“I trust you to do what you think is best.” Oh, Phil. #TheApprentice

Deeply emotional.

I’m still in Denial.

Season two of #BlueLights is starting as it means to go on.

Friday’s release of The Tortured Poets Department is genuinely going to make it easier to get through the pain of this week. 🎶

No ghosts, vampires or mummies, RTÉ has told pitching producers. But after ITV’s success with the influential Mr Bates vs the Post Office, I asked RTÉ drama bosses what they are looking for and if RTÉ has any plans to return to “state-of-the-nation” TV. irishtimes.com/culture/tv-rad…

Flo’s suits make me wish I was the sort of person who could wear suits. #TheApprentice

It’s going to take even longer to get round Pompeii now.

Popes have been elected quicker than this.

Interesting rooftop twist there at the end of the #UniversityChallenge final.

I think I would have liked a #Ripley with Andrew Scott as Dickie Greenleaf and Johnny Flynn as Tom Ripley.

I’m thinking of changing my bio to “compounds formed by an adverb ending in -ly and an adjective do not need to be hyphenated, stop hyphenating them”.

Richard Herring talking to and laughing with Julia Sawalha is everything I want from a podcast.

The pounding rain continued its bleak fall / We decided just to write after all 🎶

News coverage of blinking stars in #3BodyProblem : political reaction, expert reaction, celebrity reaction, religious reaction, witness sketches, TikTok takes, Q&A: what just happened, Q&A: what happens next, reader experience round-up, conspiracy theory rundown, podcast, poem.

Another day in which what I aspired to do clashed viciously with the reality of what I did do.

A good example of just how reflexive sexism can be.

In March, a Minister’s place is still in the airport lounge, ready to depart — this week’s column. (€)
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Ha ha, was anything more nailed on than that Will Close nomination? So delightful.