An island of strangers sounds like a great thing to me. Bollocks to extended families or friends who turn up at your house uninvited, people poking their nose into your affairs, being mates with your neighbours, a crammed social life and big gatherings at the pub 🚮

Frank Worthington and my favourite goal of all time. RIP Elvis

French court hands actor Gerard Depardieu 18-month SUSPENDED jail sentence after he was convicted of sexual assault against two women. Men really don't pay for their crimes, do they? Literally most media headlines I see describe him as "iconic actor". It's immaterial if he is.

Rest in peace to a real one: Morris, the star of ALLIGATOR and many other motion pictures, has died at (at least) 80 years of age.

Esther Rantzen takes a break from writing her letter to MPs to buy some liquorice.

RIP Joe Don Baker. Absolutely mesmerising as Darius Jedburgh in Edge of Darkness, a soldier in a war where there can be no real winners. 'Twenty-four people have died for this stuff...including me'

The Sky Qbox was borked tonight so everyone down our street has been gathered in our parlour singing songs of yore round the joanna and eating whelks. Sometimes a crisis reminds us of the important things in life: all we have is each other 🙏

This letter, in today’s Times, stopped me in my tracks. The assisted dying Bill will affect all of society, in ways that have barely been considered.

20 votes for Israel please

Spike Lee buys his clothes from B&M

Thinking about the Captain Tom Moore mini-skirt 🤔

When miladdo from ZZ Top says "I'm a fool for your stockings I believe" we all know what he's talking about. He put them on and his snagged nails laddered them. They were thirty quid FFS! Then there's the time he put them in the boil wash. D'oh!

If Bongo from U2 saying “stop war” doesn’t work, than I don’t know what will…

Can confirm - this was the River Lea earlier today. Proud Mary keeps on burnin'!

Apparently people who get likes, RTs and replies are not seeing their likes, RTs and replies because notifications are not showing up. However, for those of us who don't get likes, RTs or replies it's business as usual.

A very Happy 99th birthday to the great Scottish comedian and actor Stanley Baxter who was born on this day in 1926. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #StanleyBaxter #TheStanleyBaxterShow #MrMajeika #TheFastLady #FatherCameToo #Geordie #VeryImportantPerson #CrooksAnonymous #BingCrosbysMerrieOldChristmas

TOTP now settled into the "Hello, ahm Jayne Middlemiss and the cameraman is zooming down over mah magnificent cans" era.