Luke led the way but Solo is finally all in on Kamala

Ironically, given that the LA Times has just bottled it entirely, along with the craven Wash Post, there's a good piece by Michael Hitzik on the plays agit history. latimes.com/business/hiltzik…

And if you want to hear more about the world's first national theatre forged in the agonies of the Great Depression then here's fabulous Marybeth Hamilton to tell you all about it. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3cswc…

Fantastic,perfect timing. Wondered who was going to do this. So bravo Mike Walker & BBC team. First staged Oct 27th, 1936 in 21 theatres & 17 states as one of the wonders of Hallie Flannegan's Federal Theatre Project. They had to drag the script out of a soused Sinclair Lewis.

Deeply saddened at the departure of ten Hag, a fellow who always looked like one of those doomed hard men in a bad Van Damme film. He has brought football fans everywhere immense pleasure. He will be missed, much like the open goals by his rubbish

Let's call this the auto didactic podcast era of kerbibble.

Nothing strange about it. Deliberate evisceration of public service practice & culture. Staff gone, money gone, pointless privitization chasing pot of gold in endless churn of umpteen part podcasts. To quote Hemingway 'slowly & then suddenly all at once' , that's the BBC now.

BBC public service radio, as was,has become a wasteland in just a few years. Hollowed out. An entire production culture sold off, destroyed. Say hello to the capitalist wing of radio, STUDIOS. Tim Davie & his Goodfellah's centenary gift youtu.be/5ydqjqZ_3oc?si=lpf3… via @YouTube

Absa-bloody-lutely. That Dutch lad at Spurs also perfect for Madrid.