David Rigby

Let me know, and you won't be Billy-no mates. 😁

Close run thing, Paul.
Fox and Pine, Oldham or the Riverhead Brewery Tap, Marsden (Ossett beers available 😁).

From @privateeyenews.bsky.social

I'd be more impressed if Mr Jeff was a third the way through December and hadn't been to a gig... 😂

circus marketing

Number crunching: Individuals arrested within five days for suspected manslaughter after fire apparently related to building materials ripped through seven Hong Kong apartment blocks v individuals arrested over Grenfell

From the new Private Eye, out now.

Wouldn't visit again until there's 'regime change'. 😉

If the US is going to check social media posts - I may as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb.

A Christmas Tree at the Micro bar, Arndale Market, Manchester.

Spirit of Christmas, init? 😁🎅

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - Series 84 - 5. Joe Lycett makes his debut - BBC Sounds Joe Lycett, Pippa Evans, Richard Coles and Tony Hawks join Jack Dee for inspired nonsense.

Four great attempts at "One song to the tune of another". 😂
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Watch alongside the George Orwell 1984 quote.

Tuesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

Housing Britain - Build Baby Build - BBC Sounds Vicky Spratt explores how the UK's housing crisis unfolded and asks if we can fix it.

Sounds worth a listen.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Harry Burton @HBtoons on #PeacePrize #Trump #WorldCup #WorldCupDraw – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

@kylecronadhe254.bsky.social Ah. Don't do private messaging, sorry.
Keep social media social. 😁

Martin Parr, photographer acclaimed for observations of British life, dies aged 73 Known for acute observations of class system, Parr’s images were often in vivid colour with more than a dash of humour

Chronicled the way we were. Always interesting observations on life. RIP.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Beer royalty. 😁
Heggs, O'D, me (!),Smith

I'm trying my best!

First time anything has come to life in Batley.

Dave Brown @DaveBrownToons on US-Russia talks over the war in #Ukraine #Putin #Witkoff #Trump #RussiaUkraineWar #RussiaUSPeaceTalks #PeaceTalks @Independent - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

Thursday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

Won’t somebody please think of Britain’s poor £2m homeowners? Oh, wait – everyone already is | Jonathan Liew Contrast the furious reaction to Rachel Reeves’s ‘mansion tax’ to the response offered to those living with real housing injustice: indifference, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.

These three make for a great listen. But Stewart Lee from 17:00...😂

Really American (@reallyamerican) BREAKING: Canadian TV show brutally mocks Donald Trump and it’s going viral Share widely so everyone sees this

substack.com/@reallyameri...

London council to draw up plan for repurposing closed schools into temporary accommodation The borough of Hackney in east London is working on a proposal to repurpose primary schools shut due to falling pupil numbers into temporary accommodation.

A grim logic to this. Unaffordable housing means not enough families with children means school closures means temporary accommodaton for familes with children who are homeless

www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/london-...

Cartoon of two men standing amongst some flowers that are groing out of the ground. One is saying to the other "Malapropisms are spreading like wildflower".

The Good Old Days   Pity the poor children of today, with their calendars stuffed with chocolates,   never to know the thrill of opening a small cardboard door and discovering behind it   a picture of a bell. Brian Bilston

This poem is dedicated to anyone making a start on their advent calendar today.

Excellent pub.