I am not listening to another Cher song with that FUCKING effect on her voice for entire verse again. HATE IT.
December 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I am not listening to another Cher song with that FUCKING effect on her voice for entire verse again. HATE IT.
Can we talk about new build bars where you can see all this ceiling gubbings? I hate it.
December 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Can we talk about new build bars where you can see all this ceiling gubbings? I hate it.
Not sure I’m ready to process that soon Kylie will be in her 40th year of releasing music and I owned a contemporary version her debut album.
December 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Not sure I’m ready to process that soon Kylie will be in her 40th year of releasing music and I owned a contemporary version her debut album.
Millions being spent on an HBO Max UK launch just for it to be subsumed into Netflix months later is almost Kafkaesque. Oh telly is a riot!
December 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Millions being spent on an HBO Max UK launch just for it to be subsumed into Netflix months later is almost Kafkaesque. Oh telly is a riot!
The constant threat of listening to a new Jade song and it being a talky-talky slay mama drag race one.
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The constant threat of listening to a new Jade song and it being a talky-talky slay mama drag race one.
Yes, ferrying around a door or a
3 metre pipe, that common daily occurrence for the average human.
3 metre pipe, that common daily occurrence for the average human.
December 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Yes, ferrying around a door or a
3 metre pipe, that common daily occurrence for the average human.
3 metre pipe, that common daily occurrence for the average human.
Who had better graphic design for their US releases; Atomic Kitten’s PowerPoint or Sugababes posse of Grimaces?
December 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Who had better graphic design for their US releases; Atomic Kitten’s PowerPoint or Sugababes posse of Grimaces?
Watching Civilisations: Rise and Fall on iPlayer and I doubt Honorius was actually that fit.
November 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Watching Civilisations: Rise and Fall on iPlayer and I doubt Honorius was actually that fit.
Is it appropriate for a national broadcaster to give record of the week to a song in an Amazon music auto-play exclusivity deal?
November 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Is it appropriate for a national broadcaster to give record of the week to a song in an Amazon music auto-play exclusivity deal?
Ah. Shame my politically aligned wing of the Labour Party doesn’t pass the NIMBY test.
✍️NEW on the Mainstream blog:
Victor Anderson on the limitations of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill.
Read it below:
Victor Anderson on the limitations of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill.
Read it below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Ah. Shame my politically aligned wing of the Labour Party doesn’t pass the NIMBY test.
Wow, BBC Two are repeating a Clive Anderson quiz from 2008.
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Wow, BBC Two are repeating a Clive Anderson quiz from 2008.
There’s a particular type of middle class parent in a (e.g. café) that is far louder and more disruptive than their quietly gibbering toddler through that very loud **NARRATION OF EVERY SINGLE THING** type of talking parents do.
November 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
There’s a particular type of middle class parent in a (e.g. café) that is far louder and more disruptive than their quietly gibbering toddler through that very loud **NARRATION OF EVERY SINGLE THING** type of talking parents do.
Well if you needed an excuse to abolish the OBR…
November 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Well if you needed an excuse to abolish the OBR…
Just stared at the word "basing" (as in "to base on") for about 30 seconds. It just doesn't look right.
I need to stop working.
I need to stop working.
November 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Just stared at the word "basing" (as in "to base on") for about 30 seconds. It just doesn't look right.
I need to stop working.
I need to stop working.
Taylor Swift in NORWOOD.
Couldn't make it up.
Couldn't make it up.
November 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Taylor Swift in NORWOOD.
Couldn't make it up.
Couldn't make it up.
One of the very few upsides of the A.I era is that artists will be discouraged from over photo-shopping in case they are accused on not even being at the shoot.
November 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
One of the very few upsides of the A.I era is that artists will be discouraged from over photo-shopping in case they are accused on not even being at the shoot.
Bloody hell Steps on Strictly. That’s how you do legacy building.
November 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Bloody hell Steps on Strictly. That’s how you do legacy building.
Reposted by mattyfloyd
BBC still isn’t enforcing ID log-in to the website or Sounds and hasn’t linked licence fee numbers to IDs.
Until it does this (and stops ID sharing), a genuine experience of what it’s like to not consume BBC content is avoided by most evaders.
Get on with it!
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Until it does this (and stops ID sharing), a genuine experience of what it’s like to not consume BBC content is avoided by most evaders.
Get on with it!
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC is losing £1bn a year in potential licence fee revenue, say MPs
Public accounts committee calculates cost of households either evading the fee or saying they don’t need one
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
BBC still isn’t enforcing ID log-in to the website or Sounds and hasn’t linked licence fee numbers to IDs.
Until it does this (and stops ID sharing), a genuine experience of what it’s like to not consume BBC content is avoided by most evaders.
Get on with it!
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Until it does this (and stops ID sharing), a genuine experience of what it’s like to not consume BBC content is avoided by most evaders.
Get on with it!
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC still isn’t enforcing ID log-in to the website or Sounds and hasn’t linked licence fee numbers to IDs.
Until it does this (and stops ID sharing), a genuine experience of what it’s like to not consume BBC content is avoided by most evaders.
Get on with it!
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Until it does this (and stops ID sharing), a genuine experience of what it’s like to not consume BBC content is avoided by most evaders.
Get on with it!
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC is losing £1bn a year in potential licence fee revenue, say MPs
Public accounts committee calculates cost of households either evading the fee or saying they don’t need one
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
BBC still isn’t enforcing ID log-in to the website or Sounds and hasn’t linked licence fee numbers to IDs.
Until it does this (and stops ID sharing), a genuine experience of what it’s like to not consume BBC content is avoided by most evaders.
Get on with it!
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Until it does this (and stops ID sharing), a genuine experience of what it’s like to not consume BBC content is avoided by most evaders.
Get on with it!
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
I'm generally quite good at giving the US titles for British formats when discussing with American colleagues but the one that fucks me every time is Blind Date
Because "The Dating Game" just feels weirdly generic and there is an unrelated US show called Blind Date that works completely differently
Because "The Dating Game" just feels weirdly generic and there is an unrelated US show called Blind Date that works completely differently
November 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I'm generally quite good at giving the US titles for British formats when discussing with American colleagues but the one that fucks me every time is Blind Date
Because "The Dating Game" just feels weirdly generic and there is an unrelated US show called Blind Date that works completely differently
Because "The Dating Game" just feels weirdly generic and there is an unrelated US show called Blind Date that works completely differently
Using glycolic/salicylic acid + retinal + niacinamide EVERY night until my skin is better god dammit
November 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Using glycolic/salicylic acid + retinal + niacinamide EVERY night until my skin is better god dammit
I wonder how much happier these teenagers will be in 10 years. Let’s see. I think I could take a punt.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Instagram and Facebook-owner Meta notifies Australian teens of accounts shutdown
Under-sixteens will be banned from major social media plaforms from 10 December.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I wonder how much happier these teenagers will be in 10 years. Let’s see. I think I could take a punt.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
For Strictly hosts…
Jane McDonald!
With a young northern man she can do quickly overplayed MILF gag with. I dunno….Jordan North? 🤷
Jane McDonald!
With a young northern man she can do quickly overplayed MILF gag with. I dunno….Jordan North? 🤷
November 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
For Strictly hosts…
Jane McDonald!
With a young northern man she can do quickly overplayed MILF gag with. I dunno….Jordan North? 🤷
Jane McDonald!
With a young northern man she can do quickly overplayed MILF gag with. I dunno….Jordan North? 🤷