Zooby (Jamie Zubairi)

Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has passed away at the age of 84. My thoughts are with his family.

I wanted to share this clip from his appearance on Sesame Street in 1971. His important words ring just as true today as they did back then.

She's an accomplished painter with her painting style sometimes foreshadowing her music style, aesthetically. Check out www.jonimitchell.com/painting

A crisp, blue skied morning

I totally was cool once.

He's with us on Monday

That sounds like a lot! Our breakfast tends to be scrambled eggs and salmon, toast. The big meal is the lunch. Happy Christmas and a great new year!

Jason must be bored. His bath analogy doesn't work. Also you can take your washing bowl out of the sink while washing, and put the dishes in the sink for rinsing. Waste of a hilldeath

Merīkurisumasu from our neighbourhood to yours! 🎄💚

#FindYourSpirit

And there were plenty of extra roast potatoes

How was your Christmas? Only cooking for 4. My cousin Ana helped with the peeling and chopping while I could be left alone in the kitchen. Loved it.

I keep looking at the potatoes in peeling, thinking, I know it's only 4 people but, is this enough? And I peel another. I've been doing this for about 10 minutes. I should stop

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Ok. #OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding got me in the end. I miss my friend.

Beyond belief. What are they after from the US?

RSC planning to axe entire music department in favour of recordings The Royal Shakespeare Company is poised to scrap its music department altogether and shift towards a model that makes greater use of recorded music

The Royal Shakespeare Company is poised to scrap its in-house musicians under proposals being put forward by the organisation.

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Me: Even these two? She wasn't gay the last time I watched this!
Mum: She's had an epiphany.

Mum: (watching Corrie) Does the picture seem all right to you? Seems very dark
Me: Are these characters gay?
Mum: Yes
Me: Gays never have their main lights on.
Mum: Really? It's a whole new world to me. Everyone's gay on this now.
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Same.

So...people that say politics shouldn't be part of football seem to be pretty quiet about FIFA awarding Drumpf the FIFA Peace Prize

Watching Punch, the play at Apollo @nimaxtheatres.bsky.social

The lovely Julie Hesmondhalgh, with whom I worked in Cucumber about 11 years ago!

Meanwhile the names and faces of black members of the US military at a Dutch memorial are being quietly removed. Is that right?

Plaques commemorating Black WWII soldiers fighting against Nazi Germany have been removed from a U.S. military cemetery in the Netherlands —Newsweek

I still miss you
Trying to let go

Oooh @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social the publishersof gorgeous book by @janettay.bsky.social has dropped the preview for Early Mornings At The Laksa Cafe. Have a listen!

Woohoooo! I'll have to share it with my family!

No, we set the temperature of backstage. And we need to make sure it's healthy

Home | My Neighbour Totoro Book your tickets for the RSC and Joe Hisaishi’s acclaimed production of Studio Ghibli's My Neighbour Totoro. Now playing at the Gillian Lynne Theatre, London.

Hoping you're all well Bill! I'm in www.totoroshow.com for the foreseeable, if you'd like to see it, message me

Don't encourage me @billbj.bsky.social