My BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Iain M. Banks' The State of the Art can now be found and played here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
maybe really big ones you can’t ignore?
You only retire twice?
The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means.
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
A noble endeavour
World Cup and Eurovision neck and neck over what event is going to be the bigger disaster
Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.
Michel de Montaigne
The 2023 is one of my absolute favourites. Lucky to have a couple tucked away in my stash.
Elf
Not to mention mulled wine
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When you hope your look is Jeff Bridges but it's actually Jackson Lamb.
Bezos removed books from Amazon on Ghislane Maxwell's trial and Kevin Spacey's trial.
Inner City Press is a nonprofit in NYC.
They do fantastic work.
Fuck Bezos.
@innercitypress.bsky.social
Tories stole our money and our dignity.
Labour stole our hope.
On the morning of Keir Starmer's conference speech here's a new post on an odd psychopathology in British politics - our main parties don't like the people who vote for them - the dreaded Professional Managerial Class. And so they are acting out like a divorced dad seeking cooler voters. 1/n
Morgan McSweeney – now Starmer's chief aide – waged a secret war to destroy the Labour party under Jeremy Corbyn, and to mislead Labour members about what kind of leader Starmer would be.
All of this was done illegally, using undeclared money. More here: youtu.be/bAOk1fZFHN8?...
26 Police Officers were injured at today's riots but only 9 people were arrested.
Compare that with the peaceful Palestine Action protest where 0 Police Officers were injured but nearly 900 people were arrested.
The Government has got Law Enforcement ridiculously wrong.
Turd
Francisco Oliveira creates wigs for hair loss, with a heartfelt emphasis on kids. More than hairstyling - an art of care restoring confidence & bringing light to those facing medical challenges
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And what’s the verdict 🙂?
Heya UK-based sci-fi / @thisnorthernboy.bsky.social fans!
An Infinity of Ships is now available for you via the lovely folks @shop.peregrinecoast.press!
peregrinecoast.press/en-us/produc...
BBC Question Time appearances
Zarah Sultana 0
Jeremy Corbyn 1
Mick Lynch 1
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Nigel Farage 38
Very, very biased selection, even more than Fiona Bruce.
This is my boundary setting stamp card: every time I say no to something I get a stamp, and when I’ve collected 10 I can buy myself a book
What once seemed like a dystopian sci-fi horror story may be becoming a reality.
As we watch Keir Starmer and his team expand NHS privatisation, please remember that he was elected to become Labour leader saying specifically that he would remove NHS private outsourcing. He then quietly dropped this pledge in Summer 2022.
This isn’t OK 🚨
happy corruversary my friends! three years of corru.observer. thank you all for playing in and enjoying the world we've created!
years ago, I wasn't sure I'd ever be able to share it in a meaningful way that would really connect with people... if only I knew!!
