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‘I was shunned, laughed at and underdogged’: Jane McDonald on her wild ride from clubland to cruises to country She has survived heartbreak, death threats and nauseating sexism. In her Mayfair club, the Yorkshire star talks about superfans, viral hits, running away to sea – and her bid to become a Nashville ico...

Queen www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...

Bruce Springsteen’s cover of A Rainy Night in Soho is very good, isn’t it?

How Lena Dunham’s Cats Gave Her a Reality Check — Vanity Fair UK After moving to London, the writer’s growing posse of British felines took a walk on the wild side—and taught her a lesson in independence.

Cats are such little arseholes, just love them apple.news/AMOGr4PfDRxq...

Replying to @Rachel Hunter Scott Michelle sings Pie Jesu 💒 🤣🤣 #bigbrother #bigbrotheruk #celebritybigbrother #CBB #2000s #britishtv #weddingday #piejesu TikTok video by Classic BBUK 👁️

Pie Jesu closing Desert Island Discs, a hymn I can no longer her without thinking of Michelle Bass's iconic rendition www.tiktok.com/@classicbbuk...

So joyously ridiculous

I watched all seven seasons of this in two weeks recently and I’m so glad to hear I’m not alone

Second season of With Love, Meghan fails to reach Netflix’s top 1,000 — The Guardian Duchess of Sussex’s lifestyle programme will reportedly not return for third series

I watched it! I liked it. The Samin Nosrat episode is genuinely delightful, they really vibed apple.news/AYe0dfhdbTb6...

Exactly

Arguably the weather bomb, a feature of the storm, is the wintry beast

Shout out to The Independent for not even waiting until the second mention to unleash this delightful gem #wintrybeast

Workout of the beast

There's an almost quaint charm to the fact that millennial middle England is so pampas grass coded

Everything is cursed I am simply the messenger

Swingers are getting the guy who played Jay from The Inbetweeners to do them welcome videos on Cameo

Santa at war: ‘home’ town in Finland hosts Nato soldiers as Russian threat looms Christmas tourists are noticing a growing military presence in Lapland, where Santa Park doubles as a bomb shelter

It's beginning to look a lot like... conflict? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

BBC World Service - Heart and Soul, Finding my true self through Druidry Welsh witch and Druid Mhara finds belonging and peace with her true self through Druidry

For anyone who wasn't listening to Radio 4 at 6 o'clock this morning (why not, weirdos?) this was v lovely www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

I am once again asking that we ban the word ‘febrile’ from Westminster coverage

Cauliflower soup with a bit of miso paste and sesame oil is not unlike Heinz cream of chicken, in case you were wondering.

I think 'banging on' or versions of just regularly explaining his thinking in a quick and informal way would work. Doesn't need to be warm or relatable (although I do think in informal setting may be better at that) just needs to be present.

How to make Keir Starmer a social media star Five ways for the PM to connect with voters, without tap-dancing naked down Camden High Street

Really interesting post on how Keir Starmer could/should become a social media star peterhyman21.substack.com/p/how-to-mak...

I've long thought he should lean into his strong embarrassing dad vibe - the Airport Dad meme of British politics www.tiktok.com/discover/air...

Never forget the Bishop

Massive claim when Jim already sets the bar so high www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/...

A monkey with absolutely no time for Dirty Three (from here apple.news/AaswATsN8Qce...)

Dermot O’Leary: ‘Toto the cat is blind but has lightning-fast reactions’ — The Times and The Sunday Times Dermot O’Leary met Toto, the inspiration for his Ninja Cat stories, when a stray gave birth to kittens in his pillowcase. Then Socksie came along, a tabby that he took in as “an eight-week-old psychop...

Actually, Dermot O'Leary talking about his (beautiful!) cats is prob all you should bother reading today apple.news/A6sJfQ-56Q2m...

haha. I do like the concluding point that you can seek out little windows of nature in London too though – I've seen woodpeckers in SE London! – least we can take that.

It’s the Happiest Country in the World. I Spent a Week There. I Wish I Could Unlearn Its Secret. — Slate The truth is both simpler and more complicated than it seems.

This is very good. England, by comparison, seems like it is probably not apple.news/AEN3caxdkTZ2...

Just don't understand why they didn't simply bury the really not very old Diana time capsule elsewhere

Perfect summary of everything that's besmirched Sex and the City's good name www.thecut.com/article/and-...

Would you need a selfie stick in heaven? Fair to expect divine floating phone imo. Yet another AI fail.