The Thick of It. The Death of Stalin. Veep. The Hartlepool Spy. Epic Space. Broken English. Avenue 5. Unhinged, and other books. Guardian, Architects' Journal, iPaper, Observer, whatever. Grandpa. STATE PENSIONER.
This sounds fantastic.
Nigel AuchterlounieI'm 40 mins into Restore Point. A Czech crime thriller. In the near future, if you die a violent death, your body can be regrown, and your mind can be uploaded. From the last time you did a back up. So you won't remember your death, but you could help investigate your murder.
Oh shit off.
Michael SpeirsI'm sorry but your piece smacks of ingratitude. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer your translation has sold ONE MILLION copies, most I contend, due to the pr run-up and release of the Nolan film. You are entitled to your opinion but why bite the hand that fed you? Maybe silence would be wiser?
Should have attached this, thanks @boredstoopid.bsky.social
Ian MartinIt would be heartless to laugh. deadline.com/2026/07/ai-q...
It would be heartless to laugh. deadline.com/2026/07/ai-q...
AI Questions Spoil Book & Movie Heat On 'Call Me, I'll Hide The Body' NovelThat screeching sound you heard from international publishers and film rights buyers was an abrupt application of the brakes after a fevered pursuit of the unpublished debut novel.deadline.com"on track" - why not stick a thumbs-up emoji at the end of the sentence, you bouncy ghouls? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
England on track for record heat-related deaths this summer, official data showsUKHSA estimates 2,877 fatalities during heatwaves in May and June, almost twice that recorded in 2025 seasonwww.theguardian.comBlackheath looked exactly like this in 1976. I was living there for a bit. On the other hand, the only global environmental worry then was the hole in the ozone layer. Which we fixed.
Richard Jwww.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Blimey, Blackheath
"Phos, Megale, Patir, Ymos, Ebel, Eber, Helioth, Gezei, Salatial, Sadim, Helgyo, Megis, Micton, Esel, Gecor, Granal, Semaranxai, Gelsemana, Arasamion, Sale, Patir, Agion, Atnas, aminb..." publicdomainreview.org/essay/ars-no...
Artificial Intelligence: Ars Notoria and the Promise of Instant KnowledgeCenturies before Neo instantly mastered Kung Fu in The Matrix, medieval scholars found a shortcut to years of difficult study: a magical manuscript that promised to fast-track advanced learning. Anne ...publicdomainreview.orgNice version too of @quantick's memorable phrase.
Dr StyliteI generally agree with this. Populism tends towards autocracy and autocracy tends towards ridiculousness. There’s nothing more ridiculous than always saying, I am right. And ridiculous is the death knell for any form of government or political party. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Nice collage, fuck Farage.
Mic WrightNEW | Let’s be serious… FARAGE BELIEVES IN FREE SPEECH UNTIL HE’S AT THE SHARP END OF A CUTTING JOKE Pretending that the guillotine t-shirt photo clumsily shared by Zack Polanski is a genuine threat is laughable and we should say so... brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/farage-bel...
re: inews.co.uk/opinion/forg... this was the first one we did, on four grand: www.youtube.com/watch?v=znnO...
Tig!YouTube video by Dallas Road Community Primary Schoolwww.youtube.comWhat an absolutely brilliant thing to happen. This is 100% joy. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
‘No plan, no budget, no promotion’: how a genre-mashing masterpiece by a forgotten New York beatnik blew Gen Z awayHow did an album that began life in 1984 – fusing disco, folk, synth-pop and Chinese opera – end up as ‘one of 2026’s most thrilling releases’? And why does its creator call himself Nirosta Steel?www.theguardian.com