The % of newspaper columnists who went to private school has risen from 43% in 2014 to 44% in 2019 and now to 50% in 2025. Given that only 6% of kids are privately educated, this may explain why commentators are so out of touch. Thanks to @suttontrust

Knight of Belfalas by Imad Awan

They’re swapping eclairs for flakes in Cadbury Heroes. It’s nice to get some good news now and then. Eclairs are fine, but they never belonged in that mix. Much better to just have a bag of them on the side.

What you have to remember Nokes, is that when it comes to sex all logic and reason flee the premises. Did you know there's even a word for people sexually aroused by angels? Angelophillia. Ashcourt Necropolis has a real problem with divine messenger botherers. – #DICallaghan

Ladybird wisdom, part 47. Artist: Frank Humphris (A First ‘Do You Know’ Book, 1971)

MARCO RUBIO: government paying $300 per child every month to not work is socialism. CHRISTOPHER INGRAHAM: we pay senators $15,000 per month to not work so I'm not sure what the objection is here. #GOP #GreedyBastards #tyranny #government #PredatoryCapitalism #SNAP #Children

A man is judged by the company he keeps.

#FairyTaleTuesday The magic cauldron, that classic symbol of Halloween, makes many appearances in the Mabinogion, where it has often been considered an early precursor to the Holy Grail of Arthurian legend. This Margaret Jones painting shows the Pair Dadeni - the cauldron of

Is Brief Encounter', complete with music by Sergei Rachmaninoff, the greatest romantic film ever made? I'd like to think so. And, to back it up, I've written a piece about it in today's Daily Express. Happy 80th birthday, Brief Encounter.

I hate being gaslit by racists who tell me the racist things they have said are not racist.

NEWS! 'It drives us mad when TV screens are full of Reform MPs when they're less than 1% of the Parliamentary population' confirms public

🚨Further details: After verification, the two men in the photo were identified as: 1.Haj Nadi Marouf 2.Haj Ali Marouf Both were arrested by Israel from their home in Beit Lahiya. After being used as human shields, their relatives found them three days later executed.

#OtD 28 Oct 1932 hunger marchers were attacked by police in Hyde Park, London. 3000 unemployed had set off from across the UK in Sep. Met in London by over 100k supporters, they tried to give politicians a petition of over 1 million signatures when attacked

She was the youngest member in the parliament. She was incredibly courageous . May she rest in peace

Good to see @networkrail Eastern has found a new home for Pontefract's "Prince of Wales Colliery" signal box sign - the box was demolished in 2024, after the crossing was automated. It's gone to the Prince of Wales Colliery Memorial Group, which is now working on it for display.

Just a crow, going about their crow business.

@zarahsultana Funny thing about shields.... you only miss them once they're gone. Zarah say's; 'We must withdraw from NATO immediately.' I say Zarah should go back... to School and learn some history. Ten million dead in the trenches of 1914-18. Sixty million lost in the fires of 1939-45.

Great Tit arriving in style! 😍 Taken at the weekend at RSPB Greylake in Somerset. 😊🐦

Adverts should be representative of traditional British families

Brexit benefit? Letter from today's Times.