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As if the booking a table at The Bull SL wasn’t dull enough - now Alice is explaining it at length to Rex. #TheArchers
February 15, 2026 at 7:11 PM
As if the booking a table at The Bull SL wasn’t dull enough - now Alice is explaining it at length to Rex. #TheArchers
Jazzer is the nicest person in this village: he’s a former Ketamine dealer and addict. That says a lot about the rest of them. #TheArchers
February 15, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Jazzer is the nicest person in this village: he’s a former Ketamine dealer and addict. That says a lot about the rest of them. #TheArchers
Running late on account of having been in That London, but my take from the train is…
Bollocks.
As if Brian went creeping down a lane in his tasseled loafers and bottled anyone. Not his style at all.
#TheArchers
Bollocks.
As if Brian went creeping down a lane in his tasseled loafers and bottled anyone. Not his style at all.
#TheArchers
February 12, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Running late on account of having been in That London, but my take from the train is…
Bollocks.
As if Brian went creeping down a lane in his tasseled loafers and bottled anyone. Not his style at all.
#TheArchers
Bollocks.
As if Brian went creeping down a lane in his tasseled loafers and bottled anyone. Not his style at all.
#TheArchers
Why and how was Jazzer’s lager ringing the doorbell, and then Lillian opened the door to Will? Am I hallucinating? #TheArchers
February 11, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Why and how was Jazzer’s lager ringing the doorbell, and then Lillian opened the door to Will? Am I hallucinating? #TheArchers
Excuse me. What’s Jazzer’s profession nowadays? Vague memories that he used to do a milk round for Mike Tucker but that must be old news. #TheArchers
February 11, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Excuse me. What’s Jazzer’s profession nowadays? Vague memories that he used to do a milk round for Mike Tucker but that must be old news. #TheArchers
Old Fallon would have thought this Ruth secret booking at the pub thing was ridiculous. She wouldn’t have been giggling in the phone about it. I miss Old Fallon. #TheArchers
February 9, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Old Fallon would have thought this Ruth secret booking at the pub thing was ridiculous. She wouldn’t have been giggling in the phone about it. I miss Old Fallon. #TheArchers
What happened with the Aldridge succession or at least management thing in the end? Wasn’t that a big thing not so long back? Did it all end happily after all? #TheArchers
February 9, 2026 at 7:10 PM
What happened with the Aldridge succession or at least management thing in the end? Wasn’t that a big thing not so long back? Did it all end happily after all? #TheArchers
Wouldn’t the decent way to tell them their inheritance be to talk to each of them individually? I think that was crass. Typical Archer behaviour. #TheArchers
February 8, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Wouldn’t the decent way to tell them their inheritance be to talk to each of them individually? I think that was crass. Typical Archer behaviour. #TheArchers
Pip: “What about Elizabeth, Shula, and Kenton?”
David: “Ah yes. Well, you’ll be their bitch, obviously.” #TheArchers
David: “Ah yes. Well, you’ll be their bitch, obviously.” #TheArchers
February 8, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Pip: “What about Elizabeth, Shula, and Kenton?”
David: “Ah yes. Well, you’ll be their bitch, obviously.” #TheArchers
David: “Ah yes. Well, you’ll be their bitch, obviously.” #TheArchers
🥳 Clarrie’s been liberated and broken her programming: life’s sweeter if you don’t genuflect to an Archer.
🎵How you gonna keep her, down on the farm, now that she’s seen Underwoods?
Hopefully she’ll spread the word and it’ll be the start of a movement. #TheArchers
🎵How you gonna keep her, down on the farm, now that she’s seen Underwoods?
Hopefully she’ll spread the word and it’ll be the start of a movement. #TheArchers
February 6, 2026 at 7:17 PM
🥳 Clarrie’s been liberated and broken her programming: life’s sweeter if you don’t genuflect to an Archer.
🎵How you gonna keep her, down on the farm, now that she’s seen Underwoods?
Hopefully she’ll spread the word and it’ll be the start of a movement. #TheArchers
🎵How you gonna keep her, down on the farm, now that she’s seen Underwoods?
Hopefully she’ll spread the word and it’ll be the start of a movement. #TheArchers
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Weird and almost universal revisionism today. Even at the time, it was pretty clear that Mandelson wasn't appointed *despite* his dodgy links but *because* of them. Trump's Washington is a dirty swamp. Mandelson was deemed a man able to swim in it. This wasn't a secret. Everybody said it out loud.
February 4, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Weird and almost universal revisionism today. Even at the time, it was pretty clear that Mandelson wasn't appointed *despite* his dodgy links but *because* of them. Trump's Washington is a dirty swamp. Mandelson was deemed a man able to swim in it. This wasn't a secret. Everybody said it out loud.
This engagement party: Oh what a shame, I’m washing my hair that night. When is it again? #TheArchers
February 4, 2026 at 7:12 PM
This engagement party: Oh what a shame, I’m washing my hair that night. When is it again? #TheArchers
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Hot Take 2: if this is Mandelson's position, there is no reason for him not to issue a statement to this effect. If he has not issued a statement to this effect, the BBC's "understanding" of his actual position may be inaccurate. Stop letting people play this game.
February 4, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Hot Take 2: if this is Mandelson's position, there is no reason for him not to issue a statement to this effect. If he has not issued a statement to this effect, the BBC's "understanding" of his actual position may be inaccurate. Stop letting people play this game.
Oh for goodness sake, Stella. Take it as a sign. Run! #TheArchers
February 3, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Oh for goodness sake, Stella. Take it as a sign. Run! #TheArchers
Seeds? Will Fallon throw in some secret ingredients? That’d spark things up, come summer. Way better than eternal cricket. #TheArchers
February 3, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Seeds? Will Fallon throw in some secret ingredients? That’d spark things up, come summer. Way better than eternal cricket. #TheArchers
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Instead of conferring titles, gongs and baubles and then demanding those titles, gongs and baubles be removed…
…perhaps as a modern, mature polity we should have far fewer titles, gongs and baubles in the first place.
…perhaps as a modern, mature polity we should have far fewer titles, gongs and baubles in the first place.
February 2, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Instead of conferring titles, gongs and baubles and then demanding those titles, gongs and baubles be removed…
…perhaps as a modern, mature polity we should have far fewer titles, gongs and baubles in the first place.
…perhaps as a modern, mature polity we should have far fewer titles, gongs and baubles in the first place.
Given that the awful Brookfields ignored Mulligan’s farm for decades, they should back back off and keep their sour input to themselves. This has been a Public Service Announcement. #TheArchers
February 2, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Given that the awful Brookfields ignored Mulligan’s farm for decades, they should back back off and keep their sour input to themselves. This has been a Public Service Announcement. #TheArchers
From the #TheArchers Hanging SL files:
At one stage, Martha was thought to have arrested development on the basis of something ill advised said by someone at nursery. Has there been any update since the daily angst? Was everything okay after all?
At one stage, Martha was thought to have arrested development on the basis of something ill advised said by someone at nursery. Has there been any update since the daily angst? Was everything okay after all?
February 2, 2026 at 2:18 PM
From the #TheArchers Hanging SL files:
At one stage, Martha was thought to have arrested development on the basis of something ill advised said by someone at nursery. Has there been any update since the daily angst? Was everything okay after all?
At one stage, Martha was thought to have arrested development on the basis of something ill advised said by someone at nursery. Has there been any update since the daily angst? Was everything okay after all?
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Why isn't this a major news story?
February 2, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Why isn't this a major news story?
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I enjoyed reading this column, which somehow blames Keir Starmer for the result of an employment tribunal following laws passed under the Tory government regarding an incident and suspension that took place before the last election.
January 31, 2026 at 2:48 PM
I enjoyed reading this column, which somehow blames Keir Starmer for the result of an employment tribunal following laws passed under the Tory government regarding an incident and suspension that took place before the last election.
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Refreshing to see a rhetorical device often used by anti-migration politicians flipped by @alanbeattie.bsky.social "More people attend English League Two football matches to watch the likes of Accrington Stanley and Crawley Town in an average week than arrived by small boat in the whole of 2025."
The abandonment of Labour’s moral crusade
The UK is taking a cynical but fruitless turn to the reactionary and insular on aid, immigration and trade
www.ft.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Refreshing to see a rhetorical device often used by anti-migration politicians flipped by @alanbeattie.bsky.social "More people attend English League Two football matches to watch the likes of Accrington Stanley and Crawley Town in an average week than arrived by small boat in the whole of 2025."
Oooooh, another tease! Something 🤔 in Azra’s past means she (a medic) doesn’t like hospitals!
File that, alongside ‘someone hit George with a bottle’, under ‘L’ for ‘Let me know when it’s over because they’ll drag it out well beyond human endurance’. 🤦♂️ #TheArchers
File that, alongside ‘someone hit George with a bottle’, under ‘L’ for ‘Let me know when it’s over because they’ll drag it out well beyond human endurance’. 🤦♂️ #TheArchers
January 28, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Oooooh, another tease! Something 🤔 in Azra’s past means she (a medic) doesn’t like hospitals!
File that, alongside ‘someone hit George with a bottle’, under ‘L’ for ‘Let me know when it’s over because they’ll drag it out well beyond human endurance’. 🤦♂️ #TheArchers
File that, alongside ‘someone hit George with a bottle’, under ‘L’ for ‘Let me know when it’s over because they’ll drag it out well beyond human endurance’. 🤦♂️ #TheArchers
January 28, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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Early reviews are in:
‘Even if they showed this on a plane, people would still walk out’
‘Even if they showed this on a plane, people would still walk out’
January 28, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Early reviews are in:
‘Even if they showed this on a plane, people would still walk out’
‘Even if they showed this on a plane, people would still walk out’
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"it's my way or the highway wait where are you going?"
January 28, 2026 at 1:09 PM
"it's my way or the highway wait where are you going?"