Capitalism: the belief that the nastiest of men, for the nastiest of reasons, will somehow work for the benefit of us all.
(borrowed from John Maynard Keynes)

I honestly believed the Royal Society was beyond reproach. It's such an important institution in my head-cannon. Its beginning sparking the Industrial Revolution (see Humphrey Jennings).

I do hope Paul Nurse – who strikes me as a very fine fellow – can sort it out.

I'm clearly older than you, but that's what we saw back then – I'm sure it's on YouTube. Better still, dig out For all Mankind (music by Brian Eno).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_All...

So we're rejoining the single market and customs unions, then. Great!

God, yes. Though Brendan Gleeson is seared into my brain as his character in The Banshees of Inisherin – love that film so, so much… and the donkey.

Fuck knows, Paul. Can't believe what I'm seeing.

Society of the spectacle.

I read today that the BBC's "code" is over 400 pages long. If that's the case, then no one can understand it. Something that size is not remotely a useful guide to anything or anyone.

c/w the interpretations of religious scripts and the rules of golf that are far larger than their source.

Tips for the next DG:

1 - Don't stake your future on impartiality. Perfect impartiality is impossible. Focus on accuracy and accountability. Let journalists and producers do their job. If they get it badly wrong, sack them.

2 - Reverse the deliberate, prolonged cut to arts programming.

And in any case, 3d-printing sharp objects – or even firearms – is bordering on trivial now.