IT'S OUT TODAY! The story of finding Mum's diaries and what they revealed. Do you know anyone who lived in Kent, or is of an age to enjoy a trip down Memory Lane? #books #booksoftwt #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #1950s #History Link below.

As an antidote to Reform’s fatuous remarks about female police officers, read The Real Happy Valley by Alice Vinten Alice Vinten Times Radio

Wordle 1,495 X/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 Absolutely epic fail in the circumstances! #wordle

How does maternity care work with doctors’ strikes? Women can’t decide to cancel or postpone their birth dates. Or do women get the short straw yet again? #doctorsstrike

Hello, Times Radio This is the 1940s speaking. Can we have our attitudes back? What with women police officers being the problem yesterday and women doctors being the problem today

Glorious letter in today's Times: Sir, Further to your obituary of Ozzy Osbourne, in 1975 I was pregnant and working as a waitress in the late-night coffee shop at the Holiday Inn, Swiss Cottage. Near closing time a group of four massively drunk men arrived...

When you get home and realise you bought an angry pepper...

Love Keeley Hawes but #TheAssassin is just appalling. Jackson Lamb it ain’t #SlowHorses

Full Daniel Finkelstein piece as always worth reading in full here Take Nigel Farage seriously, because voters will thetimes.com/article/e3c9ad…

I couldn’t stop smiling while creating these cheeky characters for Sophie Hannah (Also, I do take on commissions & can do any book! These unique, hand-painted designs are perfect for eye-catching author giveaways, or treasured gifts for loved ones. Or a treat for yourself!)

Good grief how bad is My Oxford Year (film, book may be fine). Truly dire. JDP was right. #Netflix

What a humourless edition of #UniversityChallenge

Blimey! No one checked that podcast extract before it went out, did they BBC Radio 5 Live ? Dropped my marmalade!

Eng Lit should include a lot more poetry, modern drama and short stories IMO. More accessible and students can have a go themselves. Times Radio

Thanks all for yet another fabulous #GardensHour! Swathes of oranges and yellows filling your gardens - thanks for sharing. We finish #SixWeeksOfColour next week with PINKS! Can we make it the best one yet? See you soon! 👋

75,000 subscribers ‼️💜 I know the whole vibe around #AVFC is rather low right now and I’m not normally one for obsessing over numbers on a screen, but this feels quite big. Thank you for supporting the channel over the last 8 years (blimey that’s a long time 👴🏼) 🫶🏼 75%… 📈

Watching The Thursday Murder Club on Netflix UK & Ireland Lovely how it celebrates older people, especially Dick van Dyke as Pierce Brosnan’s dialect coach.

We are delighted to announce our 2025 long-list! Congratulations to all 15 writers & thank you to everyone who entered. Feedback will go out until 1st January 2026 so please do be patient but we will be as quick as we can! Shortlist announcement will be 1st October 2025 at 2pm!

This is the most dispiriting edition of Politics Live I’ve heard in ages. #PoliticsLive