British Horseracing in crisis as Lord Allen resigns as Chair of the governing body after less than 6 months.
A great track, @mccookerybook.bsky.social is still going strong if you like this and want to follow her.
Measles is on the rise in London.
It’s highly infectious and can be passed on even before a rash appears.
Protect yourself and your family from becoming seriously unwell by making sure you are all up to date with your MMR vaccinations.
Now Playing - 49 years old, a forgotten classic of the punk era. Debut album of John Foxx era Ultravox! before he and the exclamation mark left. Produced by Brian Eno and Steve Lilywhite - and more than a whiff of influence of Roxy Music, and none the worse for that.
Has Andi's head turned into a blue light?
A singalong for our times - The Sea by Helen McCookerybook @mccookerybook.bsky.social #VinylJunkies #NowPlaying #VinylCommunity #MusicSky #VinylSky
This couldn’t be clearer. Bannon’s texts to Epstein in mid July 2018 - “overthrowing May right now” and in “London with Boris” as well as his appearance on LBC with Nigel Farage are prettying damning evidence of a cross party plot with foreign backing
📌 ICYMI — The End of Morgan McSweeney: Peter Oborne on Keir Starmer’s Departing Chief of Staff
As McSweeney resigns, we re-publish Peter Oborne’s exclusive Byline Times…
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/08/the-end-of-morgan-mcsweeney-peter-oborne-on-keir-starmers-departing-chief-of-staff/
A classic, at least partly because the late great Sly Dunbar played on it.
One of the great pioneering tracks of all time, can't wait for the King Tubby celebration at the Jazz Cafe next week,
Great discussion on cryptic crossword construction, useful for beginners and more experienced solvers, and especially for aspiring setters. Thanks Fez!
The same people who said that the mass murder of children in schools was a sad but necessary price to enable citizens to bear arms and oppose tyranny are now saying that if you carry a gun it’s your fault if you’re murdered.
My favourite band, favourite comedian, favourite bassist!
we hear so much about trans people from the British press yet so rarely hear from them - I'm really pleased this piece was commissioned, and will also be in the physical paper: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
We are Christopher Isherwood, watching the violent racist authoritarian lawless scenes in the Berlin street below from our apartment window above.
Ex-Banshee John McKay is back after 40-odd years and can hardly believe how bad things have gotten for musicians… So if you’re a fan of independent artists, please please please consider buying their records and merch and going to their gigs! ❤️
Do not be surprised if in the first days of an incoming populist radical government there is an entire raft of statutory instruments and other measures prepared and ready to go, exploiting every gap in our constitutional arrangements.
This.
It’s all by design.
A little statistical tweak, so nobody can say "Ah, but.. "
Police fatal shootings per million of population
Canada 7.314
France 3. 396
Germany 1.189
Australia 1.920
UK 0.316
US 43.921
Nadim Zahawi arrived in the UK from Iraq as a child refugee. His family claimed asylum once they were here. Today he has joined Reform who will stop all in country asylum applications. Under his new party, his own family fleeing persecution would be immediately deported.
I do enjoy these CCHQ quotes: "Yes another of the people we promoted to extremely important roles is a grifting wanker."
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
As a centrist I've always found it helpful to challenge myself to understand and take on board why people come to different conclusions than me.
The decline of consistency and integrity on the right make it much harder to engage with.
So this resonated strongly with me.
Always a highlight when the Gales play London, and a great excuse to support the Moth Club as well.
What a great night this was, a lot of love for Johnny Green, MC'd brilliantly by his son Earl. Thanks @johncooperclarke.bsky.social, @richardhawley.bsky.social, Stewart Lee, Phil Jupitus, Mike Garry, @lukewrightpoet.bsky.social @freyabeer.bsky.social, Toria Garbutt and all involved.
Welcome, we need a bit more music chat on Bluesky......
