Delighted to announce we've 5 new speakers added to our #ASCL2026 programme: Katriona O'Sullivan, Sal Naseem Evelyn Forde MBE Bridget Phillipson MP (invited)& HMCI Sir Martyn Oliver (invited). Join us in Liverpool for this unforgettable event: www.ascl.org.uk/annualconference

As a kid, Dad used to take me to the snooker club. He used to deliberately miss and go easy on me like a Dad would. Decades later, he's got severe dementia and nowadays when I take him to play every week, guess who's the one going easy and deliberately missing now? Love you Dad

Two words for certain types of people, should you need them: microlipet: one who gets all worked up over nothing. struthonian: the person who buries their head in the sand and says ‘Problem? What problem?’.

Did you know that by substituting your morning coffee with green tea, you can eliminate up to 93% of what little joy you have left?

Word of this morning is ‘procaffeinate’: to put everything on hold until you’ve had sufficient amounts of coffee.