Robin Allender
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the fun thing about the BBC story is that I can't actually read about it for more than couple of minutes at a time because it makes me feel too insane :)
The worst you can accuse Panorama of doing is making a misleading edit – and I’d dispute that! – to make *a point that was true*.
The programme aired without anyone seeing any issues with the edit. It was on iPlayer for a year without complaints. Donald Trump *did* incite Jan 6th.
The programme aired without anyone seeing any issues with the edit. It was on iPlayer for a year without complaints. Donald Trump *did* incite Jan 6th.
Tory culture spox demanding the BBC "grovel" to Trump is baffling. Who is this supposed to chime with?
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
November 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
the fun thing about the BBC story is that I can't actually read about it for more than couple of minutes at a time because it makes me feel too insane :)
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Can’t help but feel “Donald Trump threatens to sue the BBC for $1bn” is the point the BBC should stop being balanced in its reporting.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Can’t help but feel “Donald Trump threatens to sue the BBC for $1bn” is the point the BBC should stop being balanced in its reporting.
Jack Dorsey in 2007: I might create a microblogging platform so people can share jokes and updates, what’s the worst that could happen
twitter being bought and turned into a propaganda machine for fascism, which is directly pumped into every journalist in the world's brain, is one of the worst things to happen in the last few years. we might not survive it.
I'm guessing the BBC 'scandal' has been big on X this week as this was the first I had heard of it...
November 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Jack Dorsey in 2007: I might create a microblogging platform so people can share jokes and updates, what’s the worst that could happen
I just woke up from a dream in which Poirot was giving a lecture about freewill vs predestination – ‘there is a cloud and there is an egg with a small door’
November 9, 2025 at 6:18 AM
I just woke up from a dream in which Poirot was giving a lecture about freewill vs predestination – ‘there is a cloud and there is an egg with a small door’
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Imagine if you met someone irl who kept talking like people do on here, throwing under the bus, kept the receipts, lives rent-free etc, you'd quite rightly punch them in the face
November 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Imagine if you met someone irl who kept talking like people do on here, throwing under the bus, kept the receipts, lives rent-free etc, you'd quite rightly punch them in the face
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FUCKING NORA
Anthony Newley, born on this day in 1931. Here's his contribution to the hippy movement, a version of George Harrison's Within You, Without You. Far out man!
November 7, 2025 at 11:21 AM
FUCKING NORA
Most unexpectedly moving ending to a series since Blackadder Goes Forth
November 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Most unexpectedly moving ending to a series since Blackadder Goes Forth
This is a really fun one! Was great to chat to Lavinia and Marco. The Making is one of my favourite albums of the year.
Brand new pod out today with the fantastic Lavinia Blackwall and her partner in music and life, Marco Rea. They chat about the influence of Ram and solo George on her brilliant new album, The Making.
Subscriber edition features a Pick a Song™️ on There's a Place.
GO!
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Subscriber edition features a Pick a Song™️ on There's a Place.
GO!
podfollow.com/your-own-per...
November 6, 2025 at 9:19 AM
This is a really fun one! Was great to chat to Lavinia and Marco. The Making is one of my favourite albums of the year.
I’ve started saying ‘mid’ even though I’m in my ‘mid’ forties
November 6, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I’ve started saying ‘mid’ even though I’m in my ‘mid’ forties
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sorry I've added a "Controversy" section to your wikipedia article while you were asleep
November 5, 2025 at 11:55 AM
sorry I've added a "Controversy" section to your wikipedia article while you were asleep
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on the topic of dick cheney, one thing i’ve always said is that you shouldn’t kill a million people
November 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
on the topic of dick cheney, one thing i’ve always said is that you shouldn’t kill a million people
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I’m sure Matt Goodwin will be along shortly to tell us all whether LNER Customer Service Host Samir Zitouni counts as British or not. news.sky.com/story/train-...
Train company LNER 'extremely proud' of rail worker in critical condition after mass stabbing as family call him 'hero'
The "extraordinary bravery" of the LNER worker who intervened during the train mass stabbing attack on Saturday has been hailed by his company.
news.sky.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I’m sure Matt Goodwin will be along shortly to tell us all whether LNER Customer Service Host Samir Zitouni counts as British or not. news.sky.com/story/train-...
Five stars from Lucy Mangan, you say? Well that’s great, I can’t wait to watch one of the worst television programmes that’s ever been made.
November 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Five stars from Lucy Mangan, you say? Well that’s great, I can’t wait to watch one of the worst television programmes that’s ever been made.
Your tone is antagonistic and you’re making me very arngry
I had to watch this twice to ascertain that yes, they do include this as an example of how the ban was 'demeaning and demonizing' with no indicator that its satire, sandwiched among actual news clips.
This New Yorker documentary about the 1988 UK government ban on broadcasting the voices of Sinn Féin and I.R.A. leaders is pretty good but they show *that clip from The Day Today with no explanation and no indicator that it is satire.
www.newyorker.com/video/watch/...
www.newyorker.com/video/watch/...
November 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Your tone is antagonistic and you’re making me very arngry
I called someone out for doing the ‘never heard of them!’ thing under an Instagram post but apparently people are now saying ‘never heard of them!’ as a joke? But it’s a joke that looks exactly the same as saying ‘never heard of them!’ sincerely so where does that leave us as a society
November 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I called someone out for doing the ‘never heard of them!’ thing under an Instagram post but apparently people are now saying ‘never heard of them!’ as a joke? But it’s a joke that looks exactly the same as saying ‘never heard of them!’ sincerely so where does that leave us as a society
For some reason I keep getting loads of barbecue videos on Instagram and once again I’m amazed that Americans think British food is bad when they’re literally out there cooking beef with Dr Pepper
November 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
For some reason I keep getting loads of barbecue videos on Instagram and once again I’m amazed that Americans think British food is bad when they’re literally out there cooking beef with Dr Pepper
Anyone else watch Girlbands Forever? Why is there a gaping Girls Aloud-shaped hole??
November 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Anyone else watch Girlbands Forever? Why is there a gaping Girls Aloud-shaped hole??
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How depressing that they feel they must make this the headline.
November 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
How depressing that they feel they must make this the headline.
I’m Looking Through You and yet You Won’t See Me, make thy mind up Paul McCartney
October 31, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I’m Looking Through You and yet You Won’t See Me, make thy mind up Paul McCartney
I asked someone with a trumpet tattoo if it was a Thomas Pynchon thing and they said no it’s just a trumpet. Sometimes a trumpet’s just a trumpet folks!
October 31, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I asked someone with a trumpet tattoo if it was a Thomas Pynchon thing and they said no it’s just a trumpet. Sometimes a trumpet’s just a trumpet folks!
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For Halloween I wrote about the new Joanne Robertson album and the Clientele. Not spooky, but certainly eerie! 🎃
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The world is porcelain
Some thoughts on Joanne Robertson’s album Blurr, and the Clientele
open.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:30 AM
For Halloween I wrote about the new Joanne Robertson album and the Clientele. Not spooky, but certainly eerie! 🎃
open.substack.com/pub/robinall...
open.substack.com/pub/robinall...
In all the chat about West End Girl I haven’t seen anyone mention Vulnicura… Surely one of the best and most brutal break-up albums of recent times.
October 31, 2025 at 10:08 AM
In all the chat about West End Girl I haven’t seen anyone mention Vulnicura… Surely one of the best and most brutal break-up albums of recent times.
For Halloween I wrote about the new Joanne Robertson album and the Clientele. Not spooky, but certainly eerie! 🎃
open.substack.com/pub/robinall...
open.substack.com/pub/robinall...
The world is porcelain
Some thoughts on Joanne Robertson’s album Blurr, and the Clientele
open.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:30 AM
For Halloween I wrote about the new Joanne Robertson album and the Clientele. Not spooky, but certainly eerie! 🎃
open.substack.com/pub/robinall...
open.substack.com/pub/robinall...