23.25 on train to bexhill -it’s late the man opposite is still wearing the party hat he got at his cracker at the office party … will he be awake when he needs to get off I wonder….

Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds

Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...

‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations

💥 NEW: ‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school

“He would sidle up to me and growl: ‘Hitler was right,’ or ‘Gas them,’ sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas showers".

Read on for more...

www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...

On 2 Dec, we'll be launching our 2025 @biggive.bsky.social campaign - Championing Emerging Artists.

Over the course of the next few weeks, we'll be speaking to a number of young artists who we've worked with in recent times, and for whom we've offered career-defining launchpads including...

That is such sad news - a wonderful man

Alum spotlight ✨

We’re thrilled to see so many of our alums cast in Waterperry Opera Festival’s production of Don Giovanni!

🎭 Edmund Danon (2017/18)
🎭 Emyr Wyn-Jones (2017/18)
🎭 Kira Kaplan (2023/24)
🎭 Georgia Mae Ellis (2023/24)
🎭 Jonathan Eyers (2023/24)

When a clown moves into a palace he won’t turn into a king. The palace turns into a circus instead.
(some Turkish proverb)

That’s all for today.