You’ve seen the hotties, but what will they be wearing? Is this a vintage year for shirts (no) or are loads of them pretty bland, actually? (yes)

It’s here, it’s the inaugural Bluesky

👕2025/26 SEASON SHIRT REVIEW👕

Welcome to The Broadfield Welcome to The Broadfield, your neighbourhood pub & restaurant on Abbeydale Road in Sheffield. Home of great pies, roasts & fresh fish.

The Broadfield on Abbeydale Road ticks several of those boxes? Lovely pub.

With Italians reacting with fury to a recent UK Good Food recipe, our poll previously found the rest of the world is committing a great deal of Italian food crimes

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A depressed AI chatbot goes to a doctor, says life is harsh, unforgiving, cruel.
The doctor says treatment is simple. "The great AI assistant Gemini has all the answers you need. Go & ask it."
The AI bursts into tears. "But doctor," it says, "you can use gasoline to make a spicy spaghetti sauce."

A selection of delightfully English place names... ...and all from the same 40 mile journey.

There's a town in Hampshire called Palestine, and other delightful English place names

Freaky Franco Frankenstein Friday! #NowWatching The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein (1973) #horrorsky

Marie Windsor poses by a clock, below her a gangland meeting

Stanley Kubrick's THE KILLING - Opened this day in 1956 - French release poster - Art by Roger Soubie

‘It’s Good To Practice Some Self Care,’ Says Man Kicking Back And Letting Last Chance At Happiness And Success Slip Away

‘It’s Good To Practice Some Self Care,’ Says Man Kicking Back And Letting Last Chance At Happiness And Success Slip Away
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If the B-52s were Briitish

Abba's hit song Waterloo begins with the lyric "My! My! At Waterloo, Napoleon did surrender." But any student of European history could tell you that Napoleon didn't surrender until some 5 weeks later, in Rochefort, about 400 miles away on the west coast of France. So come on, ABBA. How about handing back that Eurovision trophy from 1974? Steve Kimberley, Bideford

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

32 years ago at Wembley:

“Chris Waddle, is he going to have a crack? OH HE DOES… AND HE SCORES!”

A day on the frontline of England’s social care crisis – Politics Weekly UK An ageing population, a funding squeeze and a recruitment crisis have taken England’s adult social care system to breaking point. This week, John Harris is in Greater Manchester to find out what a day...

A day on the frontline of England's social care crisis: this week, @johnharris1969.bsky.social is on the road in Greater Manchester, shadowing one care worker's shift, and hearing just how fragile things are for adult social care... www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...

Deluded Boris Johnson has become a Trump apologist on Ukraine—where is his Churchillian spirit now? Having endorsed Trump for president, the former PM has failed to speak out in a desperate moment for the future of Ukraine

Boris Johnson has become a Trump apologist over Ukraine. Where’s the Churchill spirit now? May column www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/europe... where-is-his-churchillian-spirit-now

Waving around an Uzi, Tesla billionaire makes this gesture (4,6)

"𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 - 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦"

System Shock® 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster

/ 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 - 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 /

Magazine Letter: It's recently occurred to me that nobody I've ever met has actually seen a mole in real life. Apparently they live underground, but I've never heard any explain how can they breathe down there. On top of that, in every picture I've seen of a mole, they don't seem to have a speck of dirt on them. I reckon moles are just a rumour started by someone who owns a trowel factory. Gustav Fox, Haggerston

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It Only Tuesday

It Only Tuesday
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The tragic air collision revealed Trump’s rancid, irredeemable character once again | Sidney Blumenthal Trump’s pretense as king has quickly devolved into his strutting insult routine. He will always exploit tragedy to display his self-regard Outrages of Donald Trump’s rancid character topple over each other so rapidly and in such volume that they long ago…

The tragic air collision revealed Trump’s rancid, irredeemable character once again | Sidney Blumenthal

Jomel Warrican worships at cricket’s most unfashionable altar – remember the name | Jonathan Liew Why am I writing about the fifth most famous spinner from the West Indies? Because it matters for Test cricket

one of the joys of having a column is the ability to say "actually, this story needs to be told and I don't give a shit if nobody else gives a shit". with that in mind, here's a column on jomel warrican, the west indies' fifth-most famous spin bowler

www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...

I BOUGHT a chicken and gravy pie the other day and I noticed the box had a serving suggestion,' which simply featured a picture of the pie with a slice taken out of it. Thanks for that. I'd planned to roll it into a cylinder and shove it up my arse. Jeff Gusset, Bristol

In the footsteps of @martijnvdz.bsky.social, following the recommendation of @brazikowski.bsky.social, here is an obviously incomplete starter pack listing the *active* (I checked!) official accounts of over 125 professional football clubs on Bluesky.

‘I love the four-day week’: south London school part of a quiet revolution Independent school Liberty Woodland is one of a small number in England experimenting with the timetable At a small independent school on the fringes of a National Trust park in Morden, south London, a quiet revolution is under way. Lessons are held in…

‘I love the four-day week’: south London school part of a quiet revolution

btw you can check the website WikiShootMe for nearby landmarks that need freely-licensed photos, visit them, and then snap pics for Wikipedia/Wikimedia Commons! it's so fun and the list of photoless destinations is endless. I chose this movie theater as an example bc it's where I first watched Cars

NEW: Is the NHS still good value for money?

Billions of pounds are being ploughed into Britain’s health service — with little noticeable improvement in health since 2019.

Critics say the NHS has become bloated and inefficient. Is it?

@thetimes.com

🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/1130...

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apparently I have to "eat food" to survive wtf

Merry Christmas to all

The 2024 Headline of the Year Nominees

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Review of the year: how will we remember 2024? – Politics Weekly UK Podcast Episode · Politics Weekly UK · 19/12/2024 · 51m

Yes, it's 2024's climactic Politics Weekly UK, with @pippacrerar.bsky.social, @kiranstacey.bsky.social & me getting stuck into a year that was important, action-packed & frequently ridiculous podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...