Of all the places to do a massive excavated basement, a former gravediggers cottage is prob not the one www.telegraph.co.uk/money/proper...
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Laura Silver
@laurasilver.bsky.social
Journalist. I like sad soup and rocks.
Cancelling my tv license because they haven’t shown any Beckhams in this game.
Sat outside having pizza in Nunhead and 9/10 women who have walked past are wearing adidas shorts and a nice vest. 100% the look of apocalyptic London summer. (I too am wearing adidas shorts and a nice vest 😎✌🏻)
Read @hannahalothman.bsky.social @priyabharadia.bsky.social with a long read on #No10North. Grateful to be able to give my thoughts on why it’s necessary & also practicable as after all much of media, including #BBC & @theguardian.com already here themselves & it is hugely beneficial to both
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last mo.Burnham’s No 10 North: could two-centre government be made to work?
If you listen to the audiobook of Andy Burnham’s Head North you can hear him do a (frankly, terrible) Gordon Brown impression
Why not re-live the Brexit referendum with this whirlwind tour of the lows and lows of the whole campaign?! Featuring angry Boris, his contrite sister and more! (Seriously, do, it’s really good!) www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Canaries in the coalmine of populism’: an oral history of the Brexit campaign, told by those with a front row seat
How five months in 2016 that encompassed Boris Johnson siding with Vote Leave, Jo Cox’s murder and David Cameron’s resignation shaped the UK’s future
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Two views on This Life: 1) it’s essentially gentrified Hollyoaks (pedants do not bother telling me it was on first). 2) is the traffic noise a style choice or was it that cheaply filmed?
A load of royal pageantry taking place in the rain while the government shits the bed again is true British spirit.
Queen www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...
‘I was shunned, laughed at and underdogged’: Jane McDonald on her wild ride from clubland to cruises to country
She has survived heartbreak, death threats and nauseating sexism. In her Mayfair club, the Yorkshire star talks about superfans, viral hits, running away to sea – and her bid to become a Nashville ico...
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Bruce Springsteen’s cover of A Rainy Night in Soho is very good, isn’t it?
Pie Jesu closing Desert Island Discs, a hymn I can no longer her without thinking of Michelle Bass's iconic rendition www.tiktok.com/@classicbbuk...
Replying to @Rachel Hunter Scott Michelle sings Pie Jesu 💒 🤣🤣 #bigbrother #bigbrotheruk #celebritybigbrother #CBB #2000s #britishtv #weddingday #piejesu
TikTok video by Classic BBUK 👁️
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I watched it! I liked it. The Samin Nosrat episode is genuinely delightful, they really vibed apple.news/AYe0dfhdbTb6...
Second season of With Love, Meghan fails to reach Netflix’s top 1,000 — The Guardian
Duchess of Sussex’s lifestyle programme will reportedly not return for third series
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Shout out to The Independent for not even waiting until the second mention to unleash this delightful gem #wintrybeast
Swingers are getting the guy who played Jay from The Inbetweeners to do them welcome videos on Cameo
For anyone who wasn't listening to Radio 4 at 6 o'clock this morning (why not, weirdos?) this was v lovely www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
BBC World Service - Heart and Soul, Finding my true self through Druidry
Welsh witch and Druid Mhara finds belonging and peace with her true self through Druidry
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I am once again asking that we ban the word ‘febrile’ from Westminster coverage
Cauliflower soup with a bit of miso paste and sesame oil is not unlike Heinz cream of chicken, in case you were wondering.
Really interesting post on how Keir Starmer could/should become a social media star peterhyman21.substack.com/p/how-to-mak... I've long thought he should lean into his strong embarrassing dad vibe - the Airport Dad meme of British politics www.tiktok.com/discover/air...
How to make Keir Starmer a social media star
Five ways for the PM to connect with voters, without tap-dancing naked down Camden High Street
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Massive claim when Jim already sets the bar so high www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/...
Why "I'm The Bishop Of Southwark" Is The Christmas Slogan We Need
It's what he does.
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Jim Waterson@jim.londoncentric.media · 10mo agoI'm publishing the weirdest story I've ever written tomorrow, for London Centric members only. So here's an one-off offer. Sign up for a year before midnight today and I'll give you 33% off. If the story doesn't live up to expectations, I'll refund you tomorrow. www.londoncentric.media/a21e85e7
Actually, Dermot O'Leary talking about his (beautiful!) cats is prob all you should bother reading today apple.news/A6sJfQ-56Q2m...
Dermot O’Leary: ‘Toto the cat is blind but has lightning-fast reactions’ — The Times and The Sunday Times
Dermot O’Leary met Toto, the inspiration for his Ninja Cat stories, when a stray gave birth to kittens in his pillowcase. Then Socksie came along, a tabby that he took in as “an eight-week-old psychop...
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This is very good. England, by comparison, seems like it is probably not apple.news/AEN3caxdkTZ2...
It’s the Happiest Country in the World. I Spent a Week There. I Wish I Could Unlearn Its Secret. — Slate
The truth is both simpler and more complicated than it seems.
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Just don't understand why they didn't simply bury the really not very old Diana time capsule elsewhere
Perfect summary of everything that's besmirched Sex and the City's good name www.thecut.com/article/and-...
Would you need a selfie stick in heaven? Fair to expect divine floating phone imo. Yet another AI fail.
Really good new album alert. Sounds like if Patti Smith spent a summer on the 1970s British folk scene. open.spotify.com/album/3Eg0fx...
The New Eve Is Rising
The New Eves · Album · 2025 · 9 songs
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