Barbara Nadel

Private jet used for Nigel Farage Chagos stunt linked to Reform mega-donor Exclusive: Plane that flew Reform leader to Maldives appears to be linked to billionaire Christopher Harborne

www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Can this thing and its minions just leave our country alone.

The first lesson of war is ‘know your enemy’ – and Britain’s enemy now is Donald Trump | Simon Tisdall As the Iran disaster escalates, the US president should be seen as an enemy whose actions threaten the lawful, democratic way of life everywhere, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdal...

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‘A very dangerous person’: alarm as Pete Hegseth revels in carnage of Iran war Critics say brash, bombastic Fox News host out of his depth to guide US military through murky new Middle East conflict

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... There aren't many people you can describe as completely unredeemably repulsive, but here's one of them.

You're so on trend, David. 2026 is the Year of Not Being Arsed. Join us on the knackered sofa of fucking apathy. Hurrah!

THE TURKISH DETECTIVE double bill from @barbaranadel.bsky.social award-winning D I IKMEN novels continues tonight on BBC4 @ 9pm. Eps 5 & 6 take us to a poverty stricken neighbourhood of Istanbul where a serial killer appears to be targeting rubbish collectors.

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The entire world needs to get a fucking grip.

I see Farage is off to Mar-a-Lago to talk down Britain and suck up to Trump.

There's nothing patriotic about cheering on a foreign leader whose illegal war is sending British families’ energy bills through the roof.

Trump fires homeland security secretary Kristi Noem Markwayne Mullin, Republican senator and Maga ally, to replace Noem as Democrats cheer departure of ‘disaster’

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... The 'Shield of the Americas'? What's she going to do? Stand in front of the White House stopping people going in?

You really can't beat a bunch of homunculi in your shed, can you?

God they’re really ‘passionate’ about their tax aren’t they. Rather face bombs than pay UK tax. I almost pity them. Almost.

It is! At last something for the esoteric community. Best thing on telly.

Flamingo Choir enjoy the sound

It's not Roosevelt we're dealing with. Hell, it's not even Nixon.

Thank you Carolyn. Glad you’re enjoying it. The cats were non-negotiable!

If you missed last night's double bill of #TheTurkishDetective adapted from @barbaranadel.bsky.social award-winning D I IKMEN novels, catch up on eps 3 & 4 on BBC4 iPlayer ‘Murder, mystery, and Istanbul’s soul collide in this gripping crime drama’: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

T rex breath and Queen Elizabeth’s car: scientists creating ‘time machine for the nose’ Researchers are recreating ancient odours for museumgoers as interest in the archaeology of smell grows

www.theguardian.com/science/2026.... Clue to the subject of the Ikmen book I am writing at the moment.

Thanks David.

An Evening with Barbara Nadel | Vision RCL Join us for an unforgettable evening with Barbara Nadel, the acclaimed author behind the hugely popular Inspector Ikmen series and the gripping Arnold &

visionrcl.org.uk/events/an-ev... Come and join me at Gants Hill Library 6pm next Wednesday 4 March. There will be tales of Istanbul of Newham and maybe a Golem or two.

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Raising a glass to Absinthe friends

Ain't that the truth! Feel as if I can breathe again.

This will cheer you up.

Reform mayor courted US oil and gas executive about fracking in UK Exclusive: Documents show Andrea Jenkyns asked how she could help firm after major gas find in Lincolnshire

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Surprise? Nah.

Oh how lovely! Hello again.

Folklore is so much a part of our collective culture that it cannot help but spill out everywhere. It tumbles out of pub signs, street names, graffiti spat from spray cans. Manifests as wondrous acts of knitting. It is an essential element of us. – Dr. M. Benn #FolkloreSunday

👇 If you didn't see it the first time, give it a go.
Why fly to Istanbul when you can welcome it into your parlour?

So, so cool!

Lashing out, as usual.

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... How can the US tourist industry function like this?

Thank you Sally