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BBC Radio 4 - Today in Parliament, 17/10/2025 Susan Hulme looks back on 80 years of Today in Parliament.

From last night a special edition of Today in Parliament with Susan Hulme marking 80 years of the programme. A late evening summary of parliamentary proceedings was first broadcast on the Home Service on Tuesday 9 October 1945
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Not heard in nearly three decades, today BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcasts Are You Still Awake? 15 minute plays starring real-life couples written by Russell Davies First episode with Prunella Scales & Timothy West was broadcast on Radio 3 28.11.94

A display of books by or about some of the celebrities in The Celebrity Traitors

Still need to update our #TheTraitors display...🗡 #IYKYK

Never mind your children’s screen time. Worry about your parents’ A new generation of pensioners are glued to their smartphones

‘And when children are told for the umpteenth time to get off their phones, they can cast a meaningful glance at grandpa in the corner, chuckling at the latest memes on WhatsApp.’
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There's currently a De Havilland DH89A Dragon Rapide from IWM Duxford doodling all over #London while it thinks about heading to #LCY.

#aviation #heritage #imperialwarmuseum #biplane

Goody-bag merch from Tory Conference branded "When Labour negotiates Britian loses" and signed "Kemi Badenoch".

It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.

An old colour picture postcard showing an imposing brick building with a formal drive and gardens

It is, apparently, 120 years ago to the day that @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social admitted its first University of London students

Happy Birthday, Goldsmiths: here's a #HigherEducationPostcard to celebrate

Vice-Chancellor departs Goldsmiths Professor Frances Corner OBE has stepped down with immediate effect as Vice-Chancellor of Goldsmiths. 

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Libraries are palaces for the people. Their ramparts need... The spirit of public improvement that led to the legislation that created free public libraries 175 years go needs to be rekindled

"In our society today we have even more billionaires than in the age of Andrew Carnegie. What are they doing to support the diffusion of knowledge and the mental culture of all? We need a new Carnegie."

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What would happen if politicians actually answered the question? The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

What would happen if politicians actually answered the question?

TV tonight: an essential record of the Covid contracts scandal An investigation into the extent of greed and deception in PPE provision. Plus: weird drama Coldwater goes off the rails. Here’s what to watch this evening

Proud to contribute frontline testimony to tonight's enraging @itvx.com documentary "The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money".

Boris Johnson's govt squandered £8.7 billion on unusable PPE, while grifters like Michelle Mone made millions.

Tonight, 10.15pm, ITV1.

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We are in Vienna for a work thing, taking a leisure walk around the city center and then

AND THEN

WE FIND OURSELVES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAM WORLD CUP 2025

DREAMS DO COME TRUE

World Tramdriver Championship 2025 Vienna

Tram in Vienna

Woke up in my hotel to find out it's the official headquarters of the first ever World Tramdriver Championship, and I'm so here for it.

I chuckle every time I see this in joke 😃

@gavinjackson.bsky.social
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#TheSimpsons

New Banksy mural appears at Royal Courts of Justice The artwork, which shows a judge hitting a protester with a gavel, was confirmed by the elusive street artist.

Unforgivable inaccuracy.

Judges always take off their ceremonial wigs when engaging in gavel-bashing.

This stuff is basic.

Judges don't use gavels, only auctioneers do.

Why has he painted an auctioneer threatening a protester?

BBC Two - The Turkish Detective Crime thriller series based on the Inspector Cetin Ikmen novels by Barbara Nadel.

I've just watched all of 'The Turkish detective'. Ethan Kai should be pressing his agent to put him up for James #Bond. He's a really good action hero.

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#acting #jamesbond #casting #drama #action #film #movie

Once again: even if vacating X is too much of a leap for the government to contemplate, cross post! There are apps (Fedica, Buffer, others) that allow you to send the same message to every site with no more effort. Call it being "platform-neutral". Help non-death-threat platforms to grow.

@radiojottings.bsky.social Andy, I've only just happened across your excellent 100 years in 100 mins piece. I'm only halfway through but what a huge amount of work and effort! Thank you.

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BBC Radio 4 - Stone Detective series created by Danny Brocklehurst

I've heard every single episode in the last couple of years. You can clearly hear how this contributed to modern police dramas like Danny Brocklehurst's Stone, and Roy Williams' The interrogation.

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#radio #audio #drama #police #crime

Looks like we’ll have to raid a lot of retirement homes after today.

Join @coveringclimatenow.org on August 13 for a live training session and learn how to report climate with a justice lens. Explore how to recognize injustice, investigate responsibilities, and tell stories that reveal the full picture.

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Sunday Times cover saying new poll shows only 29% would vote for Brexit now.

And expect that number to shrink further.

No matter how much the government, major parties, or tabloid press push “Brexit benefits…”

People know Brexit doesn’t.

Brexit leaves the UK in a structurally weaker position, bleeding money, time, efficiency and opportunity daily.

London Centric’s average payment time from receipt of a freelancer’s invoice is currently eight minutes.

And it’s a tiny operation but also it means people might actually want to work with you again in future? And freelancers talk to each other and say you pay promptly so pitch better ideas.

PBS News is not going anywhere.

We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air.

We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.

Thousands offered UK asylum in secret scheme after personal data of Afghans who helped British forces leaked by mistake – live Dataset containing details of thousands of Afghans who applied for relocation to UK released ‘in error’ in 2022

In 2002, data leak at UK Ministry of Defence disclosed personal data of Afghans who supported British forces, putting them at risk. Govt obtained a superinjunction so media could not report it. The superinjunction has been lifted today, so it can be reported.
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