Jack Fifield
@jackfifield.uk
he/him, senior reporter @swns.com - but views my own.
bylines: Guardian, Mirror, Express, Star, New York Post, MEN, Bolton News, Manchester Mill, others. bi cyclist. 🏳️🌈
📍London, UK
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bylines: Guardian, Mirror, Express, Star, New York Post, MEN, Bolton News, Manchester Mill, others. bi cyclist. 🏳️🌈
📍London, UK
🌐 jackfifield.uk/contact
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I'm gonna bring back tie dye t shirts
February 10, 2026 at 2:16 PM
I'm gonna bring back tie dye t shirts
The UK Terminal at Amsterdam Centraal feels like something out of Severance. So many people here, but so quiet.
February 9, 2026 at 5:18 PM
The UK Terminal at Amsterdam Centraal feels like something out of Severance. So many people here, but so quiet.
AI slop in Amsterdam :)
February 5, 2026 at 9:32 PM
AI slop in Amsterdam :)
Does anyone know whether you need a valid ticket or if there's someone you should contact if you see something that doesn't look right while on board the Eurostar?
I've not been told this whole journey and it's starting to worry me.
I've not been told this whole journey and it's starting to worry me.
February 5, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Does anyone know whether you need a valid ticket or if there's someone you should contact if you see something that doesn't look right while on board the Eurostar?
I've not been told this whole journey and it's starting to worry me.
I've not been told this whole journey and it's starting to worry me.
Starmer must know this answer does not pass the sniff test. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...
www.bbc.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Starmer must know this answer does not pass the sniff test. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...
Reposted by Jack Fifield
"And so it is that Starmer is more closely linked with a man who stated “I do not want to live by salary alone” than with one who donates 15 per cent of his salary to a homeless charity each month. For a Prime Minister who aspired to lead a “government of service”, that is a tragic place to be."
Revealing from @georgeeaton.bsky.social - voters are drawing a contrast between No 10's treatment of Mandelson versus Burnham:
The parable of Andy Burnham and Peter Mandelson
Voters are unimpressed by Keir Starmer’s contrasting treatment of two Labour politicians
www.newstatesman.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:44 AM
"And so it is that Starmer is more closely linked with a man who stated “I do not want to live by salary alone” than with one who donates 15 per cent of his salary to a homeless charity each month. For a Prime Minister who aspired to lead a “government of service”, that is a tragic place to be."
I asked a member of Underground staff today if she could open one of the wide gates (both red Xs) at Kings Cross St Pancras to make it easier for me to get through with my suitcase.
She insisted I could fit through a narrow one, she'd closed both wide ones to stop fare evaders barging through. Wild
She insisted I could fit through a narrow one, she'd closed both wide ones to stop fare evaders barging through. Wild
February 5, 2026 at 7:56 AM
I asked a member of Underground staff today if she could open one of the wide gates (both red Xs) at Kings Cross St Pancras to make it easier for me to get through with my suitcase.
She insisted I could fit through a narrow one, she'd closed both wide ones to stop fare evaders barging through. Wild
She insisted I could fit through a narrow one, she'd closed both wide ones to stop fare evaders barging through. Wild
Controls and checks at St Pancras took 10 mins (of which 5 was me having to take my diabetes supplies out and get them checked separately).
Maybe being told to arrive 75 minutes early is a bit excessive.
Maybe being told to arrive 75 minutes early is a bit excessive.
February 5, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Controls and checks at St Pancras took 10 mins (of which 5 was me having to take my diabetes supplies out and get them checked separately).
Maybe being told to arrive 75 minutes early is a bit excessive.
Maybe being told to arrive 75 minutes early is a bit excessive.
Good news!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BTP to investigate more bike thefts after policy change
Critics said the old policy effectively
www.bbc.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Good news!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I usually like the Smartless podcast but had to stop listening to the Charli xcx episode when Jason Bateman suggested she might want kids when she finds the right guy and Charli says "I'm married" 💀
February 3, 2026 at 9:47 PM
I usually like the Smartless podcast but had to stop listening to the Charli xcx episode when Jason Bateman suggested she might want kids when she finds the right guy and Charli says "I'm married" 💀
At a meeting of Newham Council's Overview and Scrutiny Committee last week, councillors discussed the West Ham Park LTN.
Cllr Lakmini Shah (Lab) asked council officer Richard Wadey whether the consultation had taken into account that multi-gen ethnic minority families buy 20kg bags of rice.
Cllr Lakmini Shah (Lab) asked council officer Richard Wadey whether the consultation had taken into account that multi-gen ethnic minority families buy 20kg bags of rice.
February 3, 2026 at 9:30 PM
At a meeting of Newham Council's Overview and Scrutiny Committee last week, councillors discussed the West Ham Park LTN.
Cllr Lakmini Shah (Lab) asked council officer Richard Wadey whether the consultation had taken into account that multi-gen ethnic minority families buy 20kg bags of rice.
Cllr Lakmini Shah (Lab) asked council officer Richard Wadey whether the consultation had taken into account that multi-gen ethnic minority families buy 20kg bags of rice.
I will be in Amsterdam from Thursday to Monday if anybody on here is there !
February 3, 2026 at 5:46 PM
I will be in Amsterdam from Thursday to Monday if anybody on here is there !
On Sunday, we went to Walthamstow.
There, we went to the pump house museum, where I sat in the driver's cab of a tube train, the Ancient House (from the 1400s), and God's Own Junkyard (lots of neon). Please see attached. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
There, we went to the pump house museum, where I sat in the driver's cab of a tube train, the Ancient House (from the 1400s), and God's Own Junkyard (lots of neon). Please see attached. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
February 3, 2026 at 12:29 PM
On Sunday, we went to Walthamstow.
There, we went to the pump house museum, where I sat in the driver's cab of a tube train, the Ancient House (from the 1400s), and God's Own Junkyard (lots of neon). Please see attached. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
There, we went to the pump house museum, where I sat in the driver's cab of a tube train, the Ancient House (from the 1400s), and God's Own Junkyard (lots of neon). Please see attached. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
I went to see the new Bazalgette Embankment on Saturday. Contrary to a right-wing outrage account I saw, there were trees, and nice-smelling flowers.
And from reading the piece in London Centric, I know the big black things will be water features.
It was pleasant. I enjoyed the lions.
And from reading the piece in London Centric, I know the big black things will be water features.
It was pleasant. I enjoyed the lions.
February 3, 2026 at 10:46 AM
I went to see the new Bazalgette Embankment on Saturday. Contrary to a right-wing outrage account I saw, there were trees, and nice-smelling flowers.
And from reading the piece in London Centric, I know the big black things will be water features.
It was pleasant. I enjoyed the lions.
And from reading the piece in London Centric, I know the big black things will be water features.
It was pleasant. I enjoyed the lions.
If only we could vote out people we don't like
February 2, 2026 at 1:09 PM
If only we could vote out people we don't like
Even when they're apologising to a five year old child for a police force taking him to a detention centre they just can't help themselves from writing that America is the "most powerful, prosperous nation on earth".
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Even when they're apologising to a five year old child for a police force taking him to a detention centre they just can't help themselves from writing that America is the "most powerful, prosperous nation on earth".
Reposted by Jack Fifield
is it possible to make it sound cooler? no
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
February 1, 2026 at 3:47 PM
is it possible to make it sound cooler? no
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Jack Fifield
Trash cans, ladders, ironing boards, traffic cones: would you use any object to save your spot?
January 30, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Trash cans, ladders, ironing boards, traffic cones: would you use any object to save your spot?
The Treasury and the Student Loan Company got £44 of the £100 I got for volunteering to work on Christmas Day.
I hope they're happy!!!
I hope they're happy!!!
January 30, 2026 at 11:05 AM
The Treasury and the Student Loan Company got £44 of the £100 I got for volunteering to work on Christmas Day.
I hope they're happy!!!
I hope they're happy!!!
Anyone know how to buy a peak-time Railcard discounted Underground to National Rail ticket from an Underground stations? It doesn't let you select a 16-25 or 26-30 Railcard. If I could get to a National Rail station I could pick it up, though that would defeat the point...
January 30, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Anyone know how to buy a peak-time Railcard discounted Underground to National Rail ticket from an Underground stations? It doesn't let you select a 16-25 or 26-30 Railcard. If I could get to a National Rail station I could pick it up, though that would defeat the point...
Would have liked to have replied to a comment saying this article was a 'Bit of a nothing article' with my view that actually it's interesting to hear a range of voices sometimes, but unfortunately the comments on this 'publicly-funded' journalism are paywalled. manchestermill.co.uk/why-the-mill...
January 30, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Would have liked to have replied to a comment saying this article was a 'Bit of a nothing article' with my view that actually it's interesting to hear a range of voices sometimes, but unfortunately the comments on this 'publicly-funded' journalism are paywalled. manchestermill.co.uk/why-the-mill...
In the market for some cool/hip shoes/trainers - the kind that people five or six years younger than I might wear.
Any suggestions?
Any suggestions?
January 28, 2026 at 7:48 PM
In the market for some cool/hip shoes/trainers - the kind that people five or six years younger than I might wear.
Any suggestions?
Any suggestions?
Looking for things to do in STEVENAGE and WELWYN GARDEN CITY.
Anyone got any ideas?
Anyone got any ideas?
January 28, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Looking for things to do in STEVENAGE and WELWYN GARDEN CITY.
Anyone got any ideas?
Anyone got any ideas?
1. Build more bridges over the Thames in east London
2. Ban cars from Tower Bridge
2. Ban cars from Tower Bridge
January 27, 2026 at 5:48 PM
1. Build more bridges over the Thames in east London
2. Ban cars from Tower Bridge
2. Ban cars from Tower Bridge