Nick Clarey

Thanks for the heads up!

Uncanny

'A trap you can't escape': The women who regret being mothers From mourning the life they no longer have to feeling never-ending pressure, women tell the BBC why they regret becoming mothers.

Interesting reflections on maternal regret: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Is Dubai's glossy image under threat? Not everyone thinks so The city has been considered a safe haven by expats, tourists and influencers - but that's now being tested.

Person whose income relies on others buying property in Dubai thinks Dubai is perfectly safe. News at 11. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Thanks for the explainer!

And a very happy #caturday to you all

To ensure that the guilty don’t escape with a block:

British man charged in Dubai for alleged filming of Iranian missiles Foreign Office officials are understood to be supporting his family.

"A British man has been charged under cyber-crime laws in Dubai after allegedly filming Iranian missiles over the city"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ah I finally found it. My reminder to myself that investment is not just about what you buy, but when you sell.

I’m just glad it involves beavers 🦫

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As the naval joke goes, at least every ship has the potential to be a mine clearance ship once.

Really not sure he’s going to get that peace prize now

Definitely a cat guy

Andrew O’Hagan · Stay Classy: Mummy’s Favourite The late queen can be held responsible for much, but nobody could accuse her of seeming to enjoy her role. For the...

A savage, magnificent, virtuosic and unlikely to be surpassed evisceration of "Mummy's Favourite".

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Thank you very much

If airspace between Asia and Europe could remain open for the next 12 hours or so it would be appreciated.

Roo route Aus -> UK here we come

Scene is a suburban street. A green RANGE ROVER is parked on the kerb. We see two men approach it. We'll call them MAN 1 and MAN 2. MAN 1 [showing Man 2 the Range Rover] So yeah here it is 59,000 on the clock Nice racing green MAN 2: Looks lovely MAN 1: It's got the heated seats, auto headlights [Man 2 looks in the front seat] MAN 2: Really nice [man 2 now opening the back door] MAN 1: Reverse camera, air quality sensor Leather upgrade - MAN 2: What's that? MAN 1: What  MAN 2: There's something on the back seat there  [we now see what he is looking at on the back seat. it is the tiny, shrivelled, calcified form of ANDREW MOUNTBATTEN WINDSOR, claw-like hands laced, his tiny body all grey, his hunted eyes glowing red] MAN 1: I can't see anything. MAN 2: You've got Andrew Mountbatten Windsor MAN 1: That's just light wear MAN 2: It's not light wear mate, it's the former Prince  It's completely ingrained in the leather [he scratches disdainfully at the melted form of the royal wraith] MAN 2: Is this why you didn't show the back seat on the listing? MAN 1: It's a design feature. MAN 2: I've come down from Suffolk mate. [Ends]

“Well, all of our previous plans to remake the Middle East have failed so, and hear me out on this one, why don’t we try *no plan at all* this time?”

This ride is getting silly and I would like to get off now please

Can confrm as a UK evangelical that this has not entered my headspace

[We see a close up of a young white male, tanned, white teeth, coiffed hair clearly an influencer on social media. It is an image such as you see when social media posts are shown on the news. In the corner of the screen is named a location: DUBAI. He is staring slightly off-camera for several silent panels of the comic strip. His eyes move slightly. He is having a thought.] From off-screen a newsreader’s commentary comes: NEWSREADER: Extraordinary images here of an expat in Dubai [The influencer’s eybrows raise slightly] …Having their first ever geopolitical thought. [CUT TO a BBC news scene. The BBC newsreader CLIVE MYRIE is talking to an interviewee next to the screen showing the social media influencer’s face. The interviewee’s name is David Jones]. CLIVE MYRIE: To explain the significance of this moment we’re joined by David Jones, our Expat Thoughts correspondent DAVID JONES: Clive, this is momentous It was caught on film at the end of an Instagram post titled: ‘Dubai Is Brilliant’. [Pointing at the screen, the influencer’s expression still the same] You can clearly see in the eyebrows here, the dawning realisation that there *might* be something in the world beyond his dickhead self. It marks a *huge* departure from all the Dubai Expat’s previous thoughts. CLIVE MYRIE: Which are…? DAVID JONES: You've Got To Get Yourself Out Here Mate, Everything Is So Clean, I Don't Have To Pay Taxes, I Am Incurious As To Why I Do Not Have To Pay Taxes, and Spa. CLIVE MYRIE: And might we see an expansion of these new Thoughts in coming days? DAVID JONES: I think we can expect to see: “I Deserve To Be Airlifted By A Country I Pay No Tax To” CLIVE MYRIE: Mmm. [Ends]

These guys seem ok

So, Liverpool fans - how’s your evening going?

Quite the thing

An excellent suggestion

Moi?

Really not sure he’s going to get that peace prize now