A heartfelt thanks to the brilliant Di Speirs who has been such a tireless champion and game changer in the world of books.

i am NEVER hearing anyone out when they say hugh grant is a bad actor

“We find that Kamala Harris very narrowly wins enough of those states to become America’s first female president.” Exclusive polling by @TheTimes and YouGov shows that Kamala Harris will win enough swing states to win the US election, says David Charter. @CathyNewman

JOB NEWS: All good things must come to an end my friends. I’ve decided to step down from Times Radio Breakfast at the end of January. I want to say a few things. Joining TR in 2020 was the best decision I ever made. We started something from nothing. And I loved every day. (1/3)

Etymology of the day is 'on tenterhooks' (not 'tenderhooks'): tenters, once a common sight, are wooden frames on which freshly milled cloth is stretched so that it dries without shrinking. To be on tenterhooks is to be as tense and taut as the cloth itself.

I'll be on Times Radio at 8:30 tonight with Hannah MacInnes on the Culture Show discussing all things animation and the upcoming Manchester Animation Festival

Sloping out after canter through books and festival and turning on lights Times Radio with the Hannah MacInnes Robbie Millen Patrick Kidd diarist & Folkestone Book Fest #lights #christmaslights #radio #timesradio

Gary Lineker to leave BBC's Match of the Day bbc.com/news/articles/…

My chat w funny, insightful, brilliant Rebecca F. Kuang (who won't see this as "no one cool is on twitter anymore so 'Yellowface' is a geriatric novel"!) on social media, the pressure to perform authorhood online, the 'cultural capital of otherness' & MUCH more bit.ly/48Q5Qfn

And if you’d like to hear me talk about the shortlist and the whole judging process with Hannah MacInnes, tune into Times Radio at 2100 this evening!

“The government cannot ignore them.” Rachel Reeves would be “foolish” not to start a “conversation” with farmers over inheritance tax reforms, says @PeterCardwell. @HannahMacin | #TimesRadio

After a terrific event at The Social, 'musical legend' Gordon Raphael joined Hannah MacInnes to talk about Regina Spektor, The Strokes and why we need places to make loud music. Listen here thetimes.com/.../show/20241… The World Is Going To Love This... wordville.net/.../the-world-…...

“I will be returning. I’m looking forward to it.” Colman Domingo confirms Euphoria will start filming in January. Hannah MacInnes | #TimesRadio

💙 Loved this man. And if you haven't seen 'Sing Sing' yet - do!

“We’ve got Emma Thompson, Jacqueline Wilson, Catherine Rendell, Philip Pullman, Stephen Fry.” Axel Scheffler, illustrator of The Gruffalo, tells Hannah MacInnes about a charity auction in which the public can bid on original handwritten and illustrated cards. #TimesRadio

Hurrah! Come and join us Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) in Jan. And if you can’t make that … well just look 👀 at all these wonderful options! How To Academy

📻 Tune in to Times Radio tonight from 9.15pm to catch Tube Mapper - Luke Agbaimoni chatting to Hannah MacInnes about his gorgeous new book CONTRAST - a study of the extreme variety of visual juxtapositions on the London Underground 🚆

A fab interview here with Michael Volpe OBE by Hannah MacInnes on Times Radio, on his memoir Do I Bark Like a Dog? Talking opera, cultural identity and inherited trauma – not bad for a Friday evening! (Starts ~02.07.00) thetimes.com/radio/show/202… Available in HB & PB: renardpress.com/books/do-i-bar…

I met the lovely Hannah MacInnes on Times Radio to talk about my new photography book Contrast photography on the London Underground

The Coolest slot on the airwaves. I’ve had the time of my life keeping the hot seat warm. Enjoy!