Giles Wilson
@gillis49.bsky.social
Editor @harpoon.productions. Chair @wansteadfringe.bsky.social. Hinde Street. “One of the most impressive beards I've ever seen” - forensic psychologist Sohom Das
How I feel walking down the garden
February 6, 2026 at 10:26 AM
How I feel walking down the garden
What’s the actual point of AI being a thing if they can’t make Kermit sound like Kermit.
February 4, 2026 at 9:30 PM
What’s the actual point of AI being a thing if they can’t make Kermit sound like Kermit.
Interesting - but carefully phrased - series on Radio 3 about US music and politics. I wonder if they will add a Philip Glass episode
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January 31, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Interesting - but carefully phrased - series on Radio 3 about US music and politics. I wonder if they will add a Philip Glass episode
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
Twelve-year-old me didn’t realise Whoopee!’s joke page ‘Smiler’s Smile-In’ was a reference to Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In. Fifty-five-year old me has just got the joke. @gnfar.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Twelve-year-old me didn’t realise Whoopee!’s joke page ‘Smiler’s Smile-In’ was a reference to Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In. Fifty-five-year old me has just got the joke. @gnfar.bsky.social
Biggest surprise in HMS Pinafore at the Coliseum was the fourth wall breaking by Mel Giedroyc and John Savournin — a clear family tree from One Man, Two Guvnors, also directed by Cal McCrystal. Really a joyous experience - runs for another week. #ENOPinafore
January 30, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Biggest surprise in HMS Pinafore at the Coliseum was the fourth wall breaking by Mel Giedroyc and John Savournin — a clear family tree from One Man, Two Guvnors, also directed by Cal McCrystal. Really a joyous experience - runs for another week. #ENOPinafore
Honest question to my BBC News pals. Is a 4% rise in *English* half-term holiday fines really a much bigger story than a 50-year low murder rate (incl 28% fall in knife deaths)?? Sorry for being tedious but it's almost a textbook example of good things ≠ news.
January 29, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Honest question to my BBC News pals. Is a 4% rise in *English* half-term holiday fines really a much bigger story than a 50-year low murder rate (incl 28% fall in knife deaths)?? Sorry for being tedious but it's almost a textbook example of good things ≠ news.
If the BBC could be bothered to post on Bluesky (you know, that whole “being where their audience is” thing) then we’d all be talking about the spectacular debunking Radio 4’s More or Less did today.
January 16, 2026 at 6:18 PM
If the BBC could be bothered to post on Bluesky (you know, that whole “being where their audience is” thing) then we’d all be talking about the spectacular debunking Radio 4’s More or Less did today.
The Today programme is going on so much about how good reading is for you that I’ve decided to turn it off and read my book.
January 15, 2026 at 7:31 AM
The Today programme is going on so much about how good reading is for you that I’ve decided to turn it off and read my book.
NYT channelling Stewart Lee www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/a...
Did the Worst Netflix Special of the Year Win the Golden Globe?
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January 15, 2026 at 7:20 AM
NYT channelling Stewart Lee www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/a...
@petroc.bsky.social‘s logistics giving me a headache. Philadelphia one day, Dallas the next, with daytime interviews to do, then broadcasting from the middle of the night with a lost voice. @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social
January 11, 2026 at 9:34 AM
@petroc.bsky.social‘s logistics giving me a headache. Philadelphia one day, Dallas the next, with daytime interviews to do, then broadcasting from the middle of the night with a lost voice. @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social
Die Hard VI: The Cold Case. How exactly are we spelling that, Holly?
December 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Die Hard VI: The Cold Case. How exactly are we spelling that, Holly?
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My Spotify wrapped summary is that my band took all our music off Spotify because the company’s CEO invests the billions which he doesn’t pay artists on AI drone weapons tech.
Ditch Spotify. Pay artists. Redistribute wealth. Stop war. Happy Christmas!
Ditch Spotify. Pay artists. Redistribute wealth. Stop war. Happy Christmas!
December 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
My Spotify wrapped summary is that my band took all our music off Spotify because the company’s CEO invests the billions which he doesn’t pay artists on AI drone weapons tech.
Ditch Spotify. Pay artists. Redistribute wealth. Stop war. Happy Christmas!
Ditch Spotify. Pay artists. Redistribute wealth. Stop war. Happy Christmas!
Gee, all the Christmas cards on sale are so twee. Having a hard job finding any I would put my name to.
December 5, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Gee, all the Christmas cards on sale are so twee. Having a hard job finding any I would put my name to.
@jameshoggwriter.bsky.social We could do with some James Hogg here…
December 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
@jameshoggwriter.bsky.social We could do with some James Hogg here…
This new/old masthead warms my heart @theobserveruk.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This new/old masthead warms my heart @theobserveruk.bsky.social
Just watched first Netflix Sesame Street — seems 100% authentic and true to its values and also reinvented once again. Really those guys are the finest. Now they just need to get off Xitter and come to this new place.
November 15, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Just watched first Netflix Sesame Street — seems 100% authentic and true to its values and also reinvented once again. Really those guys are the finest. Now they just need to get off Xitter and come to this new place.
Good line from this Obs leader: "Davie and Turness were Faithfuls." observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...
The Observer view: political interference at the BBC | The Observer
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November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Good line from this Obs leader: "Davie and Turness were Faithfuls." observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...
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Everything on our news agenda is being driven by a corrupted disinformation machine, run by a billionaire who sponsors Tommy Robinson and who keeps trying to foment civil war in the UK.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Everything on our news agenda is being driven by a corrupted disinformation machine, run by a billionaire who sponsors Tommy Robinson and who keeps trying to foment civil war in the UK.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
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The alternative Ode to Joy lyrics @billybragg.bsky.social mentioned on Jools’ @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social programme www.reddit.com/r/europe/com...
"Though by history divided, reconciled in Unison" - Billy Bragg's lyrics to Ode to Joy makes a powerful european anthem.
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May 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The alternative Ode to Joy lyrics @billybragg.bsky.social mentioned on Jools’ @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social programme www.reddit.com/r/europe/com...
He’s incredibly destructive for someone who calls themselves a builder
November 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
He’s incredibly destructive for someone who calls themselves a builder
Hey BBC News pals. You know Traitors isn’t actually the news, right?
October 17, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Hey BBC News pals. You know Traitors isn’t actually the news, right?
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Excellent beard action!
September 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Excellent beard action!