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RIP, John Woodvine. A very fine actor, and son of South Shields

Visions of the future

From the new Private Eye, out now.

I’m sad to hear the news that the wonderful Jane Goodall is no longer in the world. Her work with chimpanzees at Gombe in Tanzania taught us to look at other apes - and ourselves - differently. I was privileged to meet her later in life and tell her what an inspiration she was to me.

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

Danny Thompson doing what he does best.

Danny Thompson
R.I.P.
1939-2025

Keir Starmer's aides are reportedly telling him not to go to the COP30 climate conference, because Reform would attack him for it.
Yes, they might.
And he should wear it as a badge of honour.
Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet.
Where's the hazard in that?

A 6-panel comic Panel 1) Rachael on her phone, looking stressed. Panel 2) Barky comes into frame. Panel 3) Barky: Y- Rachael: YOU KNOW WHAT I JUST CAN'T WITH YOU TODAY! I'M DOING A PERFECTLY GOOD JOB OF HATING MYSELF WITHOUT YOU POINTING OUT THAT I'M MESSING EVERYTHING UP! I KNOW I DON'T DESERVE ANYTHING I HAVE AND THAT IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL EVERYONE REALISES IT. OK?? Panel 5) Barky:... Panel 6) Barky: (whsipering) jesus...

NAP COMIX! #321

Having a normal one over here.

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Thank you! xxx

This is amazing.

The Seventh Doctor being iconic

BREAKING: ABC has announced it is pulling Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show off the air “indefinitely” to censor the host after comments he made Monday night about the "MAGA gang" doing everything to claim Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin was "anything other than one of them."

Here is the clip:

The Signalman (Denholm Elliott) enters a railway tunnel at night.

“HALLOA! Below there!"

Join award winning writer @gralefrit.bsky.social and myself here at 10 tonight for a tweetalong of The Signalman, on BBC FOUR. All welcome to share thoughts, memories, insight or questions. Just use the hashtag #signalman

Delightful to see Tommy Ten Names' Stone Island Guild sweep through BFI Southbank today. I'm sure this was integral to having a dump.

The far right has been legitimised by Labour, Conservatives and Reform and all those journalists and channels that have either failed to hold them to account or actively supported them - meanwhile, international law has been eviscerated - the weak, the cowardly and the greedy have succeeded

Well that was intense.

(Seeing the Harold Pinter #AssociatedRediffusion dramas at the #bfiSouthbank last night and witnessing the devastation left in the wake of the far right thugs passing through Waterloo on Saturday night).

This is fine, but Keir Starmer surrounded by violent, foreign money funded bigots waving flags

Hat tip @clownf1st.bsky.social

Very moving (and funny) tribute to the great Bill Dare at the BBC Radio Theatre today. If you ever laughed at Dead Ringers or Spitting Image, that's probably thanks to Bill.

The Barbican Centre has never to my knowledge hosted a screening of Penda's Fen, but that changes today. It's sold out, I'm happy to say, but I expect there will be a small number of tix at the box office if you want to queue early. And do say hello! (Find me in the Two Brewers after, probably.)

Hammer Bites: A Tribute To John J. Johnston Podcast Episode · The House Of Hammer · 03/09/2025 · 53m

Just listened to this lovely interview. Thoroughly enjoyed it, particularly John's thoughts on Hammer's modern Draculas. What a loss. @househammerpod.bsky.social @cevni.bsky.social
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Woke this morning to learn of Chris Bidmead’s passing. The man responsible for my break into TV, and my unwitting entry into a global family in which I’ve remained to this day. For both of which, I’m forever grateful. Vale Chris

Here's how the real two-tier Britain works:
1. Whatever Nigel Farage says, however stupid, is looped and discussed by the media, while left-wing voices are treated as noises off.
2. Tiny far-right protests get massive airtime, while 10s of 000s gathering for Palestine or green causes are ignored.🧵

I don’t want to be too shrill about this but I think the BBC, ITV and Sky have disgraced themselves in their coverage of the anti-refugee protests. A massive failure of judgement. But now we know the next time a progressive protest “isn’t news” that it’s nothing to do with numbers

Amazing how such small numbers have been identified as the voice of the nation when, for comparison, 100,000 turned out for trans pride last month in London.

Burnham on Mud needs more love.

Please help otherwise the things a lot of you like and a lot of things I try to make might be in real trouble.

Hibernia Comics to represent Doomlord origin story Readers came for Dan Dare. They stayed for Doomlord…

Doomlord is on the way! After a few hints, Hibernia Comics has announced they will be reprinting the first very Doomlord photostory from the 1980s Eagle weekly

A background of foggy grey bricks, adorned with glowing lettering: 'JAMES SWANTON PRESENTS THE SIGNAL-MAN AND THE TRIAL FOR MURDER - LIVE HALLOWEEN PERFORMANCES'.

Following last year's sell-out run, I'm reviving my Halloween double bill of THE SIGNAL-MAN and THE TRIAL FOR MURDER. There'll be six showings at Charles Dickens's only surviving London home, from 31st October to 2nd November. And tickets are now on sale: dickensmuseum.com/blogs/all-ev...

Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza City airstrike - Committee to Protect Journalists New York, August 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled to learn of the killing today of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and M...

An entire news crew working for Al Jazeera was killed by Israel as they sought to bring the world firsthand reporting from #Gaza.

Among them was prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who had been previously smeared and threatened by the IDF.

#NotATarget

Full statement: cpj.org/2025/08/isra...

Well that’s the end of that, then. Today Boundless (formerly Unbound), the publisher of my anthologies Damnable Tales and Tales Accursed went into administration. That follows months of uncertainty and hundreds of authors going unpaid for their efforts for over a year. So that’s all good and fine…

Applause, Orkney Library. APPLAUSE.

Are Private Eye jokes now... criminal?

PALESTINE Solidarity campaigner Jon Farley was arrested during a silent march in Leeds last weekend. What egregious act had prompted the police to act? He was, er, carrying a Private Eye joke piece as a placard!

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