Deirdre Shanahan

"We called London a war zone and moved to Dubai by mistake"

You couldn’t make this up.
And if you did, everyone would say it’s too much.

really lovely display

obviously a lady, I think

Ar Hyd y Nos (All Through The Night) YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg

For St David’s Day, Ciaran Jenkins of Channel 4 News and I play the Welsh song Ar Hyd y Nos (All Through The Night). #StDavidsDay

just watched Rye Lane and it is great
wonderful brightness and quirky humour

Royal family is considering removing Andrew from Succession.

He is 8th in line, so there are low chances he will live that long, but it's just on the Principle.

Armed Police rammed into his accommodation on his birthday, just to add salt to the injury.

Long Live the United Kingdom! #MainBastards

Definitely for next time there

Thank you to Greenland for providing emergency medical care to a US sailor on board the submarine, since we did not have adequate resources in the area to treat him. I’m sorry that our president felt the need to cover up our shortcomings with a deranged ghost hospital ship post.

This one hits hard.

L: Scoop in The Telegraph yesterday boasting: “The Telegraph has learnt that the King urged his mother, Elizabeth II, to veto the appointment but his warnings that it would end in disaster were ignored”
R: Flunkey’s column from Eye 1668, three weeks ago.

Stay ahead of the news; buy the Eye.

I would vgo if in Southampton

First Gent: My lord, what news from Norfolk?

Second Gent: The prince, the king's own brother, is detained
At Aylsham.

First Gent: Marry, it will *ail* the king
Full sore if this be truth and not a *sham*.

Second Gent: (beat) My lord, are we really doing this

Why China Sent Spies After Gold Medal-Winning Skater Alysa Liu And Her Father Liu and her father, who had protested the Chinese government after the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, were targeted in an alleged spying scheme months before Liu competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

Liu and her father, who had protested the Chinese government after the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, were targeted in an alleged spying scheme months before Liu competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

Former prince discussed with Jeffrey Epstein ways to get round investment rules Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor shared official documents while serving as a UK trade envoy

BBC keeps claiming it broke the story about Prince Andrew sharing government documents about an impending trade trip

I’m pretty sure my colleague @reporterrwright.ft.com first wrote it several days previously

www.ft.com/content/6b2f...

A stack of hardback copies of Angelina D'Roza's 'The Blue Hour'

To have brought a shell to bed with me, picked from a Welsh cove. To have spoken to no one, to have let grammar abrade and brighten with the wet stones. To return now with something to tell you.

'The Blue Hour'
Angelina D'Roza

£2 off until 20 February
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...

Lost my phone in London, with four credit cards and £150 cash in the case. Returned to me within 21 minutes. This hellhole of a city eh.

I remember reading this
from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
at the time

Maybe I missed something but it seems like the only people that have been ‘found guilty’ are Epstein and Maxwell. Who else (donors & politicians) is he talking about??

Leslie Wexner is one of the 10 co-conspirators named by the FBI during the 2019 arrest of Epstein.

He gave Epstein millions of dollars and the $70 million NYC townhouse.

Leon Black gave Epstein over $170 million.

Both men are alive.

How come they've never been asked to testify?

Massie Calls For Lutnick To Resign Over Epstein Connection Massie accused Lutnick of being in business with Epstein “many years after” his conviction in 2008.

Massie accused Lutnick of being in business with Epstein “many years after” his conviction in 2008.

Delighted to find Britta Marakatt-Labba's work discussed
at @barbicancentre.bsky.social
Saw her work at modernamuseet.se/ Stockholm in June
superb embroidery and collage work illustrating Sami culture and showing her activism
wonderful landscapes

looking forward to seeing this but when does mat end?

I know some other matters are more important
but
I have 3 broken umbrellas due to this continual rain
#rain
#London

Jude Wanga | The centre shrinks Peter Mandelson is a case study for the way the Westminster ecosystem protects its own until it is forced, by leakage...

‘Much of our politics now consists of performance rather than governance. The calculations are short-term by design: win the week, dominate the clip, neutralise the headline. The long-term consequences are outsourced to society to endure.’

@judeinlondon.com on the blog
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...

Oh just to dive into these pools

15 Years of Depravity Despite all the redactions, the truth is being revealed.

Imagine never using email and still showing up in the Epstein Files 38,000 times. unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/15-y...

the FT had by Saturday night broken two stories showing that the Mandelsons had taken over $100,000 from the world’s most famous paedophile

by Monday we were all writing various stories about him leaking sensitive state secrets to Epstein

they could have easily pulled this puff piece in time

Available here: www.cbeditions.com/mcguinness.h...

absolutely - they have no idea and I say that with family there