Rob Hinchcliffe
@hinchcliffe.bsky.social
Northerner now in SE20. Partially responsible for Londonist, Documentary Club and London in Bits. Currently comms for HelloBrink.co, an innovation consultancy in the social impact sector.
me: robhinchcliffe.co.uk
heist films: thesteal.substack.com/
me: robhinchcliffe.co.uk
heist films: thesteal.substack.com/
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And this is The Steal... read them all... thesteal.substack.com
The Steal | Substack
An exploration of the perfect score, one heist movie at a time. Click to read The Steal, a Substack publication. Launched 2 months ago.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
And this is The Steal... read them all... thesteal.substack.com
This is such a mess of a film, but also weirdly enjoyable and fascinating...
In the latest issue of THE STEAL we try and get to grips with what might be the most tonally-confused heist flick ever made: 1972's THE DOBERMAN GANG.
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The Steal 006
The Doberman Gang (1972)
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November 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
This is such a mess of a film, but also weirdly enjoyable and fascinating...
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“You know, we are sitting here, you and I, like a couple of regular fellas...”
Yes, there's a brand new issue of The Steal, and in this one @sizemore.bsky.social finally gets to let rip on the film that redefined the modern heist: Michael Mann's Heat.
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Yes, there's a brand new issue of The Steal, and in this one @sizemore.bsky.social finally gets to let rip on the film that redefined the modern heist: Michael Mann's Heat.
open.substack.com/pub/thesteal...
The Steal 005
Heat (1995)
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October 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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The Steal is mine and @sizemore.bsky.social's newsletter about the beauty and brilliance of heist films, a genre we're a little too obsessed by...
October 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The Steal is mine and @sizemore.bsky.social's newsletter about the beauty and brilliance of heist films, a genre we're a little too obsessed by...
Penge representing... ✊
It’s the 111th anniversary today of the birth of Harry Rée, who was a teacher and conscientious objector when the Second World War broke out, and by the time it ended, when he was 31, had invented ‘blackmail sabotage’ and got a DSO, an OBE, a Croix de Guerre, and a Medaille de la Resistance
October 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Penge representing... ✊
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Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
A separate music streaming service that only has AI-generated stuff on it?
And we can call it Sloppify...
No? Okay, fine.
And we can call it Sloppify...
No? Okay, fine.
October 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A separate music streaming service that only has AI-generated stuff on it?
And we can call it Sloppify...
No? Okay, fine.
And we can call it Sloppify...
No? Okay, fine.
The new issue of mine and @sizemore.bsky.social's heist film newsletter is out. This time it's Mike on 1968's THE SPLIT .
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October 2, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The new issue of mine and @sizemore.bsky.social's heist film newsletter is out. This time it's Mike on 1968's THE SPLIT .
open.substack.com/pub/thesteal...
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Does anyone want to join me in a whip round for an animatronic dinosaur? gizmodo.com/new-jersey-t...
New Jersey Theme Park Puts Animatronic Dinosaurs on Facebook Marketplace as It Shuts Down
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October 2, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Does anyone want to join me in a whip round for an animatronic dinosaur? gizmodo.com/new-jersey-t...
Patrick 'Empire of Pain' Radden Keefe has written a book about the death of Zac Brettler... And that's all you should need to know really.
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London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
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October 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Patrick 'Empire of Pain' Radden Keefe has written a book about the death of Zac Brettler... And that's all you should need to know really.
bookshop.org/p/books/lond...
bookshop.org/p/books/lond...
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subsequent to the orange man shooting his mouth off about London, I did the second part of my 100 things I love in London. because I mean, really:
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43 more things I love in London
still just filled to the brim with wonder
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September 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
subsequent to the orange man shooting his mouth off about London, I did the second part of my 100 things I love in London. because I mean, really:
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
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US: "So taking Tylenol is, uhhh, not good."
UK: "So, yeah, we can treat Huntington's now."
UK: "So, yeah, we can treat Huntington's now."
September 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
US: "So taking Tylenol is, uhhh, not good."
UK: "So, yeah, we can treat Huntington's now."
UK: "So, yeah, we can treat Huntington's now."
The second episode of The Steal is up. It's me writing about one of my favourite movies from the 80s, and I think one of my favourite ever feel-good comedies: the brilliant, Malcolm... thesteal.substack.com/p/the-steal-...
The Steal 002
Malcolm (1986)
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September 17, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The second episode of The Steal is up. It's me writing about one of my favourite movies from the 80s, and I think one of my favourite ever feel-good comedies: the brilliant, Malcolm... thesteal.substack.com/p/the-steal-...
Had polio as a child, "drifted aimlessly" in high school, was arrested for “borrowing an automobile that had stolen jewellery in its trunk,” ... and then became Robert Fucking Redford.
September 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Had polio as a child, "drifted aimlessly" in high school, was arrested for “borrowing an automobile that had stolen jewellery in its trunk,” ... and then became Robert Fucking Redford.
Coming out of social media retirement because me and @sizemore.bsky.social just launched this.
If you like heist moves then you'll like this...
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If you like heist moves then you'll like this...
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September 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Coming out of social media retirement because me and @sizemore.bsky.social just launched this.
If you like heist moves then you'll like this...
thesteal.substack.com/p/the-steal-...
If you like heist moves then you'll like this...
thesteal.substack.com/p/the-steal-...
"These songs obliterate notions of time and place, focussing, instead, on the threads of joy and sorrow that make us human."
Yeah they do. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Yeah they do. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
What Gillian Welch and David Rawlings Took from the Tornado
The legendary folk artists discuss rescuing their tapes from a catastrophic storm, singing as if they have one mouth, and making music that’s like a pebble tossed in a river.
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August 25, 2024 at 6:29 PM
"These songs obliterate notions of time and place, focussing, instead, on the threads of joy and sorrow that make us human."
Yeah they do. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Yeah they do. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Someone just subscribed to @londoninbits who also reads "597 other Substacks". I'm not really sure what that says about the way we consume media today, but it definitely says something.
November 24, 2022 at 11:57 AM
Someone just subscribed to @londoninbits who also reads "597 other Substacks". I'm not really sure what that says about the way we consume media today, but it definitely says something.
I joined twitter almost exactly 16 years ago (November 22, 2006). I'm user number 15,573 (think it was @tomcoates that invited me - thanks Tom). My only claim to fame is inviting @sizemore in like some beardy vampire.
November 18, 2022 at 9:38 AM
I joined twitter almost exactly 16 years ago (November 22, 2006). I'm user number 15,573 (think it was @tomcoates that invited me - thanks Tom). My only claim to fame is inviting @sizemore in like some beardy vampire.
Pretty sure @substack are just trolling Elon with these new 'bestseller badges'. But I am here for it. https://t.co/ydf2Xkyytq
November 10, 2022 at 5:18 PM
Pretty sure @substack are just trolling Elon with these new 'bestseller badges'. But I am here for it. https://t.co/ydf2Xkyytq
My copy of @ian_livingstone's Dice Men arrived so if I accidentally spend a couple of hundred quid buying Blood Bowl on eBay later, it's not my fault. https://t.co/a2LLIVYZ7n
November 5, 2022 at 2:02 PM
My copy of @ian_livingstone's Dice Men arrived so if I accidentally spend a couple of hundred quid buying Blood Bowl on eBay later, it's not my fault. https://t.co/a2LLIVYZ7n
God love Bradley Whitford. https://t.co/1SIIhnZWDJ
November 4, 2022 at 4:55 PM
God love Bradley Whitford. https://t.co/1SIIhnZWDJ
Really sad. I remember reading Julie Powell and being amazed at this new 'blog' format. Such a great writer.
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https://t.co/lk9Y24wzMm
November 2, 2022 at 7:23 AM
Really sad. I remember reading Julie Powell and being amazed at this new 'blog' format. Such a great writer.
https://t.co/lk9Y24wzMm
https://t.co/lk9Y24wzMm
#BBCQuestionTime got out of hand tonight. https://t.co/0OsBFqzKm0
October 27, 2022 at 10:13 PM
#BBCQuestionTime got out of hand tonight. https://t.co/0OsBFqzKm0
And if you haven't seen the original https://t.co/Vh0glJlUfM https://t.co/rbBIBi6f2t
October 25, 2022 at 9:50 PM
And if you haven't seen the original https://t.co/Vh0glJlUfM https://t.co/rbBIBi6f2t
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck https://t.co/z0utHlQb3n
October 20, 2022 at 1:48 PM
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck https://t.co/z0utHlQb3n