Rhys Griffiths
@rhysdgriffiths.bsky.social
Journalist, doing the hyperlocal newsletter thing @folkestonedispatch.substack.com. On the terraces at Folkestone Invicta. Love football, food, drink, travel (by train, ideally), history, podcasts and naps
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This week's Dispatch sees us look ahead to the festive season in Folkestone. Apologies if you think November is far too early for this sort of thing!
🎄 Christmas in Folkestone: Your guide to what’s on in town this festive season
Plus: Portion of former Debenhams department store hits the market, and pub burglar jailed after Spoons break-in
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November 12, 2025 at 9:58 AM
This week's Dispatch sees us look ahead to the festive season in Folkestone. Apologies if you think November is far too early for this sort of thing!
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Absolutely delightful interview with Joe Marler, this: www.thetimes.com/article/7778...
November 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Absolutely delightful interview with Joe Marler, this: www.thetimes.com/article/7778...
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'They were those like Sir Oswald Mosley who were fascinated by the spectacle of brutal power. They would like to use it themselves. They grovelled to Nazi dictatorship in order that they could make people in their turn grovel to them'
Winston Churchill, 1936
Winston Churchill, 1936
Conservative Shadow Culture Secretary Nigel Huddleston tells GB News that the BBC should "grovel" to Trump.
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
November 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
'They were those like Sir Oswald Mosley who were fascinated by the spectacle of brutal power. They would like to use it themselves. They grovelled to Nazi dictatorship in order that they could make people in their turn grovel to them'
Winston Churchill, 1936
Winston Churchill, 1936
I am extremely fortunate to have married an editor, and she is responsible for @folkestonedispatch.substack.com being largely howler free. I should thank her more often, and not just for this
Once more I am begging those of you with Substacks to get an editor to look over your long, heartfelt screeds.
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I am extremely fortunate to have married an editor, and she is responsible for @folkestonedispatch.substack.com being largely howler free. I should thank her more often, and not just for this
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In this week's Dispatch we speak to two of the organisers of the Folkestone Illustration Festival, which kicks off this week...
🎨 ‘We want to help people pursue a creative career—and get paid for it’
Plus: Sports Centre pool could reopen next summer if funding secured, and teens charged with robbery after alleged mugging
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November 5, 2025 at 1:41 PM
In this week's Dispatch we speak to two of the organisers of the Folkestone Illustration Festival, which kicks off this week...
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This week's Dispatch sees us track down a piece of railway history in a field outside Folkestone...
🚆 Tracking down a unique part of Britain’s railway history in a field outside Folkestone
Plus: Napier Barracks now expected to close this year, and drink-driving suspect arrested after crash involving car and van
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October 31, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This week's Dispatch sees us track down a piece of railway history in a field outside Folkestone...
Great day yesterday, with a big influx of paid @folkestonedispatch.substack.com subs. Brought back down to earth this morning when the first person I interacted with outside the house told me I 'look tired'. Cheers Lee!
October 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Great day yesterday, with a big influx of paid @folkestonedispatch.substack.com subs. Brought back down to earth this morning when the first person I interacted with outside the house told me I 'look tired'. Cheers Lee!
Today marks six months of the @folkestonedispatch.substack.com. Our free subscribers received a special offer to celebrate this milestone, and lots of these wonderful people have taken the plunge and paid a not insignificant amount for an annual subscription
October 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Today marks six months of the @folkestonedispatch.substack.com. Our free subscribers received a special offer to celebrate this milestone, and lots of these wonderful people have taken the plunge and paid a not insignificant amount for an annual subscription
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NEW POST 🗞️
Last weekend, I visited my 60th ground in England, Folkestone Invicta’s Alcaline Stadium.
Here are my tips for groundhoppers, and huge thanks to @rhysdgriffiths.bsky.social for the lowdown on the club and the town.
Read on… #nonleague #FIFC
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Last weekend, I visited my 60th ground in England, Folkestone Invicta’s Alcaline Stadium.
Here are my tips for groundhoppers, and huge thanks to @rhysdgriffiths.bsky.social for the lowdown on the club and the town.
Read on… #nonleague #FIFC
open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...
Non-League Adventures: Folkestone Invicta
Folkestone is perhaps best known for the Eurotunnel, and, on a clear day, you can see France while seagulls swoop on your chips. It’s also home to a great non-league away day: Folkestone Invicta.
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October 23, 2025 at 7:35 AM
NEW POST 🗞️
Last weekend, I visited my 60th ground in England, Folkestone Invicta’s Alcaline Stadium.
Here are my tips for groundhoppers, and huge thanks to @rhysdgriffiths.bsky.social for the lowdown on the club and the town.
Read on… #nonleague #FIFC
open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...
Last weekend, I visited my 60th ground in England, Folkestone Invicta’s Alcaline Stadium.
Here are my tips for groundhoppers, and huge thanks to @rhysdgriffiths.bsky.social for the lowdown on the club and the town.
Read on… #nonleague #FIFC
open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...
Or your wife, or your child's teacher, or the nurse caring for your elderly parent, or any staff you might employ, or, or, or. Jesus, this country
If I were running Labour comms I would commission an app called 'Will the Tories/Reform deport you?' then let the reactions on TikTok and Instagram do their work.
October 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Or your wife, or your child's teacher, or the nurse caring for your elderly parent, or any staff you might employ, or, or, or. Jesus, this country
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A curious approach from people who don't like the concept of immigration
October 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A curious approach from people who don't like the concept of immigration
'Cultural purity'? I suspect my wife, who went through ILR and naturalisation, won't be at risk of retrospective action - despite growing up in an alien culture (northern California, they're wired different out there). I wonder why? Oh, because they mean a different kind of 'purity' don't they?
October 22, 2025 at 10:48 AM
'Cultural purity'? I suspect my wife, who went through ILR and naturalisation, won't be at risk of retrospective action - despite growing up in an alien culture (northern California, they're wired different out there). I wonder why? Oh, because they mean a different kind of 'purity' don't they?
Looking forward to attending the opening night this evening!
In this week's Dispatch we speak to the co-founder of the Folkestone Documentary Festival - which returns to @folkestonecinema.com this week
🎬 Folkestone Documentary Festival returns for five-day celebration of storytelling
Plus: Appeal for information after woman's death, and views of local independent businesses sought ahead of Budget
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October 22, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Looking forward to attending the opening night this evening!
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Ahead of next month's Budget, we are asking independent businesses in Folkestone for their views on the economic outlook for 2026 and the challenges facing traders in the town.
Complete the survey here: tinyurl.com/FDbusinesssurvey
Complete the survey here: tinyurl.com/FDbusinesssurvey
October 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Ahead of next month's Budget, we are asking independent businesses in Folkestone for their views on the economic outlook for 2026 and the challenges facing traders in the town.
Complete the survey here: tinyurl.com/FDbusinesssurvey
Complete the survey here: tinyurl.com/FDbusinesssurvey
Love this. @futbologyapp.bsky.social is simply essential if you want to watch football off the beaten track...
“It reignited my love for football”
How @futbologyapp.bsky.social has revolutionised groundhopping
Read: theblizzard.co.uk/it-reignited...
How @futbologyapp.bsky.social has revolutionised groundhopping
Read: theblizzard.co.uk/it-reignited...
October 17, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Love this. @futbologyapp.bsky.social is simply essential if you want to watch football off the beaten track...
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In this week's Dispatch we report on @fstonehythedc.bsky.social plans to tackle the rising cost of homelessness...
🏠 £5 million investment proposed to tackle soaring cost of homelessness
Plus: Statue of St Eanswythe no longer headless, and service held to honour contribution of Gurkhas
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October 15, 2025 at 7:21 AM
In this week's Dispatch we report on @fstonehythedc.bsky.social plans to tackle the rising cost of homelessness...
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repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
October 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
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Big presence on the beaches of Normandy in 1944 too.
From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec
October 9, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Big presence on the beaches of Normandy in 1944 too.
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This week's Dispatch is out now...
🐶 Dog owners march on council over ‘draconian’ rules and ‘sham’ consultation
Plus: Council probed on continued use of Elon Musk platform X, and Greggs set to open new branch in former town centre bank
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October 8, 2025 at 7:55 AM
This week's Dispatch is out now...
Absolutely determined that @folkestonedispatch.substack.com reporting speaks to and for all parts of our town's diverse community, and hopefully this is a good example of that...
In this week's Dispatch we visit Folkestone mosque ahead of this weekend's @muslimcouncil.bsky.social Visit My Mosque open day...
🕌 ‘Islamophobia is through the roof, it’s not a nice time to be a Muslim’
Plus: Anti-immigration protest at Napier Barracks met with large counter-demonstration, and Invicta handed big FA Cup away day
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October 1, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Absolutely determined that @folkestonedispatch.substack.com reporting speaks to and for all parts of our town's diverse community, and hopefully this is a good example of that...
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Snowflake. Farage doesn’t like to be held to account for his racist policies, his divisive rhetoric and his grifter politics - well bad luck because there is lots more to come www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Nigel Farage: Labour rhetoric incites violence against Reform
The party leader will claim today that Keir Starmer’s labelling of his migrant plan as ‘racist’ has endangered the safety of his candidates and activists
www.thetimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Snowflake. Farage doesn’t like to be held to account for his racist policies, his divisive rhetoric and his grifter politics - well bad luck because there is lots more to come www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Many migrant workers who came to Qatar to build the 2022 WC infrastructure found themselves jobless after the tournament. @josimarfootball.bsky.social reveals how some of them have been recruited by the Russian army, are fighting and die on the Ukrainian front.
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The migrant soldiers - josimarfootball.com
For months, the Russian army has secretly recruited hundreds, if not thousands, of jobless migrant workers in Qatar to fight on the frontline against Ukraine.
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September 29, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Many migrant workers who came to Qatar to build the 2022 WC infrastructure found themselves jobless after the tournament. @josimarfootball.bsky.social reveals how some of them have been recruited by the Russian army, are fighting and die on the Ukrainian front.
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September 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Each week a newsletter that is nothing back a blank page. Each week the nagging fear that I won't have a story to write. Each week one eventually appears. But what if, one day, it doesn't? The fear will never be banished, never...
September 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Each week a newsletter that is nothing back a blank page. Each week the nagging fear that I won't have a story to write. Each week one eventually appears. But what if, one day, it doesn't? The fear will never be banished, never...
Greatly enjoyed this @maxrushden.bsky.social column, the 'Faye from Chiswick' anecdote in particular...
For all footballers out there lying about their past glories: the taxman cometh | Max Rushden
Some stories can’t be proved wrong, but Karel Prince’s HMRC of Football podcast is exposing those who have embellished a little too much
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September 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Greatly enjoyed this @maxrushden.bsky.social column, the 'Faye from Chiswick' anecdote in particular...