Excellent article from Ian Leslie on how joking around developed the identities of the Beatles, Elvis and Radiohead. I’m excited about his new John&Paul book. The Potency of Jokes open.substack.com/pub/ianleslie/…

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum responded to Trump’s threats with a backhand: "So, you voted to build a wall. Well, dear Americans, even if geography isn’t your strong suit—since you consider America a country rather than a continent—you should know that beyond that

We've all seen the meticulous preparation and surgical precision #kemibadenoch brings to PMQT so its no surprise she hasn't time to watch #Adolescence

What make Milwaukee famous, freedom, democracy, the rule of law, made a loser out if him.

"Do you want to play football, lad, or do you want to do some maths?" Influencers in the 60s.

Carrick having a go at his players 10 mins into 2nd half and rightly so,they've been asleep for an hour. Unable to keep the ball, repeatedly giving it away, losing EVERY 50/50 challenge. #boro

Joyful for 10 mins, painful for 80 but ill take it. Morris, Conway and Illing-jnr the pick. #Boro

My super power is quitting smoking, done it hundreds of times, absolute doddle.

#ChrisWhitty, Chief Medical adviser to the UK's government of law breaking party animals during lockdown roasts sloppy drunk former PM #borisjohnson.

God damn you Tommy Conway! All you had to do was miss and you could have put us all out of our misery! #boro #utb

Just 25 minutes after his match winner at home to Plymouth I think it's time to talk about Tommy Conways penalty technique. #boro #utb

Happy #StGeorgesDay

And Hayden Hackney leaves the pitch for perhaps the last time in a Boro jump-suit. #boro #utb

Covid inquiry: 180,000 lives could have been saved channel4.com/news/covid-inq…

Scatman Crothers was born on this day in 1910. Scatman played drums with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, played Scat Cat in the Aristocats, he shined in The Shining, and voiced Hong Kong Phooey. This performance of All of Me with Redd Foxx on Sanford and Son is brilliant.

It’s what the majority of the country knew and the time and felt so helpless about, the Johnson Government were an absolute shit-show over Covid, cost hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths, stole billions of taxpayer money and left us in a worst state than we were in 2020.

Doubt Michael Carrick will ever end up running a pub or a newsagent at any point in his life. His brother however. #Boro

Will we get a farewell and thankyou message from Michael today? Could be a painful draft. There may have been some rumbling but there were very few away tickets unsold last season #boro

You sent your troops here without fuel, food, water or a place to sleep. Here they are — being forced to sleep on the floor, piled on top of one another. If anyone is treating our troops disrespectfully, it is you Donald J. Trump.

SPOILER ALERT! He'll be wrong. #boro