I'm in Italy. 10/10 would recommend.

New profile pic.

I'm in holiday and I've just finished this, for the record.

Len? #totp

Lovely to see Charlie Hawtrey on Have I Got News For You.

"That looks like a Job Centre over there."

Going to write a thesis on how this was the greatest cultural juxtaposition of the 1980s.

The mighty Len Deighton has passed away aged 97. What a writer and what a man. My bookshelf here speaks for my love of him.

Good Bye Lenin! is on Prime! Do yourself a massive favour if you've never seen it.

There was a 1987 episode of Wogan on BBC4 tonight featuring Jenny Agutter, Laurie Lee and this guy. Culturally, 1987 feels like a million years ago.

When you're opening the batting for Ireland at 2pm and appearing on #totp at 8pm.

Chile? She looks frozen.

When Jeremy Corbyn and his missus go on holiday to Greece.

When Lord Sugar cracks a joke on The Apprentice.

Reading a biography of Brezhnev. The caption for this 1971 photo is 'I look like Alain Delon'.

Hitler having a copy of the Beveridge Report in the bunker is a lovely bit of trivia.

"... for an hour!"

"l no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"

That's a hell of a paragraph.

"Do you have any dandelion & burdock?"

Latest performance review at work.

"Four cakes, Jeremy? Four? That's insane"

Me describing my brother-in-law when he comes for Christmas dinner.

"And from the crew of Apollo 8 we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas, and God bless all of you, all of you on the good earth."

Stephen Collins in today's Guardian.

Please enjoy this photo of my granddad, Ernie, and the telegram he sent to my nana the day he came home from the war. Nine months later, my dad was born

"Trump & Orban will appear at Blackpool Palace of Varieties from May to September. Contact the box office for ticket prices."

Absolute filth from Nigel Slater in today's Observer.

Good to see pleasant-smelling concierges from fictitious Mitteleuropa hotels are safe from AI.