Great casting. Somehow I managed to sit with Don Gilet at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards lunch for four boozy hours and he let nothing slip about being the new Death In Paradise lead. What a pro (him, not me. I missed the BIG scoop)…

Having also lost an adored parent during lockdown, I'm so grateful to Nadine Shah for talking about what that meant and the trauma people like us are still coping with. Filthy Underneath is amazing. I was honoured to talk to her for Big Issue
bigissue.com/culture/music/…

🚨 NEW: UK government has failed to address 'grave and systemic violations' of disabled people's rights, a UN committee has found.

Disabled people face “abuse”, “trauma” and death as a result of government policies in social care, welfare and housing

bigissue.com/news/social-ju…

Good luck to Christopher Eccleston who is running the TCS London Marathon today to raise money for Big Issue. 🏃‍♂️

Leave Christopher your own good luck message in the comments 💬 or on his fundraising page.

He's almost at £9,000, can you help him get there? 👇2024tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/christopher…

I owe everything to Tower Hamlets. Thank you Big Issue for shining a light on this remarkable part of London, its diversity, it’s people, their generosity, their humour and their spirit. 🙏

We NEED to be telling more disabled stories. In the press and on the tv. The stigma that allows Pip payments to be attacked AGAIN can only be solved by understanding and empathy. This cannot go on.

Russ's incredible running and incredible fundraising effort for The Running Charity continues on Sunday – he'll be pacing some of the young Running Charity runners on their first marathon...

Sam is a joy to work with. A brilliant, brilliant editor and an even better human. I can’t vouch for his football skills - he’s probably great at that too - but deffo hire him for journalism...

Final day vibes, 352 days, 16,000+km, 385 marathons and counting. Russ Cook, you are an inspiration. You have raised so much, have inspired so many, and we cant wait to see you!

Fantastic article from Angela McRobbie on the devastating consequences of the proposed mass redundancies at Goldsmiths, University of London both for people's livelihoods and prospects for a critical & inclusive higher education system versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/ne…

'The last one I ran was when I was 50. So my plan is to run at 60, 70, 80, 90 and 100. And then I’ll retire!' Christopher Eccleston is celebrating turning 60 by running the London Marathon for The Big Issue – read this and sponsor him if you can…

Quite impressed that my AI transcribing software correctly identified the word 'Nebuchadnezzar' in my latest interview…

Read about the scale of the proposed redundancies published by the Guardian: ‘Cultural and social vandalism’: job cut plans at Goldsmiths attacked
theguardian.com/education/2024…