Full of the joys of a London summer Sunday, with shoppers at the farmer's market all gently bopping to the crackly old Calypso the Jamaican vegan stall is playing.

Has anyone ever done a proper look at the role of the red dress in Lana Del Rey's lyrics? Because this rainy summer evening might be the moment for me to read that

Asked to describe the Isle of Man and just couldn't really. "They really like motorsport and the cats have no tails" "Are you making this up?"

It was great to speak to Esi for this!

The Wakefield twins had honey-blonde hair, blue-green eyes and perfect size six figures. And there the similarity ended. Jessica and Elizabeth were a touchstone of teen lit for my generation, so here's to their creator Francine Pascal who died earlier this week.

And in totally different book news - this is a great longlist. I have just bought Enlightenment and am truly looking forward to Or ital.

EXCL: Untreated sewage was spilled into National Parks for nearly 400,000 hours last year in what have been called "truly shocking" findings. I manually trawled through the outfall data of over 500 sewage pipes for this PoliticsHome investigation: politicshome.com/news/article/n…

"childless woman" is such an 19th-century-ass insult. what else you got. do I render inferior tallow? do my cabbages grow pale and blemished? does the quality of my sock-darning bring shame upon my father's name?

‘It’s just raw profiteering’: the people refusing to pay their water bills in response to the sewage crisis theguardian.com/environment/ar…

I spoke to activists who are refusing to pay their water bills as a protest against sewage dumping.

In a great bit of serendipity, Woodcock and I are both on a new R4 doc series airing rn about policing protests and riots. Extremism expert Woodcock talks about the dangers of Just Stop Oil. I talk about the state's disproportionate focus on the left 👍 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

1. What we are seeing all over social media now is flat denial of the very existence of the far right. Far right agitators claim to be simple “patriots”, defending their country. Which is just what far right agitators have said for the past century.🧵

Not in London right now, but very proud of the huge turnout in Walthamstow. To my friends and neighbours, stay strong and stay safe.

Buddy I beg you to have a real, honest conversation with just one childless person who feels safe enough to tell you the real reason they don't want or have kids. Brace yourself though because it will be, as they say, a doozy.

On a terrace in Greece last night, several of our group were hugely distracted by the football. Panathinaikos narrowly lost to Ajax on penalties. 13-12 - which is more like a time than a football score

As ever, I am spending the last proper day of my holiday full of *~intentions~*. Things to write, meals to cook, exhibitions to see, walks to take, friends to see. I want a fresh notebook. Don't shatter my dreams just yet.

Yes. I enjoy this combination.

This is interesting - had noticed there's previous little that's girlboss about Harris (thank God)

Making the move to [email protected] and anna_fielding on Threads and Insta