Matt Hancock in daily press conference always sounds like new head of Year 9 doing school-wide assembly for the first time.

“Since last year and the ‘not buying new’ movement on social media, peoples’ eyes have opened to the fact things can be changed rather than binned.’’ – Nanna Sandom

Nice piece by Kate Finnigan on how you should be focusing on what you already have.

Financial Times

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Just met a lovely person who times the brewing of her tea bag in mug. Three and a half mins. She says it’s a northern thing, but I’m northern. Am I letting the side down?

This week’s #SoulMusic on R4 about Africa by Toto is brilliant bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

This is a terrible headline BBC News (UK). How do you know the allegation is 'false'? Most of us believe the young woman was coerced into withdrawing a very serious allegation.

BBC News - Ayia Napa Briton sentenced over false rape claim
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Ottessa Moshfegh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation is to be made into a movie by none other than Yorgos Lanthimos. Name a more iconic duo. H U G E !

Have undone two buttons on my vegan leather shorts #update

Today is the #WinterSolstice , the shortest day of the year. Also known as Midwinter and by several other names across the globe it has been celebrated by people since neolithic times.
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And even more so in 2019.

Best thing I've ever read

In the 60s, my grandad threw a man out of my auntie’s 21st for having a beard #r4today

I give to you our immensely talented Secretary of State for International Trade... #BorisShamblesCabinet

RT if this petrifies you...

Just imagining how much better many people would be feeling if £6.1 bn was about to be spent on #climatecrisis rather than no deal in the next three months

“I’m old and I’m fat and I look age-appropriate for what my age is, and that is not what that whole scene is about” thecut.io/2K5cvsc

An inspiring group of women. I’ve seem some wingeing about it, mostly from people who are either just not the target audience so don’t get it or much worse : just the usual racist snobs.

God this made me laugh. I forgive them everything.

Jesus, when is Marina Hyde back from holiday?

One of my favourite nights 😢

‘How can a teenager in Uruguay now know more about the criminal corruption of the referendum than most British people?’

This is a pretty good question

An insult to The Addams, frankly.