Surely The Best Of Bowie

Thinking of that Jeffrey Archer book where they con the guy by saying he got an honourary doctorate at Oxford or something, in return for a donation. Maybe set up a fake ceremony, but say "oh no one's ever won it twice before, you should keep going with peace deals" and see if he falls for it.

Hollow laughter

* now legal to push BOTH grannies off buses

Peter, you've lost the fucking news!

What a lovely piece!
Recently discussed a student assessment with a colleague. On paper, it was terrible: confusing, ungrammatical, over-written yet under-explained.
And yet ... "It's got SOMETHING," we agreed. "It's not ... boring. It's bonkers, but alive."
AI would have definitely failed it.

They are called writers

Watching in real time a man regretting some recent choices.
#Strictly

Slowing down to a sinister echo on "if you don't know how to do it then you're out of luuuuuuuucccccckkkkk".

What the hell happened to The Independent?!

Honestly I feel like I’m going mad, everyone involved at The Independent should feel ashamed that this is their job and this is how they treat a dead woman’s legacy.

It’s also beyond insane that the Independent are quoting ChatGPT slop from a completely random blog that went viral, including factual errors about her life, and pretending that Routledge wrote it.

I see you've clarified now, but how on earth could you think that was true?

If I wrote Doctor Who fanfic, which I never have, I'd have her grow increasingly irritated with his constant devotion and total dependence on her, constantly aware that she was responsible for making him yet he's very much NOT the actual man she really wanted. Could be psychological torture!

"What you fail to see Mr. Pope" is truly the most incredible assemblage of words I have seen coming out of X, the Everything App, in quite some time.

Congratulations to The List - gave me my first job, always a lovely place to work for. It's really some achievement to last so long in such a difficult, changing market - well done to them.

How lovely! Peter Purves is quite a groovy mover, someone should have cast him in Hair.

There is a moment of hesitation and then my dog dives – 24kg of fox red labrador launching into Gourock outdoor pool – to join the splashy tumult.

Dogs of all shapes, sizes and swimming ability have come to the outdoor saltwater pool on Scotland’s west coast for what has become an annual fixture 👇🐕

This Thursday join our guide Fiona Shepherd on a whistlestop lunchtime tour on the Sauchiehall Street Music Trail. From the late, lamented ABC to the Garage we explore a neighbourhood rich in musical myths...stretch your legs for 30 mins at lunchtime.
Tix shorturl.at/0nUen

This is so very frustrating. I was on the board of Lanternhouse for a few years, over the period of it surviving covid & reopening in its lovely purpose-built new building. There were so many challenges and issues, it never got the support it needed. Really really hope this doesn't come to pass.

Oh well, if you're going to be all LOGICAL and REASONABLE about this

Oh, I tend to think it's more common in highly commercial writing!
I smile cheekily at the hunk in front of the counter as I wonder whether my new cupcake library cafe is attracting just TOO many potential love interests ...

You will never make me write in first person present, never I tell you!

we don’t need to talk about whether people are *really* or *inherently* racist, if they’re doing and saying racist things. I mean firstly: they clearly are! what you do is who you are! but also: it doesn’t really matter whether their hearts are racist if they’re happy to support racist politicians