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Tommy Robinson wannabe Stephen Yaxley-Lennon is going back on the road for a big ol’ protest – well, big-ish – in London on 16 May. And it looks just as lame as you imagine it would. And more. May 16th is the date. Central London is the place 🇬🇧 Four Nations. One Kingdom. Under God. […] The post Tommy Robinson’s announced a London march for 16 May and ended up magnificently owned into next year appeared first on The Poke.

Meanwhile, in Quentin Tarantino world, he’s been having a pop at a Hitchcock classic – Vertigo, starring James Stewart and Kim Novak. In a 2022 interview with Brett Easton-Ellis, shared by Far Out Magazine, the Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction director worked himself into a frenzy over the 1958 film. “I really don’t get Vertigo. […] The post Quentin Tarantino claimed people are only pretending to like Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo, and the internet had some frank reviews of his opinion appeared first on The Poke.

To Cologne now, where one overseas visitor was especially impressed with the majesty of the city’s cathedral, and quite right too. Except the way they chose to express it had some Europeans doing something of a double take, and very possibly a triple one. Because, look. imagine eating a burger here pic.twitter.com/h8nxu8A2Aj — The Notorious […] The post This American’s very specific take on the majesty of Cologne cathedral had Europeans hollering into next week appeared first on The Poke.

Dating in New York City is notoriously competitive. Everyone in the city is rich, fit, and picky. But that’s all about to change. Now all you need for a date is a phone and a wifi connection. Same Same Wine Bar in New York City is the first AI dating cafe. Stare at your phone […] The post New York City just launched the first AI dating cafe, and it’s proof once and for all that people love their phones more than anything else in the world appeared first on The Poke.

In a Financial Times article by Hannah Murphy, which is behind a paywall – sorry about that – we learnt that the Silicon Valley tech bros have been glorifying overwork again. Grindcore is the new hustle culture ft.trib.al/Yq5N8YC | opinion [image or embed] — Financial Times (@financialtimes.com) January 28, 2026 at 4:58 PM This is […] The post Silicon Valley tech bros are glorifying extreme overwork culture (again) and labelling it ‘grindcore’ – 19 top takedowns appeared first on The Poke.

Social media can be a great place to find like-minded individuals who share your passion for the arts, literature, shouting at people who vote differently to you – stuff like that. A Twitter user named @roving_thinker threw out a challenge to the more literary-minded of the internet, with this request. Without naming the book, tell […] The post ‘Without naming the book, tell me a line that readers of it will instantly recognize’ – 22 nailed-on bestsellers appeared first on The Poke.

Rupert Lowe’s new(ish) party Restore UK has just been re-launched, and it’s somehow managed to squeeze itself into the right of Reform UK – the party that kicked out Lowe after he began to be more popular than Nigel Farage he was accused of bullying staff, which he denies. I am today launching Restore Britain […] The post Rupert Lowe’s right-of-Reform party, Restore UK, said that having a British passport doesn’t make you British, and got a big fat ‘well, actually’ appeared first on The Poke.

The British are known for their love of a good swear word, but, conversely, we’re also famous for being excessively polite too. So what do we do when we need to express annoyance or shock or surprise, but can’t let rip with an expletive? They’ve been chatting about this dilemma on the CasualUK subreddit after […] The post ‘What’s your favourite ‘not exactly sweary’ phrase that you’ll randomly yelp out?’ – 23 almost-expletives you can safely yell in public appeared first on The Poke.

To the studios of Sky News, where presenter Matt Barbet was talking to Nigel Farage about Jim Radcliffe – you remember – about other things, and there was one particular exchange which went viral. And you absolutely love to see it. “He’s a tax migrant.”@MattBarbet presses Nigel Farage on whether the Reform UK leader believes […] The post This Sky News man just magnificently owned Nigel Farage and the more Farage wriggled the better it got appeared first on The Poke.

You don’t tune into Formula 1 for the yucks – very possibly you don’t tune in at all – but this was a properly funny moment that’s just gone wildly viral on Twitter. Probably best cut to the chase rather than us spoiling it (and embarrassing ourselves) by trying to explain what’s going on. You’ll […] The post F1 isn’t a regular hotbed of hilarity but the payoff to this Lewis Hamilton clip is properly funny appeared first on The Poke.