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BAFTA + WGGB Award-winning writer/producer/performer. Writer of TV and John Lennon book, Give Me A Chance. Treasurer of WGGB. Opinions mine
RFK Jr has a new cooking show. Are any Trump officials doing their actual jobs? | Arwa Mahdawi
RFK Jr has a new cooking show. Are any Trump officials doing their actual jobs? | Arwa Mahdawi
Shouldn’t the health secretary have his hands full with the cyclosporiasis outbreak, measles or rabbit fever? Not when there are crispy salmon cakes to prepare, writes Arwa Mahdawi
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"It is asking how [Epstein] was able to fly in and out of the UK, into military bases on his private jet." Nick Watt reveals details of a proposal sent to Andy Burnham for a public inquiry into Jeffrey Epstein's UK activities, which the PM is looking at. #Newsnight
IT'S WEDNESDAY It's #buyastrangerabook day! People buy each other books, cos they can & they're ace! I'll give out TWO books. FOR FREE. If you'd like one, let me know. If you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know. It's a thing! Look. www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi... UK only
Buy A Stranger A Book. #buyastrangerabook - Stuff you might like... - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.
The Big Green Bookshop an independent online bookshop in selling awesome titles by awesome authors to awesome people
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Brilliant radio producer and very nice chap @mikehally.bsky.social is raising money for @parkinsons.org.uk by cycling up the Trossachs - at his age!! Please support him events.parkinsons.org.uk/fundraisers/...
Mike Hally
I’m challenging myself to take part in Pedal Trossachs for Parkinson’s UK in August 2026 and would really appreciate your support! Please help by sponsoring me with whatever you can. All the money ra...
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@mikehally.bsky.social · 4d agoStarting road back to full fitness. In the last 3 days I've done simulated rides over Crow Road and the Dukes Pass on my Wakoo Kickr Snap trainer So far, so good! More about the event here www.timeoutdoors.com/events/pedal... and my fundraising page is at events.parkinsons.org.uk/fundraisers/...
42 days without rain. There was the merest sprinkle in the early hours. Can't tell you how exciting it was.
if the online right can’t post on bsky without getting blocked by so many people it makes the place too dull for them to hang around, i suggest they go and learn some manners and then try again
Exactly 3 months from today is the most important midterm election in our lifetime. Our opportunity to hold him accountable. Register to vote here: Iwillvote.com The stakes have never been higher. Show the world the majority of Americans are good, decent, honest people. #VoteBlue🗳️ #RejectMAGA 👎
Saw Jimmy Cricket in Edinburgh about 20 years ago. He was brilliant and shook every member of the audience by the hand at the end of the show
Talking Pictures TV@talkingpicturestv.bsky.social · 2d agoSadly, there will be no ‘more’. We are heartbroken at TPTV to hear that we have lost another dear friend of the channel, Jimmy Cricket. A very lovely and funny man who kept audiences in stiches when he appeared on stage at our festivals. A true comedy legend. Thanks for all the laughs Jimmy.
New EggPod Express online! Available anywhere you pod! This, then, is ‘musical absurdist’ Ron Geesin. Ron discusses the road to co-writing Pink Floyd’s Atom Heart Mother via an article in the 8 March 1969 issue of Melody Maker
Hi de hi, campers! Have a lovely day at Maplins. Knobbly knees competition at noon.
Classic rage-baiting framing. "Labour paid £6.5m to foreign criminals" leaves out the key facts: it’s the Facilitated Return Scheme, run by Tories for 14 yrs & Blair before that. Saves £45k/yr per inmate. #MediaBias #FactCheck #UKPolitics #JournalismMatters www.dailymail.com/news/article...
Labour paid foreign criminals £6.5m of taxpayer cash to leave UK
Some £6.5million has been paid out to foreign criminals from when Labour came to power in July 2024 until October 2025, including £500 to convicted sex offender Hadush Kebatu (pictured).
dailymail.com
It was always unlawful, under the Highways Act 1980. But I don't suppose Suella would know that, being a lawyer, MP and former Attorney General.
People need to start getting disbarred for this shit.
CNN@cnn.com · 5d agoThe Justice Department is admitting that a $14 million renovation on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, was flawed, and is dropping the criminal case against a former Olympian that accused him of damaging the pool, according to a new court filing. https://cnn.it/3RJJnwj
I really want to believe a badger made this sign then placed it at the campsite up the road from me, solely because it gets high from being an agent of chaos.
SIGNED BOOKS! Celia Imrie's new joyful memoir "The Elegant Hustler" is out later this year Bridget Jones! Acorn Antiques! Calendar Girls! The Thursday Murder Club! Traitors (parp!). Jump on board as she shares the most memorable adventures of her life biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
"on track" - why not stick a thumbs-up emoji at the end of the sentence, you bouncy ghouls? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
England on track for record heat-related deaths this summer, official data shows
UKHSA estimates 2,877 fatalities during heatwaves in May and June, almost twice that recorded in 2025 season
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If you want your day instantly to get 1000% better, watch Harpo and Chico play their musical duet
waltydunlop@waltydunlop.bsky.social · last wk.The Chico and Harpo piano duet, from "The Big Store". Oh, those two. When I was young I used to wind past the musical interludes in Marx Brothers films. Silly boy. Now, they're almost my favourite bits. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbUr...
RIP Bill Oddie, brilliant comedy writer/ performer, ornithologist, conservationist ,musician and dear friend, whom I've known since I was 19. Bill was a unique soul. My love to his wonderful family. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bill Oddie: The Goodies and Springwatch star dies at 85
His agent pays tribute to the "multi-talented" broadcaster, comedian and conservationist.
bbc.co.uk
As I said, ignore the dopey headline. But there is a point to be made. We raised £22k for this short film. Writers and schools should be joining forces with local filmmakers everywhere. It's hugely rewarding. Maybe I should write a guide for writers and schools. inews.co.uk/opinion/forg...
Forget The Thick of It, the best writers' room I've been in was full of nine-year-olds
Getting kids so immersed in the writing and filming process can really spark something special
inews.co.uk
