Every Brilliant Thing is well worth seeing. Here’s my review about it. Lenny was amazing ❤️ www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

"I left the theatre reassured, not just having watched a play, but having participated in an optimistic and hopeful experience, feeling a renewed sense of gratitude" 🎭 @floellabenjamin.bsky.social reviews #EveryBrilliantThing at @SohoPlace theatre| @lennyhenryofficial.bsky.social bit.ly/4pvw3bf

"Rachel Reeves must start treating Scotch Whisky like the national asset it is" ✍️ @wendychambld.bsky.social bit.ly/48kvoD6

Elizabeth Buchanan has produced a well-written and timely study of this hotly contested, gigantic frozen island 📚 Brendan O'Hara MP reviews Elizabeth Buchanan’s 'So You Want to Own Greenland? Lessons from the Vikings to Trump' | @hurstpublishers.bsky.social bit.ly/3K3htaB

"Perhaps it is because she is still in politician mode and does not want to damage her party. Whatever the reason, 'Frankly' could do with a touch more frankness" 📚 @kieranandrews.bsky.social reviews Nicola Sturgeon's 'Frankly' | @panmacmillan.bsky.social bit.ly/46eTuwj

"The whole volume is suffused with wit, forensic detail and shrewd political judgement." Natch - it's by @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social's @philipjcowley.bsky.social

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"I challenge any parliamentarian – however nerdish – not to discover new facts which help explain why our democracy operates as it does and how it is changing" 📚 Lord Dick Newby reviews @philipjcowley.bsky.social 'The Smallest Room in the House' | @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social bit.ly/4m8fDSY

Reminds me of how Warren Buffett emphasizes how he spends 80% of his working day reading. Significantly, this is business school faculty expressing enough concern to lead to this @financialtimes.com story.

Nationalise Sienna Rodgers, she’s actually an essential service to our body politic at this point

"Annette didn’t just serve her community – she shaped it, and those of us who follow in her footsteps do so in the hope of honouring her example" 🕊️ @vikkislademp.bsky.social‬ pays tribute to Annette Brooke bit.ly/4lEF3aB

Agree with all this but also, when Cummings et al say they'd like to *sink* the small boats, who do they imagine is going to do the sinking? Cummings seems to think it's the Navy, but the Royal Navy does its best to stop *enemy sailors* from drowning. Are they going to let asylum seekers drown?

Japan’s unconditional surrender on 15 August 1945 coincided with the state opening of a new parliament following the Labour government’s election just three weeks before ✍️ Lord Lexden looks back on a day when patriotic pride dove-tailed with a promise of national renewal #VJDay bit.ly/4mFzE3Z

Letter of the day (in the Times)

🚨 Exclusive: Ed Davey has met with BBC boss Tim Davie to complain about the broadcaster’s coverage, which the Liberal Democrats claim is weighted too heavily in Reform UK’s favour www.politicshome.com/news/article...

"With their vastly different temperaments, the two artists don’t sit well in the same space. But does that matter? The more you look, the more you see the similarities" 🎨 @nicktrench.bsky.social reviews 'Kiefer / Van Gogh' | @royalacademy.bsky.social #AnselmKiefer #VanGogh bit.ly/3TU8zOo

"It is not often possible to recommend a TV series as compelling as Adam Curtis’ Shifty" 📺 Baroness Tessa Blackstone reviews 'Shifty' | #BBCiPlayer #shifty bit.ly/4nXuNg4

Go and see this provocative and irreverent exhibition showcasing the radical contributions of disabled people to contemporary culture at the V&A – if you can actually get there, that is... ✍️ Baroness (Tanni) Grey-Thompson reviews 'Design and Disability' | #V&A bit.ly/3TJOxG8

"If you found Netflix’s 'Adolescence' to be eye-opening, then James Bloodworth’s 'Lost Boys' is the perfect companion piece: an in-depth, personal and authoritative account" 📚 @sarahowen.org.uk reviews @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social‬ 'Lost Boys' | @atlanticbooks.bsky.social bit.ly/44NXlQn

Michelle Clement has produced a brilliant account of the creation of the No 10 Delivery Unit and the travails of the Blair government to implement its public service reforms 📚 Lord Francis Maude reviews @mlclem.bsky.social's 'The Art of Delivery' | @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social bit.ly/4lVOmnk

"He lived for two Margarets, but he never had any doubt which Margaret came first. His devotion to her was total. Skinhead turned Saviour; Bruiser turned Carer" 🕊️ Michael Dobbs pays tribute to Norman Tebbit bit.ly/4lmOtbH

"We enter a quirky world in the best tradition of the old Ealing comedies. It’s the kind of beautifully conceived small-budget British film that we all need more of" 🎬 @kevinbrennanexmp.bsky.social reviews 'The Ballad of Wallis Island' @focusfeatures.bsky.social bit.ly/3IbyChp

"Iran has been the loser in this conflict... If Iran’s leadership has any sense, they will now agree a deal with Mr Trump. But they may not. Khamenei is 86, isolated, and paranoid" ✍️ Jack Straw bit.ly/4lCRNPz

"Amar Singh, whose gallery it is, was told that the ‘George Floyd era’ was over and he should exhibit something else. I don’t think that could be any more wrong" 📸 @dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social‬ reviews the Amar Gallery's, 'Black Panthers & Revolution: Stephen Shames' #StephenShames bit.ly/3GsNIyr

"Despite being on opposite sides in politics, we both share experiences that with hindsight we would have avoided at all costs" 📚 @jowhitemp.bsky.social reviews @westminsterwag.bsky.social's 'How Not to Be a Political Wife' | @harpernonfic.bsky.social bit.ly/3TO8HyK

NEW: A sneak preview in @thetimes.com of my interview with Leader of the House of Commons Lucy Powell. 📰 Full interview coming on Monday in @thehousemag.bsky.social 👇 www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

As potentially career-wrecking disasters lurk at every turn, ministers should spend more time learning how to handle a crisis ✍️ @paddy-mcalary.bsky.social | ‪ @instituteforgovernment.org.uk‬ bit.ly/4nqufza

Although a generous memoir full of praise for those with whom he has worked, at the heart of this book lies a powerful and explosive settling of accounts 📚 Lord Waldegrave reviews Michael Heseltine's 'From Acorns to Oaks' | @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social bit.ly/4nwyw4f

"'Keep Left' provides a compelling case as to why we must continue to champion ideas such as the redistribution of wealth and democratic socialism" 📚 @brianleishmanmp.bsky.social reviews 'Keep Left: Red Paper on Scotland 2025' edited by Baroness Bryan | @luathpress.bsky.social bit.ly/3G4o3fd

"This film is not only a wonder of natural history documentary-making... it is also a call to arms" 🎥 Tristan Osborne MP reviews 'Ocean: with David Attenborough' | #OceanFilm #DavidAttenborough #DisneyPlusUK 🌊 bit.ly/3HLvc4M

"In an age when media communication highlights the very worst of human behaviour 'The Salt Path' reminds us of the very best…The movie is, as the mixed reviews tell us, 'not for everyone' – but it should be" 🎬 Lord Bates reviews 'The Salt Path' #saltpath bit.ly/43WyDwE

Pls pass this on to any aspiring political journalist- especially those that might not be able afford unpaid internships in London totalpoliticsgroup.bamboohr.com/careers/73?s...

Supernatural storylines, dazzling cinematography and Blues music: how Ryan Coogler’s multilayered new horror film won me over 🎬Lord Woolley reviews 'Sinners' | #sinnersmovie bit.ly/43sesIa

"School teachers in particular ought to take note of it and commend it to their students" 📚 Lord Lexden reviews‬ @iaindale.bsky.social's new biography, 'Margaret Thatcher' | @swiftpress.bsky.social‬ bit.ly/3SxDY8H

"For 75 minutes Tommy Sim'aan delivers a monologue as powerful and witty as any penned by Alan Bennett" 🎭 @barrygardiner.bsky.social reviews 'Insane Asylum Seekers' | @bushtheatre.bsky.social bit.ly/4mEI4tf

A powerful call to arms to change our approach to maternity care, Theo Clarke is to be congratulated for this ground-breaking memoir 📚 @duffieldrosie.bsky.social‬ reviews Theo Clarke’s 'Breaking the Taboo: Why we need to talk about birth trauma' | @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social bit.ly/4dHFCON

The racist murder that should have changed the world ✍️ Lord Simon Woolley on the legacy of George Floyd’s death five years on #GeorgeFloyd #BLM

"It is estimated that 46 per cent of the world’s population depend on rivers originating in Tibet" ✍️ Sir Liam Fox on India’s suspension of the Indus treaty with Pakistan - and how quickly water can be weaponised #IndusWaterTreaty bit.ly/3HktjeR

"It brings together masterful storytelling with ancient objects and contemporary art" @rachelblakemp.bsky.social reviews 'Secrets of the Thames: Mudlarking London’s Lost Treasures' 🌊💍 @londonmuseum.bsky.social #mudlarks bit.ly/43CAE2d

This updated account was never likely to be a hagiography – but there are intriguing insights into Starmer’s performance as PM 📚 @georgewparker.bsky.social reviews Lord Ashcroft's 'Red Flag: The Uneasy Advance of Sir Keir Starmer' | @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social bit.ly/3SaUuv7

Treat yourself to a ringside seat on history, and witness three feuding cabinet giants battle it out for the top job in this evocative and compelling play @richardbakermp.bsky.social reviews 'The Gang of Three' @khanandsalinsky.bsky.social‬ @kingsheadtheatre.bsky.social bit.ly/437hZeP

"Action is needed now to safeguard forests and protect the rights of those who have looked after them for generations. It’s a tragedy that legislation passed in 2021, allowing the government to clean up supply chains, is lying dormant while the destruction continues" ✍️ Rebecca Pow bit.ly/3YSNirj

“The UK’s economic relationship with the EU has enormous ramifications for every part of the British economy. It is a matter of democratic principle that Parliament should have the opportunity to conduct meaningful scrutiny and oversight of it” ✍️ @emilythornberry.bsky.social bit.ly/3Feq9sB

The best thing you'll read on the battle for future of the Greens, by colleagues @siennarodgers.bsky.social and @sophiealichurch.bsky.social A disaffected urban Corbynista takeover, or will Countryfile Tories seize the keys?

The UK's former chief trade adviser Sir Crawford Falconer talks US tariffs, an EU deal and more with @matildamartin.bsky.social Is Donald Trump a good negotiator? "Well, if he is, I’m yet to see the part of the play where I could say, ‘Ah, so that’s what he was up to’,” he tells her

A wry and candid memoir, Mark Field’s thoughtful analysis is delivered with a side order of waspish insight 📚Lord Graham Brady reviews 'The End of an Era: The Decline and Fall of the Tory Party' @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social bit.ly/44ZuEBB

"Part of the challenge to European leaders is to ensure that while it is recognised that the US will step down in Nato, it must not be allowed to step out. In this regard, the efforts by Keir Starmer to walk the tightrope between the US and Europe are to be applauded." ✍️ Lord Dannatt bit.ly/42RV2w8

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Allow yourself to be bitten and become utterly infected by this brilliant post-apocalyptic zombie drama with a stellar cast 📺 Tom Rutland MP reviews 'The Last of Us' #TheLastofUs bit.ly/4k58ZML