The finest work coming from the Special Projects Desk.

Starred for “racist rat king of public opinion”, which I may now steal! 

I’d almost forgotten Roland Rat - he was aces! Plus lots of obsessively watching the Test Card, waiting for the amazing early morning Open University programmes.

Women can’t dream - they don’t have souls. It’s like you never listened in sciencish class at all! /s

Unfortunately, they’re already in a “program” - the police. Not particularly effective, of course.

Most times, one would respond that a black person - any black person - would be a less racist person. But obviously Trump doesn’t consider black people to be real persons.

Yeah, it’s a stress compulsion. I’d like a senior White House staffer, with a PR focus to her role, to be a bit better at handling stress.

It’d be great if he could at least seem like he’s listening to his guest. Basic courtesy, y’know?

Do you know - is it true she named her child after Roman Polanski? Because if so, I don’t think I can give her much credit for the Woody Allen thing.

The ‘very famous’ director of, what...? Maybe he was important and up and coming and more famous than Messing at that time. But now?

This is kinda pitiful.

I feel that Teddy would have not only criticised Trump but punched him in the face.

That was my reading too.

This is everything I was saying just the other day.

I think there’s something in the anonymity of the online world which enables behaviour you wouldn’t see otherwise - some kind of surrender to more ignoble bile. No scrutiny, no public shaming, no personal accountability.

Would Mapplethope been able to explain his intent better than Kelly?

“Glorious heterosexual tiger” ought to be perfectly sufficient.

If they pray really hard then there will be fewer gay people around when the next shooting inevitably happens.

I’d always understood that Mariah Carey and Karen Carpenter had massive ranges. But Billie Holiday had a very limited range, technically, and her “pop” singing has immense power.

“All-male movie” - isn’t that “most movies”?