Nicholas Soames

@RacingTV Absolutely brilliant summary

Strong words from John Gosden 👇

@simonmontefiore A truly remarkable man and a great loss to his country

So sad to see this. Death of the great Sir Alex Younger, longest-serving M16 director in recent times, consummate secret agent & master of espionage & disguise who was also the classic paragon of British service sense substance and style. Extremely charming intelligent urbane, I was lucky to know a bit and fascinating to talk to him about Russian and Middle East intelligence matters - we were lucky he came often to @clivedenlitfest. The last lines of his obituary say much about him: "Determined to go down fighting, he even gave his cancer a name: Putin." thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/…

@ConHome @EmmaBest22 Excellent #quiteagree

From @EmmaBest22: Wets, nutters and everything in between conservativehome.com/2026/02/17/emm…

Act Of Innocence wins the Sidney Banks in great style for @sevenbarrows and his owners Gordon & Su Hall. He is progressing nicely. @Huntingdon_Race

@BenMacintyre1 @VikingBooksUK Greatly look forward to reading what will be a fascinating book

I'm delighted to share with you all my new book publishing with @VikingBooksUK coming 10th September 2026. REDWOOD was the MI6 codename for the unsung hero who exposed the KGB’s deepest secrets. Without REDWOOD, our world would be very different – and might not exist at all.

@DavidGauke Excellent piece as you would expect#uncorktheGauke

My piece on the launch of #ProsperUK and why a movement for centre right is needed. conservativehome.com/2026/01/26/dav…

@DuffCooperPrize @TimPBouverie @PenguinUKBooks @TheBodleyHead Well deserved#manycongratulations

Hats off to @TimPBouverie @PenguinUKBooks @TheBodleyHead for his @DuffCooperPrize shortlisting for Allies at War. duffcooperprize.org/portfolio-item…

@GavinBarwell Tremendous initiative at very welcome moment

Hugely excited about this. Andy and Ruth have shown they know how to win outside 'natural' Conservative territory. I hope my former colleagues will listen to what they have to say thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

@horsevault The most wonderful Sportsman

1995 Sir Mark Prescott

Trump must be truly mad to describe the deaths of Rob Reiner and his wife in such gross term#thinskinnednarcissistbarbaricoaf

@jake_fiennes Lucky man !!

Classic North Norfolk Geese, windmills and big skies

@RevdPye @pirateirwin @MalcolmCGodfrey @MargyMayell @oldtoonloon @EdnaKB2 @GilesMacDonogh @alanhinkes @FAB87F @michaelkeegan14 @theskibeagle Floreat

27 Oct 1917, Lt Arthur Rhys-Davids, DSO, MC & Bar, RFC ace with some 25 victories, died, aged 20. School captain at Eton. 23 Sept 1917, shot down Werner Voss, who had 48 victories. Went missing over Roeselare, Belgium & never seen again. On Arras Flying Services Memorial. #WW1

Really excellent speech by @KemiBadenoch setting out a really comprehensive plan#getbehindherforlonghardfight

The thing about Ed Davey is that he really is the most frightful bore#boresforBritain

@chrismullinexmp The man’s a genius

My garden: peaches grown outdoors in north Northumberland

@JeremyClarkson So sorry Jeremy how awful

Bad news from Diddly Squat. We’ve gone down with TB. Everyone here is absolutely devastated.

If Iran retaliates by disrupting the Strait of Hormuz it will bring into sharp relief for the UK the folly of not maximising its domestic gas supply from the North Sea. Qatari supply may have fallen as a share of UK imports in recent years, but the spillover to global demand for Norwegian gas and US LNG leaves the UK unnecessarily exposed. For a government that has made welcome (long term) progress this week on stable nuclear baseload, the inability to look at the short term security of supply from the North Sea looks like a grave strategic error.

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them. 📷 British Normandy Memorial / Florence Marsac #DDay81

I am pleased to say I have received a fulsome apology from @HeathrowAirport about this morning’s mess-up. They are buying more high-lifts, which is good news as it’s not as if this is the first time this has happened! Thanks everyone for your kind words.

@FrankRGardner @HeathrowAirport Everyone who needs assistance at Heathrow appreciates your efforts in consistently raising the issue of standards, consistency and treating people with disabilities with respect.