Well worth a listen given what’s happening with Prigozhin in Russia right now.

A joke in four parts...

Kiki Dee at home right now #Glastonbury

#OnThisDay 1974: Nationwide visited the studio of Fred Fowle, signwriter extraordinaire, whose designs adorn countless fairground rides throughout the country.

What does "hold your nerve" even mean when facing rising interest rates? It's financial market talk - if the stock price is dropping you "hold your nerve" until it rises again. To people having to pay more for their mortgage now it's meaningless.

This is the UK. We knew it was coming - it is not good. In fact, it is the definition of utterly insane.

The Tories have been selling "short term pain today for a strong economy tomorrow" for, erm, thirteen years.

Another bank exits Whitley Bay

Beautiful 1960s photos from North Shields fish quay

The latest episode of the Great Post Office Trial was on Radio 4 at 4pm today, with the indefatigable Nick Wallis. Available here - I start talking about the failures of the HSS scheme at 06:40: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

This is an incredible listen. I was aware of the basic facts of the Post Office Horizon scandal, but the detail here is jaw-dropping. And it’s still ongoing. bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/…

Don’t panic! Shareholders will be protected by raising water bills by 40%. Phew. (At least, that’s what the water companies want). The Lib Dems propose nationalisation as public benefit companies, seems sensible to me. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

Just “hold your nerve” 🤦‍♂️ bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

Coming to the UK if people like Kate Andrews succeed.

In the 1990s, a New York group calling itself the Barbie Liberation Organisation swapped the voice boxes inside Barbie dolls and GI Joes in shops, so that Barbie bellowed "Vengeance is mine!", while Joe chirped "Wanna go shopping? 😂

Best for Britain Imagine being too scared to say that better trading/travel/science/education/opportunities with our own continent would be a good thing. But being proud to say you want to cut foreign staff in care homes and forcibly deport people to Rwanda. That’s today’s Tory party.

I was recently added to a “rape apologists” list on Twitter, by someone who didn’t agree with me on here. I reported it. My report was rejected. Twitter thinks this is acceptable behaviour, so I’m going to start spending time on Threads instead. Good work, Elon Musk