Oh this is terrifically sad news

Ok not barnsbury gotcha

Deflating :(

is it barnsbury?

This is such insightful and clever writing.

Can’t remember the name of anyone I met today but BBC heads of news of the 90s and noughties? PUT ME ON MASTERMIND

Podcasts are weirdly like writing for print back in the day. You prep, you do it, it’s published and then you move on to the next thing and people don’t really shout at you
Related: I’m not sure putting comments on articles was our greatest decision as an industry

I like to be upfront about my terms of service

*mostly. When I remember and it hasn’t been a big Friday. But most saturdays!

Try and make it sound like you just thought of it

"What's said about me is the most unjustified attack against the faithful since Joe Marler was banished in the final" is Wes Streeting's off the cuff yet memorable denial that he is plotting to remove the PM.

Ok well I covered the BBC for 15 years including the departures of three DGs and I found it surprising

there's contrarian and there's .. actually i don't know how to categorise that take is there even a word