Thinking today not only of the victims who perished in Grenfell but Dawn Foster, one of the journalists who was at the forefront of coverage standing up for residents and who would undoubtedly have plenty to say this morning if she were still with us.

Thanks for the tip, Thames Water Here’s one in return: Privatised profiteering clogs your society.

Made a meme that would have been really useful in 2002.

Quite funny that the internet has seen fit to archive one single quote by me, and it’s this piece of bleak, blank, miserablism I’m a cheerful lad!

In the aftermath of Grenfell, Clive Lewis MP was roundly condemned by all the captain sensibles that dominate our media class for tweeting “Burn neoliberalism, not people” The enquiry reminds us He was correct then And he is correct now Otherwise, we are counting down the days

It’s not that they don’t SEE it It’s that, for all intents and purposes, it’s not there

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This is one of those Rorschach Tests where everyone thinks they are Fiona Apple but actually they are Quentin Tarantino

The arrival of this lyric in the canon of regretful dad hip hop feels like an unholy rubicon has been crossed.

Music I liked before I'd tasted the food it was named after: 1. Cranberries 2. Smashing Pumpkins 3. Toni Basil 4. Neneh Cherry 5. Meatloaf Food I liked before I'd heard the music named after it: 1. Orange Juice 2. Neutral Milk Hotel 3. Salt N Peppa 4. Eminem 5. Vanilla Ice

There doesn’t have to be a third Not everything is a Feeld profile

Love’s Work, work, work, work, work, work; He said me haffi work, work, work, work, work, work; He see me do mi dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt; So me put in Love’s Work, work, work, work, work, work.

This week at Jonathan Main! Don't miss Orlaine McDonald in conversation with Keiran Goddard on Thursday, where the two authors will be discussing Orlaine's brilliant Serpent's Tail debut 'No Small Thing', and much else. Tickets available here: booksellercrow.co.uk/event/author-e…

You write a novel about class, loss, friendship, addiction, labour, property and grief … and WHAT do the heathens focus on?? People like what they like I guess lol 👊👊👊 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

Economics coverage in the UK media is like something from a 1980s maths workbook for kids. Timmy has two pounds and then Timmy buys six apples that cost him two pounds fifty ... how quickly must Timmy impose life threatening austerity measures on the all but the wealthy?

Going to print this out and silently point at it whenever someone asks me if I’ve watched Succession

Milan Kundera: Fine name for a novelist Elite name for an Italian magician.

New book pile courtesy of Jonathan Main and Serpent's Tail Robert Loyko-Greer Thank you 🙏 ❤️ Particularly looking forward to the new/old pola oloixarac 🇦🇷♥️

Saddest thing is, much of what WAS good about the internet relied on building userbases via communality, only to then pivot to serving capital once that userbase was established Result: disfunction, dissatisfaction Capitalism needs the commons, then capitalism kills the commons

Really looking forward to this Heather Parry is a great writer, but also an incredibly smart, comradely and generative thinker Thanks for sending Bobby Mostyn-Owen Doubleday Books 🙏❤️