Sharon Stone ought to have two guns. I'm sure Arafat would have.

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Nice. Same reason you don't write 'Clint' in upper case. Minute Cryptic - 1 February, 2026 "Opening two letters from clown, touchingly sad?" (4) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (104,005 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

I'm up to the bit in Smiley's People where George writes a letter to Yoda whilst telling Peter to not use his office or home phones.

I can't read it because the subtitles are in the way, but does the chyron say "despotic paedophile pirate enabler" under her name?

Robert Powell, a man who never needs to be reminded of when the clocks go back. The series was rather good. Nice to see it getting an airing.

*Trump throws dice on the craps table* "Snake eyes again, Mr Trump. We'll transfer the deeds to the casino to you immediately."

We went to see the last night of the Docklands Winter Lights. Seems half of London had the same idea and it was far too busy. Still, patience and positioning pay off.

Elon Musk publicly slandering that cave diver as a "pedo guy" after he begged Jeffrey Epstein for island party invites is just incredible

Nice easy one today. Minute Cryptic - 31 January, 2026 "Plain, unsalted barnacle" (4) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (137,688 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

I wasn't aware of this film, but what a comparison?! The suggestion from one person who worked on the Amazon funded bomb was that she "didn't like the propaganda part", something that tells a little of the mundane face of collaboration with evil.

Rather good article, but look at that photo. The guy on the left is just a Trump fan and turd, but the rest of them... www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Oh, no! I've just seen, via Michael Keaton, that Catherine O'Hara has passed away. She was truly one of the greats. R.I.P.

I feel like I need a shower after what I've read. Evil doesn't quite cover this stuff.

It used to be 11 players and one sub. We're not American.

Fair point. Man Utd do have defensive weaknesses.

Can't say I'm happy with the voice. It's a step away from having Seth Rogan as Fozzie Bear (although there's the possibility that Fozzie's been playing him for a couple of decades).

It makes no sense why these people who lie constantly yet inconsistently, get away with it. People used to resign for misrepresenting or being caught fibbing through their teeth but now it seems to be shameless daily activity. What a degenerate country.

Isn't every day?

This was a bit of a weird one. The 'par 6' listing made it sound harder than it was, although that could be cultural bias. Minute Cryptic - 30 January, 2026 "Fig 'n' ram!" (5,7) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 6 under the community par (51,780 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

He's such a crap Dick Tracy villain.

A variety of obnoxious fools dressing for the job they want. BBC1, 9pm.

They pay afterwards, presumably? Sounds like as much as a scam as the film itself.

But for an envelope or two he might think otherwise... Blatter shouldn't be anyone's moral compass, but even a stopped clock, eh?

Just found out Smiley's People is on BBC4 and therefore the iPlayer. I'm going to miss my train stops because of this.

A contestant this time?

On TV right now there's a guy who eats two chocolate eclairs (choux, not toffees) for breakfast and drinks two litres of Diet Coke a day. Up to him, but surely a pain au chocolat or croissant would be more traditional?

Distinct? They're almost to a person failed MPs ousted from government at the last election for being beyond redemption or conscience. Sheer delusion. "The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which"

On the basis that I want to live a bit longer, can this maniac not be removed? It's shocking that Americans have put up with this, even if the most gung-ho nutters are on his side.

So basically Albert Speer’s defense at Nuremberg.

Quite a clever one, this. Satisfying. Minute Cryptic - 28 January, 2026 "Doctor transplants heart with heart of one!" (5) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (72,250 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

America's only a step away from this. You put a third rate gameshow host in charge, go totalitarian and allow the rot to fully take control. Frightening really.

If Bilbo had Chat GPT

Four fictional characters who would definitely defect to Reform, the Peter Cook edition.

I don't ask for this AI answer and it's unhelpful to say the least. How can a computer fail as basic maths? Ignore it being five years out of date, but not millennia.

Happy 3 year anniversary to this post

Only on 5th Avenue, apparently.

They're recruiting the most charming and competent, and least corruptible. I'm not sure where they're keeping them whilst they parade these Tories though...

Busy night for Clive Myrie. Not knocking it - he comes across as a really nice guy - but it's got to be a rare hat-trick, no repeats and all distinct genres. Clive Myrie's African Adventure - 6:30pm BBC2 Celebrity Mastermind - 7:30pm BBC2 News At Ten - 10pm BBC1

The Only Connect final was both very hard and high scoring. Great finish to the series. Still think Ghana would have been more suitable than Egypt.

With this and The Thursday Murder Club, Daniel Mays seems to have cornered the cake-eating DCI market quite conclusively.

Lemons and Melons

I suppose the irony of defecting to a bunch of people who'd rather she found a home elsewhere is lost on her. Another rat jumping ship. Can't be many left. Hope they lose their seats.

Liz Truss waiting patiently by her phone for Reform to ring, not realising it's actually a penguin biscuit

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Minute Cryptic - 26 January, 2026 "Son, I'm cut! Chopped a digit off, maybe?" (8) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 3 under the community par (60,265 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

It's funny watching The Big Match Revisited and seeing how little's given by the ref. It's also weird seeing goalkeepers pulling balls out of the air without the nice chamois gloves they wear now. Anyway, here's Cyril Knowles. Nice one.

Minute Cryptic - 24 January, 2026 "Primate couples with priority in boarding Noah's boat?" (6) ⚪️⚪️🟡🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🤝 3 hints – matched the community par (116,803 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Other than this front an odd thing to advertise like this, what's going on with the football? The film's good though.

You wish, mate.