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To celebrate the second screening of THE TURKISH DETECTIVE on BBC4 at 9pm Saturday 21 February I am giving away one copy of an Ikmen first edition. RT and follow for a chance to win. Winner revealed next week.

#Sophiefromromania has a busy morning schedule. 0700 out of bed, a few stretches, harness on.
0705 Out for walk with occasional barking at other dogs “come over ‘ere if you think you’re. ‘ard enough”

0745 after disdainful sniff at luxury breakfast, back to bed

NEWS: Miss S Coyle Cellan-Jones, renowned beauty and intellectual (starter level), said when interviewed “you don’t get to be as belle as moi without beaucoup de sleepy bobos et some exercice léger, besides, moi thinks it is going to be une grosse journée de news. Moi will need to be smarty smarty.”

Oh, the grand old duke of york
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The authorities have our support = normal
The authorities have our full support = emphatic
The authorities have our full and wholehearted support = send him to the Tower and hand me an axe, I’ll do it myself

🚨 Get the kettle on! There's a new Tenement Town post 🚨

Screenshot of an MSNBC segment shared by Aaron Rupar. The chyron reads, “Lawmakers slam DOJ’s defense of Epstein files redactions.” A split-screen shows a female news anchor on the left and Rep. Dan Goldman on the right. The post quotes Goldman suggesting the Epstein files be called the “Trump–Epstein files.”

I agree! The Trump-Epstein files it is.

Henry VIII holding a frying pan. Make your own jokes...

Did the Mary Rose's crew enjoy a pancake on Shrove Tuesday?

Probably not, (although there are records of frying pans on board!) but you can enjoy a traditional Tudor pancake with the recipe included in our blog - it's got ale in it!!

maryrose.org/blog/pancake...

A group of Mary Rose staff and volunteers sit in front of a greenscreen while wearing Tudor costumes

Four Mary Rose staff and volunteers dressed as a gun crew.

A group of current and former Mary Rose staff and volunteers posing with a replica culverin

#OnThisDay, 16th February 2016, our staff and volunteers switched their uniforms for Tudor outfits for two weeks as we filmed the projections you see on the Mary Rose.

Maybe you might recognise a few on your next visit?

See more of the filming - youtu.be/GXvLGRbxRGE?...

Reform candidate called it ‘insane’ to jail man who said ‘burn asylum hotels’ Exclusive: It comes after The Independent revealed that Matt Goodwin called for ‘young girls’ to be given ‘biological reality’ check

Matt Goodwin said in a post on X: “Welcome to the UK. Where you go to prison for 18 months for anti-immigration tweets. This is insane.”

No. What is insane is shrugging off incitement to racial murder.

Put this man in the bin, not the House of Commons.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Parkinson's tech - the price conundrum Why small innovative companies struggle to get a hearing from the NHS

My latest Substack post looks at two small innovative health tech startups and their struggles to sell their products to the NHS at an affordable price open.substack.com/pub/rorycell...

Watch Gisele Pelicot in her words

in a few minutes, 10pm, @BBCTwo

Godzilla??

A book cover for a book called "Hello Sailor! The hidden history of gay life at sea". The cover is a photo of two figures in swimwear leaning close together on the guard rail of a boat's deck, both with their sailor hats on at a jaunty angle, and popping their hips to show off their bums and legs

Today's #MuseumBums come from this fabulosa book cover by Paul Baker and Jo Stanley 👍🏛️🍑

Jo spoke at MShed yesterday as part of the #lgbtqhistorymonth celebrations all about the hedonistic queer paradise of the merchant navy in late 20th century! It sounds great! If you can find this book, get it! 😁

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic Farage’s latest video has racked up 2 million views - AND ITS COMPLETELY UNTRUE

🚨Reform leader Nigel Farage has posted on X

“1 million people living in this country don’t speak any English at all. 4 million people living in this country barely speak passable English”

It’s racked up 2 million views

AND IT’S COMPLETELY UNTRUE
youtu.be/o56Tw8vSEfE?...

Trump Dragged After Getting Yet Another Meaningless Award To Placate His Fragile Ego

Talk about a participation trophy...🙄

The photo shows a smiling Dr Jonathan Spangler in blue shirt, Greg Jenner in lilac jumper, and Tom Allan in dapper suit and tie

Oh, by the way, our international listeners can now enjoy the hugely enjoyable You’re Dead To Me episode about Philippe Duc d’Orleans (Louis XIV’s extraordinary brother)

Our excellent guests are expert historian @jspan.bsky.social and comedian Tom Allan — available globally on all podcast apps

Love this response to Ratcliffe's comments by @mrjamesob.bsky.social

Since the #Olympics are on, let's repost a classic thread here: a brief history of the practice of "sex verification" in sport.

Content warning: This thread will mention anti-intersex discrimination, FGM practices and body shaming.

Something magnificent about Kemi Badenoch's self-confidence, and her claim that the Mandelson affair is entirely down to her asking questions at PMQs. Like a toddler who thinks their plastic steering wheel is controlling the car.

I have today been informed that, despite personal assurances to the contrary, the Green party have once again used my image and misrepresented my words on a second leaflet circulated in Gorton and Denton ahead of the by-election. I have now lodged an official complaint with the returning officer.

Stunning!

Congratulations!

From my hotel room in Manchester, there an electronic billboard in a car park, and every 30 seconds, you can see money being burnt to promo a film no one wants to see, to placate an ego, 5,000 miles away.
Must check out that new biscuit though.

Yup

She was born in Cumbria, where I'm from

MeidasTouch sent a reporter to look for waste, fraud, and abuse behind the Melania movie. Here’s what we found.

Could be just me, but starting to get an inkling that Peter Mandelson wasn't the nice guy we all thought he was

Looking at #epstein reports , thinking of the deference to power that allows all this and the people who have fought so hard for justice - here is a not nice #poem that erupted today