The flags aren’t the problem. It’s the people waving these flags and what they are trying to make these flags represent; with these people it’s not about pride; it’s about hate, the exclusion of people not like them, and a sense that they’re better. That’s the problem.

"You tell them a lie, and then when you don't need it anymore you tell them another lie. Then instead of laughing they follow you even more, hoping that at the heart of all the lies they'll find the truth. And bit by bit they accept the unacceptable."
- Terry Pratchett: "Guards Guards"

They were fantastic in Mcr last night - you won’t be disappointed

Great album. Wish I still had my tshirt with the album cover on…

It's been a long time since Private Eye's satire has made me audibly wince, but this is so to the point if it were a knife people would demand it be banned.

Top work!

🩷🤍💜 BRAND NEW SINGLE ALERT 🩷🤍💜

After creating another spark in rehearsal rooms…we’re returning with our first brand new music in what feels like forever.

‘Accelerate Our Love’ our new single will be released on Friday, 14 March.

Pre-save links and more info coming soon.

Such a great track

Shocking, truly shocking

DOVES • Just Like Christmas
Cover of the beautiful Low track performed at House of St Barnabas Chapel in London, December 2009.

We definitely need more of this. #Christmas #Doves

Thanks . In the Christmas @newstatesman.com

A caring Thomas Cromwell makes good TV, but beware the ‘yes’ men who enable tyrants| Kate Maltby Mark Rylance’s sensitive portrayal blinds us to the lessons Henry VIII’s righthand man could offer for Donald Trump 2.0

To mark reviving my account, here's a column which pulls together lots of my interests all at once

I was very grateful to the Observer's brilliant team for giving me the chance to write about Henry VIII, Donald Trump, and why Wolf Hall makes Cromwell far too nice
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I’m not going to tell anyone how to do Bluesky, but I would like to encourage the following:

- Repost stuff you find interesting/entertaining - help others to find the good people to follow
- repost small creatives who you like who are trying to plug their work

Today’s side to take on Bolton Wanderers.

🍊 #UTMP