Torbay Council are an absolute disgrace for allowing this.

‘Gisèle found that she was carrying four sexually-transmitted diseases. “I have had no sympathy from any of the accused. One who was HIV-positive came six times. Not once did my husband express any concern about my health…”’ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

The South Koreans are winning #booktrain #seoul

Today is my last day at the BBC. To be totally open, I’m being made redundant Whether running More Or Less during the pandemic, reporting on Grenfell & the climate, I’m extraordinarily proud of my work Public service broadcasting can be engaging & essential & I hope to continue

If you still don't really believe that women who dared to dissent from radical trans activist claims ("trans women are women"; prisons/ sports shd be mixed-sex etc) have been personally hounded & materially harmed (losing work & incomes) then suggest paying attention to

Kate Lamble Your Grenfell reporting has been exemplary. Ditto all your work on More or Less. Even bigger and better things await you, I feel sure. Good luck!

Homemade saltwater nose drops ‘cut child’s cold by two days’ thetimes.com/article/d7f79f… Cheap & useful

Sepia swan on Hampstead Heath.

Gavin Newsom FFS. Would he feel this way if it were his children? Here's a frightening thought: maybe he would. So basically he's in favour of everyone having children, regardless of whether they want to or not, so that some will end up being massacred like this as 'a fact of life.' Nice one.

Children's author was let down by the Society of Authors, the very organisation that should have been protecting her, her books, her rights. No doubt they felt that as time went on their unprofessionalism - for ideological reasons - to support her would be forgotten. It's not.

"Not all men" - but so many men helped Gisele Pelicot's husband: The 73 men who came to her house and raped her. The 3 men who left - and didn't call the police. The thousands of men who saw the ads on the website - and didn't call the police. theguardian.com/world/article/…

BREAKING. Here we go again. Petrillo, the 51 year old father of two has just qualified for the semi finals in the WOMEN’s 200m. Another disabled woman has just lost out on the chance to advance.

The great Antonia Lloyd Jones, translator extraordinaire, gives her top five Polish books. theguardian.com/books/article/…

Shutting libraries to balance books is cultural vandalism thetimes.com/article/487392…

Cultural appropriation is here to stay thecritic.co.uk/cultural-appro… Good piece here. I deplore ripping off other cultures, but interplay is surely something positive.

"Infestation". Zyklon B, of course, was a pesticide.

This new book ⁦Frances Hardinge⁩ & ⁦emily gravett⁩ is astounding ⁦Two Hoots⁩ - for 8-11s who love adventure and great stories.

Newly sharpened knives, thanks to the London Knife Sharpening Co ( they come to your door to do it). I cook with these beauties, but knives as weapons reappearing in my next novel.

Your semi-regular reminder that Hines wrote a study arguing that women on testosterone should continue to take it during pregnancy because there was too much emphasis on babies having 'normative' bodies

Helen Staniland Wishful thinking is a hell of a drug. If I had a quid for every time I was supposedly on the brink of ruin, arrest or imprisonment I’d be able to afford a life-size 24K gold statue of Andrea Dworkin (in addition to the one I already have).