“It’s from Daddy.He sends his love & says all is fine in Spain. He’s had to go on a little ‘holibob’ because a man accidentally ran into his hand at St Pancras Station the other day.He wants you both to be good children & if anything goes wrong to keep blaming it on the Muslims.”

Goodbye Allan. You were a pioneer of great children's literature, both in picture books and poetry. You were clever, funny and wise. My children loved your books. So did and so DO I. theguardian.com/books/2025/jul…

If you are holidaying in classical lands, here are a few tips for ancient sites without queues.tinyurl.com/3fht7yut

The 20th anniversary of ‘Cole’s Corner’ from richardhawley is finally out today. 🙌 It was Hawley’s third studio album and his first for Mute Records and was recorded in Sheffield’s Yellow Arch Studios. piccadillyrecords.com/159710/Richard…

Chris makes a point in the way he leaves the playground . . . #TheArchers

“An important, intensively researched and beautifully written book ... I hope anyone in a position to make positive change will read it and consider how we can move closer towards accepting every human life is equal in value and every person has the right to be happy.” Jane Asher

There's a Famous Sloping Pitch/ Another Slice podcast on that very subject

We’ve all been there

God do I love New Order's "Temptation."

Manchester, 1966. Upper Brook Street tidal flow system, photo by Ben Brooksbank.

Wasps need to pull themselves together and be more sensible.

This is my Gaelic football team. I’m the only black player yet I’m the only one who grew up in Ireland and speaks Irish. Please go fuck yourself

A new biography is making some bold accusations about the Royal Family. Prince Andrew comes across as an insensitive, vulgar bully. So it'll be interesting to see how he's portrayed in the book

I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts. The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative. Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.

I think, like Powell in the 1970s, GB News has mistaken its own anti-immigrant sentiment - its own institutional racism, we could say - for majority opinion. Its presenters - some of whom have links with the far right - are working hard to make the two align, under @ofcom's nose.

No you won’t

25th Oct we will be hosting a special anniversary showing of our #hacienda film, do you own the dancefloor? In my hometown of Bolton. We'll have some super guests coming... Grab your tickets here... tinyurl.com/fr24fzxr

conspiracy culture kills

“Let’s be really clear here: The problem is not the legal framework. The problem is the routine non-compliance with it by settings and local authorities (LAs).” 👏

.BBC Radio 4 Today FFS! Of course you’ve now got man arguing that human rights & human rights lawyers are anti-gov & anti “the people”! How far we’ve sunk that human rights are now presented as -ve. If what you want to do breaches human rights, the problem is u, not the law. #r4today