Was an excellent day. Sad & funny & celebratory. Plus it ended in the pub as Bill would have wanted.

Proud to contribute frontline testimony to tonight's enraging ITVX documentary "The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money". Boris Johnson's government squandered £8.7 billion on unusable PPE - while nurses wore bin bags, NHS staff started dying, and grifters like Michelle Mone saw

On our way!

He literally didn’t use any of those words. You obviously literally don’t know what literally means. And you’re literally lying.

Beautiful words by Patricia Routledge. Recently I saw her as Mrs Jennings in a BBC Sense and Sensibility from the 70’s. Her character comedy even then was immaculate, suffused with humanity. Her Kitty, created with Victoria Wood, is one of the most sublime comic creations ever.

Joybringer

Llongyfarchiadau Russell T Davies who was awarded the Outstanding Contribution to Television award 👏 #BAFTACymruAwards

What a fab day we had! 2 fab audiences at the Lowry Lyric in one day. Thankyou Manchester❤️

Quite.

Catherine Connolly, who is winning election as the next President of Ireland by a landslide today, speaking about Palestine in September:

Congratulations everyone! Well deserved too

Admit I was a bit blown away by this completely unexpected moment during our Unholy live show in New York on Wednesday Hillary Clinton

Adiba wrote this in my online workshop for women in Afghanistan. Please pass it on.

Amid all the guff, just this: I am proud to work for BBC News & even prouder to work alongside so many outstanding colleagues. We are not perfect; we must always strive to be better. But in a darkening world, we remain a shaft of light. Worth mulling. All best from Kyiv.

When BBC Radio 4 was making Anatomy of a Cancellation, I had to go to London three times to record interviews. Each time I walked into Broadcasting House I passed chanting protesters with percussion. I saw them mob individual journalists and shout their names. Meantime on

If you love BBC radio readings & books programmes, you’ll have loved work shaped by the expert hands of Di Speirs At Di’s BBC leaving do last night, it was clear what an incredible force for good she has been as editor, books champion & mentor. Thank you for everything dear Di 🔥

I left care in 1996 with no qualifications—just a handshake and an expectation that I’d survive on my own. By 17, I was homeless. By 27, I was homeless again. There are no words strong enough to capture what it takes to rebuild your life from absolutely nothing. I became a

Superb envoi by Patrick Marber about working with Tom Stoppard. theguardian.com/stage/2025/dec…

According to the OBR's evidence today both these front pages were defamatory: