William L. BLIRER

Knowing our chuffing luck we'd probably end up with Baroness R*wling.

Morrissey with marginally more talent.

'Kathleen Stock remains fearless, endlessly thought-provoking and always entertaining' NICK CAVE

Cool, cool, got the ultra-conservative musician to blurb your book, Kath

I think the unspoken part here is that Mandelson had very clearly been at the heart of all kinds of things, for many years, and that at best nobody seems to have showed even the slightest curiosity about what his actual role was and why the fucker was everywhere with his fingers in multiple pies.

Stephen Potter - Wikipedia

Thank you. I have been reading 'up' about him.

His DH Lawrence book "also suffered from a regrettable misprint, rendering the heading "Sea and Sardinia", as "Sex and Sardinia". This was soon amplified by rumour into "Sex and Sardines", none of which helped Potter's reputation as a serious writer."

Ooh, possible overnight job then.

My eurosky slot awaits me; will be moving over there within the next few weeks as soon as I can find a window to migrate. How long did it take you to complete the process?

80s singer Thomas Dolby on raising queer kids: "the eldest is trans, the middle is a lesbian, and the youngest is a drummer"

The 3 genders

Stephen Fry. When I stated that he's idiots verson of a clever man.

Also Professor Brian Cox for calling him Moon Shagger

Reviews/blurbs of the book: Sonia Sodha (?), Nigel Biggar (?), Katherine Sleeman, Jesse Norman MP (?), Matthew D'Ancona, Rowan Williams (?), Maurice Glasman (?), John Milbank (???)

Terrible people, horrible people

The Guardian giving a positive review of a crank they’ve bigged-up for eight years? My goodness

Kneecap rapper will not face terrorism trial after high court rejects CPS appeal Judges uphold decision to dismiss case against Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh for allegedly displaying Hezbollah flag at gig

Kneecap rapper will not face terrorism trial after high court throws out CPS appeal

Judges uphold decision to dismiss case against Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh for allegedly displaying Hezbollah flag at London gigThe Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh will not face a terrorism charge over allegedly...

I interviewed David Gentleman in 2010 for #Eye78 @eyemagazine.bsky.social

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(Lovely man.) Portrait by Philip Sayer.

Mine was the death in the swimming pool funnyman Michael Barrymore.

I might have mentioned "the incident" when he was defending Russell Brand.

James Mason in a cave with a cat The story behind a tiny, peculiar London pub landmark

James Mason In A Cave With A Cat, everybody.

An answer, at last.

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Reminded of that old bank advert from the 1980s with the strapline "have you got change for a ferret?"

Only if it also features Sir Keir pulling the trigger.

When I said 'Kemi Badenoch is so partisan, under her the Tories would oppose puppies and kittens if Labour said something nice about them', I didn't mean it literally.

Dyche backed to replace Tudor as Spurs manager after overnight movement Former Nottingham Forest and Burnley boss could be Spurs’ saviour after surge of interest

Absolute top comedy banter heuristics if true.
Still, while Dycheball is horrible to watch, at least he's effective at getting teams to finish one place above the relegation zone. An improvement on Tudor and better than Redknapp or Allardyce.
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That's right, lots of book covers for Penguin, most notably the Shakespeares.

Designer of some of Britain's best looking and most distinctive stamps in the 60s and 70s. You knew they were his work the moment you saw them.

Good.
Now to get rid of the cronies.

I suspect one reason the Labour right isn't very keen on PR is that it doesn't want to sell itself on its (scant) merits, preferring to bully the left into voting for it merely to keep out the right.

Two robodebt officials engaged in serious corrupt conduct, Nacc finds, but Scott Morrison cleared Anti-corruption watchdog makes adverse findings against two former public servants but clears four other individuals

Robodebt was the worst failure of public administration in Australian history. It raised est. $1.73 bn of illegitimate debts from over 430,000 vulnerable Australians and plunged thousands of families into distress and grief. And still no real consequences. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

TMS was always at its best when there was no actual cricket. Sadly today's team are not of the same calibre as Johnners, Blowers, the Alderman and the greatest of them all John Arlott.

Today is the 162nd anniversary of The Great Sheffield Flood of 1864.
Some of the victims are buried in Wardsend Cemetery.
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THESE ISLES: Grace O'Malley or Grainne Ní Mhaille (c.1530-c.1603), known as the ‘pirate queen’, was a skilled leader and diplomat during a pivotal period of Irish history that saw the collapse of the Gaelic order as the Tudor conquest gathered pace. 1/8

Reform MS Laura Anne Jones's children identifying as cats speech labelled misinformation The Welsh government described Laura Anne Jones's comments as "irresponsible" during a speech on gender identity.

Okay but if it's the children pictured, then i think they may actually be cats.

The least worst prime minister in my lifetime, by a considerable margin.