Heartwarming but odd Twitter interactions, a short series.

No 1) Alan Shearer and Floella Benjamin.

brokentv.bsky.social Holding a blue and orange pen in the same hand...

I feel the current generation of kids don't have enough logos they can try and draw from memory in the back of an exercise book. But which is the ultimate 'draw from memory in the back of an exercise book' logo of all time? 87% chance it's one of these:

The asterisk after 'free speech absolutist' just keeps getting bigger, don't it?

'We needed someone unlikely to do any racist social media posts '

Rubbish NFT Scam Ape Latest: They're now at the 'discounted in B&M' level of cool exclusivity.

Forget plastic surgery.
This Manly chin is made of BREAD, that’s right BREAD.
Now you can look like a rugged, western hard knock macho wiseguy stud for next to nowt.
try it out this Easter Sunday at your local ruffians boozer and see yourself blend right in FACT.

More fuel for my crackpot theory that the Tories know nothing they can do will change the election result, and that they're waiting to see if Britain's performance at the Olympics somehow translates into better polling for the incumbent government before calling an election.

I've just had to break up with Beaker from the Muppet Show. Seriously, it's all 'me me me me me' with that guy.

Nigel's ventricles could do the most hilarious thing this weekend.

My book, #DontStopTheMusic is out in paperback on 30 May, published again by Elliott & Thompson.

If anyone runs or has a connection with bookstores, festivals, events or podcasts, and would be interested in booking me this summer, please get in touch. My email is in my bio.

Pepsi Max isn't just 'Diet Pepsi in a different can so men will buy it'.

Hemingway was asked to come up with a six-word story to encapsulate the economic mismanagement of the UK

TODAY I LEARNED: Hanna-Barbera followed up Children's BBC animated mainstay Laurel & Hardy (156 episodes, 1966-67) with 'The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show' (39 episodes 1967-68). From the bits on YouTube, it... wasn't great. But did get at least 70 airings on BBC1 in the 70s.

The human brain is a wonderful, beautiful and complex machine that can simultaneously think 'that was too much curry, I think I'm going to die' and 'wonder if anyone else wants the rest of that keema naan'.

Via ninebattles.com/2023/11/30/hir… a list of prices for booking bands in 1969. Cheering to see that the Bonzos were £100 more expensive than Pink Floyd, and £225 more expensive than Deep Purple.