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Me wondering why Mr Blobby didn't make the cut for Me wondering why Mr Blobby didn't make the cut for Edward Enninful's #The90s show at Tate Britain for @financialtimes
#TheSunAndTheMoon @saatchi_gallery is really very #TheSunAndTheMoon @saatchi_gallery is really very beautiful, not least for astonishing 19th C tantric painting from @karuncollection next to mesmerising @oliviafraserart. Also, astronauts, eclipses, an unexpectedly moving pastel of the moon from 1787 and a giant sun sublime and humbling unless you think it's "a very big balloon". Show closes on Tuesday.
Marx, Benjamin, how malls gave us Tiffany bopping Marx, Benjamin, how malls gave us Tiffany bopping and Joan of Arc doing aerobics, and why retail parks could never. (Also: our fondness for the high street and why it needs some TLC) for @financialtimes. Please don't come for me Pets at Home fans.
Shout out to @theplandits who stole a toddler's he Shout out to @theplandits who stole a toddler's heart at the idyllic Actors Church in Covent Garden on Thursday. "I love the big bad wolf!" is an unusual take on the fairy tales, and bit worrying to have acquired a taste for bad boys at two years old, but hey ho, this is where we are at. What a fun show. Still touring, I think, including The Lyric in Sept.
Heaven knows you'll want to listen to this new ser Heaven knows you'll want to listen to this new series on Mondays @bbc6music or all 8 parts on @bbcsounds now from @tempotalker #TheRiseAndFallOfTheSmiths #TheSmiths made by @tompooley1  and Craig Templeton Smith (no relation). Immaculately presented by @steve_lamacq & @elizabethalker
On Avni Doshi's new novel, @financialtimes On Avni Doshi's new novel, @financialtimes
On what Stanley Cavell would have told #TaylorSwif On what Stanley Cavell would have told #TaylorSwift on her wedding day. Quality content you only find @financialtimes
Mishaps in the studio, mayhem with the Moomintroll Mishaps in the studio, mayhem with the Moomintrolls and darling Margot on #PickOfTheWeek.  Plus, Anish Kapoor on Barnett Newman's miraculous zips, Bangladeshi heroines, a girl called Myrrhine that history won't forget and music for gawping at the moon. Listen out especially for the birds chirruping in a magical tribute to #GQT's Matthew Biggs. 

Find us on @BBCSounds now or listen on @BBCRadio4 Sunday at 6.15.

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Produced by that excellent @katsucurryman
Oh look, Queenie's back @guardian Oh look, Queenie's back @guardian
Am seriously considering bringing the bunches back Am seriously considering bringing the bunches back. Did you catch our lovely #BBCFreeThinking on @BBCRadio4 last Friday? It's still on @BBCSounds. The marvellous Josh Cohen, Nomisha Kurian, Emma Butcher, @ejbpoetry and @Katherine.Rundell on how children see the world, with lots on infinite imaginations, saluting bravery, banishing dragons and how Woody can defeat his tablet based nemesis in the new Toy Story. We are always here on Fridays at 9pm.
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We recorded it in the sweltering heat on Tuesday w We recorded it in the sweltering heat on Tuesday with a marvellous live @hayfestival audience but you can listen to it in a cool, breezy room if you like - #BBCFreeThinking on responsibility @bbcradio4  @bbcsounds with  @gutoharri  @critchls  @askphilippa & the magnificent Baronness Brenda Hale who is not on social media but 🕷️ #iykyk
Congratulations to @thebookerprizes winners of The Congratulations to @thebookerprizes winners of The International Prize 2026 Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and Lin King for Taiwan Travelogue
If you missed this excellent, thoughtful #BBCFreeT If you missed this excellent, thoughtful #BBCFreeThinking last night on @bbcradio4 because you were too busy mewing, looksmaxxing or generally optimising your body, brain and soul, then you can catch up with the marvellous @elizabethsaraholdfield, Heather Widdows, @tiffanywattsmith, Daniele Lorenzini and @anouchkagrose , exploring self care and self cultivation, via Foucault's technologies of the self, on @BBCSounds. Search for the #ArtsandIdeas podcast. Or manifest it and the universe will probably deliver.
Dazzling panel @sothebys for @londoncraftweek - th Dazzling panel @sothebys for @londoncraftweek - the marvellously talented @rubyslevinlondon for Banshee @henriettta for @mulberryengland and @brendanpcormier from @vam_east on craft in fashion.
My Guardian top ten ... or top three here at least My Guardian top ten ... or top three here at least. Shout out to Persuasion, A Room With a View and Right Ho, Jeeves, my go-tos. The greatest literature written in English? Complaints and vigorous agreements to @guardian please.
Delighted to join @valeriemannaerts @m.leuven on S Delighted to join @valeriemannaerts @m.leuven on Sunday!
Last days to catch #Alchemies, magnificent @Studio Last days to catch #Alchemies, magnificent @StudioWayneMcGregor triple bill @royalballetandopera including #Yugen with set design by @edmunddewaal and @beibeiwangpercussion performing on stage with the company for the new #QuantumSouls (plus, you can read me in the interval while raking over your ice cream with the tiny spork - this was a lovely gig, how lucky I am)
On the problem of trauma as plot and the new Kae T On the problem of trauma as plot and the new Kae Tempest novel. @guardian
Did you know that Samuel Beckett regularly gave a Did you know that Samuel Beckett regularly gave a young André the Giant lifts to school in his truck?  That's not in this episode from @jamiejbartlett, but equally more shocking revelations are.  #EverythingIsFake.  New episodes every Wednesday at 9.30 @BBCRadio4 and all available on @bbcsounds @tompooley1 @tempotalker

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Me wondering why Mr Blobby didn't make the cut for Me wondering why Mr Blobby didn't make the cut for Edward Enninful's #The90s show at Tate Britain for @financialtimes
#TheSunAndTheMoon @saatchi_gallery is really very #TheSunAndTheMoon @saatchi_gallery is really very beautiful, not least for astonishing 19th C tantric painting from @karuncollection next to mesmerising @oliviafraserart. Also, astronauts, eclipses, an unexpectedly moving pastel of the moon from 1787 and a giant sun sublime and humbling unless you think it's "a very big balloon". Show closes on Tuesday.
Marx, Benjamin, how malls gave us Tiffany bopping Marx, Benjamin, how malls gave us Tiffany bopping and Joan of Arc doing aerobics, and why retail parks could never. (Also: our fondness for the high street and why it needs some TLC) for @financialtimes. Please don't come for me Pets at Home fans.

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