Val Dobson

We couldn't see much of the wonderful Art Deco interior - I only managed to get these shots.

I went to meet Elly and her family in Northumberland for an episode of The Story. Listen here if you want to understand the impact of a false allegation of FII - and what's causing hundreds of families to get accused of such a rare from of abuse. podcasts.apple.com/ng/podcast/we-…

Anyone got any suggestions for him?

"Christopher Spelman, 66, is wanted for failing to comply with sexual offender notifications requirements, the force say. Spelman has been wanted since July 14, and was last spotted at a train station in Bournemouth, Dorset."

I know, instantly, that Shakespeare didn’t write this, without having to look it up. The ability to know this without consulting any sources is an ability that will be decimated by reliance on AI.

Late life adaptations to Mum and Dad's house are done. Electric recliners to watch the horse racing, a walk in shower with supports, a mire insulated flat roof and handrails into the garden. Fifteen grand and Eighteen months. My parents, 93 and 88: worth every penny and second.

The regime wants to hang her to make an example. The death sentence of #Pakhshan_Azizi has been confirmed for the third time. She is one of many brave women the Islamic Republic is trying to punish for the “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising. And yet… the free world still does…

Kisin: Blaming Jews “gives very stupid people a very easy way of understanding complicated geopolitical and domestic issues.”

My tweets about Kharkiv feel almost invisible today. I keep retweeting them over and over again so the world doesn’t miss what russia is doing to civilians there. Please don’t scroll past. Let it be seen.

Fascinating--and also worth noting that for all the ancient astronaut theorists who obsess about the Anunnaki, not one of them ever noted that one of the Anunnaki is a fox.

Watching #OneDayInSouthport, with #UnionJackSuitGuy going on about how the riots were about class & the working class'concerns about immigration are being ignored, I was shouting "So what bloody class do you think immigrants are?" Why didn't the interviewer ask that question?

We are in 2025 in an employment tribunal and debating the use of the word 'heresy' 🧙‍♀️

A humble king will always bow to his queen ❤️

The Chief Boss Dr has just told me I could have this infection in my bladder. I masterfully stopped myself from responding "So you're saying to hold off on the golden showers for a few weeks?" Why am I like this?

There was a slight chance I could be allergic to the only treatment possible for my heinous lung issues, but I've had no reaction to the staggered introduction so COME ON YOU LUNGS!!!

Last night I watched 'Fantabulosa!' the 2006 dramatisation of Kenneth Williams' life. Fabulously gay, he always described himself as asexual, a term that hardly anybody else used at the time. So why isn't he on any of those lists of 'asexual celebrities' that the TQ++ put out?

"...Gunter must have twisted and pulled Brendon’s limbs and may have held him by the legs and struck him against hard objects." TURN HIM OVER TO THE WOMEN theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/j…