Paul Whitbread

This is a photograph I was very pleased with, taken on a visit to the @belmond Villa San Michele in Fiesole, outside Florence. The visit resonates for a number of reasons. #galleryofthepeople @SirWilliamD

@bagshaw2112 @APlasticPaddy

Probably the best Freddie Mercury tribute on the planet just now . #freddiemercury #queen

@DonaldClarke63 That frame from Barry Lyndon gets me every time.

Oh for goodness sake.

@piersmorgan Wag the Dog!

‘Dude 44’ is the perfect call sign for the rescued weapons system officer. A true American hero, as were his saviours. Setting aside the arguments about the war itself, President Trump’s order to throw the U.S. military kitchen sink at the rescue mission paid off brilliantly. 👏

@martindvz It’s so true. I’d refer you too,to @StuartMaconie ‘s excellent the Nanny State Made.

Mackenzie Crook’s magical suburban folk tale, #SmallProphets published by #PenguinBooks and #PuffinBooks down the years. A 🧵 1/

@colemandesign All just perfect. Incredible work. 👏👏👏

@msdhpp @APlasticPaddy

David Sylvian - Ghosts (Acoustic) 1982 #japanband

@simon_schama One of the best museums!

For a couple of years I've been working as guest curator - together with my boss The Goldfinch - to create a show at the delectable Mauritshuis gallery in The Hague (home to that Girl with the Pearl Earring) all about Birds and art, and at last it opens next week. Come and perch!

Why haven’t we seen a single tractor in central London protesting against the US president leveraging a tech deal to force the UK to reduce food standards to sell us low-quality cheap food imports?

@henrywinter Well said Henry, thoughtful, considered analysis, as ever. Cuts through some of the hysteria generated this week.

Eddie Howe continuing to do good things with Newcastle United. Another semi-final. No surprise. Good head coach. Would Newcastle get a better manager who cares as much as Howe does about the team and club? He had a difficult, disrupted summer but got on with it. Derby defeat and the lack of fight was dispiriting but they bounced back. Fans support him. Showed that at St James’ Park last night; their chants for Howe came over loud on TV. Deals with injuries, especially defensively, Howe doesn’t complain, gets on with it. Players work hard for him. Miley stepping in at right-back and stepping up to the challenge. Always good to see local players in those black-and-white shirts rather than going south early (Shearer, who did famously return, Carrick etc) or sold for PSR (Anderson). Local Hero should be a club theme as well as tune. Along with savvy signings. Wissa gives that threat in behind, a pacey predator, his movement for goal v Fulham was clever, losing marker. Murphy/Wissa understanding could be fruitful. Wissa can rotate with Woltemade but be fascinating to see them as split strikers; an obvious 10/9 blend. Newcastle now need to build on this. Two big games coming up, Chelsea at home (and a thought for the travelling fans with a Saturday 12.30 ko), then Manchester United away (and a thought for the travelling fans with a Boxing Day 20.00 ko). Whatever happens, Howe deserves the support he gets from fans and players. And some backing from the board in the January window. Newcastle are strongest when united. #NUFC

Whatever happened to tucking your jumper into your trousers? Are these skills now lost to history?

@Matt_Pinner Always surprised Robert Pattinson is never linked. Perfect for a Nolan Bond.

Who would you pick to play the next James Bond?

It’s only a ‘make or break’ budget because some media have, in their breathless hysteria, made it so. In a sober, calm country, it would simply be the second budget of a 5 year government after 15 years of clown show. I may not like it all, but some perspective would be welcome.

@RobBfromDerby This was the hellish scene in South Gloucestershire yesterday! How long must we endure this?

Peak District yesterday - barely escaped with my life. 😂😂

@drhingram “your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should.”

On the one hand, I’m appalled. On the other, I’m intrigued.

@APlasticPaddy @churnwell Unbelievable.

@churnwell @Paulwhitbread1 call an ambulance. Horse face has had a massive stroke

Stop what you're doing and listen to this, Laurence Fox's tribute to Charlie Kirk and the worst song ever recorded.

@psychotronica_ Paging @APlasticPaddy

Donga - “Indian Thriller” Intense Terror Edit 1985 / India / A. Kodandarami Reddy ⚡️sound on⚡️

@RossMcCaff He’s utterly repellent!

he comes across fantastically here. You can see the kind of winning charm that got him to persuade the local party in Durham to nominate him despite having zero connection to the area

@implausibleblog Privatisation of profit, nationalisation of debt.

If Jaguar Land Rover is now an Indian company owned by Tata, Why is the UK providing £1.5 billion, and not Tata, which made over $180 billion in revenue last year?

The eminent cosmologist and humanist, Carl Sagan, writing in 1995: