Bethany Elliott
@bethanyaelliott.bsky.social
Words in Unherd, Guardian, Politico, New Statesman, New Humanist, The Fence, The Critic, The Daily Mash, Jamestown Foundation. Usually about Russia-Ukraine. Voice/face on BBC radio/TV and Times Radio.
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Zelensky once launched his career as both comedian and politician by rallying against corruption. How far will he distance himself from his disgraced chief of staff? | Bethany Elliott
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Downfall of top ally leaves Zelensky vulnerable
“We wonder why our politicians make the same mistakes when they enter the halls of power. All they know is to divide and subtract. If I could have just one week in office, I would show them.” Thus…
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November 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Zelensky once launched his career as both comedian and politician by rallying against corruption. How far will he distance himself from his disgraced chief of staff? | Bethany Elliott
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What does Yermak’s loss mean for Zelensky? Me for @unherd.com unherd.com/newsroom/dow...
Downfall of top ally leaves Zelensky vulnerable
“We wonder why our politicians make the same mistakes when they enter the halls of power. All they know is to divide and subtract. If I could have just one week in office, I would show them.” Thus ful...
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November 30, 2025 at 9:22 AM
What does Yermak’s loss mean for Zelensky? Me for @unherd.com unherd.com/newsroom/dow...
Scooped four Tony Awards and ended a sixteen year marriage.
‘Arcadia’ in 2009 and ‘Travesties’ in 2016 are two of my favourite ever theatrical performances.
But my most memorable #TomStoppard experience was ‘Leopoldstadt’ where, after it finished, a couple had a blazing row with him chasing after her, loudly demanding “How was I to know it was no good?!”
But my most memorable #TomStoppard experience was ‘Leopoldstadt’ where, after it finished, a couple had a blazing row with him chasing after her, loudly demanding “How was I to know it was no good?!”
November 30, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Scooped four Tony Awards and ended a sixteen year marriage.
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‘Arcadia’ in 2009 and ‘Travesties’ in 2016 are two of my favourite ever theatrical performances.
But my most memorable #TomStoppard experience was ‘Leopoldstadt’ where, after it finished, a couple had a blazing row with him chasing after her, loudly demanding “How was I to know it was no good?!”
But my most memorable #TomStoppard experience was ‘Leopoldstadt’ where, after it finished, a couple had a blazing row with him chasing after her, loudly demanding “How was I to know it was no good?!”
November 30, 2025 at 1:25 AM
‘Arcadia’ in 2009 and ‘Travesties’ in 2016 are two of my favourite ever theatrical performances.
But my most memorable #TomStoppard experience was ‘Leopoldstadt’ where, after it finished, a couple had a blazing row with him chasing after her, loudly demanding “How was I to know it was no good?!”
But my most memorable #TomStoppard experience was ‘Leopoldstadt’ where, after it finished, a couple had a blazing row with him chasing after her, loudly demanding “How was I to know it was no good?!”
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this is the solution to the "male loneliness epidemic" dudes need to either get butlers or become butler s
November 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
this is the solution to the "male loneliness epidemic" dudes need to either get butlers or become butler s
The internet knows too much
November 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The internet knows too much
Bar with a band taking requests. I asked for ‘Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon’ by Neil Diamond. And he doesn’t know it so he’s doing ‘Sweet Caroline’.
That’s not the same thing, is it? It’s not the same thing at all.
That’s not the same thing, is it? It’s not the same thing at all.
November 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Bar with a band taking requests. I asked for ‘Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon’ by Neil Diamond. And he doesn’t know it so he’s doing ‘Sweet Caroline’.
That’s not the same thing, is it? It’s not the same thing at all.
That’s not the same thing, is it? It’s not the same thing at all.
Norwegian jazz at Ronnie Scott’s. No, really.
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Norwegian jazz at Ronnie Scott’s. No, really.
Law and Order also taught me that New York ADAs are very attractive young women, if the whole thing is solved more than 15 minutes before the end that means there’s a twist to come, and the most famous actor in it committed the crime because they wouldn’t have hired someone famous just for ten mins.
My American colleague started to explain the grand jury system to me so I stopped him in his tracks because if there is *one* thing Jack McCoy taught me…
I’m also weirdly knowledgable about getting a trial moved to Albany.
I’m also weirdly knowledgable about getting a trial moved to Albany.
November 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Law and Order also taught me that New York ADAs are very attractive young women, if the whole thing is solved more than 15 minutes before the end that means there’s a twist to come, and the most famous actor in it committed the crime because they wouldn’t have hired someone famous just for ten mins.
My American colleague started to explain the grand jury system to me so I stopped him in his tracks because if there is *one* thing Jack McCoy taught me…
I’m also weirdly knowledgable about getting a trial moved to Albany.
I’m also weirdly knowledgable about getting a trial moved to Albany.
November 26, 2025 at 10:11 AM
My American colleague started to explain the grand jury system to me so I stopped him in his tracks because if there is *one* thing Jack McCoy taught me…
I’m also weirdly knowledgable about getting a trial moved to Albany.
I’m also weirdly knowledgable about getting a trial moved to Albany.
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Strong response to the pathetic trolling of Juliet.
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The sheer volume of women magnificently owning the ‘Alpha male’ dissing this woman’s doctorate makes it one of 2025’s very best things on Twitter
Time to return – briefly – to the world of Twitter, where it turned out the very worst people can sometimes be a spark for the very best of things. It all began when ‘Alpha male’ type Richard Cooper –...
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November 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Strong response to the pathetic trolling of Juliet.
www.thepoke.com/2025/11/19/t...
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The long German word for the feeling of curiosity provoked by meeting your colleagues’ spouses.
November 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The long German word for the feeling of curiosity provoked by meeting your colleagues’ spouses.
Clive James writes about how he tried to do the Paul Heinreid thing of lighting two cigarettes to give one to an attractive girl at a party, only for her to say she didn’t smoke, meaning he had to carry on smoking both simultaneously like a walrus.
You know how science invented vaping, for people who want the hit of smoking a cigarette while looking like an absolute dweeb? When will science invent a cigarette for people who don't want to smoke but do want to kid themselves that they are Paul Heinreid in 'Now Voyager'?
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Clive James writes about how he tried to do the Paul Heinreid thing of lighting two cigarettes to give one to an attractive girl at a party, only for her to say she didn’t smoke, meaning he had to carry on smoking both simultaneously like a walrus.
Oh good, I’ve been wondering how it’s going.
November 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Oh good, I’ve been wondering how it’s going.
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Startled a pheasant on my run this morning, which is the first time I've ever found an undiscovered euphemism just out in the wild.
November 23, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Startled a pheasant on my run this morning, which is the first time I've ever found an undiscovered euphemism just out in the wild.
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and then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes to say yes my mountain flower and first I put my arms around him yes and drew him down to me so he could feel my breasts all perfume yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes, Charlie Brown
God is dead. God remains dead. And it is we who have killed him, Charlie Brown.
My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius, father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife, and I will have my vengeance, Charlie Brown, in this life or the next.
November 24, 2025 at 10:07 AM
and then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes to say yes my mountain flower and first I put my arms around him yes and drew him down to me so he could feel my breasts all perfume yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes, Charlie Brown
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Washington’s lack of interest threatens to bury Europe’s peace plan.
Kyiv is left navigating proposals that few intend to use, writes Bethany Elliott 👇 unherd.com/newsroom/eur...
Kyiv is left navigating proposals that few intend to use, writes Bethany Elliott 👇 unherd.com/newsroom/eur...
Europe's peace plan for Ukraine is a futile gesture
It has become a hallmark of this war that, whenever America turns away from him, Volodymyr Zelensky seeks succour from his friends in Europe. Last week’s peace plan drafted by the US and Russia is no…
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November 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Washington’s lack of interest threatens to bury Europe’s peace plan.
Kyiv is left navigating proposals that few intend to use, writes Bethany Elliott 👇 unherd.com/newsroom/eur...
Kyiv is left navigating proposals that few intend to use, writes Bethany Elliott 👇 unherd.com/newsroom/eur...
European diplomats are backing away from their peace plan and Rubio claims not to have heard about it at all. Me for @unherd.com unherd.com/newsroom/eur...
Europe's peace plan for Ukraine is a futile gesture
It has become a hallmark of this war that, whenever America turns away from him, Volodymyr Zelensky seeks succour from his friends in Europe. Last week’s peace plan drafted by the US and Russia is no ...
unherd.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:50 AM
European diplomats are backing away from their peace plan and Rubio claims not to have heard about it at all. Me for @unherd.com unherd.com/newsroom/eur...
Hairdressers and they’ve given me a stack of magazines. Do you ever read one of those profiles and instinctively know this person would’ve bullied you at school? Like, you read the words ”flick of her glossy long auburn locks” and feel the interior of the locker pressing down on your shoulders.
November 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Hairdressers and they’ve given me a stack of magazines. Do you ever read one of those profiles and instinctively know this person would’ve bullied you at school? Like, you read the words ”flick of her glossy long auburn locks” and feel the interior of the locker pressing down on your shoulders.
Tonight I spoke about the Ukraine peace plan on BBC Radio Wales. From 42.50 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Radio Wales Drive - With Megan Davies - BBC Sounds
Everything you need to know as you head home.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Tonight I spoke about the Ukraine peace plan on BBC Radio Wales. From 42.50 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Yeah, if we could have the foreshadowing slightly less obvious...
November 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Yeah, if we could have the foreshadowing slightly less obvious...
Why are Ukraine and France thinking about planes in ten years? Me for @unherd.com unherd.com/newsroom/fra...
France-Ukraine deal can’t hide leaders’ unpopularity
The response from Dmitri Medvedev followed a familiar script: rigid posture, muddled message. Losing none of his characteristic bombast, the former president of Russia appealed to the “people of Franc...
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November 19, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Why are Ukraine and France thinking about planes in ten years? Me for @unherd.com unherd.com/newsroom/fra...
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🔺 EXCLUSIVE: The widow of Jamal Khashoggi, the journalist murdered by the Saudi regime in 2018, has described President Trump’s refusal to discuss human rights with Mohammed bin Salman as “painful”
Jamal Khashoggi’s widow: Trump ignored my plea to help return my husband’s remains
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November 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
🔺 EXCLUSIVE: The widow of Jamal Khashoggi, the journalist murdered by the Saudi regime in 2018, has described President Trump’s refusal to discuss human rights with Mohammed bin Salman as “painful”