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YouTube video by Nic Sentient A bona compilation of Julian & Sandy

Kenneth Williams. How best to mark his centenary today? Here are all the 'Julian and Sandy' sketches from BBC radio's 'Round the Horne,' written by Marty Feldman and Barry Took, and co-starring High Paddick and Kenneth Horne. Nothing funnier has ever been broadcast. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l-3...

I recently read Just Williams (33p in a charity shop!), which I enjoyed, but left me wanting more. I expect Born Brilliant is more revealing.

I wish it were true that "no one is above the law". But while the City of London acts as laundromat for the world's dirty money, as almost all fraud and waste crime go unprosecuted, as no one has gone to jail for the financial crash or the poisoning of our rivers, this is manifestly untrue.

View of Wearyall Hill from behind Beckery beside River Brue.

View of Bride’s Mound from across a flooded field.

View of Glastonbury Tor and Wearyall Hill from across a flooded field.

Walk along the river Brue from Pomparles Bridge past Bride’s Mound,Glastonbury on a sunny Valentines Day.

Pink (cherry?) blossom flowers.

Pink blossom (cherry?) tree under bright blue sky.

First signs of Spring? Making the most of the rare break in the rain yesterday.

Absolutely we should fear terrorism and seek to prevent it.
But we should also fear those who use either real terrorism or bogus claims about terrorism to boost their own powers, restrict our freedoms and corrode our democracy.
Both present major threats to public life.

UK decision to ban Palestine Action as ‘terror group’ unlawful, court says Group's co-founder declares ruling 'monumental victory' in the struggle for freedom for the Palestinian people.'

All those arrests all that mistreatment and now….
When angry centrists say “but if you don’t vote Labour you will get Reform” maybe they need to look a little more at why people feel betrayed by Labour rather than shaming the voters

www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...

Please spare a thought for those of us who were born on Valentine’s Day.

Wendy Hillier and Roger Livesey in a clinch.

Just received my new Criterion edition of I Know Where I’m Going. Apparently it’s on BBC2 tomorrow, so it’ll be on the iPlayer and you have no excuse not to wallow in one of the best films ever made.

Pure romance, and the birth of the sixties in the forties. Postwar rage in its veins: Never again.

Selfie of Jon and me in the chapel of Highgate Cemetery.

URL meets IRL! Such a great evening at Highgate Cemetery listening to @accordingtojond.bsky.social's talk "Beyond the Graves - Highgate Cemetery on Film and Television". Fascinating (and sensitive) with some great clips. Thanks, Jon!

It is a brilliant radio play. It cheered me up on a dreary train ride. Just what I needed this month of all months.

If somehow I was magically put in charge of Doctor Who I'd cast Kathy Burke as the Doctor, and i'd reboot it from the start. I'd chuck out all the old, over-complicated rubbish and make it about mysterious, cantankerous, strange old Doctor Who having glorious and scary adventures.

BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, The Goblin King and Me A story about a real-life encounter with David Bowie, marking ten years since his passing.

This is a very sweet play by @paulmagrs.bsky.social

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Media Notes for Justification of the Orphan Makers Do not be quick to put the boot in Those accused of shooting A peaceful mother in the face (three times) Her demise may well be justified Our population now is radicalised have you noticed how women often fail To even obey the voices of the male?) And this was no run of the mill "mum" She was a deviant one A lesbian And we cannot dismiss How the sapphic can put men with pistols Into a panic She may not have committed the sin of being brown But her profile page declared a pronoun! A typical trait of an enemy of the state But wait A little more She called herself a "poet" too And women like that are often shrews To take language and create a rhythm Another clue to domestic terrorism So I say again From autocue to you The world is surely a better place If we shoot love and peace and protest in the face

The mask dropped sometime ago, but the true face of the brutality of the Trump administration and their lickspittles screams louder every day and remember Farage is made in this image #poetry #reneegood #politics #justice #farage

For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies

Bela Tarr's The Turin Horse black and white still image. Two people sat at a large wooden table, breaking bread.

'The Turin Horse is an apocalyptic tale of unrelenting nihilism, suggesting an unholy union of Miklós Jancsó, Antonioni and Beckett. It makes Waiting For Godot seem like an episode of Teletubbies'

R.I.P. Béla Tarr

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New Year’s Day walk over Walton Hill in Somerset.

Sunset on Glastonbury Tor on New Years Eve 2025.

Sunset on Glastonbury Tor on New Years Eve.

Sunset on Glastonbury Tor on New Years Eve.

View of the Tor before Sunset on New Years Eve.

Sunset at #GlastonburyTor on New Year’s Eve.

View from Collards Hill, Somerset, half an hour before the sun appeared between the clouds.

Boxing Day walk.

View from Cockrod, Ivythorn Hill, Somerset

Lunchtime Christmas Day walk.

BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 34, The North Pole Unwrapped - Russell Kane, Felicity Aston and Lloyd Peck Brian Cox and Robin Ince venture north to unearth (or un-snow) the secrets of the Arctic.

My final Monkey Cage is broadcast on Radio 4 on Christmas Day - I hope you have enjoyed the latest series - I am proud of what we created

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Sunrise on 21 December from Glastonbury Tor.

The EPSTEIN Files are a much quicker read than I expected.

So sorry to read this. Thank you for everything that you’ve done and continue to do to speak the truth.

The problem with the BBC being the nation’s finest engine for soft power, is that people have realised that they can easily exert hard, nasty, cruel power on it, and bend it out of shape.

Empathy, curiosity and compassion shouldn’t be problematic qualities that need silencing. Seems they are now.

Genuinely weep for what the BBC has become.

This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter

In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career.

I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters.

Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

HADLEY FREEMAN Wes Streeting must stand up to the ADHD activists I can help with the minister's review: some people are just confused by life Hadley Freeman

As the trans community have known for a while now - the definition of activist is someone who dares to state they exist

Photo that the Point Clear LP sleeve was based on.

My Spotify wrapped summary is that my band took all our music off Spotify because the company’s CEO invests the billions which he doesn’t pay artists on AI drone weapons tech.

Ditch Spotify. Pay artists. Redistribute wealth. Stop war. Happy Christmas!

A list of reward tiers from the NAP COMIX Kickstarter DIGITAL - £7, PHYSICAL - £13, SIGNED & SKETCHED IN - £20

What's in the book? 200 pages of wonder, sleep deprivation, heartbreak, joy, surviving and thriving.

A 5-panel comic. Panel 1) The 4am feed with Henry can feel very lonely. Panel 2) I try to think of others that are also awake at that time like...nocturnal animals? Panel 3) Students studying for a test? Panel 4) And of course, people doing the same thing as me. Panel 5) When I think about them, I feel much less alone.

A 2-panel comic. Panel 1) Caption: A few months ago. Henry is stroking Rachael's face. Rachael: Aaaaa Rob, he's stroking my face! Rob: (off-screen) Aw! Panel 2) Caption: Now. Henry is pulling Rachael's face in very uncomfortable-looking ways. Rachael looks non-plussed.

The NAP COMIX Kickstarter closes TOMORROW so if you've been thinking about pre-ordering my new book please do it soon!

It includes the 1st year's worth of comics from the webcomic, as well as LOADS of exclusive content.

Please take a look here: tinyurl.com/napcomixks

Thank you! (& please share!)