CAROLE KING IT’S TOO LATE (1971) 84 Candles 🎂 today for one of the most successful & talented songwriters in history.

REMEMBERING...Roberta Flack on her BIRTHDAY! ”KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG". To check out music/video links & discover more about her musical legacy, click here: wbssmedia.com/artists/detail… Roberta Flack #SOULTALK #LONDON

Happy birthday to that wonderful English actress Keeley Hawes (Clare Hawes) who was born on this day in 1976. #KeeleyHawes #Spooks #MrsWilson #OurMutualFriend #TippingTheVelvet #AshesToAshes #LineOfDuty #Bodyguard #TheMissing #ItsASin #TheDurrells #DeathAtAFuneral

Starmerites out in force today I see. Their naivety astonishes me, it really does.

Remembering the late great ROY SCHEIDER — who left us 18yrs ago today, aged 75. THE RUSSIA HOUSE (1990)

Looks like the mood is hardening against Chris Mason and momentum to oust him building. Seems unlikely he will last the week. Close associates Zeffman and Kuenssberg also in danger, according to political insiders

Should MPs, civil servants and military chiefs accept lavish hospitality from Palantir after the firm was awarded a £240m Ministry of Defence contract without tender? Isn't that a conflict of interest?

It has officially rained every single day in the United Kingdom since the start of 2026 41 consecutive days, in total.

Gorton and Denton prediction: Reform UK in first, Greens close second, Labour in third. But, it doesn't have to be this way. Greens can win if everyone gets behind them! But we need everyone to get out and vote Green!

“Killing Me Softly With His Song” by Roberta Flack. Happy birthday to Roberta Flack, who today would’ve turned 89 years old. Rest In Peace 🎤🎂🎉🌹 #happybirthday #robertaflack #legend #restinpeace #killingmesoftly #rhythmandblues #soul #soulmusic

There are still a few decent MPs in the Labour Party. Neil here is one of them.

Perhaps a parable in song for our generation who survived those times: Tapestry by Carole King: youtu.be/8FiR2Eb4NSM?li…

The audio seems better on this video of Roberta Flack singing, Killing Me Softly: youtu.be/mrudT410TAI?li…

From the Clint Eastwood movie, Play Misty for Me, a welcome break from the tension: youtu.be/Otf9qZ1FAuM?li…

Carole King defines the current problem with the Labour Party and its Cabinet: youtu.be/zBMGovfHccI?li…

On BBC Newsnight Gillian Tett references Anthony Trollope, as I often do. His book 'The Way We Live' - about Victorian greed, corruption, and moral decay, particularly in finance, politics, and aristocracy has so many echoes today. His famous quote is a prescient warning: "a

Even more questions now about Quadrature Capital, Palantir and Peter Mandelson. The questions are ultimately about who has bought and paid for this Labour Government?

Was Carole King on to something, is the earth of UK politics about to move under their feet? Eighty Four yesterday and the songs still rocking around even under UK politics? youtu.be/5BAImmeHEIA?li…