Charlie Beckett

Starts checking Google maps for journey times to Championship
Clubs. Been here before but this feels like the worst dereliction of duty and opportunity failure ever. West Ham are a Business School case study of the mismanagement of a major entrepreneurial potential. David Sullivan is to blame.

KUMB.com: West Ham United FC Online @kumb.bsky.social · 15h

West Ham Utd 0-1 Fulham
www.kumb.com/story.php?id...
#koyi #whufc

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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 15h

Some ~personal news~

Yes, I'm being sued by Matt Taibbi

Does that make me the realest free speech warrior?

open.substack.com

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KUMB.com: West Ham United FC Online @kumb.bsky.social · 15h

West Ham Utd 0-1 Fulham
www.kumb.com/story.php?id...
#koyi #whufc

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 3d

This was fun. I enjoyed being grilled on 'truth'. Shows how well the BBC does that bridging role on big ideas. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Moral Maze - What Is Truth? - BBC Sounds

Debate examining the question: what is truth?

www.bbc.co.uk

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PolisLSE @polislse.bsky.social · 3d

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Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 4d

I just meant everyone's different. Dec is something of an Everyman.

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 4d

That is just bs but go ahead

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 4d

There is something very lovely about cooking something in Cornwall that was pulled out of the sea here last night.

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 5d

The perfect gift for the film buff in your life. A wonderful book of unpublished photos and documents about the making of Don't Look Now. Packed full of visual details and insights that shed light on an extraordinary movie

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 8d

I like the @lrb.co.uk because I don't like the LRB. Great articles by O'Hagan and Lancaster and a horrible, pretentious piece by Srinivasan. How can you start an article referring to October 7th and then not mention it again? Always good to be challenged...

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 8d

I'm glad you are looking at this on our behalf. It's a cesspit.

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 8d

An excellent lesson from history about misinformation and public media literacy: I like how O'Hagan's take on Walter Lippmann allows that you can be liberal and cynical AND optimistic. Journalism can be both highly limited and vital. [see my forthcoming book etc etc] www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Andrew O’Hagan · Fatal Realism: Walter Lippmann’s Warning

Lippmann was called the greatest journalist of his age, but his claims as an original thinker rest on his book Public...

www.lrb.co.uk

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 8d

Incredible concert at the Paris Philharmonie- a 'new' Ravel, huge chorus, wonderful cello solos. The hall is great but the rest of the building interior is quite unpleasant

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 8d

The Richter at Louis Vuitton is a spectacular survey but in the end, too much: exhausting as much as exhilarating

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 10d

This feels like one of those highly symbolic and historic media industry moments: the Oscars are leaving terrestrial TV for YouTube in 2029 www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...

Oscars Bolts from ABC to YouTube Starting in 2029

The world's highest-profile and most-watched awards show, which has aired on ABC since 1976, will be moving to a streaming-only platform starting as part of a deal that also includes red carpet covera...

www.hollywoodreporter.com

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 12d

Job alert! We are looking for someone based in South Africa to join our JournalismAI team on a new project - please share! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Programme Officer | JournalismAI 2025/26

Programme Officer JournalismAI is looking for a Programme Officer (Full-time) to support the execution of its grant funding programme and other activities. The Programme Officer will work closely w...

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Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 13d

Good game today. Villa are a better team but we looked good. It didn't matter for me as I was thinking how much this game has changed since I started (1970s) and my sons (2000s). Mateus Fernandes has the attributes, but there will never be another Bonzo

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 15d

So the King is now a health influencer. And he's brilliant. Not sure how relatable but it feels genuine. www.bbc.com/news/article...

King Charles shares 'good news' that his cancer treatment will be reduced

The 77-year-old says the milestone is a "personal blessing" and testimony to advances in cancer care.

www.bbc.com

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 15d

Last week we saw something like a German/Russian seasonal equivalent in Munich's Staatsoper - Rimsky Korsakov's Nights Before Xmas - also superbly executed www.staatsoper.de/stuecke/die-...

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 15d

Had fun with my sons at the Barbican's 12th Night. It's basically Shakespearean panto with some poetry and done brilliantly. I wonder what non-Brits make of it? www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...

Twelfth Night | Barbican

Welcome in the festive season with this spellbinding production of Shakespeare's masterpiece, following a five star, sold-out run in Stratford-upon-Avon.

www.barbican.org.uk

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 15d

‘The creature looks more stylish and romantic than monstrous. Like a jigsaw puzzle, let’s say, rather than our idea of a serial killer or a crime against divinity.’

Michael Wood watches Guillermo del Toro’s 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘪𝘯.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...