Perhaps the greatest community note in the history of this platform…

'Now I know Keir isn't your real dad, but he's trying, and he really wanted to take you tinpin bowling.'

'What do you say, dude? We can swing by Halfords on the way, get a new chain for my bike.'

20-odd years ago I shared a hostel dorm in Los Angeles with a very clever guy, an American astronomer, who told me he used Linux because Bill Gates is basically Darth Vader.

For me it’s the 'Orwell' name badge.

Did he at least make the trains run on time?

My dad belonged to the 'work if you need the money, but claim the dole if you can't be arsed to work' class. Where's OUR representation?

Directed by Hugh Hudson. They shot in B&W and couldn't get it lit right because everyone had worked in colour. So they dug an old Ealing Studios lighting director out of retirement and they were *baffled* by his set up of the lights. Until they saw the footage and it was perfect

Part of the new elite playbook is to change the meaning of things drastically then act all faux naif when people object. It doesn’t half wind me up. At least have the courage of your convictions!

I wondered if this might be too niche for a heterosexual audience, but it breezes wittily by, firing off multiple zingers per chapter. Gareth is especially good at describing Twitter crackpots and their hallmarks, for some reason.

It's been a worthwhile day.

If you've never read William Goldman's Adventures in the Screen Trade (brilliant book), you might enjoy my new video, in which I pinch his Stepford Wives anecdote.
youtu.be/MoBLFeNx-nY

Genuinely think this is a very seriously problem with the left, an implacable belief that, against all evidence, everyone you disagree with about anything is absolutely shit at everything

‘We didn’t burn them!’ moment.

I see a slew of Woody Allen films are on Freevee now. Sweet and Lowdown is a masterpiece IMO.

Applauding the King last night at the Royal Opera House for nothing much other than being a happy looking King felt very Georgian - feel like I should write a letter to a cousin in Bath about it.

Like 'clipboard', the word 'lanyard' is redolent of the inadequate jobsworth, the bitter apparatchik or the dogmatic workplace bully.

This deliberate misunderstanding of obvious irony aimed at the original author's opponents is a clone of the 'Boris Johnson called black people 'picaninnies'!' lie.

When we used to be a fucking country