So tragic, and so bloody unnecessary. WE NEED SAFE ROUTES NOW theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

“I think they would be good things for youngsters to study, and talk about why they’re unacceptable and silly now.” The mighty Sheila Hancock is one of five Carry On women interviewed in sam wollaston's lovely piece revisiting a very British genre theguardian.com/film/article/2…

'The home secretary needs to understand that every refugee only has two choices – we go forward or we die.' – Anonymous as told to Diane Taylor Powerful piece on why the' summit promising to smash the people smugglers is a doomed fantasy theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Shame on you, Israel theguardian.com/world/article/…

'For my brother and for me, this is the happy ending for us. I achieved what he wanted, I achieved what I wanted and what my family wanted.' Amazing and incredibly moving story by esther addley is on Bsky about the brother of the man who fell to earth theguardian.com/world/article/…

The shortest joke I ever wrote "Integrate is not a northern compliment."

Shocking story. (I don't mean our Alix's story is shocking, I mean the fact that deprived communities are four times more likely to have lost a library is bloody shocking). In fact, great work our Al and team

“Every time I hear of a library being closed I find it absolutely horrifying." Now that Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 knows the value of libraries, and the impact their closures has on communities – particularly disadvanatged ones

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Paralympian with broken prosthetic legs refused replacements on NHS because he's an asylum seeker. By Diane Taylor theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

Good, strong piece by Jane Martinson theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Love this: how the Tories proved Rwanda is safe for asylum seekers Home Office: Hi, is that the Rwandan Govt? Rwandan Govt. Yes, indeedy HO: Is Rwanda a safe place to dump our asylum seekers? RG: Couldn't be safer Home Office. Great, ta By Diane Taylor theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

'As far as I'm concerned, I made better records than Pet Shop Boys' Fab interview by Alex Needham with Holly Johnson, in which the former Frankie frontman and miracle survivor is as forthcoming as you'd hope (Fuck me, that's a lot of Fs) theguardian.com/music/article/…

Great news that Oliver Campbell has finally been cleared of murder. But why has it taken 33 years when there was so much evidence that he was innocent from the off and why did the CCRC fail to refer it back to the appeal court in 2005? Shocking theguardian.com/law/article/20…

I've #justsponsored John Stuttle, who's fundraising for The Bike Project on JustGiving. Bloody wonderful project, and the Stuttle fella is pretty good too. Donate now justgiving.com/page/john-stut…

Jayzis. How low can the proms go? I love footy and I love classical music (though know sod all about ) but I do not want to see Gary linker making shite jokes about how many times Sakari Oramo has been capped by the Proms. It's just patronising, low-rent bobbins

So Starmer's off to Italy to learn about controlling migration from the far right. Jesus. This is not a good start to his Labour government. And then there's the endless Alli freebies, while imposing Austerity: 2. You can't go on like this, Keir.

Uplifting interview by @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social with the inspirational Led Led By Donkeys who have highlighted so much political shittery by making us laugh (and occasionally cry) and telling us stuff we need to know theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Huw Edwards' low self-esteem was "compounded by a sense of being inferior" by not getting into Oxford University and going to Cardiff instead. That 'defence' is offensive on so many levels. And no custodial sentence to boot. Ugh. Gross. theguardian.com/media/2024/sep…

Gross story abt Labour Govt's attitude to immigration – refusing autistic daughter of Pakistani Dr visa to join parents as they had not demonstrated “compassionate" circumstances Great story abt power of press – Diane Taylor's report led to reversal theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/s…