Charles Ubaghs
@charlesubaghs.bsky.social
Managing Editor @GlobalPlayer & Director of Digital Content @Global (LBC, Capital, Classic FM etc). Co-founder @PopBuzz + digital content for podcasts like @TheNewsAgents
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Charles Ubaghs
@charlesubaghs.bsky.social
· Nov 15
A starter pack of starter packs for UK media & politics.
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UK Journos New, Podcasts
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UK MPs
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FT Journalists
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BBC journalists
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Channel 4 News Journalists
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Prospect journalists
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Many of us have this relationship with this comp.
February 10, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Many of us have this relationship with this comp.
I think it was @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com who said on here she was ready to read at least 10 think pieces on Wuthering Heights. I would like to submit this hilariously brilliant review of the movie to the committee. www.vulture.com/article/revi...
Finally, a Smooth-Brained Wuthering Heights
Emerald Fennell’s Emily Brontë adaptation is brave enough to just be about two messy bitches.
www.vulture.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:29 AM
I think it was @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com who said on here she was ready to read at least 10 think pieces on Wuthering Heights. I would like to submit this hilariously brilliant review of the movie to the committee. www.vulture.com/article/revi...
Was listening to the latest playlist from Sam Valenti's excellent Herb Sundays substack. PJ Harvey's The Devil from White Chalk came up on it and, this might be a hot take for Harvey fans, it's probably her best song.
Here's Sam's substack if your'e not familiar. herbsundays.substack.com
Here's Sam's substack if your'e not familiar. herbsundays.substack.com
The Devil
YouTube video by PJ Harvey - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Was listening to the latest playlist from Sam Valenti's excellent Herb Sundays substack. PJ Harvey's The Devil from White Chalk came up on it and, this might be a hot take for Harvey fans, it's probably her best song.
Here's Sam's substack if your'e not familiar. herbsundays.substack.com
Here's Sam's substack if your'e not familiar. herbsundays.substack.com
My Marvel ennui is profound but Wonder Man is actually a pretty great show. And somehow the small stakes drama of a well rounded character just trying to land an acting role is far more thrilling than any ludicrously expensive action scene from recent years.
a poster for wonder man shows a man sitting at a table with a drink
ALT: a poster for wonder man shows a man sitting at a table with a drink
media.tenor.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:15 PM
My Marvel ennui is profound but Wonder Man is actually a pretty great show. And somehow the small stakes drama of a well rounded character just trying to land an acting role is far more thrilling than any ludicrously expensive action scene from recent years.
Vineland now finished. Wonderful and frequently hilarious book. One Battle After Another is the barest whiff of an adaptation. Novel number three for 2026 is The Maniac. When We Cease To Understand The World was one of my favourites from recent years. Looking forward to this one.
February 7, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Vineland now finished. Wonderful and frequently hilarious book. One Battle After Another is the barest whiff of an adaptation. Novel number three for 2026 is The Maniac. When We Cease To Understand The World was one of my favourites from recent years. Looking forward to this one.
Fascinating interview with David Runciman of @ppfideas.bsky.social and @lewisgoodall.com.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWEo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWEo...
Is British politics just ungovernable? | The News Agents
YouTube video by The News Agents
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February 2, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Fascinating interview with David Runciman of @ppfideas.bsky.social and @lewisgoodall.com.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWEo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWEo...
I have the Google App on my iPhone. It sends me push notifications to news stories. Lately, when I click on the push, it increasingly takes me straight to AI mode where it gives me a summary of the push story. I did not input the query you see here. This is a big shift.
January 31, 2026 at 7:09 PM
I have the Google App on my iPhone. It sends me push notifications to news stories. Lately, when I click on the push, it increasingly takes me straight to AI mode where it gives me a summary of the push story. I did not input the query you see here. This is a big shift.
This is 100% correct. My entire career is based on showing up at the DiS/Quietus office to drink
January 22, 2026 at 6:25 PM
This is 100% correct. My entire career is based on showing up at the DiS/Quietus office to drink
My brother read Magic Mountain last year after years of prodding by our dad to read it. He found it a slog, though the translation is key and he thinks in retrospect he had a bad one. It’s on my pile too just waiting. Though I think 2666 will be my big novel this year.
January 18, 2026 at 5:18 PM
My brother read Magic Mountain last year after years of prodding by our dad to read it. He found it a slog, though the translation is key and he thinks in retrospect he had a bad one. It’s on my pile too just waiting. Though I think 2666 will be my big novel this year.
Excellent. I have the Empusium on the pile. Will add House. The only way I can manage the modern world right now is by excessive reading of quality fiction.
January 18, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Excellent. I have the Empusium on the pile. Will add House. The only way I can manage the modern world right now is by excessive reading of quality fiction.
Have finished Drive Your Plow. Excellent.
Now on to Vineland for book two of the year. I tried Gravity’s Rainbow as an ambitious teen reader. I found it impossible. Crying of Lot 49 was far more accessible a few years later. Vineland so far is very funny.
Now on to Vineland for book two of the year. I tried Gravity’s Rainbow as an ambitious teen reader. I found it impossible. Crying of Lot 49 was far more accessible a few years later. Vineland so far is very funny.
January 18, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Have finished Drive Your Plow. Excellent.
Now on to Vineland for book two of the year. I tried Gravity’s Rainbow as an ambitious teen reader. I found it impossible. Crying of Lot 49 was far more accessible a few years later. Vineland so far is very funny.
Now on to Vineland for book two of the year. I tried Gravity’s Rainbow as an ambitious teen reader. I found it impossible. Crying of Lot 49 was far more accessible a few years later. Vineland so far is very funny.
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Sunday with Lewis Goodall @LBC.co.uk coming to you live from Minneapolis this morning as the political crisis in the city deepens
AND internationally, Greenland crisis deepens.
So much to get through. Join us from 10 (4 local ☠️)
AND internationally, Greenland crisis deepens.
So much to get through. Join us from 10 (4 local ☠️)
January 18, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Sunday with Lewis Goodall @LBC.co.uk coming to you live from Minneapolis this morning as the political crisis in the city deepens
AND internationally, Greenland crisis deepens.
So much to get through. Join us from 10 (4 local ☠️)
AND internationally, Greenland crisis deepens.
So much to get through. Join us from 10 (4 local ☠️)
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The street in Minneapolis where Renee Good was killed by ICE. Now a place of pilgrimage. Steady stream of people laying flowers and paying their respects. Many in tears and speaking of the deep fear they have of the federal government itself.
January 17, 2026 at 6:35 PM
The street in Minneapolis where Renee Good was killed by ICE. Now a place of pilgrimage. Steady stream of people laying flowers and paying their respects. Many in tears and speaking of the deep fear they have of the federal government itself.
Kwazii is the hero we all aspire to be.
January 16, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Kwazii is the hero we all aspire to be.
Well this is concerning for publishers
Google now prioritising Youtube and X over publishers on Discover
Google is increasingly prioritising X posts, AI summaries and Youtube videos on its Discover smartphone aggregation platform.
pressgazette.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Well this is concerning for publishers
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NEW: Big, big news in Westminster for the Conservative Party. Kemi Badenoch has not only sacked but removed the whip from Robert Jenrick, saying he was planning to defect.
January 15, 2026 at 11:13 AM
NEW: Big, big news in Westminster for the Conservative Party. Kemi Badenoch has not only sacked but removed the whip from Robert Jenrick, saying he was planning to defect.
* no idea! (my clicky keyboard for an edit button please)
January 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
* no idea! (my clicky keyboard for an edit button please)
This is about as nerdy as I go but I recently bought a mechanical keyboard for my home office. The clicky sound is immensely satisfying the more I use it and I have to idea why. Either way, I am fully converted now.
January 14, 2026 at 5:55 PM
This is about as nerdy as I go but I recently bought a mechanical keyboard for my home office. The clicky sound is immensely satisfying the more I use it and I have to idea why. Either way, I am fully converted now.
I’m sure we were in plastic people at the same time.
January 12, 2026 at 9:59 PM
I’m sure we were in plastic people at the same time.
I dropped a CV off at that place in Shoreditch when I first got to London and was looking for a restaurant job. No one ever rang.
January 12, 2026 at 9:50 PM
I dropped a CV off at that place in Shoreditch when I first got to London and was looking for a restaurant job. No one ever rang.
Though by 13/14 got way into Mike Allred’s Madman and started discovering Dan Clowes etc
January 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Though by 13/14 got way into Mike Allred’s Madman and started discovering Dan Clowes etc
+1 on Claremont /Byrne. When I was 9 my parents let me buy the collected Dark Phoenix saga and I must have read it hundreds of times.
January 12, 2026 at 8:37 PM
+1 on Claremont /Byrne. When I was 9 my parents let me buy the collected Dark Phoenix saga and I must have read it hundreds of times.
I have read this more than once. Was fascinated by it in my early 20s.
January 9, 2026 at 9:12 PM
I have read this more than once. Was fascinated by it in my early 20s.
Big news at work today.
Kicking off 2026 with some big news from Global as we enter a strategic partnership with The Overlap, the multi-award-winning sports media group founded by former Manchester United captain Gary Neville. 1/4
January 6, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Big news at work today.