David Hinchliffe Bradford
@dbfreelance.co.uk
Senior editor (print) Cycling Weekly
Curricular and extracurricular work here: dbfreelance.co.uk
Unruly eyes: tinyurl.com/BitBlind
📍Lewes, UK | 🇵🇸 🏳️🌈
Curricular and extracurricular work here: dbfreelance.co.uk
Unruly eyes: tinyurl.com/BitBlind
📍Lewes, UK | 🇵🇸 🏳️🌈
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That colossal wreck
A quarter-century gone, a rich man's ruins, and what remains
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Wrote about how the 21st Century is, to my mind, an unfinished palace 🏰
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RIP Jesse Jackson
Will always remember seeing him speak in Hyde Park, alongside Harold Pinter, against the invasion of Iraq, back in Feb 2003. I was 20, at my first rally, and it was freezing – but electrifying. "Give peace a chance"
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Will always remember seeing him speak in Hyde Park, alongside Harold Pinter, against the invasion of Iraq, back in Feb 2003. I was 20, at my first rally, and it was freezing – but electrifying. "Give peace a chance"
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2765...
BBC NEWS | UK | 'Million' march against Iraq war
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February 17, 2026 at 1:01 PM
RIP Jesse Jackson
Will always remember seeing him speak in Hyde Park, alongside Harold Pinter, against the invasion of Iraq, back in Feb 2003. I was 20, at my first rally, and it was freezing – but electrifying. "Give peace a chance"
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2765...
Will always remember seeing him speak in Hyde Park, alongside Harold Pinter, against the invasion of Iraq, back in Feb 2003. I was 20, at my first rally, and it was freezing – but electrifying. "Give peace a chance"
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2765...
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This duet cover of Radiohead's "Creep", between a son and his Shastriya Sangeet classically trained mother, is the mash-up I didn't know how much I needed in my life. Totally spontaneous sobbing may have taken place.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZoH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZoH...
Mom & I Cover Creep By Radiohead (she is a classical Indian singer 🕉️)
YouTube video by Avie Sheck
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February 15, 2026 at 1:32 PM
This duet cover of Radiohead's "Creep", between a son and his Shastriya Sangeet classically trained mother, is the mash-up I didn't know how much I needed in my life. Totally spontaneous sobbing may have taken place.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZoH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZoH...
'don't expect any five-stars this year'
February 15, 2026 at 11:57 AM
'don't expect any five-stars this year'
Blue Lights is one of the best TV dramas ever, & this is a fascinating chat with its creator Declan Lawn 🚔
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How Blue Lights Was Created & What to Expect in Season 3: Declan Lawn
Spotify video
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February 14, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Blue Lights is one of the best TV dramas ever, & this is a fascinating chat with its creator Declan Lawn 🚔
open.spotify.com/episode/11WG...
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This is a fantastic interview:
‘Regrets? Number one: smoking. Number two: taking it up the wrong hole’: Tracey Emin on reputation, radical honesty – and Reform
She scandalised the art world in the 1990s with her unmade bed, partied hard in the 2000s – then a brush with death turned the artist’s life upside down. Now she’s as frank as ever
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:01 PM
This is a fantastic interview:
Have always found bradycardia a rather odd boast
To quote the literature: "Bradycardic athletes have an increased risk of permanent pacemaker"
To quote the literature: "Bradycardic athletes have an increased risk of permanent pacemaker"
Van der Poel has a wildly low resting heart rate 😲
While talking WHOOP Founder & CEO Will Ahmed on their podcast, Mathieu Van der Poel revealed his extremely low heart rate and impressive HRV data.
📸 Getty Images / 🗣 WHOOP Podcast
While talking WHOOP Founder & CEO Will Ahmed on their podcast, Mathieu Van der Poel revealed his extremely low heart rate and impressive HRV data.
📸 Getty Images / 🗣 WHOOP Podcast
February 14, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Have always found bradycardia a rather odd boast
To quote the literature: "Bradycardic athletes have an increased risk of permanent pacemaker"
To quote the literature: "Bradycardic athletes have an increased risk of permanent pacemaker"
Make this decades for cycling 😂
Not liking spectator sport is one of the best life hacks going. Over a lifetime you'll end up with literally years of time to dedicate to whatever you want, compared to spending it being pointlessly obsessed with other people playing a game
February 13, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Make this decades for cycling 😂
Hope all the arrested protesters get compensation and grovelling apology
UK ban on Palestine Action ruled unlawful ft.trib.al/TKbvf6A
UK ban on Palestine Action ruled unlawful
Ministers argued the direct action group engaged in a campaign of criminal damage and violence
ft.trib.al
February 13, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Hope all the arrested protesters get compensation and grovelling apology
Can't help wondering how this broke down. Probably not a £10 BJ on a £599,990 Louis XV chair?
February 13, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Can't help wondering how this broke down. Probably not a £10 BJ on a £599,990 Louis XV chair?
Certain cycling teams being obstructive to journalists is obvs not new - but the fact it's getting worse is very ominous
It's been a frustrating week dealing with some major men's and women's teams requesting changes to quotes pre-publication. This has become the norm in recent years and it's setting a very worrying precedent for the future. Independent publications are not PR vehicles for teams/riders.
February 13, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Certain cycling teams being obstructive to journalists is obvs not new - but the fact it's getting worse is very ominous
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Would be good if the Prime Minister and/or Home Secretary would for once come out and describe this as the unadulterated racism and xenophobia it so clearly is.
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Britain has been "colonised" by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, one of the country's richest and most influential men, has told Sky News.
news.sky.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Would be good if the Prime Minister and/or Home Secretary would for once come out and describe this as the unadulterated racism and xenophobia it so clearly is.
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oh, Jack has nailed something here: the idea of assigning an age to someone is bang on. My parents are forever in their late 40s; my dad being nearly 87 is a shock each time I see him. Ditto John Major being 82. My nieces are all forever about 11, etc etc
John Major is 82 which will come as a shock to those (me) who assigned him the age of 55 and never revisited the fact.
February 11, 2026 at 10:08 AM
oh, Jack has nailed something here: the idea of assigning an age to someone is bang on. My parents are forever in their late 40s; my dad being nearly 87 is a shock each time I see him. Ditto John Major being 82. My nieces are all forever about 11, etc etc
Solid summary of why Labour deserve no sympathy
1. Many here seem bemused by the anger and disappointment this government attracts. Please bear with me while I try to explain it.
Let’s begin with Gaza. Starmer’s complicity is one of the major reasons so many people are disillusioned.
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Let’s begin with Gaza. Starmer’s complicity is one of the major reasons so many people are disillusioned.
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Is our Government Complicit in Genocide?
The Genocide Convention imposes obligations on states and individuals not just to punish the crime of genocide but to actively prevent it. Two years into the war in Gaza and over 20 months since th…
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February 10, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Solid summary of why Labour deserve no sympathy
Honestly struggling to understand this piece. Am I not getting the joke?
observer.co.uk/style/featur...
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Laughing in Joe Rogan land | The Observer
At the podcaster’s Comedy Mothership, you can hear the authentic voice of Trump’s America. How did comedians get so much political power?
observer.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Honestly struggling to understand this piece. Am I not getting the joke?
observer.co.uk/style/featur...
observer.co.uk/style/featur...
"The trouble with the English is that their history happened overseas, so they don't know what it means"
Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie
February 5, 2026 at 9:19 AM
"The trouble with the English is that their history happened overseas, so they don't know what it means"
Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie
February 4, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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Peter Mandelson did not happen in isolation. He was enabled by a class of politicians, media & corporate business & is the embodiment of a rotten, venal, self-serving political & economic system. Below: Jon Sopel writing that "Mandelson is a class act" one year ago.
February 3, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Peter Mandelson did not happen in isolation. He was enabled by a class of politicians, media & corporate business & is the embodiment of a rotten, venal, self-serving political & economic system. Below: Jon Sopel writing that "Mandelson is a class act" one year ago.
Thanks to @antonjtmcc.bsky.social for invaluable edits (this was a tricky one to write!) 🙏
David's latest essay: the 1990s nihilistic turn encapsulated in a Sussex ruin, what remains of the millennium, and Percy Byshe Shelley.
Read at the link below ✨
open.substack.com/pub/davidbra...
For more: @dbfreelance.co.uk
Read at the link below ✨
open.substack.com/pub/davidbra...
For more: @dbfreelance.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Thanks to @antonjtmcc.bsky.social for invaluable edits (this was a tricky one to write!) 🙏
Reposted by David Hinchliffe Bradford
David's latest essay: the 1990s nihilistic turn encapsulated in a Sussex ruin, what remains of the millennium, and Percy Byshe Shelley.
Read at the link below ✨
open.substack.com/pub/davidbra...
For more: @dbfreelance.co.uk
Read at the link below ✨
open.substack.com/pub/davidbra...
For more: @dbfreelance.co.uk
January 31, 2026 at 1:03 PM
David's latest essay: the 1990s nihilistic turn encapsulated in a Sussex ruin, what remains of the millennium, and Percy Byshe Shelley.
Read at the link below ✨
open.substack.com/pub/davidbra...
For more: @dbfreelance.co.uk
Read at the link below ✨
open.substack.com/pub/davidbra...
For more: @dbfreelance.co.uk
On first glance, thought @doctorhutch.bsky.social had expanded his publicity campaign to the rail network
January 31, 2026 at 12:48 PM
On first glance, thought @doctorhutch.bsky.social had expanded his publicity campaign to the rail network
Wrote about a memory from the year 2000, a quarter-century gone, a ruined palace, and what remains 🏰
open.substack.com/pub/davidbra...
open.substack.com/pub/davidbra...
January 31, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Wrote about a memory from the year 2000, a quarter-century gone, a ruined palace, and what remains 🏰
open.substack.com/pub/davidbra...
open.substack.com/pub/davidbra...
Reposted by David Hinchliffe Bradford
Wrote about how the 21st Century is, to my mind, an unfinished palace 🏰
open.substack.com/pub/davidbra...
open.substack.com/pub/davidbra...
That colossal wreck
A quarter-century gone, a rich man's ruins, and what remains
open.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Wrote about how the 21st Century is, to my mind, an unfinished palace 🏰
open.substack.com/pub/davidbra...
open.substack.com/pub/davidbra...
Wrote about how the 21st Century is, to my mind, an unfinished palace 🏰
open.substack.com/pub/davidbra...
open.substack.com/pub/davidbra...
That colossal wreck
A quarter-century gone, a rich man's ruins, and what remains
open.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Wrote about how the 21st Century is, to my mind, an unfinished palace 🏰
open.substack.com/pub/davidbra...
open.substack.com/pub/davidbra...