It's publication day for my first historical novel: The Goddess Queen! The intertwined story of Cleopatra and Antonius set against the geopolitics of the Mediterranean, 2000 years ago...

Mehdi Hasan's open letter to Louise Haigh: "Under Article I of the Genocide Convention – which the UK acceded to back in 1970 – “contracting parties” have a duty “to prevent and to punish” genocide. It’s a “binding duty” per the UN" open.substack.com/pub/zeteou…

Come and find me over there.

Just popped in to remind ⁦@d_ream_music⁩ that Things is in E flat.

Bill Bailey has cut his hair. Now, suddenly, 90% of the population of Keynsham has longer hair than him. This is surely a move he should've consulted us on, like a planning application. Wasn't his hair a Listed Monument? Surely he needed permission from The Wurzels or something?

Why are the Conservative press office doing this again - pretending to be some sort of independent fact checker during an election debate? One of the most underhand and deceitful tactics of the campaign. It feels like they are taking the British public for fools.

Dear 🇬🇧, Our 11th #DoctorsStrike begins tomorrow with a clear message to the next govt: safe staffing for NHS patients is non-negotiable. The annual staff haemorrhage of 20,000 doctors and 40,000 nurses must end now. #PayRestoration is a patient safety necessity. #GE2024

🚨IMPORTANT: PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES SCANDAL UPDATE • Doctors across country raise alarm • Royal College of GP’s @rcgp calls for halt to recruitment of PA’s in general practice @TheBMA has called for IMMEDIATE halt to recruitment of PA’s & Anaesthesia Associates

"For some of us, this is our reality". We hear from newly qualified GP @tilnaST & @doctor_katie on why the #ARM2024 motion calling to restore the rights of GPs to employ the staff they need is so important and why we must support the campaign to #TakeActionSaveGeneralPractice.

I’ve had some insults since a spokesperson for the Dubai-funded Legatum Institute published my salary on X (they think it’s too high) and Jacob Rees-Mogg shared it. I’m experienced enough to deal with it but not all charity employees are and it’s no way for thinktanks to behave.

Oof this is devastating 🔥 Britain, as seen from America. Just blistering from @James_ARobins in @newrepublic. Read it & weep. (& VOTE) newrepublic.com/article/1829…

Things that jump into my mind instead of thinking about the things I’m meant to be thinking about: If someone 👀 was crazy enough🙄 to build an exact replica of Hadrian’s Wall in Playmobil scale, it would be over 3 miles long 😏 #PlaymobilInfestation #GoingToNeedABiggerGarden

Otherwise known as the entire annual salary of nearly 50,000 NHS nurses - just up in scandalous smoke.

Just for reference, John Burn-Murdoch covered life expectancy is this thread on the NHS in 2022 Along with waiting lists, investment, staff pay, all worse under the Tories

Hello @Ofcom can you explain how a channel that isn’t a news channel wins a news presenter award? Yet another chapter in the story of how the media normalised hard right politics because it is nice and easy clickbait.

My day in stats and pics: a live online Wolf Road event for 120,000 school pupils; book signing at 6 book shops; being made 1 Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health; 8.92 miles and 18,028 steps!

Reform's candidate in Twickenham is a member of anti-vax misinformation group HART. In leaked chat logs, Alex Starling called vaccinating children "a perverted abomination", and talked about sneaking HART content and campaigns into articles he wrote for UK news site Reaction. 🧵