Enjoying this guy’s twelve month speed run through the stages of fame, and he’s already approaching Norma Desmond status

This is your ONE HOUR warning! My new play is on Radio 4 in ONE HOUR. Described as "Superb, hilarious, and thoughtful" by none other than Nelson Mandela [can we check this?] so you'll want to listen.

I like that their first stop is to witness a lot of small boats crossing The Channel, something I'm imagining the author of this book is vehemently against.

Western leaders and diplomats have spent huge amounts of political capital on Gaza and Ukraine - but not on Sudan. Even now, the slaughter goes on ✏️ Paola Totaro

Excited to see that the head of the political wing of the illegal bloodsports community (Countryside Alliance) Tim Bonner, is looking for work now that trail hunting has been banned. 🧐

Morning everyone. I’ve got a new play on tomorrow (Tuesday) and on @bbcsounds.bsky.social thereafter. It’s about PG Wodehouse’s war and it’s a comic defence of laughter in dark times. BBC Radio 4, 23 Dec, 2.15pm.

Here it is, my big #EastEnders catch-up thread for people who only see it when they go home for Christmas with the family. Allow me to get you all caught up on the goings-on in Albert Square in its most explosive week of the year! KEEP THIS BY YOUR SIDE AT ALL TIMES.

Is “Biodiversity Net Gain” another greenwashing gimmick? If you’re not familiar with it, this article is well worth reading to understand the concept. It will likely be a central pillar in Labour‘s new push to ease regulations for development. @eastangliabylines.co.uk

The government is announcing a raft of animal welfare measures that include a ban on trail hunting, claiming they're just a smokescreen that masks the hunting of real animals. Chris Packam talks to Good Morning Britain 👏

"This had been billed as a war on drugs. The US has killed more than 100 people in air strikes on boats it says were transporting narcotics. But now it sounds like its a war for oil" Who could have foreseen that!

Literally demanding it should be illegal for people not to like them. Totally incapable of accepting any responsibility for themselves www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

📻 They are playing Bryn Terfel singing Tawel Nos (Silent Night) with Catrin Finch on harp and the Welsh National Opera Orchestra on BBC Radio3 now and it is the loveliest thing I have heard in ages. Very tidy.

The Peregrine Falcon’s Spectacular Flight in the Sky. #saturdaymorning

What if the geese actually migrated early to Svalbard and are now poaching seals 'to be cooked and eaten on Christmas Day' (according to locals.)

Forget the King's Christmas Day speech - here's my shameless "Winterval" plug instead. Live from Lewisham.

“My unmatched perspicacity coupled with sheer indefatigability makes me a feared opponent in any realm of human endeavor.”

Important to remember Chase DeMoor is a dreadful boxer.

ATTENTION WEST WALES I'm doing this with @rosieisaholt.bsky.social at Theatre Mwldan, Aberteifi on March 28th, and I can't emphasise enough what a superb Christmas present buying ten tickets for it would make for a loved one. www.mwldan.co.uk/events/rosie...

It's our wedding anniversary, so I wrote this for @petepaphides.bsky.social instead of buying a present: www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...

"The Lord is my light...." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.

Genius as always from This Cannot Possibly Get Worse Correspondent @mrhenrymorris.substack.com in #TheNewWorld , have a read of his year in review now . . . www.thenewworld.co.uk/henry-morris...

lmao this is the worst possible way they could have done it, you gotta leave him in some non-terrible stuff so you can argue that's all there is "he wasn't mentioned once" is not gonna fly

Never been a better time to buy stock in shredders and Sharpies.

ATTENTION WEST WALES I'm doing this with @rosieisaholt.bsky.social at Theatre Mwldan, Aberteifi on March 28th, and I can't emphasise enough what a superb Christmas present buying ten tickets for it would make for a loved one. www.mwldan.co.uk/events/rosie...

New front in the culture war just opened.

Glorious from @mrhenrymorris.substack.com Nigel #Farage: Canterbury Pilgrim.

Make it stop www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Flags waved, Trump ranted and raved, an ex-royal was depraved and the PM looked like he couldn’t be saved. It’s been one hell of a year ✏️ @mrhenrymorris.substack.com

Your festive edition and TV guide is here 🎄 Feast your eyes on a tumultuous schedule, not unlike the year itself. Plus brilliant writing from all of your favourite columnists at The New World. Enjoy! 🗞️ Grab a copy at your local newsstand or subscribe 🔗 buff.ly/NWZsnYW

The two options seem to be anti-depressants for raptors or stop game shooting. I would be in favour of the latter. 😀 A small number of people involved in game shooting are determining what birds of prey we are able to see! It must stop. @raptorpersuk.bsky.social

In today’s episode of “I am Mental” x

I just paired @mrhenrymorris.substack.com review of the year with @benefitstheband.bsky.social album 'Constant Noise' as they dole out the same sort of Lefty Woke Shite but with more synths! Christmas innit! #HerewardTheWoke #SausageClass

Yet more birds of prey getting depressed, killing themselves, removing their satellite tags, then disposing of their own corpses. It's hard to believe, but the statistics don't like. Either that or the shooting industry is involved. But that's a stretch of the imagination too far.

Stole this one ‘cause it’s good.

She hasn't thought about this, Lineker was a striker not a defender.

Morning, shwmae, I wrote a review of 2026 for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social which you can read here: www.thenewworld.co.uk/henry-morris...

FIFA gonna have to check VAR

Mick is a Mensch

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'The so-called ‘hero voters’ Labour targeted in 2024 did not actually turn out for them in any great numbers. So not only are Labour fighting the last war, they are fighting it with a battle-plan that didn’t actually work. It’s Labour’s very own winter invasion of Russia.' 👏 @benansell.bsky.social

Just overheard a conversation between two ladies. One was telling the other about a wedding she'd been to last weekend and how she was "helping the bride go to the toilet but somehow the bride missed the bowl and shat on my feet" x

I'd tax people on whether or not they're willing to do gigs in petrostates with abysmal human rights records.

The New Yorker is on a roll. The bard of the Canterbury tailback does nothing to deserve such sharp eyed and witted attention. A nicotine stain on history, sepia tinted nostalgia for high tar fags to match the gobbets of tar underfoot on the shingle.

We have fewer than 100 copies of the 1st edition of MARC MÁRQUEZ The Biography left. We are selling these to UK customers only because no one else will get them before Xmas. We are upgrading UK customers to 1st class post, but you must order by Thursday 18th! matoxley.bigcartel.com/product/marc...

Never forget the time in 2020 Charlie Kirk (dead now) pretended to be a black guy on Twitter but forgot to switch accounts when giving himself a nice compliment.