Didn't say that earlier because I'm busy working on the Nobel Prize in Literature, which has gone to a Hungarian - another country with a fraught relationship with Eurovision!

The quote from his team on this is the same as before: "We do not support the exclusion of Israel from international competitions such as the Eurovision Song Contest. Decisions on this matter, as well as questions concerning hosting, fall under the responsibility of the EBU."

László Krasznahorkai - beloved of Sontag, Toibin, and anyone who hates full stops, wins the Nobel https://t.co/oIgT6jrz7k Always lovely when someone wins I have prepared text for!

BREAKING NEWS The 2025 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.”

Just FYI all, Austria's chancellor has not said Austria will not host Eurovision if Israel is excluded https://t.co/iMYWGiqA4I (I have checked with his office)

“Les Miserables” is 40 today so wrote about its unlikely success https://t.co/iZt9odUCm9 Thoroughly recommend perusing the scathing original reviews (some pictured)

Are you (apparently, I don’t believe it) Christian Kracht?

Are you likely to win the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday and should I write some advanced copy about you just in case?

Nooooooooooo https://t.co/wn4HihCeD3 I was so jealous when @clairemoses profiled her for us https://t.co/ICR3lv9eoh and she lived up to everything you'd expect

Shows the particular issue when an architect's accused of misconduct - you can't really cancel a building that's been years in the planning and had millions spent on it

First reviews of his new Princeton University Art Museum are coming in https://t.co/gYfq08H4PS - "an unusually powerful and accomplished work of architecture." Expect similar ofr his Studio Museum in Harlem and Museum of West African Art in Nigeria

Many commissioners insist Adjaye is no longer involved in projects, but another leading architect questioned if likely. "What’s he doing? Sitting in a corner of the office reading a book?”

Only commissioner I could get to speak on record about him was the Thabo Mbeki Presidential Center in Johannesburg who said they "felt a responsibility to 'not condemn David into oblivion" and Adjaye had agreed to discuss the allegations publicly when it opens (2028)

David Adjaye should be the man of the moment with three great buildings opening this autumn, but - over two years on from sexual misconduct allegations - commissioners (at least in the U.S. and UK) are still keeping a wide birth

It is the only good song on there tho

Jane Goodall's dead 😵 https://t.co/Ms4Fx56FL1

Kneecap case dismissed

Eurovision members to vote on Israeli participation happening in November https://t.co/DNMWqoXx9i Eurovision has “never faced a divisive situation like this before" says the EBU's president in a letter to members

The waiting list at Fred’s Gym in Hampstead is about to go nuts https://t.co/NHMOVMkLrO (see opening sentence)

And the Booker Prize shortlist is out https://t.co/FnKJEhWxXN Kiran Desai, David Szalay, Katie Kitamura, Susan Choi, Andrew Miller, Benjamin Markovits