Hans Moleman’s “Man Getting Hit By Football” has just received a 23-minute standing ovation at Cannes.

I'm not sure there is any more visual metaphor for the decrepit state of our nation than 10m litres of raw sewage being illegally pumped into this nation's largest and most beautiful lake.

We have had another week in which the catastrophic state of this country has been brutally expose and another week that shows this government's only priority is to divide and stir up the culture wars

A frustrating 🧵

All Jim Reed's stories on the BBC News website about the infected blood scandal are very moving (and often just heart breaking) - such detailed dedication to giving a voice to the victims

#OnThisDay 1937: 'I'm sorry, I was telling some people to shut up...'

Lt-Commander Thomas Woodrooffe delivered a delightfully drunken description of the Coronation Fleet. He was unceremoniously faded out after 4 minutes!

French postcard from 1939 showing Beethoven and Goethe condemning Hitler: 'Woe! What you have made of Germany!!!'

Having lived in Devon most of my life, I am used to worrying whether a wrongly timed swim/surf could lead to sickness. Thank goodness for the Surfers Against Sewage safer seas app.
Worrying about whether we will get ill just drinking our tap water is a new low.
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Spectacular interview with Aidan O’Brien in today’s ST sport

I’m sorry to be losing a chunk of #Exeter to the new #Exmouth & Exeter East constituency, but if you live in the new seat you have the chance to elect a ⁦The Labour Party⁩ MP for the first time ever & Helen Dallimore will be a fantastic MP. exmouthjournal.co.uk/news/24326448.…

Sounds reputable

‘We’ve been inseparable… in fact, I think Tony without Denis is like Torvill without Dean!’

Denis Healey campaigning for former deputy leadership rival Tony Benn in the 1984 Chesterfield by-election. Healey’s tongue-in-cheek comments earn a dramatic reaction from the props.

Mozartian site sighting 🎶

That's the plan.

This was such a lovely night - for fans of comedy legends it was really nice how John Cleese thanked Connie Booth in his speech and Michael Palin & Terry Gilliam were there to support John

(And Joe Oliver, inexplicably overlooked)