Sam Neil and Jeff Goldblum September Song, composer Kurt Weill

Incredibly powerful first hand account of Israeli prisons & the abuse of prisoners by my fearless friend, Noa Avishag Schnall www.newstatesman.com/world/middle...

Just watched an interview with Count Binface. He sounds a little bit Northern, a little bit camp, and a little bit Asian... Oh please, oh please...... let him win

So who bought all the houses?

This is a brilliant, and true.

Goodness. Who'd have expected this. Look at my flags! Look at my flags! Don't look at my computer!

I'm thrilled to share my new essay in @aeon.co Who are The Fire Tamers? For the past year, I travelled through salt marshes, visited remote farmhouses & oncology clinics to uncover the secret world of French healers working in parallel with conventional medicine. aeon.co/essays/who-a...

☺️❤️‍🔥 CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social at X 🚨Mayor #Mamdani just kicked off pool season by jumping in the pool with kids from Harlem. This is the guy #MAGA and #Trump are spending all of their energy trying to make voters fear. It isn’t working.

New play published last week by Methuen/Bloomsbury.

They gave US zinester Elizabeth Soto *50 fucking years* in prison for publishing a zine that supports an anti-fascism stance. Prosecutors also used her feminism themed zine, and an anti-AI zine as evidence against her. This is unprecedented.

"I have accepted Keir Starmer's resignation as my chief servant and have invited Andy Burnham to lay out details for how many meals a day he'll give me"

The Old Cabinet is dying, and the New Cabinet struggles to be born: now is the time of ministers

Was at Newsnight when this came out. Was painfully accurate. youtu.be/HN2iVe8_Ato

Well this should cement the message to Andy Burnham and all at Westminster! "The words BREXIT BROKE BRITAIN have been carved into a Wiltshire, with the letters so big they could be seen from space" #LedByDonkeys

This is an embarrassing image for the UK. A self-respecting British fox should be dragging Binface's contents out over the stage

Good grief! Why has someone with such toxic views been given a platform on the BBC? I knew the corporation had some difficulties, but this is plain wrong...

New play published last week by Methuen/Bloomsbury.

Europe, here we come, again! The National Rejoin March is happening on Saturday 20 June northeastbylines.co.uk/news/europe-...

Thousands have turned out for an Anti-Racism rally in Belfast city centre, organised by United Against Racism and supported by Trade Unions

One week to go until the National Rejoin March 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 Make sure you're there to demand a European future for the UK!

Excellent piece by @stephenkb.bsky.social about the Henry Nowak case and what it does/doesn't show about policing www.ft.com/content/aa94...

+400 women leaders demand a halt to execution of Zahra Tabari, sentenced to death in Iran for holding a banner reading #WomanResistanceFreedom “We demand Zahra’s immediate release, and we call on governments worldwide to stand with the women of Iran.” iran1988.org/signatories-...

Look, plantar fascitis sucks but I think this guy has bigger issues going on

🌞Summer Special!!!🌞 Save 25% on selected shows of Shelagh Stephenson's acclaimed new comedy Astell & Woolf. Use code A&W25 to unlock savings on 🎟 Fri, Sat & Sun performances. www.live.org.uk/whats-on/ast...

Let's do this. How much longer can we put up with them?

Sign it and share it NOW - it closed on the 8th June 2026

Sign sign sign! #RejoinEU

I'm baffled at the vehemence with which some academic and analyst colleagues claim that the UK would never rejoin the EU in their lifetimes For the last decade we have seen crazy shit happen on a monthly basis that was declared impossible 20 years ago, yet Rejoin is not worth contemplating? Really?

Nigel Farage insisting "I cannot be bought," after being exposed for secretly trousering £5 million from a crypto billionaire, buying a house with the money, and then immediately launching a lobbying campaign for the crypto industry, is quite something

From the brilliant @asherperlman.bsky.social Doesn't resonate with me at all, of course....

A please @labouruk.bsky.social, stop saying that it's up to us to stop Reform. YOU could stop a Reform government in 2029, by introducing the proportional representation so many in the country have been clamouring for. The only way Farage can win is through our crazy first-past-the-post system.

'“Let’s do lunch” is an invitation not to do so. Should the lunch ever take place, it will only be because of a disastrous misunderstanding which both of you were too British to correct.' @robertshrimsley.bsky.social

We're delighted to be offering a FREE 6 Wk Introduction To Playwriting Course starting on 1 Jun 2026. This is for writers who are at the beginning of their playwriting journey and have not had a play professionally produced. Deadline to apply: NOON on Fri 22 May 2026 www.live.org.uk/td/playwriting

Henry Morris’ latest satire column: “You wouldn’t catch Keir Starmer drinking a pint like a normal person”

“I spent 10 years working in China, I don’t think I’ve seen anything as grotesque as this. You don’t need this much money to make a documentary.” #Melania

The wonderful Norman font of St. Mary’s Church at Kirkburn in East Yorkshire. 📸 My own. #FontsOnFriday #Kirkburn #Yorkshire

Mail is running a poll on whether the UK should rejoin the EU. Takes seconds to vote and it's going hilariously well... www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

If Orban loses, curious how much the Hungarian gravy train for right-wing academics and think-tankers will dry up. This was the means by which Orban helped to build his stature in the West. He tried to insulate these institutions from election losses. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/make-ameri...

It's not just that Orbán losing inspires hope in other competitive-autocratic countries ruled by right-wing nationalist authoritarians. It's that his loss materially changes things in those other countries, because he's been operating as a headquarters and funding source...

If you have not seen anything about the Iran war, then watch this 👇 It’s a fantastic - and pretty accurate - sum up😂😂😂😂😂 @davecolumbo.bsky.social #Iran

Shocking. Appalling. Even for Trump. Sheer madness to go ahead with state visit by King Charles! Bin it NOW!

Obituary: Glen Baxter, cult cartoonist bit.ly/4spE5Ti

New play hits the stage May 19th ( previews fom May 14th) Live Theatre, Newcastle. Here's the of Methuen's playtext

I've just been told Tim Shipman is only 46. Mind blowing. He has the mindset of someone who was young during the Boer War. And looks like someone pushing 60.