Just watched the latest Christmas University Challenge, which was notable mainly for Amol Rajan shouting at the contestants. #UniversityChallenge

Tomorrow marks 10 years since the greatest piece of art of our generation

"The glittering safe-haven asset" @secondmentions.bsky.social

I saw Ken Stott at a Glasvegas gig and considered going up to tell him I enjoyed his performance as Rebus, but I decided against it.

Quiet 'yay' #TheAshes

“Be sure to set me to ‘delicate,’ Alison. It’d be a shame to ruin that sweater, you know, in case it ever comes back in style.”

The doom and gloom about London is ridiculous and harmful. Team FT is Team London - as.ft.com/r/19d3d36d-e...

Happy Chris Morris was more prophet than satirist day to all who celebrate

Do you remember this? Back in 2019 *this post* caused quite a stir on social media.

Having read this thread and then scanned the comments, I've concluded that, if you want people to take your piece on Marc Andreessen seriously, it's probably best not to include a photo of his head.

The 82% 'demanding a settlement be made' might be based on this poll from August, which reports that "82% consider negotiations to be a realistic way to end the war". So, not exactly 'demanding a settlement be made'. www.ratinggroup.ua/en/news/socp...

if you gave every person on earth a chance to guess the reveal here there would not be a single correct answer

i’m so happy for him

"At which point we're going to blow them out of the fucking skies."

vish (too cool for bluesky) has been required reading all series www.espncricinfo.com/story/englan...

RIP the great Martin Parr

Une certaine idée de l'Angleterre #MartinParr 🖤 @stationsimone.bsky.social @thierrychanu.bsky.social @jonathancoe.bsky.social

RIP Martin Parr. An extraordinary photographer of the prosaic.

Hard to argue with Brendon McCullum's assessment that if you bat, bowl and field badly, you'll probably lose. #TheAshes

More normal for 2025 headlines ...

Didn't last long.

The only remaining point of interest in this game is whether the run of players scoring double figures continues. #TheAshes

FIFA have essentially politicised football. Unequivocably. Therefore, they have completely lost all rights to sanction any individual player for political protest or display of allegiance on the pitch.

Very deadpan commenting on the BBC website coverage of the World Cup Draw and the thumbs up/thumbs down counts are fun to watch ...

A very 2025 headline

This has found its way onto Instagram “credit unknown”. So, giving the original another push… because it’s Christmas.

Nice unexpected Jofra development at the end there #TheAshes

I wonder if Joe Root gets fed up with being surrounded by a bunch of idiots. #TheAshes

You'd think they looked at Joe Root and conclude 'Hmm, that works. I'll copy him.' Wouldn't you?

Relieved and happy for Joe Root. What would we do without him? #TheAshes

Nigel Farage was a racist bully at school but Rachel Reeves won the wrong chess championship so who can say who is worse?

I had an MRI, but I don't know what for. I am extremely intelligent.

With the anniversary of Gary Speed’s death this week, I’m reminded of the ball boy at Sheffield Utd who said he was the only player who always said “thank you” when they threw him the ball. I know it’s a little, simple thing, but it does speak volumes about who he was.

What we're seeing is exactly what we saw in the late 1940s, the late 1960s and the mid- to late 1970s: a concerted and hysterical campaign to delegitimise a Labour government, and indeed the very idea of Labour governments at all.

Incredible sentence in this article: "I remain open to vigorous discussions and debate,” Prasad wrote, reportedly adding that staff who did not agree with the core principles of his new approach should submit their resignations.

The value of my property has only increased by 99,900% to £4m since I bought it for £4,000 in 1970 and now I have to find an extra £5,000 per year. Oh woe is me, what can I possibly do? FFS.

A fair summary.

Sure, but we need to know what her aunt thinks. Also her second cousin once removed.

England lost a wicket every 20.25 balls across their two innings. With Australia missing two of their first-choice pace bowlers. Frankly pathetic. #TheAshes

When Stokes says "we'll go away and put in the graft", I assume he's talking about playing golf. #TheAshes

Completely embarrassed on England's behalf. Interested to see if they will share that sentiment or come out with the usual way we play stuff. #TheAshes

I miss test cricket. #TheAshes #Ashes

Not the first to make this point. But there is a tyrant in charge of another country who is accused of being heavily linked to a paedophile sex ring - and supposed ‘patriots’ in this country are passionately willing him to take down our national broadcaster. Madness.

"Was it your brain?"

Is it ‘My wife and I’ or ‘Me and my wife’? Anyway, we just robbed a liquor store

He's half right, to be fair.

I think this is a key point re. BBC coverage of Trump - the expectation from some on the Right that the BBC should shift the goalposts towards a Trumpian pov regardless of democratic norms.

The Prescott Splice. Incredible.