The national service proposal was worth it just for the unexpected side effect of half of Twitter succumbing to a brutal truth serum which has accidentally made them let slip how much they hate the working classes. It's been like lifting a stone in a rockery.

Aw, farewell lovely Richard Sherman. The brothers let Walt spread them out so thinly for oompah hackwork that they were effectively denied a legacy of consistent quality control, but Mary Poppins and The Slipper And The Rose are incredible pieces of sustained long-form work. RIP.

‘In 2020, only 268 titles sold more than 100K copies, and 96% of books sold less than 1K copies….. Around 20-25% of the readers…account for 80% of the revenue pool of the industry….A “Netflix of Books” would put publishing houses out of business’

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Mixed feelings. On one hand, TV leaning into visualised radio is a positive development that will give us low-cost, high quality shows that eschew modern over-formatting for old-school quality, like Uncanny. On the other hand can it not be The Rest Is bloody Politics?

So excited - my new book THE ELSIE DRAKE LETTERS is coming out in October. For the past year I've been secretly writing and sending hundreds of (insane) letters as Mrs Elsie Drake - aged 104 and the sixth oldest woman in Britain - and collecting all the incredible replies…

I’m finally entering the 21st century - yes, I’m launching a Substack. (In fact, I’m starting two Substacks because I’ll be writing about two different spheres that don’t normally overlap.)

This one is The Culture Bunker - link here theculturebunker.substack.com/?r=44xwv&utm_c…

This is where I’ll

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Oh! The beauty

Curtain twitchers beware. Tonight at 10pm we invite you into 'Mulberry Close'. #insideno9 BBC Two

Having a little break for the night from music-making. It is a little bit like giving blood, I get so drained afterwards. But today I made what I think might be the best cue I've ever done, so that's something. And I'm rarely happy with anything I write!

I'm trying to independently publish a funny picture book for kids. It's about friendship, not trying to be perfect, and CHEESE!

It's on Kickstarter NOW! Thanks to 133 awesome people it's 79% funded but time is running out!

Please pledge/share and help me to achieve my dream 🧀

(Sorry if I'm over-tweeting today, getting it all out my system before having a week off Twitter so I can finish off a music job before the schools break up. See you soon x )

Fellow parents - there is literally no middle ground between 'I am helicoptering too much' and 'I am not helicoptering enough', is there? Once again sat here at the park, having a nervous breakdown every time she goes behind a tree.

Hahahahaha, get me and/or Ben Baker, Death and That drunk enough and we'll tell you through an ice shower of unresolved bitterness. THREE YEARS IT WAS ON FOR

This is starting soon and it's one of my favourite things I've done in ages. Whether a Star Wars fan or not, I think there's plenty to enjoy. Noiseboxradio.com