1. Weird Fishes - Radiohead
2. In My Life - The Beatles
3. I Needed My Girl - The National
4. Something Like Happiness - The Maccabees
5. Holocene - Bon Iver

Henry VIII - 1534.

BBC News is going very hard on its investigation into advisers who help people ‘fake’ asylum claims, focusing especially on people who falsely claim to be gay. But it doesn’t say what percentage of claims are made on the basis of sexuality. As of 2023 — the last available figures — it was 3%.

Those US-Iran negotiations in a nutshell:

Iran sent 4 PhDs to Islamabad.

The US sent a real estate developer, a son-in-law, a lawyer and a general.

I’d have gone with “have a great Easter everyone”.

Agree!

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

new Economist cover

native americans determined to not be birthright citizens; deported back to america

Did King Harold Really Sail to the Battle of Hastings? I'm not convinced...
www.marcmorris.org.uk/2026/03/did-...

FAIRFORD, ENGLAND - MARCH 21: A USAF Rockwell B-1 Lancer bomber takes off on a sortie from RAF Fairford over the Cotswold village of Kempsford and the village church of St. Mary the Virgin on March 21, 2026 in Fairford, England.

That is quite the picture

Restaurant Gordon Ramsay High, London: £776 of meh — review The sweary chef thinks critics have got it in for him, but it’s his restaurant that is the problem

Fantastic review by @jayrayner1.bsky.social in this weekend’s FT: there is a laugh out loud gag about the toilets, too:

Poll: 96% Of Bands Looking For Slightly Better Drummer

Poll: 96% Of Bands Looking For Slightly Better Drummer theonion.com/poll-96-of-bands-looking...

Me, dismissing the idea of King Harold's 'forced march' south from Stamford Bridge back in 2012.

Must’ve known we were coming 🍻

I reckon when historians write the history of this will be probably conclude that the Founding Fathers should have given Congress some sort of involvement in the decision to go to war.

Fame & fortune seem just around the corner.

The cover for our Spring Style & Design Issue, by Maira Kalman. See what’s inside: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/eao2DZ

I'm reminded of one of the conclusions in my biography of King John: 'He set about needlessly provoking people when he felt strong, then desperately trying to win them back when his confidence had evaporated.'

Stupid stupid football.

It’s the weekend! The sun is shining! There are only 20 days to go until the start of the cricket season and the return of the glorious, incomparable, irreplaceable County Championship!

KILMEADE: When will know the war is over?

TRUMP: When I feel it. I gotta feel it in my bones.

Thanks!

I have not. Will have a look.

The history of food would be such a good GCSE unit.

1. Like a Ship - Pastor TL Barrett
2. Harmony No Harmony - Million Dead
3. If You Wait - London Grammar
4. Given to the Wild - Maccabees
5. Glo - Delirious?

actually it's Assistant to the Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas

Amazing result for New Zealand in the cricket - absolutely destroying the favourites South Africa. Can England do something similar tomorrow and create a rerun of the 2019 World Cup Final? Then all we need is a Super Over... #cricket

33 balls!

Hannah Spencer walking into Westminster, sucking her teeth, tutting, and muttering "tell you what, you've had some cowboys in here."