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Both Max Clifford and Robert Kilroy Silk told me I'd never work in Television again. One ended up in prison only a few years later and Kilroy was biffed by the BBC that same year. Lol.

I once bumped into Madonna on Marleybone High Street. I was looking at a fish van and walked right into her. I then proceeded to apologize and explain that I hadn't seen a fish van in years, not since my Dundee childhood when one came every Friday blah blah. She just stared at me, bewildered.

Fun fact - I was once told by an ITV commissioner they'd make ANYTHING with Armstrong in it.

And the five minute pre-titles "come on my epic adventure etc etc) which make me want to hurl things at the TV. I have been guilty of making travelogues a bit like this (sans pre-tits) because editors/commissioners are VERY risk averse. The best ones have genuine enthusiasts like Bourdain/Tucci.

My daughter went as David Bowie on heroes day at school and was told by the head that they meant heroes like sports stars or people like Ghandi. She (aged 8) told the head that Bowie WAS her hero and then sang Rebel Rebel at her. My Bowie indoctrination from womb time onwards worked...

Sun headline about £500k compensation for migrants, discussing human rights, and public outcry over payouts.

Did you see this headline?

Did you feel the requisite anger and rage at asylum seekers that The Sun was asking of you?

Did you maybe blame Starmer because.... um... it was probably his fault🤷‍♀️

Would you like to know the reality behind the headline?

Course you would!😜

Let's take a look

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BRB just doing a deck for an ad campaign that shows very stupid politicians in front of big statues which will cost £100 million.

Targeting schools as “centers of gravity“ in Israelspeak is intended to weaken the resolve of the civilian population and decrease support for the war. Israel’s goal is to stoke a popular uprising in Iran.

This strike on little girls on day zero of the military campaign is meant to do just that.

I wrote to every minister in media, culture and sport about this (and the dying TV industry). I did get a very long reply but it didn't really make me feel they properly grasped what is going on and what will happen. Lots of talk about "growing the industry" "best in world" "promote diversity" etc

Polling holds too much sway over our democracy and governance. But the G&D by-election does show that Reform’s dominance is inflated by foreign/rightwing interests, irresponsible media support and Farage’s ego.
If progressives can win despite all that, then hatred really is overpriced. Hope can win.

Fuck them, fuck them, fuck them, fuck them, FUCK THEM.

well at least she can read very slowly and turn a page

perfect homage to a great man

Fun fact: If you stay in the hotel at the tip of Mussandam, Oman, you hear all the smuggler boats heading off to Iran as soon as the sun goes down. All laden with things like fridges/electronic goods (according to my Omani friend). All these UAE expats "suddenly" finding out Iran is close. Lol.

This is like a new Hitchcock film called "The Bins"

He's nailed the "Jared Kushner's lobotomy" look perfectly

That's the best thing I've seen all year. And I have a very cute dog.

Chonk's gonna chonk Lucy.

I absolutely fucking hate this and there's no way to stop it. I do not like the interesting times we are living in.

Oh man. What a proper legend. I filmed him a few years ago in Cannes and he was a joy. When he walked into the room the first thing I thought was "wow, I finally meet Harrison Ford." The second thought was "and he walks just like my dad!" I love that he wasn't an overnight success, that he kept on.

There appears to be a very concerted global anti muslim rhetoric building across the far right groups

I haven't read the article because it is Sunday and I try to have a nice calm Sunday. But I'm thinking they are all cunts yeah?

one of THE best threads ever. Bookmark it and return to it whenever life feels a little too much

fucking HELL

and Americans are still going "guys we are on a slippery slope" "we may be headed towards a dictatorship."

Dudes, you have been there for some time. This. Is. Not. Normal.

this is so repulsive, so grim, so low.

Tabloid hacks are such scum

This shows my score on Dialed - the online colour recreating game that I'm obsessed with. You need to remember then recreate five different colours. Today I did better than 95% of people. The colors I needed to recreate were a very very dark blue black, a dark purple, a cool toned pale pink, a slightly dirty teal and a sludgy grey green

RIDICULOUSLY good score on Dialed today. I'm adding "amazing at remembering and recreating colors" to my CV.

I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone. That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after. Sahar Delijani, Iranian author

I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds.

I support neither imperialism or dictatorship.

Sahar Delijani said it best:

so much this. When I lived abroad I rejoiced in every supermarket or shop visit. SO much to investigate. So exciting. People like this are freaks, I swear.

How is every ounce of her being tested by... herbs and spices?