Who doesn't love a silly story? Find our collection of laugh-out-loud #stories to make the children (and adults) giggle. BorrowBox: hampshire.borrowbox.com/product-group/… Catalogue: hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus… Pamela Butchart Jenny Pearson Andy Stanton Philip Reeve Sarah McIntyre Sarah Horne

Guillermo del Toro gives his thoughts on AI and the value of art: “AI has demonstrated that it can do semi-compelling screensavers. That’s essentially that. The value of art is not how much it costs and how little effort it requires, it’s how much would you risk to be in its

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My latest Guardian Books cartoon.

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This is these guys in a nutshell. It's a shot-for-shot remake of the original trailer... except it's not even a good copy. It's not just that there is not a single original idea in there, they aren't even aware that they have taken out all the substance. (A li'l thread.)

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Day 9, 7+ Category: ‘Taking Shelter’ by Guy Bass, illustr. by Lee Cosgrove Andersen Press When Hugh Dunnit discovers his homework has been ripped up, he tries to prove it wasn’t his beloved rescue dog, Shelter. Like a dog with a bone - he won’t give up! #SparkLonglist

Contrary view: Religious offence is never a justification for violence & countries that criminalise blasphemy tend to see more religious violence than others because they legitimise the premise of it Human lives are worth infinitely more than ‘sacred’ texts End blasphemy laws

Sobering figures. Blasphemy laws are in force in 91 countries, impacting 57% of the world's population. In 12 nations, the punishment is death. Prison sentences are possible in 60 countries, while other penalties are imposed in 19. End Blasphemy Laws humanists.uk/2025/01/30/mos…

Destroying religious texts is distasteful to those it offends but mere offence can never count as harm in any legal sense. It's with even more concern that Greater Manchester Police has named the suspect, including on social media, given the long-lasting threat to his life that

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One thing that really irks me about this whole generative AI thing is people simultaneously celebrating the "democratisation of art" and also crowing that "it's over" for artists. As if artists were some kind of privileged class gatekeeping people from making art for themselves.

It’s Easter with a twist in this hilarious mix-up of eggs with legs and hot cross BUMS from Candy Bee 🐣🥚😂 With hilarious illustrations throughout from Lee Cosgrove Lee Cosgrove, this silly seasonal story is bound to have kids hopping with delight! 🐰

It’s a funny coincidence how our tech overlords hot takes always mysteriously line up with whatever will grant them maximum profits and minimum accountability. Every time!

Don't ignore this case. If this man is convicted, CPS will have invented a new blasphemy law through use of Section 4A of the Public Order Act 1986 (alone or in combination with the Crime and Disorder Act 1998) despite 2006 & 2008 Acts of Parliament intended to prevent this.

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