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I see Question Time has reached its inevitable endgame. It was bound to happen.

@MikeHolden42 There's a reason why BBC Verify is so hated by Farage and Reform.

BBC Verify are one of the few truly reliable sources of information about conflicts like this (and one of the few corners of truly impartial journalism, even within the BBC).

#BrokenNews - Never Forget.

@artinsociety Funnily enough I've just watched Roman Holiday for the first time in about 20yrs and noticed that the Gregory Peck character has just the same set-up next to his bed in his Rome apartment. Same side of the bed too. You can just about make it out here, covered in books.

Why are bedside tables generally so pokily small? Seen here in her bedroom at La Casa Azul in Mexico, Frida Kahlo bucks the trend and enjoys a generous space for her books and other nicknacks ~ even including a miniature double bed (photo: Gisèle Freund) improvisedlife.com/2022/12/12/big…

@EdoardoFanfani @DrMusicale

@EdoardoFanfani @DrMusicale Now I really don't know what to believe! Here's an original b&w photo of the event for sale on Ebay. Looks like the image above has been passed through AI to colour it and in the process it altered it. ( God, how I hate AI.)

A mass of thanksgiving for the liberation of Rome in 1955.

@atrupar @BadFoxGraphics Just like when the BBC showed 3 yr old footage of Boris Johnson laying a wreath at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday to cover up that he put it upside down and look dishevelled and hung over.

Wow -- as first spotted by @BadFoxGraphics, Fox & Friends this morning used *old footage of a previous dignified transfer* to mislead their audience about the fact that Trump wore a baseball cap during the one yesterday

this French and Saunders sketch is my favorite piece of contemporary opera

Liz Truss says if she was still Prime Minister she would have helped Trump by bombing the Fruit Corner factory to deal with the Mullah's.

Absolute perfection and timely

Two lovers reunited this morning❤️ Boris & Laura. Bunty went all moist on me. Jill in the village shop had a trickle. It brought a tear to my teat. Boris & Laura Our Andy & Fergie Our Worzel & Aunt Sally Our Hitler & Dr David Starkey Our Peters & Lee Our Jizz Love conkers all!😍

That Farage cabinet in full Bob Jenrick: Minister for Unerpants & Socks Suella Braverman: Minister for Anger & Rage Lee Anderson: Shadow Secretary for Shadows Ann Widdecombe: Minister for Margarine & Sheds Richard Tice: Minister for Blondes Zia Yusuf: Minister for Conkers & Teats

Brilliant bit of British humour.

Dodgy Bobby

@DrFrancisYoung The inside of the PANTHEON shows an oculus, bringing in light and heat, honouring the pan itself on which the cakes are cooked. The coffers in the dome represent a waffle iron, showing that the Romans respected all breakfasts.

My cartoon @thetimes Monday. Prints available to buy from timescartoons.co.uk

@JRichter1917 @DalrympleWill And now they write endless articles about how climate change is a hoax and many of their readers once again believe scientists are altering the weather.

@Footprintsofag1 @DalrympleWill I dunno. I recall in the mid 1970s that the DT informed us that the drought on 1976 was caused by a Soviet weather machine.

I've just been chatting with Nick Cullinan, the excellent new director of the British Museum, and I'm very relieved to say that the story put by the Daily Telegraph about the BM cancelling the name Palestine is a complete misrepresentation of the facts: "To reassure you we are not removing mention from Palestine from our labels," Nick told me. "Indeed, we have a display on at the moment about Palestine and Gaza. "I know this is something our curators have thought long and hard about - as you can imagine. We amended two panels in our ancient Levant gallery last year during a regular gallery refresh, when some wording was amended to reflect historical terms. "To be honest, the even more frustrating and concerning thing is that I knew nothing about this until yesterday and has only been explained to me this morning. I hadn’t even seen that [UK Lawyers for Israel] letter despite asking for it until this morning. I’m disgusted by the whole thing." The question remains why the Daily Telegraph would put out such a mischief-making story without first fact checking it with the Directors office.

@Palaumede @SoDArchaeology No.

@SoDArchaeology Is it possible to judge the Etruscan oinochoe in the Louvre (400-350 BC, Orvieto?) to be even more beautiful because of the common characteristics that we can perhaps observe between them?

One of my faves. Charioteer of Delphi circa 480BC.

@JonathanPieNews As in, " Who was his father?" Genuine question.

CORRECTION: Andrew's entire existence should be investigated.