I have been told to stop stealing muffins from the bakery. Unfortunately, it’s the only way to keep my lucrative muffin stand in business. Everyone is fine with this.

I post infrequently and this is my last. Musk's toy has been colonised by narcissists, the brain-dead and advertisments. I shall nonetheless miss the 'wit and wisdom' of the best among whom I have friends. The latter I shall still see. To the rest, goodbye. Life is too short.

This is what I heard and recorded as well. You get no sense of this from the NYT/WP/etc reports on this "speech," which present it as advancing actual plans and ideas. It's always a problem in journalism when people who "were there" don't recognize an account in the press. If

I’m past point of understanding why coverage of most abnormal candidate in US history is so bent on normalization. But there’s no argument anymore. They’re doing it. Even tho I’m sure they recognize disaster will befall their country if he’s elected. The why utterly baffles me.

This is shameful reporting. BMT’s collection is our shared civic history. It belongs to the city and the council is the steward. It will never be for sale, despite the implication here than it ought to be.

Kate Lamble Barely a week after your essential summary of the #Grenfell scandal, this feels brutal - and begs the question: why? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Nobody would dare to suggest to London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Glasgow that they sell off their artworks. At the core of this there is this distain for Birmingham and that we don’t deserve culture because we’re a largely working class city still.

Small venues all around the UK are putting on bands that will be future Mercury Prize winners and future festival headliners. The gigs won’t cost you a fortune and you might just see your new favourite band

We are still waiting for Migration Watch to explain what it means by 'indigenous'. Surely, its Executive Director can explain, given that he has a PhD in politics? Mike Jones

Dick Cheney: “In our nation’s 248-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump. He tried to steal the last election using lies and violence to keep himself in power after the voters had rejected him. He can never be

For those asking, the ‘fierce backlash last night’ entailed two information requests to our press office. One from the Daily Mail and one from the Daily Telegraph. Please remember to vote in this year’s National Trust AGM.

I was recently contacted by my publishers on behalf of Rockstar Games re the possibility of using Temptation on the new Grand Theft Auto 6 Naturally excited about the immense wealth that was about to head my way, I scrolled to the bottom of the email re the offer…

Gave son number one a haircut. Quite pleased with my artistic self.

I doubt if the tip of the iceberg has even been scratched.