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playwright, screen writer, living between London and Southern France. 'The mistress of comic anguish' according to Michael Billington. Also likes cooking, and Bedlington Terriers.
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I think maybe my favourite Darwin quotation. Top five for sure.

Love it when you stumble upon brilliant things. The Graystones. Doing Smooth Operator. Very, very, very well.

We're launching The Bee magazine today because the UK publishing and writing industries have a bit of a class problem.

If Biden, who is actually Catholic, posted a picture of himself as Pope there would be a thousand op-eds and cable news hits for months about how it was the most blasphemous thing an American president has ever done and we’d assume he had gone insane.

He's won three councils and he thinks he's Donald Trump. What an absolute fucking turnip.

'Mr. Trump, I'm talking to you: You will go down in history as the greatest mistake of our time... You will go down in history as one of the greatest damages to humanity... You will go down in history as a catastrophe.' • PEDRO ALMODÓVAR • 🇪🇦 Spanish Filmmaker ❤️💛❤️ Thread 1/5🧵+ vids 🎬🍿🎥

After his release from federal custody today, Mohsen Mahdawi delivered a bold message to Donald Trump and his Cabinet: “Let me make this clear—I am not afraid of you.

Would have thought the White House would be excited to show Americans how much money foreigners are paying them... ... unless that's not actually how tariffs work after all 🤔

Pritzker: Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who don’t know how to organize a group chat. It’s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of children’s cancer research…

And yet, there are those that think everything he does is to put America first. Mind boggling

President Zelenskyy: "It is absolutely obvious that Russia is actually trying to fool the world - fool America& others -prolong the war further. That's why pressure is necessary…Yesterday's meetings in Vatican and Rome confirmed that our partners understand what's going on."

Guys. He is a former high-ranking British official criticising the US government on a matter of security. What he means by "puzzling“ is "completely mad, incomprehensible, weirdly pro-Russian and potentially profoundly damaging to the US as well as Ukraine“.

Breaking my rule of not posting cat videos

I love him I must marry him.

MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING I SHOULD BE POPE

It’s all a matter of angles. And from this angle, it makes total sense. 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇮🇸🇬🇧🇳🇴—-> 🇪🇺 🙌

More in No, Other People: New poll: “America would be better off if more people worked in manufacturing.” • 80% of Americans agree • 20% disagree “I would be better off if I worked in a factory.” • 25% of Americans agree • 73% disagree • 2% currently work in a factory

“vietnam has been very unfair to america and owes us compensation” is a wild take

38d.gs/april-wa All the petitions are important. But this? This must be right at the TOP of our list! Let’s make this go everywhere 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

America has Brexited itself and the world and shown its futility. And still Britain will hold onto Brexit like some kind of emotional support animal.

For Americans who didn’t get the joy of living through the Truss/Kwarteng budget, this is the point where the government starts to call the stock market left-wing and/or woke.

"We can't do the right thing in case it energises the far right and they cease power." No. I'm sorry to tell you, but if you're making huge national decisions based on what might upset them, then they already have.

We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham

Let it begin.

‘Okay which one of you accidentally added Robert Cecil to the chat?’

Following Labour's pathetic response to the Rejoin debate yesterday, let's keep the pressure up. All rejoiners, please sign and share. #RejoinEU

Another winner.

I sent you the war plans that were in the group chat and which you were probably saving for select eyes Forgive me they were juicy and and I was shitfaced

🔥 And please share this link so everyone see it. Furthermore - please 'like' the video on YouTube. It all helps!

This is absolutely hilarious. Russell Brand shares fake redacted file claiming that Penelope Keith shot JFK. Clearly didn't read it. Mind you, it's no madder than some of the other theories.

Don't Buy A Tesla! 🚫

lol, from UK satirical magazine Private Eye

Good morning all! 🇺🇦 Please share everywhere. 🙏🏻

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org

Woah - was not expecting to see that from the Daily Mail… …but spot on.

Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.

Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.