The City is Ours is magnificent. Writing, acting, production fabulous. Binged the whole thing on the BBC iPlayer in two sittings. The final episode - no spoilers - is one of the most tense things I’ve seen in years.

Hacks, as good a comedy as there is at the moment. Great writing and two stellar performances.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers 1/20

Just re-reading the chapter on ‘dangerous comedy’.

Im probably the exception, not migrating from the evil empire, left that shower when the First Lady took over. Tried here, it was a bit quiet so headed for threads and now the masses have spoken and the skies are blue. We’ll see. Artists and writers come say hello.