's 30 minutes on the coup that didn't happen, this evening we report on the aftermath of the coup that didn't happen. #c4news

This, from @snellarthur.bsky.social , has answered a lot of questions I had about what went on with the developed vetting necessary for the USA Ambassador post taken by Mandelson, and who undertakes it. I didn’t know it falls under the Cabinet Office remit open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...

Just awful. My mother was in Bergen Belsen.

Disgusting, shameful abuse of Danny Finkelstein I was flooded — on social media, on my email — with taunting messages. There were thousands of them. It went on for weeks. And I am still getting them. (£) www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/...

Epstein and his acquaintances — whom one might have naively credited with a kind of malign genius — trade specious sub-TED talk musings on polling, quantum physics, life after death, global warming and international relations (£) www.thetimes.com/comment/colu... Excellent @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social

Takaichi’s LDP won most decisive parliamentary victory since WW2: 316 seats, more than 2/3 of 465 seats in lower house, “super-majority” that enables it to push through bills even if rejected by the upper house, where it lacks a majority. (£) www.thetimes.com/world/asia/a... By @dicklp.bsky.social

To cater to modern tastes for lighter, low-alcohol wines: ancient practice of including stems in fermentation process, which can decrease the proportion of sugar and reduce alcohol content by up to 1% point, while producing more subtle, fresher aromas. (£) www.thetimes.com/world/europe...

Post-literate society literary conversation

1.26% rise in prices in first 12 days of January: cucumbers up 21.3%, tomatoes 13.6%. Increases particularly painful as for decades average household spend on food 30% income. (£) www.thetimes.com/world/europe... 'Let them eat dry bead'

Rain that inspired Shakespeare (£) www.thetimes.com/comment/regi...

Trump's post characteristically fuels division. His instinct is to pump up his base by exaggerating threats and demonising political opponents and non supporters. This is not leaving much neutral ground for anyone in America. (£) www.thetimes.com/us/american-... By @davidcharter.bsky.social

Short survey for #ME blood test research. meaction.org.uk/news/2026/02...

UK public now split one third positive v one third negative on economics and culture of immigration, after a dramatic softening after 2016. Contributors include - dominance of boats/asylum over free movement/visas - starker political polarisation - shifting media and online fragmentation

So very Trumpian. Is this really what you want? Your local university having to close down because Reform are having a hissy fit? Loss of jobs, loss of opportunities,loss of investment in your community? Look at who they are and what they're threatening!

the podcast: nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/writing-hub/...

Classic moves too youtu.be/4AxBgJ6wOAA?...

Degenerate art (£) www.thetimes.com/article//art... 'The dancing is disgusting,' says man who boasts of how he grabs women by the arse.

Join ME Connected, our online community on Discord for people affected by ME/CFS and Long Covid - whether you're a person with ME, carer, family member, or friend, you are welcome in our supportive and friendly space. #pwME #MECFS #LongCovid #pwLongCovid

This is a watershed moment. This is Reform taking directly from the Trump playbook. I'm pro-democracy and anyone has a right to vote for what they want but I don't believe Reform voters really want this. This should be a warning to Welsh voters...

5/n Today, I received their answer. This is the data table they sent me, of the number of people who have completed each of the 3 modules up to 20 January 2026:

Doing quite well so far, then. Been retired since 2013 — left at 61, only slight regret = not 60. Basic advice: keep the mind & body active, even _more_ active than at work, if possible. Be sociable if you can manage it. Have plenty of money. Be lucky with your health. Enjoy yr family, if you’ve got

Children need their families. Refugee children are no different. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Wonder if the hope is that faced with such a heavy (effectively full-life) sentence, Lai will agree to leave HK, China. #c4news Concession of some sort by UK as payment or purchase of goodwill and Lai gets sent to UK.

About a month ago, I made a FOIA request to the NHS England Learning Hub about their new learning modules on ME/CFS... 🧵 1/n

These sentences on Lai and the others are shockingly oppressive. #c4news

Kind of a good news/bad news: 30 minutes and nothing on Trump, but most of it has been talking heads about a Labour party coup that never happened. #c4news

"While his father Steve Witkoff acts as President Trump’s all-purpose special envoy, 32-year-old Zach Witkoff now heads up World Liberty, which has doled out at least $1.4 billion to both families" extraordinary reporting from @wsj.com www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

Still can't get over how magnificent this 15th century medieval hammer-beam roof is at St Colleen's in Llangollen. It's glorious!!! #Wales #Church #medieval #History

Wars are fought not just with tanks, but with stories too. Putin’s story is that Russia’s victory is inevitable, while Europe is weak. Democracies can challenge this tale. Read on in my FT essay (gift link if fast) 👉🏼 as.ft.com/r/06908caf-b... #informationwar #ukraine #russia

Further details of our withdrawal processes are here. TLDR: you can label a paper 'withdrawn' but it remains accessible precisely because it will have been downloaded and traces remain online elsewhere, so a transparent record of what happened is needed connect.biorxiv.org/news/2023/08...

"If a plagiarized paper by an author who claims he didn’t write it disappears from a journal’s website with no notice, did it ever exist?" Yes - it'll have been downloaded, search engines will've indexed it. This is why bioRxiv/medRxiv do not disappear papers. retractionwatch.com/2026/02/05/j...

The father of a friend of mine did all of these, and when he passed away, there were hundreds of people from multiple generations at his funeral giving testimony about how he had changed their lives through his service. On paper he was a stationery supplies salesman. In real life he was a hero.

Reform UK are seeking to fob off blame for their illegal leaflet on a printer error. That won’t stand up with the police - responsibility for making sure the law is followed lies with the party commissioning and distributing the leaflets.

I would be laughed out of the writers’ room if I pitched this. Measles exposure at a March for Life rally. www.npr.org/2026/02/08/n...

Later that year he came second in the 2022 Welsh national championships before going on to take home the top prize in 2024. His longest recorded skim is about 157 metres. The most skips he has achieved with a single stone is 99. (£) www.thetimes.com/uk/article/c...