John Cheall

New paintings now up for sale. ebay.co.uk/usr/malconius65 #painting #fineart #landscape #contemporaryart #acrylicpainting #britishpainting

Very pleased to see my old #Guisborough pal Boris on the cover of Wood Carving magazine.

As the popularity of the US plummets #radio4 helpfully reacts by broadcasting a series of intensely worthy US ‘founding myth’ dramas to patch up any reputational damage. #r4today

Return your unwanted Reform UK flyers to this address and it costs them £2.50 a pop. Pop this address on an envelope with the flyer in, and pop it in a post box! The more we return, the less they will send!

A massively consequential investigation by Alan Rusbridger into GB News: how "one political party in Britain has effectively ended up with its own television station". Raises deep questions about hi-jacking of British media/political culture: thenewworld.co.uk/alan-rusbridge…

A north east perspective, these poor Essex people seem indescribably posh. #r4today

Rugby at school was universally hated except by those boys already shaving at age twelve. #r4today

As I said here, Zack Polanski should be utterly ashamed. He has allowed toxic antisemitism to tear through his party unchallenged, and this is the latest dangerous example of that. Greens to vote on challenging NHS anti-Semitism crackdown telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…

If you say you hate the Iranian government, nobody accuses you of hating the Iranian people. But if you hate the Israeli government, somehow you’re accused of hating all Jews everywhere. How does that work? 🤔

@PGTipsytoes @lucybrazier @BarbaraSutton15 Bless. The ‘audience concerns’ you talk about are merely a parroting of the week’s headlines.

@JCheall @lucybrazier @BarbaraSutton15 No, the most popular questions that day are the ones that get selected, reflecting audience concerns. That's the way it works. And it's fine by me.

It’s called Question Time. The format is supposed to be that the audience ask questions and the panel answers. Fiona is meant to moderate. Week after week, she interrupts, talks over people and aggressively pushes her own agenda. It’s becoming almost unwatchable. #bbcqt

David Baddiel blames antisemitism for people not liking him. Obviously never occurred to him that they don't like him because he's a crap, washed-up comedian who whines all the time.

fuck the rat race i want my own veggie garden. I want a regulated nervous system. I want slow mornings and cups of tea. I want a job that doesn’t give me anxiety. I want a small circle of a friends and home cooked meals. I want to read books and sit in the sun. I want a soft, slow life.

When historians look back at this period, and they study Trump's America, you have to assume that they won't believe it. It's unbelievable now, and we're watching it in real time. WHY is he allowed to just sit in front of global news media and make crazy shit up? Why are we allowing this insane madman, the airtime to tell the world lies? Every minute of every day. Those future historians will see these clips and read posts and articles about Trump, then they'll discount them as works of fiction. Rightly so because that's what they are. But the psychology behind this is troubling. The gravitational pull of a certified delusional person is keeping the world watching — and nobody calls it out to his face. He's started a global war to distract from his appearance in the Epstein Files. There has been ZERO planning, only a knee-jerk reaction that is resulting in human beings dying. But the broadcast and news media, let him tell the world that they are witnessing something he made up. If he had known the Strait of Hormuz would have been closed, he would not have done this. He did not predict 9/11. Mainstream media has failed the world. By allowing this insanity to be broadcast daily, without checks and balances, the US has fallen to a fascist dictator. That's not hyperbole. Wake up America. The rest of the world are finally turning on him. You guys need to step up now. End this insanity. Please.

@Freyy_is @Baumflough Buy a Sansa Clip.

dear apple, the iPod needs to come back. not for nostalgia. for the parents who want their kids to love music and audiobooks without a browser, social media, and the whole internet attached to it

@OrevaZSN I thought that before I discovered #Parcels

Unfortunately, as you get older, you gradually become less interested in new music and keep going back to the old favorite songs you once loved.

@Catofbengals News avoiding is the Today Programme’s whole gig. #r4today #newsavoiders

I would replay today’s show, there are lot of clues why the audience has decreased #r4today telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/09/2…

@lancelachlan @john_jged777 The US makes the UK’s nuclear missiles, we are vassal.

Anyone else sick and tired of Trump and his corrupt cronies constantly threatening Europe and the UK? Maybe it’s time for the UK to re-join Europe and start thinking about a new defence alliance - Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea - instead of relying on the US. Oh and let's ditch the dollar

Our president is a reprehensible human, and it is to our nation’s lasting disgrace that our electorate inflicted him on the world.

@Catofbengals He should be made to live in Salford or it’s an empty gesture. #r4today

Mr Robinson is in Salford, some days he is in London. Does the licence fee payer pick up the tab for travel etc, if so why? #r4today

The USA is a disaster for the world. Fuck their values and fuck their ‘oscars’. #r4today #softpower

"Here’s the news from Iran – Donald Trump is making America lose wars again" Good piece by Simon Tisdall theguardian.com/commentisfree/…