Airports are a great case study of how we normalise things that would once have seemed terrible. Customers being barked at to take off their shoes and belts, elderly people being ordered around like prisoners. I know, I know, security, but still grim what becomes accepted.

Saw this label in Waitrose. But why would you want to eat a pet anyway?

The new Prince Andrew Newsnight interview film from Amazon Prime Video has a powerful, bravura performance from michael sheen 💙. Alan Partridge meets Richard III. Well worth a watch. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

When Harry met Boris. The Spare and the Hair Apparent? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

He must have turned up in the end?

This must be where the over entitled shoppers go?

At dentists and had to pre-pay before getting check-up, because people were doing runners after seeing dentist. Never had that before. What does it say about the times we live in? I suppose they’d make a clean getaway.

Sad to hear of David Lodge’s death. He captured that post war sense of social mobility and how higher education opened up alongside. Remember interviewing him in the early 1990s at his home in Birmingham. Unpretentious and kind. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

First Humanitarian Medals awarded. Anna Daniell, one of the first recipients, says it's a positive sign to honour humanitarian workers who respond to international disasters. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

On a train with the windows covered in graffiti. So at least can’t see all the graffiti along the tracks.

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How fair is the honours system? Few of the top honours go to people in the north or to people from poorer backgrounds, despite being framed as for ‘unsung heroes’. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

One race?? A: My Dad winning the 1958 Grand National on Irish gelding Mr What 🐎 ⭕️ youtu.be/EBYFLqj4F7U?si…

Has Caecilius been in?

Tonight at 9pm on ⁦Channel 4 Dispatches⁩ ‘Michael Sheen’s Secret Million Pound Giveaway’. The secret bit was the setting up the company obviously it’s not secret anymore! #FairBankingAct theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

Is the honours system going to change? There's a push to make it fairer and give awards to those who deserve it for their efforts for the community. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Sadly another family struggling with dangerous living conditions…. Mould and mushrooms force this elderly woman from her flat #BBCNews #Housing bbc.com/news/articles/…

Listen to Olivia’s excellent dispatch on the scam centres in Myanmar. Download From Our Own Correspondent podcast BBC Sounds 📻

Rugby league getting its first knighthood in 130 years, after complaints the sport was being unfairly treated by the honours system. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

After 130 years, the first rugby league knighthood finally happened, after complaints about unfairness in the honours system. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…