The ridiculous notion that two men like Daniel Cleaver and Mark Darcy would fight over Bridget Jones.
Also: Ceasefire in Gaza, Ministries for everyone, beds for nobody, and why Say Nothing says something.
Don’t laugh at the sucker. Or do. But recognise that it could be you.
We should not all be made to live like idiots, just because idiots exist.
A younger Matt had among his bêtes noir those I considered to be traitors to the doctrine of scientific socialism. Among them were Richard Crossman.
“We are the media now” – and journalists absolutely HATE it.
Long remembered
You are not suddenly going to turn into Brad Pitt or Keira Knightly. You certainly are not going to do it in January.
When you want to cheer yourself up this Christmas, when all the stress gets too much and you want to see how hard other people have it, just watch Motherland.
In these safer times, let’s keep the old tradition and light the candle of welcome this Christmas Eve.
Right, it’s nearly Christmas, which means it’s time to stop worrying about about news, and focus on the things that are really important.
One of my favourite films is About a Boy