13th June, anniversary of the worst day in my life when I lost my brave & beautiful daughter Grace in the Nottingham attacks. Grace was the love of my life. The best of me and the best of my wife Sinéad. Thank you all for coming to grieve with us, the Coates family and a special I’ll thanks to @redrumlisa for being there and representing the warm people of Nottingham. Rev Dr Alan Mair gave a beautiful homily at St Paul’s Church, Lenton. We then walked across and laid a rose for my rose Gracie at Ilkeston Road. 🌹 This is the text of Rev Dr Alan Mair’s homily: beautiful words: my Homily for victims Grace, Barney and Ian June 13th 2026 We need few words to express why we are gathered here on the third anniversary of the brutal attack that left Grace, Ian and Barney dead and Sharon and Wayne who received life changing injuries. We gather with heavy hearts. We come before God carrying grief, anger, confusion, and sorrow. We remember, Grace, Barney and Ian whose lives were cruelty taken.  We pray for each other whose lives have been forever changed. In moments like these, words can seem inadequate. We ask questions that have no easy answers. Why did this happen? Why were precious lives lost? Why does violence continue to wound our communities? The Gospel does not pretend that suffering is easy to understand. Even Jesus stood before the tomb of his friend Lazarus and wept. The Son of God Himself entered into human grief. This reminds us that our tears are not a sign of weak faith. They are a sign of love. And God receives every tear we shed. We entrust them to the mercy of God, confident in the promise of Christ who said, "I am the resurrection and the life."  Death does not have the final word. Through His death and resurrection, Christ has opened the way to eternal life.  A tough concept to understand.  But last Saturday at the hockey tournament I felt the presence of Grace.  On the stands at the City Ground, I am certain Ian was cheering the fact that Forest stayed up while West Ham were relegated.  I am certain too that Barney’s cricket club feel his gentle presence as they go out to bat. Yet our prayer today extends beyond remembrance. We also pray for healing. We pray for parents whose hearts have been broken, for brothers and sisters, sons and daughters who miss a loved one, for friends carrying trauma, and for communities living in fear. The Christian response to violence is not indifference. Nor is it revenge. St Paul tells us: "Do not be overcome by evil but overcome evil with good." This is one of the hardest commands in the Gospel. Yet history shows that hatred never heals hatred. Violence never truly defeats violence. Only love, justice, mercy, and truth can break the cycle. We are called to become instruments of peace. In our homes, schools, parishes, and communities, we must build a culture where every person knows they are valued and loved. We must support young people, strengthen families, and work for justice. We must refuse to accept violence as normal or inevitable. The Church stands alongside all who suffer. We believe that even in the darkest moments, God has not abandoned His people. The Cross itself seemed like a victory for violence and death. Yet God transformed it into the source of salvation and hope. The resurrection assures us that darkness does not overcome the light. And we ask the Lord to make us bearers of His peace, so that through our words, actions, and witness, we may help build a society where life is cherished, communities are healed, and every person can live without fear. May the souls of all who have died through violence rest in peace. And may the peace of Christ, which surpasses all understanding, guard our hearts and minds, now and always. Amen. @EmilyMayTV @ITVCentral @SkyNews @MartinDaubney @redrumlisa @nottm_post @downingstreet @wesstreeting @jamesmurray_ldn @AlexDaviesJones

David Hockney’s mother. Her first visit to LA : "All this lovely weather and nobody puts their washing out."

I think about this every day. In the Netherlands, if a person dies alone, without any family or friends as mourners, a poet will be sent to write a poem and read it at the burial service. It's called the Lonely Funeral Project, and it's just humans being good humans.

BBC: “What advice did David Hockney give to you?” BBC Guest: “Enjoy life and fuck everyone.”

🚨 THIS is the Britain I fucking LOVE ❤️🇬🇧 While masked thugs and troublemakers spread fear, petrol bombs and violence across Belfast… one woman showed exactly who we really are. Ruchira Rangaprasad moved here from India just 3 years ago. She didn’t run. She didn’t hide. She COOKED. She posted: “If anybody needs food, I can cook, Orla can deliver… reach out to us.” That video blew up. 30 strangers, most of them complete unknowns, stepped up to deliver dozens of nutritious home-cooked meals to families too terrified to leave their homes.👏👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️👇👇👇👇 x.com/Reuters/status/2065343…

In 2011 and since, the MLK quote about 'riots being the language of the unheard' was bandied about, but not now. What changed?

For non-Irish following events in Belfast, just to show you what was used to save the victim. This is a hurley stick or hurl (not a hurley bat!). It’s used in the Irish games of hurling & camogie to hit a small ball called a sliotar. Hurling is one of the most ancient games in the world & one of the fastest, requiring great skill. It’s a game deeply embedded in our mythology & is central to the stories of one of our ancient heroes, Cú Chulainn, who used a hurl & sliotar to save himself from being attacked by a fierce hound. So even in Irish mythology, the hurl was used to save a life. Please continue to pray for the victim of the attack in Belfast, for his family, & the people of the city.

“When Mark Nowak says that he has had to “fight for the truth” about his son, one reason is that he’d battled to stop the force issuing a statement claiming the incident was racially aggravated, despite there being no evidence.”

RIP Marjane Satrapi, the great cartoonist and film director, best known for PERSEPOLIS. She was only 56. A great talent. She will be missed.

There’s a developing argument that Henry Nowak’s life might have been saved. Worth following…

I don't trust the police about Henry's injuries being unsurvivable; there needs to be a deeper investigation into whether they hastened or even caused his death by yanking him upright and pinning him down on his side with his hands cuffed behind him. He was gone within seconds.

“I don’t think you have, mate”. We all know that voice

If he ever walks into the house, there’ll be teardrops and heartache

No one in this country should be allowed to carry a blade in public simply because of their religion. The law should apply to everyone. No religious exemptions.

The man who filmed himself hurling abuse at actress Dame Helen Mirren and her husband Taylor Hackford in the streets of London has been identified as Tom Carroll. A self described Corbynista and, incredibly, an “anti fascist.” Yet his social media history tells a very different story, with posts pushing neo Nazi propaganda, claiming Jews declared war on Germany and were responsible for WW2, praising Hitler, and even spreading the grotesque falsehood that Anne Frank’s diary was fabricated.

The worst are *still* full of passionate intensity as things fall apart. Horrible stuff from cameraphone stalker here

I wonder what @mkcouncil thinks of socialist hero and new statue subject Jennie Lee in autobiog Tomorrow is a New Day, in which she calls the #niqab #paranjas ‘monstrous drapings’, ‘coffins’ and lauds Russia’s fight against such ‘barbarities’ #jennielee #aneurinbevan #islam

This is diabolically disgraceful, to put it lightly. There is absolutely nothing in this horrific case that suggests a “limited understanding of consent.” These girls were threatened at knife point, raped, and filmed — and that footage then shared /🧵1

literally how can it get bleaker than this

The Soviet whaling fleet killed 180,000 whales between 1948 and 1973, delivering rotten carcasses that nobody wanted to eat. Soviet citizens had zero demand for whale meat. The ships hunted anyway, fulfilling quotas handed down from central planners who counted tons of dead whale as economic output. This was bureaucratic box-checking that nearly drove multiple whale species to extinction. Soviet whalers targeted endangered right whales and humpbacks specifically because they were larger, helping them hit tonnage targets faster. The meat rotted on deck during long voyages back to port, where officials dutifully recorded the numbers and sent reports to Moscow declaring another successful harvest. Central planners measured success in tons harvested, not consumer satisfaction or long-term sustainability. Factory managers got promoted for exceeding whale quotas, regardless of whether anyone actually wanted whale meat (they didn't). The feedback mechanism that normally connects production to human needs had been severed entirely. When bureaucrats replace market prices with administrative targets, you get mass slaughter with zero purpose. You still see this today every time politicians promise to "create jobs" in industries that lose money year after year. When government agencies measure their success by dollars spent rather than problems solved. When university administrators chase enrollment numbers instead of student outcomes. Remove the profit motive and price signals, and you get 180,000 dead whales rotting in the sun while commissars celebrate meeting their targets. You don't get rational planning. Socialism is fundamentally destructive to the environment and inevitably leads to ecological disasters.