God grant me the confidence of a man schooling the Pope in theology.

Lets hope jd vance campaigns for Reform in Britain

Female octopuses throw rocks at males that bother them, documented in Octopus tetricus

This explanation makes me sad: Alex Preston is properly taking responsibility, but what a bloody *stupid* way to torch your reputation (and your ability to write for quite a few outlets) to save a few minutes.

As he's taken responsibility and not made excuses I feel able to say: poor guy.

Our lovely local Evri driver has just been fired after five years with the company. He was working 12-15 hours a day with two days off a month, and being paid £1.05 a parcel. Evri decided to drop that to 72p. They can do it because he is classed as self-employed. This is our gig economy, folks.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

Pete Hegseth Questions What Girls Were Doing In School To Begin With

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People who moved to Dubai to avoid paying tax now wanting UK taxpayer-funded help to get them out, you say?

I keep the tornado piece along with the email from the writer from a £££ banking family who complained about being described as such and protested that he'd earned every penny himself as evidenced by the £10m in his cahoot account.

🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work.

This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public.

Please spread the word.

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"He wasn't actually arrested for--" WE KNOW. THEY ARE NEVER ARRESTED FOR SEX CRIMES. Society dngaf about protecting women, and women know that. We're just happy he was arrested at all

Just a small thing but if you would like, given recent events, to reduce your dependence on Amazon, but don't have time to go searching, you can often find what you need on eBay.

Britain’s Story: The Next Chapter - BBC Royal Charter Review, Green Paper and public consultation

This is the Gov looking for your input on the BBC. It takes a while to complete (15/20 mins) but it’s pretty comprehensive and covers most aspects.

Please share. I’m surprised many people haven’t seen it yet.

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The Reading Agency expands Quick Reads programme for National Year of Reading

ICYMI: The Reading Agency has expanded its Quick Reads programme for 2026's National Year of Reading, and has garnered the support of Stormzy, as it marks its 20th year 👇 #BookSky

Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees

Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.

One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.

Abolish the billionaire class:

From Riders to Rivals: Remembering Dame Jilly Cooper YouTube video by The Queen's Reading Room

I was lucky enough to be the last person to interview Dame Jilly Cooper for the Queens Reading Room last year. In honour of her memorial yesterday they have released the footage. It's as silly and funny and interesting as she always was. I hope you enjoy www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7qV...

Please share. 💔

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

The UK was better off in the EU and Europe was better off with the UK in it.

All of this Trump driven chaos underlines that and you can practically hear Putin rubbing his hands in Moscow.

WE have deliberately weakened ourselves, our security and our region for absolutely no good purpose at all.

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absolutely agree with this.

thank you Steve! Hope you are well.

thank you x

Hello! I'm on Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4 tomorrow. It was an absolute honour and still feels like the biggest thing to happen to me in my career. Also: I cannot remember a single thing I said during the entire interview. If you listen in, I hope you enjoy it x

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Can dogs eat chocolate | Chocolate and dogs | VetUK Has your dog eaten chocolate? Find out how much chocolate is dangerous and what to do if your dog has eaten some here.

In case you have a greedy dog, and because you don't want an unexpected vet bill ruining Christmas, please remember raisins, sultanas (and grapes) are toxic to dogs, as is chocolate. Helpful guide here to how much is safe (or not) blog.vetuk.co.uk/2025/12/17/c...

My Spotify Unwrapped is basically 80 per cent ambient sleep music.

thank you x

Opening Round: Vote for the Readers' Favorite Fiction of 2025! Discover the Readers' Favorite Fiction in the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards.

Tomorrow is the last voting day for the Goodreads (readers'!) favourite books of the year. If you read We All Live Here and enjoyed it I'd love it if you voted for it. Thank you! www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...

isn't he amazing? Such a good film - not sure what I expected but it wasn't that.