Listen it’s not a competition but #LoveIsBlindUK spanks the arse out of the American version. Amazing cast, realistic age group, lols, fame-seeking villain outed, friendships, heartwarming stuff that melted my cold dead heart. The exec producer should be given all the claps 👌🏾👌🏾

As of today, this is how women must dress in Afghanistan, according to the Taliban's Supreme Leader. The following rules are now in effect: The full face must be covered—no hands, nothing visible. The black veil was presented as a "recommendation" a year ago, now it is the law.

Fathers don’t usually die during childbirth

Wrote a piece on the three takeaways around dating and relationships from #LoveIsBlindUK including the Tom and Maria who pays for what convo😅 open.substack.com/pub/poornabell…

I wonder how many Daniel Kaluuya's we've missed out on in the last two decades because the UK's creative industries refuse to recognise that casting from the same private schools can only get you so far. The story of Skins is a story of investing in working class talent.

I actually forgot about Cat and Ollie ever being a thing 😂 #LoveIsBlindUK

Sabrina £70 on groceries seems very specific #LoveIsBlindUK

I just assumed it was editing when we weren’t shown conversations between Sabrina and Steven discussing how it would work long distance but maybe these convos weren’t had? #LoveIsBlindUK

JASMINE AND BOBBY #loveisblinduk

Tom and Tash - no one is into this non-existent drama #loveisblinduk

Every time I see Benaiah and Nicole my cold dead heart melts #loveisblinduk

Collective groan #loveisblinduk

Why are people coming for Matt and Emma as hosts? They were brilliant, got to everyone, didn’t make it about themselves and asked the right questions, and didn’t abrasively impose their own views on having kids etc. Yes it was rushed but that wasn’t their fault?#LoveIsBlindUK

Is life in my 40s just endlessly switching between two pairs of glasses

Some fab news! My second novel This Is Fine which has had great reviews (if I I say so myself) is 99p on Kindle today. It’ll make you laugh, maybe make you cry and is about dead end relationship, the Kent seaside, and families amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0CH31…

Just one month to go until the 18th Henley Literary Festival! 120+ events for adults & children with Elif Shafak Julian Clary M. G. Leonard Poorna Bell Mike Batt LVO Santa Montefiore Jodie Lancet-Grant aka Jodie Mullish Steve Jones & much, much more!

King Charles is set for a £45m pay rise (50% rise in his official annual income). “150,000 pensioners could keep their winter fuel allowance if King Charles did not have a 50% pay rise. What a nation of obedient serfs we are, just sucking this up.”

Boys and girls around the region are going back to UNRWA schools except in #Gaza. More than 600,000 children there are deeply traumatized, living in the rubble. They continue to be deprived of learning + schooling. Half of them used to be in UNRWA schools. The longer children

Excited about my latest #bookpost: 1. Second Self by Chloë Ashby - been meaning to read since we were on a panel together, but wanted to wait til #Fledging was out! 2. This is Fine by Poorna Bell 3. Harpy by Caroline Magennis There is a uniting theme...