“Rooks are gathered in their rookeries, rebuilding the nests of last season”
Artists: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL Grant Watson
(What to Look for in Winter, 1959)
I've used em-dashes my whole life — they add rhythm and grace to writing. But now they're an AI tell.
Can we get a grandfather clause for those of us who were fluent in em-dashes before ChatGPT launched in November 2022?
Farage has been campaigning this week to bring back handgun ownership in UK, he has obviously forgotten the reason they were banned.
Exactly 30 years ago today these children went to school in Dunblane, Scotland and never went home again.
The next It Just So Happened episode (no. 80) is now out!
This show was recorded at The Hill St Theatre in @edfringe on 8th August 2025.
On the panel with host @richardpulsford were @JaneWalker Kiyanosh Sahebi and Emily Briggs.
Episode link: https://t.co/ZL5WMGpNts
The next It Just So Happened episode (no. 80) will be out tomorrow!
This show was recorded at The Hill St Theatre in @edfringe on 8th August 2025.
On the panel with host @RichardPulsford were @JaneWalker Kiyanosh Sahebi & Emily Briggs, covering On This Day events and Edinburgh.
Recording my new comedy special ‘Bad Mood Rising’ this January in #Cardiff
Saturday 24 Jan at The Canopi
Info/Tickets: https://t.co/209a5ywKxa
“Love, life, and all the things in between — with jokes that leave the whole room in stitches.”
For some reason Scotmid have decided to put the calories on their wine bottles. In quite big letters, so even a couple of glasses in it’s still readable.
This is unnecessary and ridiculous, no one guzzling cheap merlot on a Friday night is counting calories…
IJSH episode no. 74 is now LIVE!
This episode was recorded at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on 2nd August.
The panellists were @JaneWalker@AndyBullick & Scott Redmond, and the host was @richardpulsford
Link: https://t.co/5yme8KZ5Lf
NB Apologies for the recorded sound quality
@KarenMuir5 I’m re-reading Riders this evening. Loved her books so much when I was younger.
As you say, they did a surprisingly good job with Rivals (even with the changes) and I love that she had a wee cameo in it!
📢 I've signed @AlzResearchUK's petition because people with dementia deserve the right to an early, accurate diagnosis. Don't leave #DementiaUnseen, sign the petition today. https://t.co/pkL6CjSsW8
'Staggering' childcare costs swallowing three-quarters of mum's salary.
Bernie Carranza is among those calling for a new funding model that would cap childcare costs at 5% of a family's income.
https://t.co/GXOz7XEZii