I don’t think he meant to call. I think his assistant scheduled him for a call, and he blew it off.

You can’t fire me - I quit!

Maybe Olivia’s grades were so far underwater that even cheating on its own wasn’t enough?

Worse than that. The government u-turn hasn’t really fixed anything.

Don’t forget the money for the private tutor!

a face made to be masked behind a big old peaked hood

Not sure if this is available in the US, but Gardeners’ World is pretty soothing. It has dogs wandering gently around in the background. If that’s what you’re into.

To be fair, the only implausible bit is that the ex-marine would want payment for the privilege.

Plenty of bands change names and continue being successful. They’re creatives but, what, can’t think of more than one band name?

There was also the British band Nirvana. That went to court, with a settlement that said they could both continue without change or acknowledgement the other existed. I’m not sure that’s fair to Anita White.

I don’t know why they think “re-education centers” sounds any better.

“I won’t live in fear! Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna play on the freeway.”

Isn’t this the bunch that couldn’t find a light switch at the White House and so sat in the dark?

When your go-to justification is the First Amendment, then you don’t have a decent reason. Sure, you have freedom of speech but you still haven’t explained why you’re exercising it in this particular way.

Well, if that what it takes...

“I’m an ex-teacher and the founder of a children’s charity, which gives me an interest in both education and safeguarding,”

Harry and Meghan’s approach for themselves was pretty different.  But Archie’s just going to be like Zara Phillips.

Almost as though they’d run out of things to post.

Did you catch the Mode After Hours webisodes? They were 5-minute scenes with Amanda and Marc. Not a full spin-off, sadly.

Is “livestream” a new word for the birth canal?