Harry Rose

AFC Wimbledon is planning to sell 90% of its "economic rights" to Dr Omar Mir, Baron of Thorntoun, who runs the European arm of G42, the UAE's AI spytech firm, with Marty Edelman, a long-time Man City board member. He bought the barony and we can't find his PhD. josimarfootball.com/2026/10/28/t...

Unintended consequence of deleting my Twitter: Muck Rack linking to my old handle, now being used by a porn bot, and having no way to remove it (yes I have messaged them, no they haven't responded).

I think I admire Kane for broadly the same reasons I admire Joe Root: no ego, no bullshit, just a pure love of the game, deep commitment to constant technical improvement and representing the country the right way. We will miss them both so much when they're gone.

A lot of sneering in the replies here. But the 78% will presumably include lots of people who value their local high street in theory, but lack good retail options in practice.

The comedian Tom Allen has a fun line related to this: "podcasts, or as we used to call them, Radio 4."

Game's gone

Today I am loving this 1969 cover of consumer magazine Which? Illustration by Tom Unger

'Picky bits' is not like the others on the list though. If you hate it you need to come up with a better name for the stuff you buy from that very specific section of M&S.

Every time I see this rebrand I get more annoyed.

New film out, on the extraordinary, 20-year saga of the Rainham Volcano.

“If the wife is fit, you must acquit”

Yep, this has been a glaring flaw from the start, but the tech industry appears to blithely assume there will always be Content because there has always been Content in the past.

It can't just be one relegation. They'll come straight back after having a jolly old time winning the Championship. Send them to League 2.

The Premier League/Independent Commission have broken their silence, AND HOW!

"The league said the commission had found City used schemes “to artificially inflate the club’s revenues, and reduce its costs, by more than £900m during the affected period, to appear to comply with financial rules”. £900 million.

Stath Lets Flats absolutely robbed here. Also Colin from Accounts.

Reminder: Football supporters owe their clubs protective scrutiny, not blind backing for the wrongdoing of owners who wouldn't drag them out of a burning building.

Lovely stuff. Send them to League 2.

Just referred to the Le Creuset as a ‘Dutch oven’, copying Americans on instagram, and my wife looked at me like I’d lost my mind.

This is the most Accidental Partridge thing there's ever been. It's like a greatest hits compilation in a single clip. Just keeps getting better and better. Magnificent. @accidentalp.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reels/DdI7Uv...

Really good piece of work, this.

I saw the Guehi one yesterday and it just made me feel extremely awkward. Practically shouted 'Just leave him alone, let him get on!' at the TV.

Downloaded the app my local library offers e-books on. Found a book I wanted to read. It's 'on loan' until January. Oh. What?

Once again I fail to see how this is much better than having a regular-sized phone and an iPad. In what scenarios do you actually want the big screen where an iPad couldn’t do the job? Also it’s two grand.

Me when I'm choosing a new mobile phone network

Bill Bryson on the RNLI in "The Road to Little Dribbling : more notes from a small island" (2015)

Can I get from Tottenham to Nottingham using only public bus services?

For anyone missing FPL tips on Twitter...

Parenting tip: gymnastics clubs are way better than soft play.

Big fan of Brandon Flowers’ War on Drugs phase. (Genuinely, this is better than anything The Killers ever did). open.spotify.com/track/4RTF94...

£218 a month for a Virgin Active. Jesus Christ.

I mean, I'm sure they could have got some Beatles lookalikes to be in the film, but they probably wouldn't have been as good at the acting.

Whoah

Seconded. A good sports section and you could actually go 'full FT'.

Seeing a bit of surprise that the FT comes top here. But it makes sense -- young professionals who need/want to be informed and can often get a corporate sub. (Plus free student access is smart, surprised others don't do it). pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...

Mad that Ray-Ban have designed these to look basically indistinguishable from their most well-known sunglasses. Anyone wearing Wayfarers now looks like a possible wrong'un.

Accidentally scheduled a kebab delivery right in the middle of the eclipse.

First thought: I'm not sure this is how people want to consume news. Second thought: it's just a newsletter, a 'for you' tab and a comment section with a chatbot attached.

I see the UK Bluesky sweet spot of politics and town planning has been hit today. Might pop back tomorrow.

My favourite example of this was some American actor getting grief for using it and then pointing out that the literal TV show he was on at the time was called Soccer AM.

My most luddite opinion is that going to a rental shop, browsing films on VHS/DVD, getting one and then watching at home with a takeaway was one of life's great pleasures. And going out and renting the film was somehow integral to that. The effort and commitment made it more of a thing.

Gemini here, not content with trying to write my emails, also trying to make decisions for me. That's the fun part!

Just got a cheese and ham sandwich and a packet of crisps from a mid-range bakery (decent but not Gail's-level posh). SEVEN QUID. And not even London.

Just attended a talk with the author Cory Doctorow in our office. It started off well, but went a bit downhill as it went on.

Two things I actually miss since closing my Twitter account: 1) Bristol City transfer gossip. 2) FPL tips.

Think this stuff misses the point. Until you can open Bluesky to reliably find out what’s going on in the football, it won’t be mainstream.

I know people like to take the p*ss out of Adrian but this is a great piece of writing.