Hugh Grant makes it into Germany’s UK election coverage.

If you want to add something life-affirming to your Twitter feed, this guy Quintin Lake is your man. It’s amazing what he’s on his way to achieving.

Daily Bennett. Musings from Alan B, throughout Covid-19. If you have any requests for readings just use the hashtag #dailybennett I’ll be here all week.

That was stressful... great work, Benedict Bermange !

Word of the Day: "isolate" - to place apart, to stand detached from one's surroundings. From the Italian "isolare", "to reduce to an island"; itself from Latin "insula", "island". In Welsh, "self-isolation" is "hunan ynysu", literally "self-islanding". 📷 Ari Kejonen

Meanwhile, somewhere out there...

★★★★★ The Guardian ★★★★★ BritishTheatre.com ★★★★★ Broadway World ItIsEasyToBeDead by NeilMcPherson now available to watch online from Official London Theatre: youtube.com/watch?v=pp4UVi…

What an incredible lineup for last night's BA PACE theatre club @gillypiece!

I’m tremendously moved by this poem by Roger Robinson about the Grenfell Tower disaster from his ⁦Peepal Tree Press⁩ collection A Portable Paradise.

Last few weeks to see online FREE from Bréon Rydell and Finborough Theatre - the Olivier Award nominated ItIsEasyToBeDead. Watch online here until 7 July: ow.ly/IFuM50Ad7Ug ★★★★★ The Guardian Nominated for an Olivier Award, 7 OffWestEnd Awards and 4 Broadway World UK Awards

Please take a paws in your day for this joy... Tom Chapman Shakespeare’s Globe

We should challenge the belief that those who choose a career in the arts do so because there’s nothing better they can do.

Loved doing this - Jack Gilbert's 'We Must Risk Delight'. And check out @TDFilmmaker !

So brilliant, Jerome Knox !

Can't wait to lead this Song in the City project tomorrow with the wonderful Rebecca Cohen Thanks to Mind in Tower Hamlets Guildhall School of Music & Drama for support. Future workshops led by Alex Knox and Raymond Yiu #MentalHealthMatters #mentalhealth #creativemindsinsong So exicted!

I’m very excited to be playing Bassanio in A Merchant of Venice with the terrific The Chronicle Theatre Company - running November 10th-December 4th The Playground Theatre

It feels great to be open! Having a blast working with this cracking troupe. We are running Into Battle Play until 31st October Greenwich Theatre - do come along if you can!

Come and see us! Playing for two more weeks x

A real pleasure, JJ !