True story. To commemorate 40th anniversary of the horrific injustice done to the 10 Bahá’í women of Shiraz 18th of June 1983 Tiny Speck Productions & I made this. Pippa Walton mirrors the last days of the life of Mona Mahmoudnizhad who was hanged aged 17. #OurStoryIsOne #GenderEquality

I love you Marina Hyde Here’s how the UK can honour those suffering in the Middle East: by being decent ourselves | Marina Hyde theguardian.com/news/commentis…

This woman is shouting; “ Death to Khamenei”, after morality police beaten her and injured her leg for not wearing hijab in Tabriz, Iran. A young girl who filmed this says: 3 hijab enforcers warned her to cover her hair but she refused. They called ambulance & didn’t let people

The Israel-Palestine conflict is not a game, where you root for one team to win and the other to lose. It’s something much more tragic: the clash of two just causes. Latest column theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Borat, but really not funny.

Yes you heard correctly - Iran is chairing rhe United Nations human rights committee - have you stopped laughing ? Yes - are you crying ? chng.it/cW4FPChRVP

Do sign this when you get a moment. The IRI is chairing the UN Human Rights Social Forum (yes you read that right, see my thread) from tomorrow and they need to know the world thinks this is insane. chng.it/cW4FPChRVP

I have decided to solve the Middle East crisis with a tour of my intersectional LGBTQ+ slam poetry. If you know of any popular queer venues in Gaza, Iran or Saudi Arabia, DM me. 🇵🇸 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈

I still can’t believe I co-wrote a song with David Bowie.

It is a measure of the depth of their ideological intransigence & tribal myopia that so many intelligent and typically empathic people have been incapable of grasping the simple truth that you can oppose both rising antisemitism AND anti-Muslim hatred, and you can be horrified by

Super excited (and a bit nervous) to be doing my first 'Live gig' on jan 5th at Hackney empire . But i love the chance to answer food and health questions live and ill be heped by my amazing friend and comedian Ronni Ancona. It will be fun so book now! hackneyempire.co.uk/events/an-even…

In recent years we have seen a HUGE rise in crimes committed by women. There can only be one possible explanation… Internalised misogyny.

Looking forward to giving Tim Spector MD (Prof) some much needed advice about his diet, some tix still available !

So sad to hear that the brilliant Steve Brown has died. He was a unique talent and a lovely friend. Honoured to have known him. Here is a link to the recording we made together. I think it gives a sense of the man? My thoughts are with his family xx pod.fo/e/10825f

So very sad & a shock : a consummate professional, a great entertainer & a lovely man . Always loved being on his show talking silly voices with him.

Going on ⁦BBC Breakfast⁩ to talk about #bouncegate - Olly being asked to produce medical letter to be allowed to jump at ⁦Oxygen Freejumping⁩ Acton. #DisabilityTwitter - I feel badly informed about ‘papers please’ social exclusion. Grateful for your texts & msgs 2 prog.

Brilliant as usual from my pal

It's all going off on today's ep, as comedian and impressionist, Ronni Ancona helped solve a crime and as you might expect, brought a host of stars with her for the occasion… audioalways.lnk.to/drunkwomensolv…

I have no words for the outrage I feel on behalf of these amazing women & all their sisters being brutalised in Afghanistan.

Well done to Will Smith for the Best Drama Writing Emmy for Slow Horses - also for the "Despite my name I come in peace" gag - and for thanking everyone, including Morwenna and his other fellow writers. youtube.com/watch?v=ZI0jSn…