She's been onto Nigel Farage and "Posh George" for years - until she was sued. @carolecadwalla.bsky.social's brilliant long-read here, on her decades of following the story everyone's writing about now. She's a HERO: www.thenerve.news/p/nigel-fara...

Thank you, @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social. These conversations are like a breath of fresh air to me. Folks who want pundits shouting at each other, have many options. But if you want people trying to navigate difficult issues, with nuance, warmth and humour, then Quiet Riot is the badger.

Quiet Riot@quietriotpod.bsky.social · 6mo ago

PART ONE OF TWO: with @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social where we discuss: 🇬🇧🇪🇺 - Starmer prioritises Europe 🥰 🇪🇸 -Sánchez’s bullishness 🗳️ - do parties leave people or do people leave parties? (part two coming over the bank hol) 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/7EpQ... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...

Oh boy! What a headline... Ask yourself: "What am I being asked to believe?" "Who am I being told to blame?" Take a few seconds to imagine what the Daily Mail (And Telegraph, GB News and Express) WANT you to think is going on. Let's see what's ACTUALLY happening...🧵 1/21

Superb blog on a less than brilliant game #FFC #COYW

Jack and Loz at the Cottage@jackandloz.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The lessons from this match are a brilliant bench doesn’t win matches if you can’t defend set pieces & football is about scoring goals not creating chances A purple patch fading to lilac & missing midfielders in more ways than one Us on #FFC v EFC #COYW werdsmith.com/p/pmjEtZmaTx...

Gotta love London in February #London #SunnyDay

@jackandloz.bsky.social Really missing your fabulous blogs on here, especially after last night ha. Are you posting them anywhere else? (I’m no longer on X) 🤞

This is such a great listen, funny and thought provoking.

Quiet Riot@quietriotpod.bsky.social · 9mo ago

NOTHING TO SEE YEAR: PART 2! Join us with @mrjamesob.bsky.social for: 📈 ‘25 stories that should’ve been bigger 📉 the ones that shouldn’t have been huge but were 🟠 POTUS’ maddest moment 🔮 What we’d change to improve ‘26 open.spotify.com/episode/7JQ0... podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...

Christmas, innit. How about we get some things for women and children with nothing who are escaping domestic violence? You can do that, as ever, via the brilliant Refuge. Check this out: donate.refuge.org.uk/page/180196/...

Buy a parcel and help give mums and their children in our refuges their first Christmas of freedom.

When a child arrives at a refuge in the countdown to Christmas, they’re withdrawn and in shock.

donate.refuge.org.uk

Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round

Bloody love Mariella Frostrup #bbcqt

This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.

Good read

Jack and Loz at the Cottage@jackandloz.bsky.social · 11mo ago

When the going gets tough the understudies get going. #FFC v AFC didn’t end the way we wanted but the relentless, resilient performance was what we wanted to see. And remember, when you’re going through hell, keep going. Here’s our blog on the match. #COYW werdsmith.com/p/UQEKBxGYNn...

Beautiful, upsetting, maddening, heartwarming interview What happened when @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social met her heroine Kathy Burke www.thetimes.com/article/89f8...

What happened when Caitlin Moran met her heroine Kathy Burke

She grew up in poverty and went on to become a comedy icon and best actress winner at Cannes. Now Kathy Burke has written a shocking memoir about her childhood. Caitlin Moran meets her heroine

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He never really got over the break up with Heidi Klum did he?

..also home to the greatest football team 😊 #FFC #COYW

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan@london.gov.uk · 12mo ago

I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again. Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐

Ah, I love this 🩷🩷🩷 Well done all that voted #LinekerSpeaksUp

Such a great podcast 😊

Quiet Riot@quietriotpod.bsky.social · last yr.

🎼 Sunday School: Freedom of Screech 🎶 Have defenders of free speech chosen the right pin-ups? Is Reform UK ascendant or peaking way too soon? PLUS🎤 Our best karaoke tips! With @sturdyalex.bsky.social & @pimlicat.bsky.social. 🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/0e8e... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...

A land that feels like another planet 🌍 📍Iceland

Marco Silva wants new players to garnish the team but he’s found a recipe for success with the squad he has Heres our blog on #FFC v MUFC - a hard-baked back 5, the cream of left backs and a penalty miss by the star of Ratatouille. But who was the head chef? 🧑‍🍳 #COYW werdsmith.com/p/DfEXGnPXZR...

Jack and Loz Away From the Cottage - Blog 311 #FFC

Robert Jenrick

How BBC presents the anti-migrant hotel protests vs how we do at @bylinesnetwork.co.uk BBC lead with a Reform UK voter saying "We are not happy with these men in this hotel because we fear for our children” We tell of the refugee children inside the hotel terrified by chants of “send them out!”

Love this film so much. Hilariously funny, but also unbearably poignant at times without ever sinking into cheesiness. Perfect bit of film making ❤️

Woman explains how the elderly who attend Pro Palestine protests are terrorists who must be stopped. youtu.be/iy3icAPWguo?...

Woman explains how the elderly who support Palestine at protests are terrorists.

YouTube video by Rosie Holt

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Absolutely hysterical piece on Greg Wallace from Caitlin Moran @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social in the Times. The best piece of life advice I can give you is to go read it. Right now. Here archive.ph/7iQMf

Have just seen this on FB, and made me love Tim Curry even more. From an interview he gave about an ill-fated on-set affair while filming Muppet Treasure Island.

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

slate.com

When you arrive home 2 hours late..

"No matter what, nobody can take away the dances you've already had." ~ Gabriel García Márquez