Ah. Shame my politically aligned wing of the Labour Party doesn’t pass the NIMBY test.
✍️NEW on the Mainstream blog:
Victor Anderson on the limitations of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill.
Read it below:
Victor Anderson on the limitations of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill.
Read it below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Ah. Shame my politically aligned wing of the Labour Party doesn’t pass the NIMBY test.
Wow, BBC Two are repeating a Clive Anderson quiz from 2008.
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Wow, BBC Two are repeating a Clive Anderson quiz from 2008.
There’s a particular type of middle class parent in a (e.g. café) that is far louder and more disruptive than their quietly gibbering toddler through that very loud **NARRATION OF EVERY SINGLE THING** type of talking parents do.
November 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
There’s a particular type of middle class parent in a (e.g. café) that is far louder and more disruptive than their quietly gibbering toddler through that very loud **NARRATION OF EVERY SINGLE THING** type of talking parents do.
Well if you needed an excuse to abolish the OBR…
November 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Well if you needed an excuse to abolish the OBR…
Just stared at the word "basing" (as in "to base on") for about 30 seconds. It just doesn't look right.
I need to stop working.
I need to stop working.
November 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Just stared at the word "basing" (as in "to base on") for about 30 seconds. It just doesn't look right.
I need to stop working.
I need to stop working.
Taylor Swift in NORWOOD.
Couldn't make it up.
Couldn't make it up.
November 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Taylor Swift in NORWOOD.
Couldn't make it up.
Couldn't make it up.
One of the very few upsides of the A.I era is that artists will be discouraged from over photo-shopping in case they are accused on not even being at the shoot.
November 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
One of the very few upsides of the A.I era is that artists will be discouraged from over photo-shopping in case they are accused on not even being at the shoot.
Bloody hell Steps on Strictly. That’s how you do legacy building.
November 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Bloody hell Steps on Strictly. That’s how you do legacy building.
Reposted by mattyfloyd
BBC still isn’t enforcing ID log-in to the website or Sounds and hasn’t linked licence fee numbers to IDs.
Until it does this (and stops ID sharing), a genuine experience of what it’s like to not consume BBC content is avoided by most evaders.
Get on with it!
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Until it does this (and stops ID sharing), a genuine experience of what it’s like to not consume BBC content is avoided by most evaders.
Get on with it!
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC is losing £1bn a year in potential licence fee revenue, say MPs
Public accounts committee calculates cost of households either evading the fee or saying they don’t need one
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
BBC still isn’t enforcing ID log-in to the website or Sounds and hasn’t linked licence fee numbers to IDs.
Until it does this (and stops ID sharing), a genuine experience of what it’s like to not consume BBC content is avoided by most evaders.
Get on with it!
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Until it does this (and stops ID sharing), a genuine experience of what it’s like to not consume BBC content is avoided by most evaders.
Get on with it!
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC still isn’t enforcing ID log-in to the website or Sounds and hasn’t linked licence fee numbers to IDs.
Until it does this (and stops ID sharing), a genuine experience of what it’s like to not consume BBC content is avoided by most evaders.
Get on with it!
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Until it does this (and stops ID sharing), a genuine experience of what it’s like to not consume BBC content is avoided by most evaders.
Get on with it!
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC is losing £1bn a year in potential licence fee revenue, say MPs
Public accounts committee calculates cost of households either evading the fee or saying they don’t need one
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
BBC still isn’t enforcing ID log-in to the website or Sounds and hasn’t linked licence fee numbers to IDs.
Until it does this (and stops ID sharing), a genuine experience of what it’s like to not consume BBC content is avoided by most evaders.
Get on with it!
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Until it does this (and stops ID sharing), a genuine experience of what it’s like to not consume BBC content is avoided by most evaders.
Get on with it!
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
I'm generally quite good at giving the US titles for British formats when discussing with American colleagues but the one that fucks me every time is Blind Date
Because "The Dating Game" just feels weirdly generic and there is an unrelated US show called Blind Date that works completely differently
Because "The Dating Game" just feels weirdly generic and there is an unrelated US show called Blind Date that works completely differently
November 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I'm generally quite good at giving the US titles for British formats when discussing with American colleagues but the one that fucks me every time is Blind Date
Because "The Dating Game" just feels weirdly generic and there is an unrelated US show called Blind Date that works completely differently
Because "The Dating Game" just feels weirdly generic and there is an unrelated US show called Blind Date that works completely differently
Using glycolic/salicylic acid + retinal + niacinamide EVERY night until my skin is better god dammit
November 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Using glycolic/salicylic acid + retinal + niacinamide EVERY night until my skin is better god dammit
I wonder how much happier these teenagers will be in 10 years. Let’s see. I think I could take a punt.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Instagram and Facebook-owner Meta notifies Australian teens of accounts shutdown
Under-sixteens will be banned from major social media plaforms from 10 December.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I wonder how much happier these teenagers will be in 10 years. Let’s see. I think I could take a punt.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
For Strictly hosts…
Jane McDonald!
With a young northern man she can do quickly overplayed MILF gag with. I dunno….Jordan North? 🤷
Jane McDonald!
With a young northern man she can do quickly overplayed MILF gag with. I dunno….Jordan North? 🤷
November 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
For Strictly hosts…
Jane McDonald!
With a young northern man she can do quickly overplayed MILF gag with. I dunno….Jordan North? 🤷
Jane McDonald!
With a young northern man she can do quickly overplayed MILF gag with. I dunno….Jordan North? 🤷
Lord give me the strength to be producing a show across 3 different time zones right now.
November 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Lord give me the strength to be producing a show across 3 different time zones right now.
Sami Thompson gives “world’s first fully AI pop artist” vibes.
November 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Sami Thompson gives “world’s first fully AI pop artist” vibes.
People in LA have to watch their concerts in a place called the “crypto dot com arena” how incredibly embarrassing.
November 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
People in LA have to watch their concerts in a place called the “crypto dot com arena” how incredibly embarrassing.
Don’t consider myself a Disney Adult but the way I watch the FUCK out of a documentary about the making of Disneyland - even if it’s essentially a 90 minute advert.
November 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Don’t consider myself a Disney Adult but the way I watch the FUCK out of a documentary about the making of Disneyland - even if it’s essentially a 90 minute advert.
The bit in the girlband doc where the talking heads say that “Strip” was Little Mix at their best 🥴
November 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The bit in the girlband doc where the talking heads say that “Strip” was Little Mix at their best 🥴
It’s OK, Walking On Water and The Last Goodbye is such a brilliant girlband triptych.
November 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
It’s OK, Walking On Water and The Last Goodbye is such a brilliant girlband triptych.
Genuinely think it would do wonders for the economy if at 11pm every Spoons in the country cleared space for a dancefloor and put some tunes on.
November 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Genuinely think it would do wonders for the economy if at 11pm every Spoons in the country cleared space for a dancefloor and put some tunes on.
How’s your man on his willpower?
November 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
How’s your man on his willpower?
Not a new Shakira Zootopia song 💀
November 15, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Not a new Shakira Zootopia song 💀
Inquisitors are the WORST. They offend lore AND logic. Helicopter lightsabers are dumb even to a six year old.
(darth vader creating the sith inquisitors) master i think we need like fifty jobbers with a lightsaber. no only send one at a time for each time we find an important guy. they probably shouldnt ever talk to each other actually
November 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Inquisitors are the WORST. They offend lore AND logic. Helicopter lightsabers are dumb even to a six year old.