Ive avoided Today prog since 2019 for all of the reasons that makes the existence of a report like this one by Bowen now so rare. Glad it made it to air & was allowed to breathe (something TP has largely abandoned in favour of a magazine format). ps. 'be more Chris Mason' is hilarious/horrifying.
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IN PRAISE OF JEREMY BOWEN
His Today programme monologue on Trump, war in Iran, and the history of the Middle East was exactly how the BBC should be reporting on the world.
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“To say Trump has no plan & is making it up as he goes along is a reflection of the evidence of our eyes & ears. To equivocate on such a serious topic is not good journalism; it’s cowardice.”
In praise of Jeremy Bowen - @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social
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'He must not be replaced with an Otter.' So good. Maybe it could be Winston C sitting WITH an otter. Then everyone will be happy.
The brilliant Mr. Cody Dahler! Please come to Bluesky!
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Please join
@barnabascalder.bsky.social and me for a talk next Wednesday, 18 March, 6 pm for the Academy of Urbanism in the office of Collective Architecture, at 13 Bath Street in Glasgow, www.theaou.org/events/autho...
WATCH: Nigel Farage and Robert Jenrick change fuel prices in Buxton at a Reform UK petrol station They have pledged to reinstate the 5p fuel duty cut in their first Budget
Farage and Jenrick pull a stunt in Buxton in protest at the fuel prices which are going up - on account of a war they both back - started by a man Farage flew thousands of miles to "have dinner with" only for said man to decide he was busy.
So much dignity going on.
So Jenrick is now basically one of those men who went round vandalising mobile phone masts 'because of 5G' during the pandemic. Well done, Honest Bob, you were once a Secretary of State.
Can anyone explain to me what the Blue Labour justification for this is? Who out there will vote Labour because Mahmood prevented a Sudanese Chevening Scholar? And to be honest, why won’t the PM simply overrule her?
Ivanka Trump’s luxury real estate brokers the Alexander brothers were just convicted of sex trafficking after 11 victims testified they were drugged and assaulted for years.
The same “A Team” that moved mansions for many of the rich and famous.
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
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This is silly nice, the clock face detail is so fun. 🤞for the listing app (what's not to like?)
Encouraging statements on the potential restoration of Shipley Clock Tower (1961). We still await news on C20's listing application, made back in 2024.
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Tories standing with their legs very far apart in a very normal fashion
In the UK, we like to refer to this as the Tory power stance, a sad condition which infiltrated the Conservation party in recent years and is of course, super normal.
nothin better than standing regular-style in my favorite restaurant. i love to cross that threshold and plant my feet in a loose but vigilant straddle, like anyone would
hello I'm mental
Brilliant in these increasingly dark times
When Doocy (Junior) is asking a legitimate question you know things are bad.
If, like me, you have a soft spot for hard concrete, the recently opened Brutal Scotland exhibition @streetlevelphotoworks is a doozy. Nice, too, to bump into old muso mate, Ken 'Bluebells' McCluskey.
Pic: Dollan Baths, East Kilbride
this is odd because Graham looks really relaxed and nice.
Episode 50: Bullshit Jobs
An anthropologist proffers a theory about fake jobs, and two professional podcasters weigh in.
David Harding, sculptor and educator, died on 21st February 2026, aged 88.
"As town artist for Glenrothes, Fife, in the late 1960s and 70s, he embedded sculpture in underpasses, bus stops, and housing schemes", notes The Guardian in its just published obituary.
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The good kind of infighting. Creasy explaining very clearly why the policy sucks. More power to the backbenchers
Tony Blair, wearing overly tight stonewash denim jeans.
have purchased the book and am enjoying. but no pics which is disappointing when images of TB in stonewash denim exist which is def illustrative of something...
Seven mid century eastern european matchbox labels depicting people and books
Happy World Book Day! 📚
The Mayor of London stands on the rooftop of John Lewis’ Oxford Street store overlooking Oxford Street, with buses and buildings stretching into the distance.
A group photo on the rooftop garden of John Lewis’ Oxford Street store featuring the Mayor of London, Nabeel Khan (OSDC CEO), Scott Parsons (OSDC Chair) and Dee Corsi (NWEC CEO) standing with several others. A large building and a domed structure are visible behind them.
The Mayor of London, Nabeel Khan (OSDC CEO), Scott Parsons (OSDC Chair) and Dee Corsi (NWEC CEO) in discussion in the rooftop garden of John Lewis’ Oxford Street store, surrounded by plants and outdoor structures.
From the John Lewis flagship store: I’ve given the green light to a traffic-free Oxford Street.
We’re moving at pace to pedestrianise the mile between Orchard St and Great Portland St. I want to see the first section go traffic-free by the end of summer. A huge day for the West End. 🚶♂️
One of my favourite sides of politics/media.
That Hegseth sniff is just so nasty. if a sniff could encapsulate an administration, thats it.
Trump is more than 40 minutes late and VA Secretary Doug Collins is staring at the ceiling
An appalling company, feel sorry for its staff
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Well, no, they’re not just as wrong. The bigger error is not seeing that “trying to win over voters from a party on the opposite end of the spectrum, whose values your core voters oppose” is not same as “chasing voters from party on same side ideologically whose values your core voters like.”
