Stephen Farrow
@stephenfarrow.bsky.social
Writer, reader, grammarian, shower singer, theatre addict, news junkie, eyeball-roller. European. Powered by Vimto. Love language, hate sushi.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
November 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
OK.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Yowch.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Yowch.
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I think I’m in love.
(…or at least, it’s lovely not to have to wipe puddles off the counter every time I make a cup of coffee.)
(…or at least, it’s lovely not to have to wipe puddles off the counter every time I make a cup of coffee.)
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I think I’m in love.
(…or at least, it’s lovely not to have to wipe puddles off the counter every time I make a cup of coffee.)
(…or at least, it’s lovely not to have to wipe puddles off the counter every time I make a cup of coffee.)
Birthday cake, home edition. I’d love to be able to say I made it myself, but I decided a long time ago that making a Swiss roll is something I don’t ever need to do again. This is from M&S.
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Birthday cake, home edition. I’d love to be able to say I made it myself, but I decided a long time ago that making a Swiss roll is something I don’t ever need to do again. This is from M&S.
Fascinating, isn’t it?
Conservative Shadow Culture Secretary Nigel Huddleston tells GB News that the BBC should "grovel" to Trump.
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Fascinating, isn’t it?
Really?
(Yes I know it’s all recyclable. It’s still wasteful to use that big a box and that much filler for something that size.)
(Yes I know it’s all recyclable. It’s still wasteful to use that big a box and that much filler for something that size.)
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Really?
(Yes I know it’s all recyclable. It’s still wasteful to use that big a box and that much filler for something that size.)
(Yes I know it’s all recyclable. It’s still wasteful to use that big a box and that much filler for something that size.)
“This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.”
Extra edition: The populist assault on the BBC
Johnson, Gibb and the Telegraph are trying to turn the BBC into GB News.
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:27 PM
“This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.”
Prop money from the Act One finale at ‘The Producers’.
(I was sitting in the front row, it landed in my lap.)
(I was sitting in the front row, it landed in my lap.)
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Prop money from the Act One finale at ‘The Producers’.
(I was sitting in the front row, it landed in my lap.)
(I was sitting in the front row, it landed in my lap.)
Carnaby Street, where this year it is apparently hip to be square.
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Carnaby Street, where this year it is apparently hip to be square.
I tend to roll my eyes when Christmas decorations appear in the first half of November, but the lights in Oxford Street are always fun.
November 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I tend to roll my eyes when Christmas decorations appear in the first half of November, but the lights in Oxford Street are always fun.
Cake, because older.
(I could tell you the sprinkles were chosen ironically, but I’d be lying.)
(I could tell you the sprinkles were chosen ironically, but I’d be lying.)
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Cake, because older.
(I could tell you the sprinkles were chosen ironically, but I’d be lying.)
(I could tell you the sprinkles were chosen ironically, but I’d be lying.)
¡Hola, Mexico!
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
¡Hola, Mexico!
For when you need to store a green goat?
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
For when you need to store a green goat?
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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En deux, with no yellow squares in the first line. Whoop-de-doo.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
En deux, with no yellow squares in the first line. Whoop-de-doo.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Yes. The BBC isn't perfect - no news organisation is perfect - but the Telegraph article that precipitated this row was a cynical, disingenuous hit-job.
The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack. With these resignations, it has given in | Jane Martinson
The corporation should have stood up to the Telegraph, Trump and the Tories. Now, its enemies know how little it takes for it to fold, says Jane Martinson, professor of financial journalism
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Yes. The BBC isn't perfect - no news organisation is perfect - but the Telegraph article that precipitated this row was a cynical, disingenuous hit-job.
Flammkuchen/flammekueche/tarte flambée. Again. And this time I used a timer, so it isn’t overdone.
November 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Flammkuchen/flammekueche/tarte flambée. Again. And this time I used a timer, so it isn’t overdone.