Paul Masterman
@interimboy.bsky.social
Man. Comms. Books. Films. Art. Sun. Sweet-toothed.
If you get down to tasks without delay does that make you an anticrastinator?
November 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
If you get down to tasks without delay does that make you an anticrastinator?
My Saturday Night Robert Redford tribute movie. Classic and classy conspiracy thriller from when conspiracies were real. You have to sit down in a darkened room afterwards to recover from Redford and Dunaway’s combined charisma.
September 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
My Saturday Night Robert Redford tribute movie. Classic and classy conspiracy thriller from when conspiracies were real. You have to sit down in a darkened room afterwards to recover from Redford and Dunaway’s combined charisma.
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"David Dinsmore is emblematic of everything that has gone wrong with the relationship between power and the press"
Starmer has appointed a former Editor of The Sun – who has a criminal conviction under the Sexual Offences Act – as a communications advisor.
Again, as always, the water we swim in.
Starmer has appointed a former Editor of The Sun – who has a criminal conviction under the Sexual Offences Act – as a communications advisor.
Again, as always, the water we swim in.
Starmer and The Sun: An Appointment that Shows Everything that Is Wrong with Power and the Press in Britain
Keir Starmer has signalled the direction of his Government by appointing a former Editor of The Sun newspaper – who has a criminal conviction under the Sexual Offences Act – as a communications adviso...
bylinetimes.com
August 1, 2025 at 10:36 AM
"David Dinsmore is emblematic of everything that has gone wrong with the relationship between power and the press"
Starmer has appointed a former Editor of The Sun – who has a criminal conviction under the Sexual Offences Act – as a communications advisor.
Again, as always, the water we swim in.
Starmer has appointed a former Editor of The Sun – who has a criminal conviction under the Sexual Offences Act – as a communications advisor.
Again, as always, the water we swim in.
Another topical news bit for me in today’s BBC’s #BreakingTheNews Two hits in three episodes is a personal best, so quite pleased with myself.
July 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Another topical news bit for me in today’s BBC’s #BreakingTheNews Two hits in three episodes is a personal best, so quite pleased with myself.
Wimbledon starts today. Then it’s the Last Night of the Proms, Bonfire Night and Christmas.
June 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Wimbledon starts today. Then it’s the Last Night of the Proms, Bonfire Night and Christmas.
Why do they call it the Spending Review when most of it is about not spending?
June 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Why do they call it the Spending Review when most of it is about not spending?
My Saturday Night Play (at the RSC, Stratford): Titus Andronicus. Shakespeare’s bloody, feverish, shocking, blackly funny Roman history play. Picture shows the empty stage at the end after a series of murders, mutilations and other horrors.
June 2, 2025 at 10:48 AM
My Saturday Night Play (at the RSC, Stratford): Titus Andronicus. Shakespeare’s bloody, feverish, shocking, blackly funny Roman history play. Picture shows the empty stage at the end after a series of murders, mutilations and other horrors.
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Amy Winehouse had a hairstylist as she couldn't beehive herself.
May 7, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Amy Winehouse had a hairstylist as she couldn't beehive herself.
Sunset over the M6, which coincidentally is the title of my new album.
May 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Sunset over the M6, which coincidentally is the title of my new album.
A tad crowded in the Impressionist wing of the Musee d’Orsay, Paris today. I’m told the pictures are lovely.
May 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
A tad crowded in the Impressionist wing of the Musee d’Orsay, Paris today. I’m told the pictures are lovely.
From my Paris hotel balcony…
April 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
From my Paris hotel balcony…
I’ve finally succumbed to the AI doll trend. Not sure I got the prompts spot on.
You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.
You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.
April 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I’ve finally succumbed to the AI doll trend. Not sure I got the prompts spot on.
You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.
You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.
Just bought. About to take a deep dive with Zuck and Bill. The good. The bad. And the very ugly.
April 1, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Just bought. About to take a deep dive with Zuck and Bill. The good. The bad. And the very ugly.
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Scoop: Washington Post editor Ruth Marcus says she’s resigning after a column on Jeff Bezos’s Wall Street Journal-like opinion pivot was rejected by Will Lewis
March 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Scoop: Washington Post editor Ruth Marcus says she’s resigning after a column on Jeff Bezos’s Wall Street Journal-like opinion pivot was rejected by Will Lewis
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65 new internal comms and change comms jobs in this week’s Strictly Internal, covering openings in the US, UK, and Canada. 7 remote roles, 6 transformation-focused comms roles, and a great lineup of companies.
Check it out and thanks for reading!
www.strictlyinternal.com/p/internal-c...
Check it out and thanks for reading!
www.strictlyinternal.com/p/internal-c...
February 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
65 new internal comms and change comms jobs in this week’s Strictly Internal, covering openings in the US, UK, and Canada. 7 remote roles, 6 transformation-focused comms roles, and a great lineup of companies.
Check it out and thanks for reading!
www.strictlyinternal.com/p/internal-c...
Check it out and thanks for reading!
www.strictlyinternal.com/p/internal-c...
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Grounds for a bit of optimism
🔴Twenty More Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Been Telling You About
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/24/w...
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/24/w...
Twenty More Government Reforms the Media Hasn't Been Telling You About
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks
bylinetimes.com
January 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Grounds for a bit of optimism
Hello, hello…is there anyone here?
a man with a mustache is sitting on a swing in the park .
ALT: a man with a mustache is sitting on a swing in the park .
media.tenor.com
January 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Hello, hello…is there anyone here?
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In early 2020, a pandemic was spreading. The UK’s PM went on a 10 day half-term holiday during which he was uncontactable and the government went into panic mode, focusing, as Hancock related to the COVID enquiry, on buying enough body bags. 1/8
January 14, 2025 at 11:43 AM
In early 2020, a pandemic was spreading. The UK’s PM went on a 10 day half-term holiday during which he was uncontactable and the government went into panic mode, focusing, as Hancock related to the COVID enquiry, on buying enough body bags. 1/8
To all #localgov comms friends and colleagues in the East Midlands. This is your early call for your next regional network event. Get the 17 March date in your diary. More details soon.
lgcomms.org.uk/event/lgcomm...
lgcomms.org.uk/event/lgcomm...
LGcomms East Midlands regional network meeting – LGcomms
lgcomms.org.uk
January 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
To all #localgov comms friends and colleagues in the East Midlands. This is your early call for your next regional network event. Get the 17 March date in your diary. More details soon.
lgcomms.org.uk/event/lgcomm...
lgcomms.org.uk/event/lgcomm...
Oof. @danslee gives us both barrels. He’s right:
“If the average age of your (comms) team is 53.2 you have a problem. Without new ideas and the perspective of youth your team risks not representing the audience you serve. Experience is valuable. Too much can be a care home.”
“If the average age of your (comms) team is 53.2 you have a problem. Without new ideas and the perspective of youth your team risks not representing the audience you serve. Experience is valuable. Too much can be a care home.”
December 30, 2024 at 9:37 AM
Oof. @danslee gives us both barrels. He’s right:
“If the average age of your (comms) team is 53.2 you have a problem. Without new ideas and the perspective of youth your team risks not representing the audience you serve. Experience is valuable. Too much can be a care home.”
“If the average age of your (comms) team is 53.2 you have a problem. Without new ideas and the perspective of youth your team risks not representing the audience you serve. Experience is valuable. Too much can be a care home.”
Great line from American writer Cormac McCarthy.
"The world's a dark place, and there's a cold wind blowing. So you've got to turn up your collar and walk on."
"The world's a dark place, and there's a cold wind blowing. So you've got to turn up your collar and walk on."
December 29, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Great line from American writer Cormac McCarthy.
"The world's a dark place, and there's a cold wind blowing. So you've got to turn up your collar and walk on."
"The world's a dark place, and there's a cold wind blowing. So you've got to turn up your collar and walk on."
Troubled afternoon sky over Shropshire, December 2024
December 17, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Troubled afternoon sky over Shropshire, December 2024
Great to see @mikecooperrp.bsky.social @lucimcummings.bsky.social and @iansearle.bsky.social in todays #BreakingTheNews #BTN credits. Bravo colleagues 👏
November 29, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Great to see @mikecooperrp.bsky.social @lucimcummings.bsky.social and @iansearle.bsky.social in todays #BreakingTheNews #BTN credits. Bravo colleagues 👏