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The problem with this platform continues to be that every post is either terribly shrill or a self-satisfied snort (or snort laugh combo), and there's often no middle ground
Oscars predictions:
Best Picture: Hamnet
Best Actor: Timothée Chalamet
Best Actress: Jessie Buckley
Best Supporting Actress: Elle Fanning
Best Supporting Actor: Stellan Skarsgård
Best Director: Chloe Zhao
Best Picture: Hamnet
Best Actor: Timothée Chalamet
Best Actress: Jessie Buckley
Best Supporting Actress: Elle Fanning
Best Supporting Actor: Stellan Skarsgård
Best Director: Chloe Zhao
January 22, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Oscars predictions:
Best Picture: Hamnet
Best Actor: Timothée Chalamet
Best Actress: Jessie Buckley
Best Supporting Actress: Elle Fanning
Best Supporting Actor: Stellan Skarsgård
Best Director: Chloe Zhao
Best Picture: Hamnet
Best Actor: Timothée Chalamet
Best Actress: Jessie Buckley
Best Supporting Actress: Elle Fanning
Best Supporting Actor: Stellan Skarsgård
Best Director: Chloe Zhao
Trip to Ely yesterday, trip to Shere in the Surrey Hills today
January 18, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Trip to Ely yesterday, trip to Shere in the Surrey Hills today
DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS (2024) is a silly little enjoyable film
January 17, 2026 at 8:13 PM
DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS (2024) is a silly little enjoyable film
Some of the more interesting bits of YouTube, Insta Reels, TikTok is people doing the most mundane things like showing off what they're having for dinner or doing deliveries for Amazon or Deliveroo, and I won't be convinced otherwise
January 15, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Some of the more interesting bits of YouTube, Insta Reels, TikTok is people doing the most mundane things like showing off what they're having for dinner or doing deliveries for Amazon or Deliveroo, and I won't be convinced otherwise
The article doesn't mention Heartstopper, which seems like a massive omission, even when accounting for the different age bracket. Huw Lemmey wrote about it here: huw.substack.com/p/my-adorabl...
January 13, 2026 at 10:16 PM
The article doesn't mention Heartstopper, which seems like a massive omission, even when accounting for the different age bracket. Huw Lemmey wrote about it here: huw.substack.com/p/my-adorabl...
The Sad Banker Show is back!
January 12, 2026 at 8:32 PM
The Sad Banker Show is back!
The problem with this platform continues to be that every post is either terribly shrill or a self-satisfied snort (or snort laugh combo), and there's often no middle ground
January 10, 2026 at 9:50 PM
The problem with this platform continues to be that every post is either terribly shrill or a self-satisfied snort (or snort laugh combo), and there's often no middle ground
Every time I crave and succumb to getting a McDonald's, it never matches the hype, it's always a bit of a letdown and a waste of 900 calories...
January 10, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Every time I crave and succumb to getting a McDonald's, it never matches the hype, it's always a bit of a letdown and a waste of 900 calories...
How do I tell Uber that I don't have teenage children? Asking for a friend
January 9, 2026 at 6:12 PM
How do I tell Uber that I don't have teenage children? Asking for a friend
4 degrees actual temperature, “feels like -6”
January 9, 2026 at 12:17 PM
4 degrees actual temperature, “feels like -6”
It’s not freezing cold for the first time in a week, yippee, my face was not aching on the walk into work
January 8, 2026 at 9:30 AM
It’s not freezing cold for the first time in a week, yippee, my face was not aching on the walk into work
This idiot forgot that Southampton Row is closed to cars northbound
Driving out of London: 70mph speed limit, “welcome to Buckinghamshire/Hertfordshire/Surrey”, open road baby!
Driving into London: please make it stop
Driving into London: please make it stop
January 3, 2026 at 11:54 AM
This idiot forgot that Southampton Row is closed to cars northbound
Watched A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (2024) on Disney+ and you got to hand to Timothée Chalamet for learning the guitar and making Bob Dylan semi-likeable
January 1, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Watched A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (2024) on Disney+ and you got to hand to Timothée Chalamet for learning the guitar and making Bob Dylan semi-likeable
You can hear the fireworks at the London Eye already
January 1, 2026 at 12:00 AM
You can hear the fireworks at the London Eye already
Driving out of London: 70mph speed limit, “welcome to Buckinghamshire/Hertfordshire/Surrey”, open road baby!
Driving into London: please make it stop
Driving into London: please make it stop
December 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Driving out of London: 70mph speed limit, “welcome to Buckinghamshire/Hertfordshire/Surrey”, open road baby!
Driving into London: please make it stop
Driving into London: please make it stop
There was an amazing sunset on Blackheath earlier, and it’s still mind boggling that the A2 just saws right through it
December 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
There was an amazing sunset on Blackheath earlier, and it’s still mind boggling that the A2 just saws right through it
Boxing Day trip to Bosham, Chichester Harbour
December 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Boxing Day trip to Bosham, Chichester Harbour
Jennifer Saunders does “eccentric minor aristo living in a freezing cold country pile” so well
December 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Jennifer Saunders does “eccentric minor aristo living in a freezing cold country pile” so well
Still true. And more reduced stuff as well.
I know M&S is in its glow up era and Waitrose is having a bit of a flop, but still, Waitrose >>>> M&S
December 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Still true. And more reduced stuff as well.
I am a very big fan of the Only Connect pub quiz special episode
December 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I am a very big fan of the Only Connect pub quiz special episode
Never thought I’d be the kind of guy insisting on going to the gym even when home for Christmas but, welp, here we are
December 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Never thought I’d be the kind of guy insisting on going to the gym even when home for Christmas but, welp, here we are
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‘There’s a sense of our freedoms becoming vulnerable’: novelist Alan Hollinghurst
‘There’s a sense of our freedoms becoming vulnerable’: novelist Alan Hollinghurst
A knighthood, a lifetime achievement award and a hit theatre production of The Line of Beauty… the author on a year of personal success and political change
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
‘There’s a sense of our freedoms becoming vulnerable’: novelist Alan Hollinghurst