It’s a big rated or dated this week, as Mickey Noonan and @thatDunleavy watch the most cult of cult films: Richard O’Brien’s stage show turned Jim Sharman’s screen show, The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). Sing along if you know the words... buff.ly/HHdYWWE

🗞 FRESH POD: Jo Hamilton vs the Post Office 🏤 One of the most high-profile victims of the British Post Office Scandal chats to Mickey Noonan about what happened, how it’s changed her, and what still needs to happen in order for justice to be served. buff.ly/pdzCABC

Such a privilege to talk with this excellent human.

Adding to folk tale tradition and brimming with female energy, Wild Folk: Tales From the Stones, by Jackie Morris and Tamsin Abbott, is officially one of Mickey Noonan's most prized books. The three talk the power of stories, collaboration and women. buff.ly/H4hLPMv

I bloody loved everything about this book, these women, and this chat.

The Bush Telegraph is back! And to celebrate, me and hannah dunleavy are having a daft-off. Prepare yourself for ale on the rocks, odd book choices, ball pits, Bigger Boobs for a Better Britain, crisps rage and problems at the drive-thru. open.spotify.com/episode/0JcGKC…

Always a total pleasure to chat with Natalie Haynes, but particularly when it's about Medea.

Woohoo, podcast alert! Thanks so much for having me, Mickey Noonan 🎧❤️‍🔥

Whether you agreed with him or not, Charlie Kirk is dead purely because some people didn't like what he had to say. That should outrage every single one of us.

Total. Joy.

The Taliban have outlawed all books written by women in Afghanistan. Already banned from school, sports, and work, Afghan women now see even their voices on paper branded as unislamic.

Women, eh?

The only thing we learn from history is that no one ever learned anything from history. You know who said that? Me neither.

Opposing views should be openly challenged with logic and reason, not silenced with the threat of bullets - that way lies a very grim future. Full version here: youtu.be/qsm-x1i7UIk?si…

Catch me while you can! I’m standing up for the voyage of the Argo and the quest for the Golden Fleece, + Euripides’ Medea if you’re lucky… Tonight, Wales - student tickets only £12, an affordable Golden Ram! Then Chester, Edinburgh, Hexham, & more… 🎤 nataliehaynes.com/tour/

Some words I have written about kids and phones and the constant raw dogging of an unaccountability loophole by Big Tech. open.substack.com/pub/standardis…

Colour me VERY EXCITED.

What a lucky so-and-so I am to love my job.

How it feels to use the word "behooves"

There's (amiable) trouble in the ranks in this month's Flicking.