We stole a couple of nights from live gig prep to work up a final parody of the school year. So, prompted by Farage's stunt in the Channel last week, this one's called "Nigel Doesn't Care" and is a twist on the epic Bon Jovi track "Livin' on a Prayer". Have a great weekend 😎🎶

🚋 "According to folklorists, the summit is where one can glimpse seven kingdoms, including those that aren’t acknowledged by any map." BBC Travel has been exploring the island's 132-year-old electric railway. bbc.in/3TRyczo

Times Radio delivers a quality of interview that you’d struggle to find elsewhere - and gets better all the time. Stephen Sackur, the latest to join, is a great example.

The Washington Post has published the known names of the 18,500 children killed by Israel in Gaza since Oct. 7th. At every 500th child, the Post tells you how many names of dead children you've read. washingtonpost.com/world/interact…

"Such effortless wooliness of mind might qualify Badenoch to be a Church of England priest, or possibly the Archbishop of Cognitive Dissonance, but not a national leader." My weekly bit for Byline Times bylinesupplement.com/p/russell-jone…

103-year-old James Fenton is preparing to travel from the Isle of Man, to the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. The Burma veteran received a special invite to attend the national service in the UK, marking the 80th anniversary of VJ Day.

Skye Stout has just signed for Kilmarnock, at 16 she has already achieved more than her trolls ever will. Imagine being a grown man abusing a 16-year-old? What a sad, pathetic, unhappy life these trolls have. Well done Skye, many more good people are rooting for your success!

Astonishing when a shadow Home Secretary doesn’t understand how the justice system works.

Another senior opposition politician who doesn’t understand how the criminal justice system works.

Without a shadow of a doubt, the most enlightening & emotional moment of #vjday2025 was Capt Yavar Abbas going off script & paying tribute to "my brave King". Their Majesties seemed truly moved. Wonderful. SikhMilitaryFoundation

This is brilliant.