David Edwards

The likes of Charles Moore and Robbie Gibb (and the Telegraph and Mail) hate the BBC partly because they think they are the public service media voice for the country. They just assume they embody the right-wing, Tory establishment birth-right that has run Britain for so long. The arrogance

Train wi-fi. One of the true mysteries of life

Might be a bit late to this, but what the hell have they done to Quality Street?

Trump isn't a Russian agent. He's an attention seeking fool. And the amount of resources being taken up worldwide managing him is obscene.

not sure how many decades it will take America living down having elected Trump twice

Funny that

The hardest thing about being a tennis commentator must be not swearing when Alcaraz does something like that on set point. Fuck!!

An idea for speeding up tennis: make the players serve with the first two balls they are thrown. What’s with this ‘don’t like that one’, ‘don’t like that one either’ nonsense?

Gotta love AI

Sitting here, sun streaming through window, listening to Pet Sounds. Why does it take someone dying to remind me of their music? Same with Prince, Bowie...

Totally mad and completely understandable. Sums up football really

Amazing how often the word 'different' is completely unnecessary in a sentence. 'Seven different colours'. Not just 'seven colours'? #OnceASub

You should have said!

It was the answer you seemed to be looking for!

Yes

It's not been the same for a long time. And the question at the till about whether you'd like a whatever-the-special-offer-is is so bloody annoying. But still... end of an era is exactly what this is

How being a parent physically alters your brain (dads included) ‘Baby brain’ is real. Increasing evidence suggests having kids causes big changes in our grey matter, and not always for the worse. Ben Spencer, science editor and frazzled father of two, explains

Very good by @ben-spencer.bsky.social in Sunday Times on parent brains and in particular on dads' brains. “There’s bonding and love involved. And it takes repetition, practice and investment. Great fathers are made, not born.”
www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...

Evan Davis, start of PM: “A third of people lie on dating sites. We’ll discuss why.”
Why do you think?!

One of those mornings. A Monday, so cold, so grey. Can’t face going for a run. Go for a run. ☺️

Yep!

Years late to this but have finally seen Last Tango in Halifax. What a wonderful series.. the writing, acting, all of it. Derek Jacobi extraordinary

I bought an actual newspaper today for the first time in years. At one point I felt like reaching out to the page to scroll down

This morning yes, although I’ll need to leave fairly soon afterwards. This evening sadly not as I have something else on. Nice morning to be heading to the park though!

Coffee! Morning!

I’m going to ponder this all week now. Thank you!

Wondering whether any other sub-editors on here do this: if someone on the street says “good morning” to you, do you reply by not using repetition and saying “hello” or “hi”. Because I do. I can’t reply “good morning”. Avoid repetition!

My latest bit on Woe Men, on the backlash against feminism, MeToo and women speaking up generally. Leaning (heavily) on @constancegrady.bsky.social and @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social and @bethaniley.com
davidoedwards.substack.com/p/backlash

Football mad Even Jürgen Klopp knows when the game is up

Have written about Jurgen Klopp and the unthinkable thought that too much football is a bad thing

davidoedwards.substack.com/p/football-m...

There’s still a lot of this about. It’s scary because he’s the actual home secretary but it’s scary for any man to think like this. And I bet you know some who do