Holly Giddings

@russellhoward - just watched you at the matinee at @LondonPalladium - that is THE best comedy stand up I have seen in years. I’ve seen you 4 times before and you’ve always been superb but this time… *chef’s kiss*. Ribs ache from laughing. Thank you x

“Luckily they are not based on real life experiences and these things definitely did not happen at this hotel,” Lily Allen quipped before performing “Tennis” at Chateau Marmont during Chanel’s Coco Crush campaign party with Gracie Abrams.

The texts between Conan, Will Arnett, and Jason Bateman are hilarious. Conan lost both of his parents and somehow joking about Bateman killing them is so dark and yet such a sweet way to help a friend grieve.

@jk_rowling @jk_rowling I am, as always, in awe of your words. I only hope, one day, I can be as concise and honest with my words as you are in this post. Bravo Jo x

I'm seeing quite a bit of comment about this, so I want to make a couple of points. I'm not owed eternal agreement from any actor who once played a character I created. The idea is as ludicrous as me checking with the boss I had when I was twenty-one for what opinions I should hold these days. Emma Watson and her co-stars have every right to embrace gender identity ideology. Such beliefs are legally protected, and I wouldn't want to see any of them threatened with loss of work, or violence, or death, because of them. However, Emma and Dan in particular have both made it clear over the last few years that they think our former professional association gives them a particular right - nay, obligation - to critique me and my views in public. Years after they finished acting in Potter, they continue to assume the role of de facto spokespeople for the world I created. When you've known people since they were ten years old it's hard to shake a certain protectiveness. Until quite recently, I hadn't managed to throw off the memory of children who needed to be gently coaxed through their dialogue in a big scary film studio. For the past few years, I've repeatedly declined invitations from journalists to comment on Emma specifically, most notably on the Witch Trials of JK Rowling. Ironically, I told the producers that I didn't want her to be hounded as the result of anything I said. The television presenter in the attached clip highlights Emma's 'all witches' speech, and in truth, that was a turning point for me, but it had a postscript that hurt far more than the speech itself. Emma asked someone to pass on a handwritten note from her to me, which contained the single sentence 'I'm so sorry for what you're going through' (she has my phone number). This was back when the death, rape and torture threats against me were at their peak, at a time when my personal security measures had had to be tightened considerably and I was constantly worried for my family's safety. Emma had just publicly poured more petrol on the flames, yet thought a one line expression of concern from her would reassure me of her fundamental sympathy and kindness. Like other people who've never experienced adult life uncushioned by wealth and fame, Emma has so little experience of real life she's ignorant of how ignorant she is. She'll never need a homeless shelter. She's never going to be placed on a mixed sex public hospital ward. I'd be astounded if she's been in a high street changing room since childhood. Her 'public bathroom' is single occupancy and comes with a security man standing guard outside the door. Has she had to strip off in a newly mixed-sex changing room at a council-run swimming pool? Is she ever likely to need a state-run rape crisis centre that refuses to guarantee an all-female service? To find herself sharing a prison cell with a male rapist who's identified into the women's prison? I wasn't a multimillionaire at fourteen. I lived in poverty while writing the book that made Emma famous. I therefore understand from my own life experience what the trashing of women's rights in which Emma has so enthusiastically participated means to women and girls without her privileges. The greatest irony here is that, had Emma not decided in her most recent interview to declare that she loves and treasures me - a change of tack I suspect she's adopted because she's noticed full-throated condemnation of me is no longer quite as fashionable as it was - I might never have been this honest. Adults can't expect to cosy up to an activist movement that regularly calls for a friend's assassination, then assert their right to the former friend's love, as though the friend was in fact their mother. Emma is rightly free to disagree with me and indeed to discuss her feelings about me in public - but I have the same right, and I've finally decided to exercise it.

Welcome to Wrexham is the single greatest piece of television i have ever watched. No, I am not exaggerating. Watch it, from start to finish, and do not look ahead to the ups and downs. Bravo, Rob and Ryan

We have been a club in mourning for a wonderful lad who was taken far too soon. Harrison will be sadly missed

The view from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Lancaster as we soared over London and led the flypast over Buckingham Palace to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War 2. Lest We Forget. #VE80 #VEDay #VEDay80

One of the funniest things I've ever seen. Joe Wilkinson explains the RNLI and nobody is allowed to laugh. Best 2 mins of TV in a long while.

@russell_kane - just saw you at @albanarena. What a fucking show. Absolutely sensational. You are, without doubt, the best #russell. I haven’t laughed like that in a long time, and your underlying messages hit straight in the gut. Bravo 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I remember where I was when I watched the final episode of Blackadder Goes Forth and how I sat stunned at the end. One of the best pieces of tragicomic writing ever, in any form; worth another look today of all days.

@Nick_Pettigrew My nephew and his partner popping their gender reveal balloon. Captured on an original 1974 Polaroid camera. Chuffed that it (or I?) captured the confetti.

Five years ago today I took the best photo I’ll probably ever take. I like good photos and have a four hour bus journey shortly so need entertaining. Feel free to reply with the best photo you ever took. Accompanying description also welcome.

@blackabbathhhh I don’t understand why you’re still there? Why are you so loyal when they obviously don’t care? ❤️

@JYorkie35 @NiallHarbison @PerreraDogs I don’t know. But she bit her human dad in retaliation and they were about to take her to the vet to be PTS. And a charity stepped in to save her. She was in foster for 4 months before we got her x

@Hotlips1000 @NiallHarbison @PerreraDogs She's gorgeous - thank goodness she's now safe with you. Appalling that her first family abused her - did they adopt her via a rescue?

A beautiful little dog story today with a difference. This isn’t a dog I’ve saved but one who embodies everything I see on a daily basis and the remarkable people who offer street dogs a home. Her name is Sophie and hers is a love story that will melt your heart… (1/7)

@JohnPeters60699 @NiallHarbison @PerreraDogs Thank you. Best thing that’s ever happened to us, rescuing her.

@Hotlips1000 @NiallHarbison @PerreraDogs She's lovely and very lucky to have you. And you, to have her.

@insomniacjane @NiallHarbison @PerreraDogs Thank you. We think so too. ♥️

@Hotlips1000 @NiallHarbison @PerreraDogs She's gorgeous

This is Winnie. She takes her job as copilot very seriously. But sometimes the sleepies are simply too strong. 12/10

The iconic sitcom #Friends premiered 30 years ago today. 🛋️

Perhaps the greatest celebrity story ever here, about ROGER MOORE. Give yourself a treat if you've not read it.