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BONUS EPISODE

To coincide with the launch of our guide to Making Tax Digital, here's a bonus episode of our podcast.

Theo visited the offices of specialist accountant @hwfisheruk to discuss MTD, the biggest change to the freelance tax regime since the introduction of self-assessment.

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

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼Won’t somebody please think of Britain’s poor £2m homeowners? Oh, wait – everyone already is | Jonathan Liew www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Yes. Oh to be a fly on the wall...

Press release for Dead Funny History. Reads: You’re Dead to Me: Dead Funny History New series launches Monday 15 December. Three special episodes will be broadcast on Radio 4 on 19 December, 26 December and 2 January. Artwork for Dead Funny History featuring BBC branding. Line art symbols and cartoons surround text: “You’re Dead to me Presents Dead Funny History.” Attention kids of all ages! Dead Funny History is the brand-new comedy history show for everyone aged 8 to 108, from the team behind the hit Radio 4 podcast You’re Dead to Me. What links a 70-foot colossus to the prettiest cow in Ancient Egypt? Which world-famous siblings began as terrible teachers? And what was the surprisingly dangerous Christmas game in medieval Britain? From Ramesses the Great to the Brontë sisters to the history of football, Greg Jenner serves up a smorgasbord of the funniest, messiest, and most astonishing stories from history. Expect pirates, spies, superstars, chariot races, bouncing cats, ancient toilets, radioactive notebooks, and a pig named Albert, all crammed into 14-minute episodes packed with jokes and sketches. Dead Funny History is a brilliantly bonkers historical romp for the whole family to enjoy. Starring: Richard David Caine (Horrible Histories), Mali Ann Rees (Mammoth), and John-Luke Roberts (Sound Heap), with scripts by top comedy writers Gabby Hutchinson Crouch, Jack Bernhardt, Athena Kugblenu, and You’re Dead to Me’s own Dr Emma Nagouse. Presenter: Greg Jenner Written by: Gabby Hutchinson Crouch, Jack Bernhardt, Athena Kugblenu, Dr Emma Nagouse Produced by: Dr Emma Nagouse and Gabby Hutchinson Crouch Audio Producer: Emma Weatherill BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.

Let's GOOOOO!

Factual sketch comedy, for families! Made by the team behind YDTM plus great comedy sketch writers & performers!
Out this Christmas on R4 (3eps) & Sounds (15eps)
It's Ya Gal's 1st production credit!
You're in for a good time, comedy fans!
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

While I'm not quite at the point of losing my house, the harm ai has done to my animation work income is huge, like 80% gone and it makes me wonder how many freelance artists and animators ARE losing everything while billionaire con men continue to rake it in.

OMG! It won! What a brilliant book!

Zohran Mamdani Says He's Ready for Donald Trump

Holy moly, if only our UK politicians were this thoughtful and intelligent. What Mamdani says about the downsides of using the corporate sector to save money is 💯
open.spotify.com/episode/5QFA...

At the Paramount Theatre in downtown Brooklyn, where Zohran Mamdani’s campaign held his Election Night party, attendees seemed to feel the eyes of history on them. Read about Mamdani’s path to victory—and what comes next: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/J6SnuQ

Cover of The New Yorker with Zohran!

Edel Rodriguez’s “Mayor Mamdani” (November 4, 2025) www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...

classic auteur style

the man behind Z’s amazing videos @boringstein.bsky.social

Selling Zohran | Defector On a cool Sunday in November, a few days after Donald Trump’s re-election, Zohran Mamdani stood on a street corner in Jamaica, Queens, holding up a hastily drawn cardboard sign that read “DID YOU VOTE...

watching the Mamdani campaign from afar during the primary, so many things were impressive, among them the incredible work his online video team was doing to spread the message in fun, creative, educational, invigorating ways that spoke to people

this is my story about how they did it

Our Head of Campaigns, @nyejones92.bsky.social, spoke to Parliament about the damp and mould renters are forced to live in, despite paying skyrocketing rents for their homes.

Watch 👇

Lucy with her dog Rooney

Jennifer with her cat Binx

hii we’re the women behind this upstart book app taking on Goodreads (owned by Amazon, bleh) & yes you know we’re indie and humans because we literally turned our pets into avatars you can choose when you create your pagebound profile 😂

Homes are the foundations of our lives. Evictions shatter those foundations.

Last night the Renters' Rights Act became law, paving the way for the end of S21 evictions.

The Government must bring in the changes ASAP to prevent more renters like Christina experiencing this turmoil.

The Renters’ Rights Act is NOW LAW!

Soon S21 evictions, which have forced millions of people out of their homes for no reason & with just 2 months notice, will be a thing of the past.

This is what our movement can achieve when we stand together.

Inside the 10-year battle to change the law and help renters feel secure in their homes The Renters' Rights Bill is set to receive royal assent and become law. Generation Rent's Dan Wilson Craw explains how it happened.

Our Deputy Chief Executive, @danwilsoncraw.bsky.social, has worked to end Section 21, no fault evictions for over a decade.

Now unfair evictions are being abolished, you can read his reflections in his @BigIssue op ed below.

👇

www.bigissue.com/opinion/rent...

C.S. Lewis responding to a letter from an American schoolgirl asking him for some writing advice.

(Worth reading? ✅️)

Barker called me up one night and without preamble said "It's opinions, not onions. Not onions. This is Clive Barker. I've been trying to track down and stop this error in editions for decades. OPINIONS."

The PCR positivity map is out, and levels have dipped slightly this week.

Although the number of areas not reporting has gone up this week, we adjust for that on the map's total, so we can be sure it's a real drop.

jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol...

1/10

Holi by Sital Gorasia Chapman Illustrated by Pranami Bora

This is gorgeous. And they show some images from the inside and they are also gorgeous! And, it looks like they also have some crafts as well as telling the story.

I can’t quote it all so please read it all “There is an Arabic expression, hameeha harameeha – meaning “its protector is its thief”, that comes to mind as those who have plied Israel with weaponry gather to figure out how to achieve peace in Gaza” bit.ly/4q7DXrt

Never thought I'd say this. It's
gonna be harsh and might
give you angry feelings when
you see it. I've come
up with one simple life rule:
Never ever (I know you're
gonna, but please don't)
let yourself feel stupid when
you look at the first words
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Renters' Rights Awareness Week 2025 - Generation Rent The Renters’ Rights Bill is set to shake up the way we rent. It’s getting rid of Section 21 evictions and bringing in lots of new rights and rules to […]

Some excellent sessions for renters coming up 👇🏽 via @generationrent.bsky.social

www.generationrent.org/renters-righ...

"AI is the asbestos we are shovelling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations" 👏

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

“We don’t need any foreign body to rule our lives” – Palestinian politician Medicins San Frontier - a key medical NGO that operates inside Gaza - has said they have been forced to suspend their activities and leave Gaza city, that their clinics are encircled by Israeli Forces...

“We don’t need any foreign body to rule our lives” – Palestinian politician
www.channel4.com/news/we-dont...

This 👇🏽 + The Hot Rock + Sneakers 💯

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The passing of Paul Newman (2008), Sean Connery (2020), Sidney Poitier (2022), and now Robert Redford (2025) signals the slow disappearance of a certain type of 20th century figure: men who embodied classic style in a way that reflected their taste, rather than a professional stylist.

Turning an Industry Inside Out: A Conversation with Robert Redford How can you change an industry? According to the Oscar-winning director who upended the movie business, be prepared to start small and accept setbacks.

Robert Redford in HBR://hbr.org/2002/05/turning-an-industry-inside-out-a-conversation-with-robert-redford