Can we now say “I’m Mandy, spy me” ?

Octopus gets leg up in China with joint renewables scheme, says Times headline.

Surely “tentacle up”?

Rare example of gavel being used (accurately) to illustrate a non-law story. What is the world coming to?

Amazing new photos of N K leadership. From The Times.

Night with the nuns a tourist hit thanks to Emily in Paris The hit Netflix series has moved to Rome and one character’s stay in a convent guesthouse has highlighted the benefits of these well-located, cheaper rooms

Wait! What? A tourist hit some nuns. Because of Emily?

www.thetimes.com/article/def5...

Hundreds of Anglican priests have converted to Catholicism Bishops have been surprised by the scale of the exodus, which is partly driven by the ordination of women in the Church of England

Should refugees be allowed to stay if they convert?

Refugees from the C of E, I mean.

The Times:
Hundreds of Anglican priests have converted to Catholicism. www.thetimes.com/article/03dc...

Fat rats leave a taxing ship

‘Fake’ rear-admiral charged after attending remembrance parade Jonathan David Carley, 64, laid a wreath at a Remembrance Sunday ceremony in Llandudno wearing a uniform adorned with 12 medals

How long before this person is described as a “Walter Mitty” character?

Article from The Times:
'Fake' rear-admiral charged after attending remembrance parade. www.thetimes.com/article/faa4...

‘Fake admiral’ accused of gatecrashing Llandudno remembrance event Jonathan David Carley, a former teacher, who has attended at least three other parades, wore a rear admiral’s uniform and 12 medals

Fake admiral exposed by wearing ‘wrong sort of shirt’.

Of course. Knew he was a bit of a rum cove as soon as I saw his dodgy collar.

I thought you would be interested in this story from The Times:
'Fake admiral' accused of gatecrashing Remembrance Sunday parade. www.thetimes.com/article/a35d...

What are “fears businesses” - do they mean social media?

Oh dear, @thetimes.com can’t tell the difference between a cassette and an 8-track cartridge

Hillsborough law will force officials to tell the truth The government, prompted by the infected blood and Post Office scandals, is putting forward legislation that includes a legal duty of candour for public officials

Because swearing to do so isn’t apparently enough? www.thetimes.com/article/f5a1...

How badly informed do you need to be not to know that Supreme Court Justices are not styled “Lord Justice” (which relates to judges of the lower Court of Appeal)? Shoddy subbing as usual from the Times. (since corrected, but astonishingly let through initially)

How long can Angela Rayner last? Judgment day looms for deputy PM Sir Keir Starmer has said he is prepared to sack the housing secretary if she is found to have breached ministerial sleaze rules over her tax affairs

main story:
Lawyers for Rayner deny giving her tax advice. www.thetimes.com/article/a68e...

Sir Laurie is not a saint, is he?

Waiter, there’s a plane in my omelette

Drivers to be given new grant to push electric car sales (headline)

And if the battery’s flat, they can just push the car itself.

Well those are certainly impressive - suits you to a T sir!

Nom de dieu! Another Times sub-fail

Why are large sums of money always described as "eye-watering"?

Why not "throat-clenching" or "scrotum-tightening" or some other redundant formulation?

What makes your eyes water is sadness, or pain, or a howling wind on a cold day. Talk some sense, please, journalists.

BBC plans to win over Reform voters who have ‘lost trust’ Some 85 per cent of Reform voters said they did not trust the BBC much or at all, according to a YouGov poll

This must be galling after twenty years of pandering to Farage and his gang -
BBC plans to win over Reform voters who have 'lost trust'. www.thetimes.com/article/18fe...

I thought you would be interested in this story from The Times: British soldiers conquer Everest using groundbreaking method. https://www.thetimes.com/article/6c16eb0d-a6da-4a03-b648-5b678a00f7df?shareToken=a9facb62cb1087bd3c6553044f835622

They broke up, they tore it down, they crumbled it to dust…

Man handed suspended sentence over role in Blenheim Palace £4.8m gold toilet heist Frederick Doe, 36, convicted of conspiring to transfer criminal property after 18-carat toilet was stolen in 2019

In what sense can anyone be 'handed' a suspended sentence?

Sentences are issued or ordered or given. They're not a handout.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

And remember, you can’t climb down until you have ‘stepped up’, eh?

Surely he ‘threw fishermen overboard’ or ‘sold them down the river’?

What’s all this about climbing? Are the fish up a mountain?

Edinburgh tops league for most expensive city break Staying in a hotel, seeing the sights and eating out all add up to £600, the priciest in western Europe and double that of Lisbon

Not just the prices that are steep. You should try climbing the hills.

The Times:
Edinburgh tops league for most expensive city break. www.thetimes.com/article/161f...

C’mon. “White papers” You’re kidding, right?

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Alchemists rejoice as Cern turns lead into gold — for a flash Scientists created gold atoms for fractions of a second by making lead particles collide at almost the speed of light

Can’t believe this isn’t their lead story

The Times:
Alchemists rejoice as Cern turns lead into gold — for a flash. www.thetimes.com/article/fddf...

Almost 60 per cent of UK women complain of financial ‘mansplaining’ More than a quarter of those surveyed say they have been told how to budget by a man

That’s six out of ten, dear.

on.ft.com/4jUnV0I Almost 60 per cent of UK women complain of financial ‘mansplaining’

Alchemists rejoice as Cern turns lead into gold — for a flash Scientists created gold atoms for fractions of a second by making lead particles collide at almost the speed of light

Can’t believe this isn’t their lead story

The Times:
Alchemists rejoice as Cern turns lead into gold — for a flash. www.thetimes.com/article/fddf...