Plot for James's next book maybe? I'm 2 chapters from the end of Pagans btw and have relished it.

I’ve done LinkedIn too where I have many more followers but don’t think you’re on there. X

Pagans, by my lovely friend, James Henry, writer of Green Wing ++ has vaulted into the Times bestseller lists. Strong recommend. lnkd.in/enppMWX8 & audio version coming soon. 2/2

Love a bit of comedy, but also partial to a good (fictional) murder & the ensuing police procedural. Imagine getting both within an alternate history where the Norman conquest never happened. 1/2

Easily done 🙂

Overestimate?

MOTM #YNWA #UCL #LFC

No second state visit for Trump This is UNBELIEVABLE. Keir Starmer has just handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and I was so outraged when I he...

Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...

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It's payday and after seeing that repulsive press conference I am donating again to Ukraine - plenty of options here: standforukraine.com

If you haven't watched #BigBoys you are missing one of the greatest bits of TV of the 21st century. Is that hyperbole? I don't think so. All 3 series available on C4 streaming. Comedy like this can address the big issues better than much 'serious' drama, maybe because it catches us unawares.

Compared to defence spending, increasing funding for public service broadcasting costs a pittance, yet provides "defence" of our core beliefs, common institutions and social cohesion than divisions, submarines and missiles ever will.

Foreign Leader Favourability Ratings amongst British Voters:

🇺🇦 Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Favourable: 64%
Unfavourable: 16%
NET: +48%

🇺🇸 Donald Trump
Favourable: 22%
Unfavourable: 73%
NET: -51%

🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin
Favourable: 4%
Unfavourable: 89%
NET: -85%

Via @YouGov, 16-17 Feb.

Graph showing health outcomes related to spending with the US doing the worst

This is pretty shocking. Make sure you look in the lower right hand corner.

Can someone please explain the wearing of hats indoors in #TraitorsUS?

The UK should take a leaf from France’s book to boost arts funding Tax breaks for corporate sponsors can benefit the creative sector at a time of dwindling public funds

Can’t be repeated often enough

‘The UK’s creative industries are vital to the economy. Valued at £124bn, they are worth more than the life sciences, aerospace and automotive industries combined. Arts and culture alone contribute an impressive £34.6bn.’
on.ft.com/42hzVmL

My first #ComicRelief #RedNoseDay launch last Wednesday, here with the founders & a few of my fellow trustees.
2025 is CR’s 40th anniversary & in that time it’s helped more than 100m people. But millions still need help in the UK and overseas so why not start thinking how you can be funny for money

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I mean at the end of the day, Leanne and Jake were the REAL traitors 😒 #TheTraitors #TheTraitorsUK #JusticeForAlexander

The Seer = poisoned chalice. Also final banishments will always continue until just 2 left, whether there are suspicions or nor, simply to maximise the cash. #TraitorsUK

“Welcome to the Traitors Uncloaked, a visualised podcast.”

That’ll be a television programme then BBC. You’ve been making them for years. And you used to know how to hide microphones too.

If only you lived nearer... I make shedl oads of jams and chutneys with stuff from the garden and give it almost all away!

Excellent. I’ve made marmalade, lined some curtains and pruned some roses.

Misuse of reflexive pronouns: no 274 of things that annoy me but I have to stay quiet about in order not to come across like the pedantic tw*t I really am.

Maria Callas: The Final Act In this new film from Arena, a cast of musical experts and admirers uncover the truth about the Maria Callas myth and the gift of her extraordinary voice.

If you are tempted to watch Angelina Jolie as Callas, don't do it. Rather watch this brilliantly made documentary on her life by Clare Beavan, and find out why she really lost her voice. 👇

Late coming to #LaChimera, written & directed by #AliceRohrwacher. What a magnificent film. Orphic themes evident from the Monteverdi opening toccata but I think it owes as much to Cocteau as original myth. Seen no reviews mention Orpheus tho’ plenty of underworld talk. #JoshOConnor is such a star

I’ve clocked up more than 60 films for my #BAFTA voting. Did the big 2 yesterday, #TheBrutalist & #Anora Both excellent but nothing yet has moved me like #AllOfUsStrangers did last year.

I try to stay calm but it’s about now in the run-up to the 25th that I lose it over the plethora of snowflakes (on cards, wrap, decos) with 8 arms. They are hexagonal, people. It’s physics! #HappyChristmas

More unexpected pleasure from my BAFTA film viewing. #DriveAwayDolls, from Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke, described as a ‘lesbian road trip’ movie uses very familiar tropes & has met with mixed reviews. It’s quite short (good) & slight(no probs) but I laughed out loud a lot and that’s quite rare.