Andrew Simpson

Say what you will about them but at least Change UK managed to have a Nando’s dinner first

'There's an arrogance to the way they move around the city': is it time for digital nomads like me to leave Lisbon? Like so many others, I moved from London to Portugal’s capital for the sun, lifestyle – and the tax break. But as tensions rise with struggling locals, many of us are beginning to wonder whether we’re...

“Like so many others…” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

If you're not writing your long book what are you even doing. It's the summer of writing your long book, not the summer of experiencing happiness

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We’re proud to have an extremely committed team who genuinely love what they do, and believe that a hard day’s work deserves a fair day’s pay.

jazz is about the notes you don't play. the very best jazz musicians have never touched an instrument at all

Laura Loomer & @LauraLoomer Replying to @drprevost WOKE MARXIST POPE

Mike D: Prospect Park down to Park Slope, it’s time to listen to

All 3 Beastie Boys:

Actor Michael B. Jordan on Sesame Street posing next to vampire puppet, The Count.

Sinners (2025)

JD Vance awakens, unsated. That one had barely any life force left in it at all. He googles 'faith leaders young healthy'.

A film that takes place where you’re from.

I just want to tip my hat to the crack team of White House economists who were able to discover--in just a few short days--that the U.S. is dependent on China for smartphones, computers and semiconductors.

were you to turn the whole affair upside down, it would still be pretty much the same thing

can you die of too much news

At this rate MAGA will only be able to afford to rent the libs.

Star Trek The Next Generation scene. We're close in on Data's face. He's looking nervously to his left and wide eyed while holding an old fashioned black telephone receiver to his ear. Closed caption reads, "FREUD: Kill them."

The Sopranos is probably the Rosetta Stone of modern American reaction: it consists of people who bemoan the loss of an imagined past they mainly got from movies, claim victimization based on identity but hate when others do it, and view the people who build the society they prey on as suckers.

Yes, my economic plan will cause short term pain. But after that you won't feel the pain anymore because you'll be dead

Whether it's liberal students booing Charles Murray or conservative presidents sending innocent fathers to die in El Salvadoran torture prisons, there's been plenty of incivility on both sides of the political spectrum.

A screenshot from the Filmhouse website; text reading Jobs and Opportunities is superimposed onto an image of red cinema seats.

More jobs! We’re looking for a marvellous Marketing Officer and a perfectionist Programme Officer!
filmhouse.org.uk/jobs

Many said the Starmer era would be just Tory-lite – now it’s worse than that. Time to stop the pretence He’ll be radical, the PM’s allies claimed. Well, look now, as the poor are targeted and ministers boast of wearing Tory clothes better than the Tories, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

This week's column is on how clinging on and hoping for a Labour surge either in terms of popularity or well formulated policy is now for the birds www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Leonard Nimoy on THE SIMPSONS: “The cosmic ballet goes on.”

New films by Wes, Paul Thomas, and Paul W.S. Anderson in a single year.

Word has it DOGE has terminated the five men protecting the cursed seal that holds the five dark sages in their slumber

Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Doctor says: "Treatment is simple. Great rapper Kendrick Lamar is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up." Man bursts into tears. Says: “But Doctor… I am Drake.”

Good luck to the marvellous Glasgow Film Festival, starting tonight and with Filmhouse alumnus Allison Gardner at the helm for the final time!
www.glasgowfilm.org/glasgow-film...

also watch THE STRAIGHT STORY with your parents