Sam Wollaston
@samwollaston.bsky.social
Feature writer at the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/profile/samwollaston
Watched the Alex Honnold skyscraper film last night. Not as good as the Harold Lloyd original imo
a black and white photo of a man hanging from a clock on a building .
ALT: a black and white photo of a man hanging from a clock on a building .
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February 6, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Watched the Alex Honnold skyscraper film last night. Not as good as the Harold Lloyd original imo
maybe you want to read quite a long piece about lithium mining in Cornwall?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The lithium boom: could a disused quarry bring riches to Cornwall?
Known as ‘white gold’, lithium is among the most important mined elements on the planet – ideal for the rechargeable batteries used in tech products. Can Europe’s largest deposit bring prosperity to t...
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:57 PM
maybe you want to read quite a long piece about lithium mining in Cornwall?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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[explaining to a child why they are living in poverty] for every hundredth pint i drink i can get one free pint
February 3, 2026 at 12:49 PM
[explaining to a child why they are living in poverty] for every hundredth pint i drink i can get one free pint
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@samwollaston.bsky.social I loved this piece! I lived in Jerusalem from 1978 - 1982 and I became a donkey owner in very similar circumstances. I went to the Anglican International School, too. I can't believe the parallels!
Thanks for a great piece. 🙂
Thanks for a great piece. 🙂
February 3, 2026 at 6:47 AM
@samwollaston.bsky.social I loved this piece! I lived in Jerusalem from 1978 - 1982 and I became a donkey owner in very similar circumstances. I went to the Anglican International School, too. I can't believe the parallels!
Thanks for a great piece. 🙂
Thanks for a great piece. 🙂
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The pet I’ll never forget: Cocolo, the donkey who arrived unexpectedly at our door
The pet I’ll never forget: Cocolo, the donkey who arrived unexpectedly at our door
An offhand comment from my mother meant we suddenly owned a donkey. I loved him – but was embarrassed when I had to ride him to school
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:13 PM
The pet I’ll never forget: Cocolo, the donkey who arrived unexpectedly at our door
major journalistic goal achieved: I did The Pet I'll Never Forget column...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The pet I’ll never forget: Cocolo, the donkey who arrived unexpectedly at our door
An offhand comment from my mother meant we suddenly owned a donkey. I loved him – but was embarrassed when I had to ride him to school
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:38 AM
major journalistic goal achieved: I did The Pet I'll Never Forget column...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
@timdowling.bsky.social seems you're needed in KX
Are there lots of people below heckling "you needed dowling across the bottom, mate"?
January 30, 2026 at 10:20 AM
@timdowling.bsky.social seems you're needed in KX
This guy has shut down King’s Cross station but I can’t read why
January 30, 2026 at 9:46 AM
This guy has shut down King’s Cross station but I can’t read why
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The Observer Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism is looking for the best new voices in cultural criticism.
Entries close on 28 February 2026, so get scribbling!
First prize is £3000 and publication in @theobserveruk.bsky.social
Find out how to enter: www.anthonyburgess.org/observeranth...
Entries close on 28 February 2026, so get scribbling!
First prize is £3000 and publication in @theobserveruk.bsky.social
Find out how to enter: www.anthonyburgess.org/observeranth...
January 28, 2026 at 1:54 PM
The Observer Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism is looking for the best new voices in cultural criticism.
Entries close on 28 February 2026, so get scribbling!
First prize is £3000 and publication in @theobserveruk.bsky.social
Find out how to enter: www.anthonyburgess.org/observeranth...
Entries close on 28 February 2026, so get scribbling!
First prize is £3000 and publication in @theobserveruk.bsky.social
Find out how to enter: www.anthonyburgess.org/observeranth...
I'm afraid I now need to see it
Early reviews are in:
‘Even if they showed this on a plane, people would still walk out’
‘Even if they showed this on a plane, people would still walk out’
January 28, 2026 at 12:30 PM
I'm afraid I now need to see it
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If he sets off right now, he could get to Dignitas before they close. It's only a 2 hour drive from #Davos.
If it's the cost he's worried about, I'm sure he'd get a generous crowdfunding response. Maybe they take gift vouchers? Either way, the clock's ticking...
If it's the cost he's worried about, I'm sure he'd get a generous crowdfunding response. Maybe they take gift vouchers? Either way, the clock's ticking...
January 21, 2026 at 2:57 PM
If he sets off right now, he could get to Dignitas before they close. It's only a 2 hour drive from #Davos.
If it's the cost he's worried about, I'm sure he'd get a generous crowdfunding response. Maybe they take gift vouchers? Either way, the clock's ticking...
If it's the cost he's worried about, I'm sure he'd get a generous crowdfunding response. Maybe they take gift vouchers? Either way, the clock's ticking...
Learning how much hatred there is this dull song makes it suddenly more interesting
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
‘A nasty little song, really rather evil’: how Every Breath You Take tore Sting and the Police apart
Sting and his former bandmates go to the high court over a royalties dispute this week – the latest chapter in the song’s remarkably fractious story
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Learning how much hatred there is this dull song makes it suddenly more interesting
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
fully signed up and ready for the Big Garden Birdwatch. Bring it on
January 9, 2026 at 12:24 PM
fully signed up and ready for the Big Garden Birdwatch. Bring it on
Mayor Frey so impressive
Q: After you told ICE to get the F out, Republicans are criticizing you for escalating tensions
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
January 8, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Mayor Frey so impressive
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Go round the outside.
December 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Go round the outside.
Give/get for Christmas. So good
December 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Give/get for Christmas. So good
can i take the 450k?
This 220-year-old Union Jack flag, war-torn after being flown from HMS Royal Sovereign in 1805, could leave the UK permanently unless £450,000 is raised ⬇️
Battle to stop Union Jack from Trafalgar ship leaving Britain
www.thetimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
can i take the 450k?
Is there an influenza influencer yet? There should be
December 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Is there an influenza influencer yet? There should be
Is it Reformy to wish these guys would fuck off? Purely hypothetical…
December 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Is it Reformy to wish these guys would fuck off? Purely hypothetical…
Spotted at King’s Cross. Ku klux traffic cones?
December 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Spotted at King’s Cross. Ku klux traffic cones?
love the fox and otter having a night out in Lincoln together in this. Someone needs to write the children's book about them
Hightailing along high streets and raiding ponds: otters’ revival in Britain
Hightailing along high streets and raiding ponds: otters’ revival in Britain
Still rare only 20 years ago, the charismatic animals are in almost every UK river and a conservation success story
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
love the fox and otter having a night out in Lincoln together in this. Someone needs to write the children's book about them
Bloody hell, See No Evil, the Ch4 doc about John Smyth... reeling after that one.
December 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Bloody hell, See No Evil, the Ch4 doc about John Smyth... reeling after that one.