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Nigel's head will one day come off with the vigour of the nodding.
February 4, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Nigel's head will one day come off with the vigour of the nodding.
Hysteria tonight on news coverage. I'm off to the curling coverage.
February 4, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Hysteria tonight on news coverage. I'm off to the curling coverage.
Gawd - presentation style of political journalists becoming more sensationalist click bait. Am a bit despairing frankly.
January 20, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Gawd - presentation style of political journalists becoming more sensationalist click bait. Am a bit despairing frankly.
I bloody love James Naughtie. An American Journey on Radio 4 is a masterclass in the lost art of lyrical journalism.
January 19, 2026 at 11:52 AM
I bloody love James Naughtie. An American Journey on Radio 4 is a masterclass in the lost art of lyrical journalism.
@johnwilson14.bsky.social Splendid This Cultural Life on Radio 4 just now. Guillermo del Toro - fascinating man.
January 10, 2026 at 8:03 PM
@johnwilson14.bsky.social Splendid This Cultural Life on Radio 4 just now. Guillermo del Toro - fascinating man.
Can somebody explain to me why the catchy outy questioning of govt reps is called journalism? All noise, no light.
January 5, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Can somebody explain to me why the catchy outy questioning of govt reps is called journalism? All noise, no light.
@lewisgoodall.com I'm weeping quietly at your indefatigable insistence on yes or no answers. I don't see how this throws any light on the issue at hand. Catchy outy questioning is a curse of modern political journalism.
January 4, 2026 at 10:30 AM
@lewisgoodall.com I'm weeping quietly at your indefatigable insistence on yes or no answers. I don't see how this throws any light on the issue at hand. Catchy outy questioning is a curse of modern political journalism.
Top Radio 4 Deadringers this week. I love the BBC ❤️
December 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Top Radio 4 Deadringers this week. I love the BBC ❤️
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Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Political discourse is very sneery nowadays
November 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Political discourse is very sneery nowadays
Neither Vance nor Trump should ever consider setting foot in the UK again. Treachery of this kind is not forgivable.
November 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Neither Vance nor Trump should ever consider setting foot in the UK again. Treachery of this kind is not forgivable.
@tds153.bsky.social Most enjoyable Start the Week this morning.
November 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
@tds153.bsky.social Most enjoyable Start the Week this morning.
Hysteria rules
October 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Hysteria rules
@BBCRadio4 BH a festival of lobbying by farming and gambling this morning.
October 19, 2025 at 8:26 AM
@BBCRadio4 BH a festival of lobbying by farming and gambling this morning.
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Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown
#amindofmyown
October 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown
#amindofmyown
Populism is for show offs
October 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Populism is for show offs
Sarah Montague - queen of the leading question. Not good journalism, merely point scoring.
October 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Sarah Montague - queen of the leading question. Not good journalism, merely point scoring.
@ifagiolini.bsky.social Top Monteverdi Vespers last night at St Martin in the Fields. Am a hoary and cynical concert goer but that was entrancing!
September 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM
@ifagiolini.bsky.social Top Monteverdi Vespers last night at St Martin in the Fields. Am a hoary and cynical concert goer but that was entrancing!
The People vs McDonald's has been a fine radio series courtesy. Thank you Mark Steele.
September 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The People vs McDonald's has been a fine radio series courtesy. Thank you Mark Steele.
Dear BBC - please report rather than make the news.
September 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Dear BBC - please report rather than make the news.
Political journalism in the BBC is dead.
September 12, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Political journalism in the BBC is dead.
I wish Chris Mason and BBC news editors would just shut ip for a bit. Too much noise.
September 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I wish Chris Mason and BBC news editors would just shut ip for a bit. Too much noise.
Chris Mason would be more at home on a Murdoch channel or paper.
September 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Chris Mason would be more at home on a Murdoch channel or paper.
BBCRadio4 Today competing hard to be the news programme leading the charge of destruction of trust in the political system. It's an odd sport for supposed journalists.
September 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
BBCRadio4 Today competing hard to be the news programme leading the charge of destruction of trust in the political system. It's an odd sport for supposed journalists.
Gawd - BBC sanctimonious grandstanding on Angela Rayner is uncomfortably sneering.
September 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Gawd - BBC sanctimonious grandstanding on Angela Rayner is uncomfortably sneering.