This very straight news piece buried deep within the FT never uses words like corruption or insider dealing but every detail is quietly devastating. Why is the FT virtually alone in the UK media in covering this important story?
Goodnight, Hookland.
Manchester & Salford,
March 11th 2026
First Light: 05.18
Sunrise: 06.33
Sunset: 18.05
Nightfall: 19.21
🖤🖤🖤
Didn't know about this; thank you!
"So much climate damage comes from assuming that Earth is simple, that it is easy to control and that it will bend to our will. Standing up against those simplifying assumptions is fundamentally a humanist thing to do."
From a recent interview I did... here's the rest:
humanists.uk/2026/03/06/h...
This absolutely nails it.
Should add, David Tennant was my daughter's gateway drug into Shakespeare.
I'd go with...
The Tempest
As You Like It
King Lear
Macbeth
As You Like It has grown due to performances; I like Macbeth but think it's a hard play to stage effectively these days.
I'm finally getting round to the Histories this year: starting with Henry V at Stratford next month.
....link, please?
Morning!
Tell him the weather in Scotland is partly sunni but mostly shiite 😂
Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline.
Oh now I get it. Dubai is Golgafrinchan Ark B.
A photo of entertainers Little and Large. Large’s face has been blanked out and a question mark placed over it.
this photo leaves little to the imagination
" #Walking #meditation should not be work. It is very pleasant, especially in the early morning when the air is still very fresh. When we #walk mindfully, we see the #beauty & the wonder of the earth around us, and we wake up.": buff.ly/vG9PmJT
via @LionsRoar .com
#mindfulness #contentment #joy
We have friends everywhere. ✊
Sunrise over Kingston Ridge from Thundersbarrow Hill
Saw him in '92, Birmingham Symphony Hall. After, went round the back for an autograph. After he'd been and gone (behind the big gate), some guys in leather jackets & jeans ambled past and asked who we'd just seen.
'Lou Reed', we said.
'Lou Reed?! No wonder the Mega City Four gig was half empty!!'
Starmer's ability to find the exact sweetspot which pisses off everyone is extraordinary. He's a savant.
Goodnight, sleep tight; vain hope ferrets in a tux won't bite...
A pile of books, spines on view. In no particular order, they are: Dick Capel The Stream invites us to follow Paul Auster The Brooklyn Follies Hugh Thomson Nanda Devi Margot Shetterley Hidden Figures Carl Hiaasen Razor Girl Philip Reeve Bridge of Storms Annie Ernaux (tr.Tanya Leslie). I remain in Darkness Anthony Penrose The Lives of Lee Miller Sarah Hall Burntcoat.
February bookpile; some fair distance travelled physically and emotionally.
Folklore is a living current in perpetual manifestation, perpetual mutation. Each telling – whether in story swapped across pints or carved into a church's wooden bestiary – makes a bridge from then to now and onto tomorrow. Even the smallest oak dragon is transmission. – #CLNolan #FolkloreSunday
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Small pink blossom adorns branches and twigs; at the heart is a blackness, a blackbird silhouetted as he sings. Not the best picture but a captured moment as lighter mornings bring Spring nearer
Lighter mornings: a blackbird singing his heart out on a blossomed branch as I cut through the park this morning.
turn your attention to my new single and pre-order my new album, please and thank you.
satisfaction likely: linktr.ee/brokenchanter
📰 #JournalismMatters
And with 'Rigs of the Time', a Napoleonic protest song.
You know @bellowhead.bsky.social are doing the 20th anniversary tour of this album later this year...?
Ah, there is that, I suppose.
Crossness Pumping Station, then?
