Harry Wallop
@harrywallop.co.uk
Consumer journalist | Feature writer | Columnist for Times Business | Make TV progs, chats on radio | Host conferences, panels etc.
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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
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"They're looking for someone with a thick skin and recent experience of flagship BBC news programming."
November 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"They're looking for someone with a thick skin and recent experience of flagship BBC news programming."
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Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
📻 I’m back presenting @listentotimesradio.bsky.social 1pm-4pm today.
We’ll be chatting the amazing success of Siberian tigers being saved from brink of extinction, doctors strikes and much more.
Do tune in!
We’ll be chatting the amazing success of Siberian tigers being saved from brink of extinction, doctors strikes and much more.
Do tune in!
November 9, 2025 at 9:11 AM
📻 I’m back presenting @listentotimesradio.bsky.social 1pm-4pm today.
We’ll be chatting the amazing success of Siberian tigers being saved from brink of extinction, doctors strikes and much more.
Do tune in!
We’ll be chatting the amazing success of Siberian tigers being saved from brink of extinction, doctors strikes and much more.
Do tune in!
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🍣 You can read all about these amazing, strange sushi facts and why UK supermarket sushi is booming here.
By me for D.Mail.
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Fishy truth on supermarket sushi: HARRY WALLOP finds out what goes in
Marks & Spencer sells more sushi than salads and pasta combined as a lunch option. With supermarket sales of the Japanese favourite booming, an eyepopping look at what's actually in it!
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November 8, 2025 at 7:54 AM
🍣 You can read all about these amazing, strange sushi facts and why UK supermarket sushi is booming here.
By me for D.Mail.
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🍣🫑 🥒 🐓
In fact (after rice) the biggest ingredient isn’t even chicken – even though one of M&S’s most popular sushi lines is ‘Chicken Caesar dragon roll’.
Top ingredient at Ichiban? Peppers. Cheap and colourful.
🧵4/5
In fact (after rice) the biggest ingredient isn’t even chicken – even though one of M&S’s most popular sushi lines is ‘Chicken Caesar dragon roll’.
Top ingredient at Ichiban? Peppers. Cheap and colourful.
🧵4/5
November 8, 2025 at 7:53 AM
🍣🫑 🥒 🐓
In fact (after rice) the biggest ingredient isn’t even chicken – even though one of M&S’s most popular sushi lines is ‘Chicken Caesar dragon roll’.
Top ingredient at Ichiban? Peppers. Cheap and colourful.
🧵4/5
In fact (after rice) the biggest ingredient isn’t even chicken – even though one of M&S’s most popular sushi lines is ‘Chicken Caesar dragon roll’.
Top ingredient at Ichiban? Peppers. Cheap and colourful.
🧵4/5
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🍣 But here’s another fascinating fact about UK supermarket sushi. Hardly any of it is raw. Nearly all salmon is either cured or smoked.
Why? It’s complicated. But most Brits don’t like raw fish.
The biggest ingredient by weight is chicken, not salmon 🧵3/5
Why? It’s complicated. But most Brits don’t like raw fish.
The biggest ingredient by weight is chicken, not salmon 🧵3/5
November 8, 2025 at 7:53 AM
🍣 But here’s another fascinating fact about UK supermarket sushi. Hardly any of it is raw. Nearly all salmon is either cured or smoked.
Why? It’s complicated. But most Brits don’t like raw fish.
The biggest ingredient by weight is chicken, not salmon 🧵3/5
Why? It’s complicated. But most Brits don’t like raw fish.
The biggest ingredient by weight is chicken, not salmon 🧵3/5
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❄️🍣 All supermarket sushi salmon is frozen. Why?
A) food safety laws. Freezing kills pathogens
B) frozen fish is easier to cut.
Here’s the machine which ensures every salmon slice for nigiri is 7g 🧵2/5
A) food safety laws. Freezing kills pathogens
B) frozen fish is easier to cut.
Here’s the machine which ensures every salmon slice for nigiri is 7g 🧵2/5
November 8, 2025 at 7:52 AM
❄️🍣 All supermarket sushi salmon is frozen. Why?
A) food safety laws. Freezing kills pathogens
B) frozen fish is easier to cut.
Here’s the machine which ensures every salmon slice for nigiri is 7g 🧵2/5
A) food safety laws. Freezing kills pathogens
B) frozen fish is easier to cut.
Here’s the machine which ensures every salmon slice for nigiri is 7g 🧵2/5
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🍣 I visited the factory in Stowmarket, Suffolk which makes all of Tesco’s sushi.
And discovered some fascinating facts about UK supermarket sushi.
The biggest ingredient is obviously rice. But all of it comes from Australia. High quality & cheap 🇦🇺 🧵1/5
And discovered some fascinating facts about UK supermarket sushi.
The biggest ingredient is obviously rice. But all of it comes from Australia. High quality & cheap 🇦🇺 🧵1/5
November 8, 2025 at 7:50 AM
🍣 I visited the factory in Stowmarket, Suffolk which makes all of Tesco’s sushi.
And discovered some fascinating facts about UK supermarket sushi.
The biggest ingredient is obviously rice. But all of it comes from Australia. High quality & cheap 🇦🇺 🧵1/5
And discovered some fascinating facts about UK supermarket sushi.
The biggest ingredient is obviously rice. But all of it comes from Australia. High quality & cheap 🇦🇺 🧵1/5
🍣 I visited the factory in Stowmarket, Suffolk which makes all of Tesco’s sushi.
And discovered some fascinating facts about UK supermarket sushi.
The biggest ingredient is obviously rice. But all of it comes from Australia. High quality & cheap 🇦🇺 🧵1/5
And discovered some fascinating facts about UK supermarket sushi.
The biggest ingredient is obviously rice. But all of it comes from Australia. High quality & cheap 🇦🇺 🧵1/5
November 8, 2025 at 7:50 AM
🍣 I visited the factory in Stowmarket, Suffolk which makes all of Tesco’s sushi.
And discovered some fascinating facts about UK supermarket sushi.
The biggest ingredient is obviously rice. But all of it comes from Australia. High quality & cheap 🇦🇺 🧵1/5
And discovered some fascinating facts about UK supermarket sushi.
The biggest ingredient is obviously rice. But all of it comes from Australia. High quality & cheap 🇦🇺 🧵1/5
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BBC really burying the lede there
November 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
BBC really burying the lede there
📱📆 Should we ban phones from meetings? Lots of bosses, such as JP Morgan’s Jamie Dimon, would like to stop people texting in meetings.
But maybe the problem isn’t phones. It’s meetings…
This week’s @thetimes.com biz column:
www.thetimes.com/article/4242...
But maybe the problem isn’t phones. It’s meetings…
This week’s @thetimes.com biz column:
www.thetimes.com/article/4242...
Smartphones at work aren’t the problem — it’s pointless meetings
While big bosses are moaning about ‘disrespectful’ gadget fiddling, too many workplaces are addicted to meetings and most of them are a total waste of time
www.thetimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:36 AM
📱📆 Should we ban phones from meetings? Lots of bosses, such as JP Morgan’s Jamie Dimon, would like to stop people texting in meetings.
But maybe the problem isn’t phones. It’s meetings…
This week’s @thetimes.com biz column:
www.thetimes.com/article/4242...
But maybe the problem isn’t phones. It’s meetings…
This week’s @thetimes.com biz column:
www.thetimes.com/article/4242...
My favourite bit of the v enjoyable #CelebrityTraitors final – the use of Nicholas Brittell’s superb score from ‘Succession’
November 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
My favourite bit of the v enjoyable #CelebrityTraitors final – the use of Nicholas Brittell’s superb score from ‘Succession’
Waitrose has launched a range of packaged food with Angela Hartnett. Which I was a bit sceptical about – great chef, but is she as *destination* as Ottolenghi?
Whose range at Waitrose has been a big hit, but…
Whose range at Waitrose has been a big hit, but…
November 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Waitrose has launched a range of packaged food with Angela Hartnett. Which I was a bit sceptical about – great chef, but is she as *destination* as Ottolenghi?
Whose range at Waitrose has been a big hit, but…
Whose range at Waitrose has been a big hit, but…
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welcome to the White House Golf Club & Spa
November 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
welcome to the White House Golf Club & Spa
Peter Cheese, the head of the HR's trade body, @cipd.bsky.social, has announced his retirement.
He's the man whom some partly blame for HR becoming a bloated industry in the UK, more interested in campaigning for changes to workplace 'culture' than making workplaces more productive.
He's the man whom some partly blame for HR becoming a bloated industry in the UK, more interested in campaigning for changes to workplace 'culture' than making workplaces more productive.
There are now more HR workers than lawyers or doctors in the UK.
How did a job – once a back-office function – become so central to the UK workplace?
I’ve investigated in today’s Sunday Times Magazine…🧵
How did a job – once a back-office function – become so central to the UK workplace?
I’ve investigated in today’s Sunday Times Magazine…🧵
November 5, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Peter Cheese, the head of the HR's trade body, @cipd.bsky.social, has announced his retirement.
He's the man whom some partly blame for HR becoming a bloated industry in the UK, more interested in campaigning for changes to workplace 'culture' than making workplaces more productive.
He's the man whom some partly blame for HR becoming a bloated industry in the UK, more interested in campaigning for changes to workplace 'culture' than making workplaces more productive.
The John Lewis Christmas advert. More Adolescence than Monty the Penguin.
Yes, it's the first time John Lewis has featured a father-son relationship in 18 years. And it's all very anxiety-inducing.
My thoughts...
Yes, it's the first time John Lewis has featured a father-son relationship in 18 years. And it's all very anxiety-inducing.
My thoughts...
November 4, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The John Lewis Christmas advert. More Adolescence than Monty the Penguin.
Yes, it's the first time John Lewis has featured a father-son relationship in 18 years. And it's all very anxiety-inducing.
My thoughts...
Yes, it's the first time John Lewis has featured a father-son relationship in 18 years. And it's all very anxiety-inducing.
My thoughts...
That's just Jolyon Maugham KC, happily reposting a fake image of Hitler, that's been widely acknowledged to be photoshopped, to suggest Trump staged his assination attempt...🙄
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November 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
That's just Jolyon Maugham KC, happily reposting a fake image of Hitler, that's been widely acknowledged to be photoshopped, to suggest Trump staged his assination attempt...🙄
www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...
www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...
🎄📺I've seen the Christmas advert. No, I can't tell you about it until 6am tomorrow.
Some people will love it. I'm really not convinced....
Some people will love it. I'm really not convinced....
November 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🎄📺I've seen the Christmas advert. No, I can't tell you about it until 6am tomorrow.
Some people will love it. I'm really not convinced....
Some people will love it. I'm really not convinced....
Such a good piece of old fashioned, proper journalism by the (increasingly must-read) @londoncentric.media.
About stolen mobile phones being hidden in a West End public park. And the police failing to do any investigating...
About stolen mobile phones being hidden in a West End public park. And the police failing to do any investigating...
November 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Such a good piece of old fashioned, proper journalism by the (increasingly must-read) @londoncentric.media.
About stolen mobile phones being hidden in a West End public park. And the police failing to do any investigating...
About stolen mobile phones being hidden in a West End public park. And the police failing to do any investigating...
🕵️Private detectives. Men in grubby macs lurking in bushes?
Or highly paid spooks who will investigate your business partner and potential date?
I looked into the strange world of upmarket private detectives for @thetimes.com Luxx…
Or highly paid spooks who will investigate your business partner and potential date?
I looked into the strange world of upmarket private detectives for @thetimes.com Luxx…
November 2, 2025 at 10:22 AM
🕵️Private detectives. Men in grubby macs lurking in bushes?
Or highly paid spooks who will investigate your business partner and potential date?
I looked into the strange world of upmarket private detectives for @thetimes.com Luxx…
Or highly paid spooks who will investigate your business partner and potential date?
I looked into the strange world of upmarket private detectives for @thetimes.com Luxx…
🎬 Fans of Amandaland. Good news! A second season is being filmed. In my street again (with Islington, N5 standing in for ‘SoHa’ or South Harlesden NW10).
I can reveal that Joanna Lumley has a stunt driver for her Mini and…
I can reveal that Joanna Lumley has a stunt driver for her Mini and…
November 1, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🎬 Fans of Amandaland. Good news! A second season is being filmed. In my street again (with Islington, N5 standing in for ‘SoHa’ or South Harlesden NW10).
I can reveal that Joanna Lumley has a stunt driver for her Mini and…
I can reveal that Joanna Lumley has a stunt driver for her Mini and…
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Fascinating political doodle chat on TimesRadio with @mortenmorland.bsky.social @harrywallop.co.uk and Verity Babbs today.
Here are my doodles by Clement Atlee from 1940. Given to me by my father in law whose uncle was a senior civil servant and used to scoop them up after meetings…
Here are my doodles by Clement Atlee from 1940. Given to me by my father in law whose uncle was a senior civil servant and used to scoop them up after meetings…
October 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Fascinating political doodle chat on TimesRadio with @mortenmorland.bsky.social @harrywallop.co.uk and Verity Babbs today.
Here are my doodles by Clement Atlee from 1940. Given to me by my father in law whose uncle was a senior civil servant and used to scoop them up after meetings…
Here are my doodles by Clement Atlee from 1940. Given to me by my father in law whose uncle was a senior civil servant and used to scoop them up after meetings…
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📻 I’m back presenting @listentotimesradio.bsky.social Friday – Hallowe’en – 10am-1pm,
Where we’ll no doubt be discussing Mr Andrew Windsor-Mountbatten (is that we now call him?), Rachel Reeves, and the best horror movies of all time…🎃
Do tune in!
Where we’ll no doubt be discussing Mr Andrew Windsor-Mountbatten (is that we now call him?), Rachel Reeves, and the best horror movies of all time…🎃
Do tune in!
October 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
📻 I’m back presenting @listentotimesradio.bsky.social Friday – Hallowe’en – 10am-1pm,
Where we’ll no doubt be discussing Mr Andrew Windsor-Mountbatten (is that we now call him?), Rachel Reeves, and the best horror movies of all time…🎃
Do tune in!
Where we’ll no doubt be discussing Mr Andrew Windsor-Mountbatten (is that we now call him?), Rachel Reeves, and the best horror movies of all time…🎃
Do tune in!
📻 I’m back presenting @listentotimesradio.bsky.social Friday – Hallowe’en – 10am-1pm,
Where we’ll no doubt be discussing Mr Andrew Windsor-Mountbatten (is that we now call him?), Rachel Reeves, and the best horror movies of all time…🎃
Do tune in!
Where we’ll no doubt be discussing Mr Andrew Windsor-Mountbatten (is that we now call him?), Rachel Reeves, and the best horror movies of all time…🎃
Do tune in!
October 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
📻 I’m back presenting @listentotimesradio.bsky.social Friday – Hallowe’en – 10am-1pm,
Where we’ll no doubt be discussing Mr Andrew Windsor-Mountbatten (is that we now call him?), Rachel Reeves, and the best horror movies of all time…🎃
Do tune in!
Where we’ll no doubt be discussing Mr Andrew Windsor-Mountbatten (is that we now call him?), Rachel Reeves, and the best horror movies of all time…🎃
Do tune in!