#TheDiplomat S4E7: sumptuous filming with an almost unbelievable first shot, glorious locations, compelling narrative, exceptional dialogue, pitch-perfect performances - this + #SlowHorses S6E6, seen last night, are among the very best recent episodes of great television (if we still call it that).

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I completely missed the news about the Google outage today, presumably because I was lost in speculation about the £999 membership tier for the Amol Rajan Connection. Every time I think about it I spontaneously laugh out loud, so - if nothing else - it has been v successful at cheering me up.

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Government support for drilling at #Jackdaw takes a wrecking ball to any pretence of UK climate leadership & pours fuel on an overheating world - and for what? It’s equivalent to just 2 months of UK gas demand, creates just 27 direct jobs & has *no* impact on energy bills🧵1/4

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I'll be on BBC Radio Bristol at 12.50, talking about the expression 'don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs'. First recorded in English in 1692, equivalents exist in other European languages too.

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For £999 I will promise never to subject you to a ‘meet and greet’.

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