Joan Hunter Dunn

The river is a brown god…

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Starring Dexter Fletcher as a cheeky copper merchant I hope.

Happy Birthday to William Blake, who knows where the wild things are...

never noticed that before! went to really good lecture on Wm Blake's Lambeth the other eve. Happy Birthday WB.

I believe the cafe selling cereal has gone it was called Cereal Killer or something. I’m a Sarf London person and try to avoid crossing the river.

Smiling damned villain - don’t believe a word it says.

Sid James as drunken priest, Barbara Windsor as the Archers actress, Dennis Price as the sceptical magistrate

Too funny x

excellent. What is the recipe? I do Jane Grigson from English Food, which my family unkindly call The Widowmaker. It has a density slightly greater than plutonium.

This is just about the best seen I’ve seen for days. Thank you

Trump lashes out at women because they’re the ones brave enough to ask questions & stand up to him. And deep down this absolutely terrifies him. Because underneath all the years of bluster, fury & recriminations—he knows they’re right

excellent parenting Simon!

If BBC pays a cent to Trump ...it will be the biggest hit to their credibility as a news org - Henry Mance in today's FT.

there goes my breakfast.

anyone who spells an excellent Scottish name like that is clearly deeply unsound and all his views should be ignored.

I think this is about pragmatism. Much as I loathe the current cowering terrified BBC, to apologise puts him on the back foot. They have admitted an error (I agree it wasn't). Part of his desperate flailing is to distract from vote on Tues. Whatevs, govt must back BBC and we must not cave.

on the bridge over the river last summer

all you say is true, it was grim, partic if you were a young girl. Otoh we had no social media and a largely compliant press so had very little idea of what was really going on so did not suffer from permanent anxiety which now besets many of us.

wonderful writing Mark, lord I hope you're right.

'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President

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The Far Right Hits The BBC The assault on free media gathers pace

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Lord Patten 100% reflects my view, particularly the point about the dangers of this all undermining our democracy

Remember the likes of Trump and Farage want democracy gone. It doesn't serve their purpose

It's muddled "balance" idea which is a major contributor. The fact that Farage, a minor MEP, was give as much airtime as the Chair of the CBI/Gov Bank/economists in the runup to Brexit. Uneven coverage of Gaza, declining in Int News coverage, endless focus on individuals, 2 GBNews execs on Board.

thanks Simon, will read later.

no you didn't, please do - I think you have my email - if not I'll DM it to you.

seems appropriately of the Zeitgeist - "La vie est la farce à mener par tous."

I'm just going to bury myself in rural France and pretend all is ok.

is there a single institution in our nation which has any ethical standards? the latest BBC car crash is another nail in the coffin.

it was a stupid editorial error, but provided the weapon needed by BJ et al to further eviscerate what was once a beacon of unbiased news and investigative journalism. Despair.