@hm-harpsy.bsky.social
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I’m just putting it out there:
In no way would Andy Burnham be a better UK leader than Starmer.
Much as I think the guy did a decent job of making people pay attention to the north.
Not actually sure who would be a good leader for UK other than Starmer right now. But it’s not Burnham.
In no way would Andy Burnham be a better UK leader than Starmer.
Much as I think the guy did a decent job of making people pay attention to the north.
Not actually sure who would be a good leader for UK other than Starmer right now. But it’s not Burnham.
January 26, 2026 at 9:32 AM
I’m just putting it out there:
In no way would Andy Burnham be a better UK leader than Starmer.
Much as I think the guy did a decent job of making people pay attention to the north.
Not actually sure who would be a good leader for UK other than Starmer right now. But it’s not Burnham.
In no way would Andy Burnham be a better UK leader than Starmer.
Much as I think the guy did a decent job of making people pay attention to the north.
Not actually sure who would be a good leader for UK other than Starmer right now. But it’s not Burnham.
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If this happens, it will make literally everything better. All of it. Everything in the world.
@nigella.bsky.social in our living rooms every Tuesday throughout Autumn - genuinely life-changing stuff.
@nigella.bsky.social in our living rooms every Tuesday throughout Autumn - genuinely life-changing stuff.
January 22, 2026 at 1:08 PM
If this happens, it will make literally everything better. All of it. Everything in the world.
@nigella.bsky.social in our living rooms every Tuesday throughout Autumn - genuinely life-changing stuff.
@nigella.bsky.social in our living rooms every Tuesday throughout Autumn - genuinely life-changing stuff.
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every provocateur who wangs on all the time about Britain being “broken” should be sent to an actual failed state or autocracy for a month as a learning experience, there’s no shortage of them
January 17, 2026 at 3:12 PM
every provocateur who wangs on all the time about Britain being “broken” should be sent to an actual failed state or autocracy for a month as a learning experience, there’s no shortage of them
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The Norfolk Carnyx: a Playmobil story in 4 parts. 🧵
#DiggingForBritain
#DrawingDiggingForBritain
#PlaymobilInfestation
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social
@pcaarchaeology.bsky.social
1: Life
#DiggingForBritain
#DrawingDiggingForBritain
#PlaymobilInfestation
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social
@pcaarchaeology.bsky.social
1: Life
January 14, 2026 at 9:18 PM
The Norfolk Carnyx: a Playmobil story in 4 parts. 🧵
#DiggingForBritain
#DrawingDiggingForBritain
#PlaymobilInfestation
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social
@pcaarchaeology.bsky.social
1: Life
#DiggingForBritain
#DrawingDiggingForBritain
#PlaymobilInfestation
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social
@pcaarchaeology.bsky.social
1: Life
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please can we stop pretending that any of this is remotely normal, and not alarming
US prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into Jay Powell - chair of the Fed - over a $2.5bn renovation of the Federal Reserve’s headquarters...he says it's pretext to rein in the Fed’s independence to set interest rates
www.ft.com/content/a423...
www.ft.com/content/a423...
US prosecutors launch criminal investigation into Federal Reserve’s Jay Powell
Chair says probe follows central bank’s refusal to bow to White House push for much lower interest rates
www.ft.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:36 PM
please can we stop pretending that any of this is remotely normal, and not alarming
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I understand the pressures on the BBC, but Radio 4's coverage of the Minneapolis shooting is an example of "bad balance".
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
January 8, 2026 at 8:38 AM
I understand the pressures on the BBC, but Radio 4's coverage of the Minneapolis shooting is an example of "bad balance".
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
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if you're still driving a tesla, give your head a wobble
January 8, 2026 at 3:13 PM
if you're still driving a tesla, give your head a wobble
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Jeremy Bowen really is an outstanding broadcaster. He's a reminder that public service broadcasting can be objective and impartial without needing to be balanced - indeed that balance makes objectivity impossible. I imagine they'll get rid of him soon.
January 8, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Jeremy Bowen really is an outstanding broadcaster. He's a reminder that public service broadcasting can be objective and impartial without needing to be balanced - indeed that balance makes objectivity impossible. I imagine they'll get rid of him soon.
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Here’s my list of things the public doesn’t seem to know, but historians broadly agree upon 👇
I’ve got loads!
- Medieval people washed regularly, drank water, and didn’t have rotten teeth
- WW1 did not end in 1918
- Queen Victoria was a horndog
- Ancient Egyptians invented Egyptology by excavating their own ancient monuments
- We know more about Shakespeare than many other famous Tudors
- Medieval people washed regularly, drank water, and didn’t have rotten teeth
- WW1 did not end in 1918
- Queen Victoria was a horndog
- Ancient Egyptians invented Egyptology by excavating their own ancient monuments
- We know more about Shakespeare than many other famous Tudors
January 6, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Here’s my list of things the public doesn’t seem to know, but historians broadly agree upon 👇
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Great powers have always, to some extent, written the rules for themselves. But this should be a reminder that for all we might lament the “rules based order”, it’s largely gone, if it ever existed. Hard power is the only thing which matters now. Europe needs to wake up to the new realities.
January 3, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Great powers have always, to some extent, written the rules for themselves. But this should be a reminder that for all we might lament the “rules based order”, it’s largely gone, if it ever existed. Hard power is the only thing which matters now. Europe needs to wake up to the new realities.
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How many times do people need to be told that X is not a trustworthy platform?
Our politics is increasingly normalised to racism – because politicians are addicted to X
The platform has quietly dragged British politics into a dark place
inews.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 9:58 PM
How many times do people need to be told that X is not a trustworthy platform?
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Chicago is having none of this administration's BS.
December 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Chicago is having none of this administration's BS.
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As a former editor of Popbitch – and the proud owner of a legal letter sent by HarperCollins, accusing me of being "highly likely to cause serious harm to [their former star client]’s reputation both as an individual and author” – may I just say: GET IT RIGHT UP YE
December 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
As a former editor of Popbitch – and the proud owner of a legal letter sent by HarperCollins, accusing me of being "highly likely to cause serious harm to [their former star client]’s reputation both as an individual and author” – may I just say: GET IT RIGHT UP YE
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Overheard in the supermarket. Two teenagers.
1: 'Where's Dad?'
2 (with ineffable weariness): 'In the cheese aisle, having the time of his life.'
1: 'Where's Dad?'
2 (with ineffable weariness): 'In the cheese aisle, having the time of his life.'
December 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Overheard in the supermarket. Two teenagers.
1: 'Where's Dad?'
2 (with ineffable weariness): 'In the cheese aisle, having the time of his life.'
1: 'Where's Dad?'
2 (with ineffable weariness): 'In the cheese aisle, having the time of his life.'
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WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
December 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
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In honor of Tom Stoppard & his screenwriting work on this film -
For this week's #ThursdayFilmRec 🗃️🎥🍿🎬 #HATM
Watch (or Rewatch) this fun, classic film starring Harrison Ford AND Sean Connery: "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (1989) - Dir. Steven Spielberg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sagm...
For this week's #ThursdayFilmRec 🗃️🎥🍿🎬 #HATM
Watch (or Rewatch) this fun, classic film starring Harrison Ford AND Sean Connery: "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (1989) - Dir. Steven Spielberg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sagm...
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers
YouTube video by Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
In honor of Tom Stoppard & his screenwriting work on this film -
For this week's #ThursdayFilmRec 🗃️🎥🍿🎬 #HATM
Watch (or Rewatch) this fun, classic film starring Harrison Ford AND Sean Connery: "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (1989) - Dir. Steven Spielberg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sagm...
For this week's #ThursdayFilmRec 🗃️🎥🍿🎬 #HATM
Watch (or Rewatch) this fun, classic film starring Harrison Ford AND Sean Connery: "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (1989) - Dir. Steven Spielberg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sagm...
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Bracingly on point from Marina about stan culture that refuses to admit that a political idol - from Polanski to Farage - can be in the wrong www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Make a political hero of Zack Polanski if you want. Just don’t forget to engage your brain | Marina Hyde
The Green party leader is riding high in the polls. But across the political spectrum, uncritical adulation leads nowhere fast, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Bracingly on point from Marina about stan culture that refuses to admit that a political idol - from Polanski to Farage - can be in the wrong www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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www.economist.com/britain/2025... new guy just dropped
December 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
www.economist.com/britain/2025... new guy just dropped
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This is a borderline psychotic thing to put in a newspaper.
This is the point where the anti-Reeves stories tip into madness. Criticise her performance all you like but what the hell is this?
December 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This is a borderline psychotic thing to put in a newspaper.
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I’m sure Andreas Whittam Smith would have wanted people to struggle to read his obituary in The Independent using a smartphone
December 2, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I’m sure Andreas Whittam Smith would have wanted people to struggle to read his obituary in The Independent using a smartphone
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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