Artist, printmaker, cartoonist, creative loose cannon, b 1st half 20thC. Likes baking bread. Lives in Cumbria. His imagination is often elsewhere. #FBPE
Mike Roberts 🎨
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‘A point of resistance’: the Normandy village that said ‘non’ to Pete Hegseth
US defence secretary cancelled appearance at D-day event in Langrune-sur-Mer after protest by residents
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
It's a year old, but the PM could still take the advice.
Mike Roberts 🎨
This re-up from @mattcarr.substack.com is very timely, not least for the reminder that for years now Farage has been trading on "warning" of violence on the streets, whilst shrugging off any responsibility for it:
mattcarr.substack.com/p/old-post-m...
Barclays to buy GoHenry kids’ debit card and money app
High street bank to buy UK business from US fintech company Acorns as it targets young people
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Let him eat alphabet soup!
Birthday greetings for President Trump as he turns 80
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
PVV MP Maikel Boon has publicly accepted responsibility and told De Telegraaf he had thought an altered image [using AI] would no longer be subject to copyright but that it had been a “very stupid act”.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Building golf courses helped Hancox become a master of pond creation. “There’s a lot more thought that goes into it than digging a hole,” he says. “A golf ball rolls very much how water moves.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“You should listen to people, even if they’re not your natural constituency. And you should turn up, always – not just when it suits or moves you. Otherwise, what are you? Nothing but a two-tier politician.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I’m getting shades of 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. So depressing.
Geert Wilders’ PVV altered sketch of jailed Syrian brothers to make them look more menacing
The 47th has his 80th this weekend – a milestone that surely shouldn’t go unmarked. Artists, activists, writers and thinkers send their messages to the man of the hour (even if they’re unlikely to get...
In his first interview since being kicked out of the US, FIFA referee Omar Artan tells’s the NYT’s Matt Bigg that the biggest dream of his professional life has been shattered. The World Cup ref was questioned for 11 hours, held in a cell and then dumped on a plane.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...
