Going to record the books I'm reading here for 2026. Number #1 - Charles Dickens, Hard Times (mid C19th Manchester misery).
December 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Going to record the books I'm reading here for 2026. Number #1 - Charles Dickens, Hard Times (mid C19th Manchester misery).
First episode of 'The Beast in Me' is....... superb.
December 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
First episode of 'The Beast in Me' is....... superb.
Nigella giving us the flavours of "medieval Christmas feasting" has elevated the middle class bourgeoisie beyond my reach.
December 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Nigella giving us the flavours of "medieval Christmas feasting" has elevated the middle class bourgeoisie beyond my reach.
I felt very sorry for Simon Schama. Poor man dealing with the burden of the memories of Medieval England & the "literal" and equally non-existent "suitcase at the door" and other chimera that terrifies him. Must be worse than losing your entire family & home in Gaza. #r4today
December 16, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I felt very sorry for Simon Schama. Poor man dealing with the burden of the memories of Medieval England & the "literal" and equally non-existent "suitcase at the door" and other chimera that terrifies him. Must be worse than losing your entire family & home in Gaza. #r4today
When dull British politicians start a response to a question by saying "Well, look...", interviewers should immediately jump in by quickly saying, "Yes! Yes! I'm looking! I'm looking!" #BBCLauraK
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
When dull British politicians start a response to a question by saying "Well, look...", interviewers should immediately jump in by quickly saying, "Yes! Yes! I'm looking! I'm looking!" #BBCLauraK
The Daily Hate have never put two thoughts together. And nor have the Tory Party. Starmer did once. #DailyMail #Starmer #UKLabour
December 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The Daily Hate have never put two thoughts together. And nor have the Tory Party. Starmer did once. #DailyMail #Starmer #UKLabour
Something about Maria Corina Machado is off. She seems very pleased about Trump's crackerjack plans to topple Maduro (distraction from Epstein). What does she think Trump will demand in return? A progressive democracy without Russian & US interference? Is she a right wing nutter? #Venezuela
December 12, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Something about Maria Corina Machado is off. She seems very pleased about Trump's crackerjack plans to topple Maduro (distraction from Epstein). What does she think Trump will demand in return? A progressive democracy without Russian & US interference? Is she a right wing nutter? #Venezuela
December 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Reading on Rigoberta Menchú: "Spain's highest court ruled that cases of genocide committed abroad could be judged in Spain, even if no Spanish citizens were involved." It's easy to forget that Netanyahu & Gallant have arrest warrants for war crimes. Or does #Starmer think the ICC is anti-Semitic?
December 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Reading on Rigoberta Menchú: "Spain's highest court ruled that cases of genocide committed abroad could be judged in Spain, even if no Spanish citizens were involved." It's easy to forget that Netanyahu & Gallant have arrest warrants for war crimes. Or does #Starmer think the ICC is anti-Semitic?
December 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Is Israel now the most dangerous terrorist state in the world? It's had two years of experimenting with, and fine tuning, unmanned technology, explosives & non-nuclear WMD in a live environment. Its biggest export will be military expertise, including data usage (Palantir). #Israel #WarCrimes
December 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Is Israel now the most dangerous terrorist state in the world? It's had two years of experimenting with, and fine tuning, unmanned technology, explosives & non-nuclear WMD in a live environment. Its biggest export will be military expertise, including data usage (Palantir). #Israel #WarCrimes
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Starmer accuses the Brexiters of selling Brexit on lies and false promises. He’s guilty of pretence and obfuscation now. The EU won’t trust us or even consider major changes to the current deal if British politicians continue to lie, hedge and mislead. Act like a leader, Starmer. Damnit, man. LEAD.
December 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Starmer accuses the Brexiters of selling Brexit on lies and false promises. He’s guilty of pretence and obfuscation now. The EU won’t trust us or even consider major changes to the current deal if British politicians continue to lie, hedge and mislead. Act like a leader, Starmer. Damnit, man. LEAD.
Spain knows about genocide. Not sure that working-class-lad-dun-good human rights lawyer Keir Starmer would agree with the "anti-Semitism" of this decision however. #Starmer
December 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Spain knows about genocide. Not sure that working-class-lad-dun-good human rights lawyer Keir Starmer would agree with the "anti-Semitism" of this decision however. #Starmer
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I have lost all faith in cholesterol, it’s just not doing its job in a timely fashion.
December 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I have lost all faith in cholesterol, it’s just not doing its job in a timely fashion.
Wes Streeting impressive. But the progress he'll make in NHS improvements will be wasted if the Labour govt continues to be a Brexit, one term govt. It needs to ditch Brexit, join the Customs Union, and it'll have that critical 2nd term. #r4today #WesStreeting
December 3, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Wes Streeting impressive. But the progress he'll make in NHS improvements will be wasted if the Labour govt continues to be a Brexit, one term govt. It needs to ditch Brexit, join the Customs Union, and it'll have that critical 2nd term. #r4today #WesStreeting
I've just asked AI why the subjunctive mood was used in a Spanish sentence I'm reading - and it's given me an excellent answer. Very disappointed.
December 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I've just asked AI why the subjunctive mood was used in a Spanish sentence I'm reading - and it's given me an excellent answer. Very disappointed.
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Keir Starmer is still talking like an idiot. Of course he has to say Brexit has failed. We can all see it's failed, he can hardly say otherwise.
But he still can't get his brain to say it was a mistake.
But he still can't get his brain to say it was a mistake.
December 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Keir Starmer is still talking like an idiot. Of course he has to say Brexit has failed. We can all see it's failed, he can hardly say otherwise.
But he still can't get his brain to say it was a mistake.
But he still can't get his brain to say it was a mistake.
Gurning Robbie Gibb puppet, Chris Mason, took a long time to explain that nothing burger about Rachel Reeves. I think he needs a rest. #r4today
December 1, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Gurning Robbie Gibb puppet, Chris Mason, took a long time to explain that nothing burger about Rachel Reeves. I think he needs a rest. #r4today
That scene in Melville's Les Enfant Terribles, just before the siblings discover their dead mother...
November 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
That scene in Melville's Les Enfant Terribles, just before the siblings discover their dead mother...
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"We own France! We have a right to take back our own" said the Catholic Duke of Norfolk. I am warming to the notion that Brexit is very much a Protestant endeavour.
November 30, 2025 at 11:23 AM
"We own France! We have a right to take back our own" said the Catholic Duke of Norfolk. I am warming to the notion that Brexit is very much a Protestant endeavour.
Doughy misogynist Piers Morgan laying into Rachel Reeves, so incensed his arms flap around. Imagine if Reeves was a black woman? #bbclaurak
November 30, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Doughy misogynist Piers Morgan laying into Rachel Reeves, so incensed his arms flap around. Imagine if Reeves was a black woman? #bbclaurak
When Robbie Gibb goes, Chris Mason & Laura Kuenssberg go. Or at the very least, it should be strongly suggested that a column in the Daily Hate or a Sunday show on GB News is more suitable for their political world view. #bbclaurak
November 30, 2025 at 9:13 AM
When Robbie Gibb goes, Chris Mason & Laura Kuenssberg go. Or at the very least, it should be strongly suggested that a column in the Daily Hate or a Sunday show on GB News is more suitable for their political world view. #bbclaurak