If you are a Brit and are observed nearly slipping over, it’s vital that either you or the observer let out a bit of a chuckle and say “oops, nearly!”

Reform: “Britain is broken. And what we need in our party are people who have frontline experience of breaking it”.

Someone in the shop today pushed in front of me in the queue. I didn’t say anything, but I stared at the back of their head so hard that I was afraid I’d start to cause them brain damage. I honestly think I was close to making real lasers come out of my eyes. It was intense.

When Muhammad Ali and I would run into each other, he would whisper in my ear, "Billie Jean, you're the queen." Today, he would have turned 84. Remembering him today and always. 📷: Alamy

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life fighting for equity and justice. He taught us that even in the face of intimidation and discrimination, we must never stop working towards a better future – a lesson that feels especially relevant today. Change has never been easy.

Pep Guardiola says what he admires most is not the skills. He never saw Lionel Messi obsessed with crosses or spectacular actions. Right foot, left foot, head — it doesn’t matter. If it’s effective, it’s fine. What Guardiola learned from Messi is this: he never makes mistakes in

Having lived through a similar, nationwide version of this in Trump's model, Putin's Russia, it’s not easy to fight against. And Trump and many of his gang have passed the point at which they feel they can afford to lose power, even in Congress. It’s a perilous moment.

Statement from Alex Pretti’s parents, Michael and Susan Pretti: “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex

You haven’t felt tension until you’ve put the same piece of bread into a hotel toaster for a second round of toasting.

Workplace health 2025: A year of policy transformation and employer opportunity employeebenefits.co.uk/workplace-heal… Excellent summary of the challenges employers face in 2026 highlighted in Charlie Mayfield‘s report. More importantly, perhaps Paul tells us what we can do about it.

British man next to me at the hotel breakfast. His wife said, “how are your eggs?” He replied, “well, I wouldn’t say there’s anything particularly wrong with them.” Perhaps the most British praise ever uttered.

Bruce Springsteen on Trump: “I couldn't care less what he thinks about me. He's the living personification of what the 25th Amendment and impeachment were for. If Congress had any guts, he'd be consigned to the trash heap of history." RETWEET if you stand with @Springsteen!

"I'm not really keen on it to be honest" "You've always said you loved it, I've been cooking it for years!" "I know"

Met the very brilliant leon cave at the runthrough of the extremely good Accidental by Francis Rossi Official #UnionChapel top bloke as well as top drummer Thank you Leon

Soulless

I heard someone refuse an invitation by saying “no I’m far too old and tired for all that nonsense” and that one’s definitely going on my list.

Absolute class from Bedford Borough Council. Bedford Borough Council 👏🏽 😂

Injustice!! why don’t people complain about injustice corruption unfairness? Why do we just accept it?

In 1943, Black American soldiers arrived in Lancashire.🇬🇧🇺🇸 Back home, they couldn't eat in the same restaurants as white people. Couldn't drink in the same bars. The locals didn't care about any of that. They said come in. Same pubs. Same pints. Same welcome as everyone