Further to @isam's telly schedule, the BBC's Screen Two section on iplayer includes the following, often relevant to pb:- Screen Two Landmark productions from some of the UK's greatest creative talen… (View Post)

Historians smell a rat over beaked plague doctor masks Research in Germany suggests the masks, symbolic of the Black Death, were not worn until hundreds of years after bubonic plague ravaged Eurasia … (View Post)

UK newspaper apologizes for fake De Blasio interview criticizing Mamdani The Times deletes article after its reporter was duped by impostor pretending to be former New York mayor https://www.theguard… (View Post)

A slightly old and off-topic tweet from the Chancellor:- Businesses back Britain to succeed. Great news from JPMorganChase that they'll be investing £300m+ in their Bournemouth campus. When businesse… (View Post)

It almost makes you feel sorry for whichever minister has drawn this morning's media round. (View Post)