Andrew Anderson
@andym82.bsky.social
Former BBC journalist now happily retired. Do a bit of walking on the Spanish caminos from time to time.
Only if you use whisky! 😉
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Only if you use whisky! 😉
I had to rewind to make sure I’d heard him right.
November 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I had to rewind to make sure I’d heard him right.
He also claimed he knew the politics of the journalists he worked with at the BBC and they were “left-wing”. Then appeared to realise maybe he shouldn’t go there. Astonishing. I never heard colleagues discussing their politics when I worked there in news for 25 years.
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
He also claimed he knew the politics of the journalists he worked with at the BBC and they were “left-wing”. Then appeared to realise maybe he shouldn’t go there. Astonishing. I never heard colleagues discussing their politics when I worked there in news for 25 years.
So, Grant is having an evening cocktail at the Plaza, not lunch. His abductors are menacing, not polite. And it’s a diesel engine pulling the train, not a steam engine. But this re-make of his 1935 film The 39 Steps is a blast.
November 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
So, Grant is having an evening cocktail at the Plaza, not lunch. His abductors are menacing, not polite. And it’s a diesel engine pulling the train, not a steam engine. But this re-make of his 1935 film The 39 Steps is a blast.
And just a reminder. BBC News - the most trusted news source internationally according to its global audiences. But you and your chums can’t control it, that’s why you want it shut down. Now trot off and stop bothering us.
November 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
And just a reminder. BBC News - the most trusted news source internationally according to its global audiences. But you and your chums can’t control it, that’s why you want it shut down. Now trot off and stop bothering us.
Dear Russian Embassy, you need to check English Law where you will find there are two types of defamation. slander and libel. No matter, you can’t slander or libel a country.
November 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Dear Russian Embassy, you need to check English Law where you will find there are two types of defamation. slander and libel. No matter, you can’t slander or libel a country.
It’s not quite a “news” issue. BBC News is still part of BBC public service. The Panorama was a documentary made by an independent production company. But final sign off rests at BBC News executive level.
November 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
It’s not quite a “news” issue. BBC News is still part of BBC public service. The Panorama was a documentary made by an independent production company. But final sign off rests at BBC News executive level.
This is true but they hand their enemies ammunition with such carelessness. A transition such as a cross-fade rather than a simple edit would have flagged the fact that the two clips were from different parts of the speech.
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 AM
This is true but they hand their enemies ammunition with such carelessness. A transition such as a cross-fade rather than a simple edit would have flagged the fact that the two clips were from different parts of the speech.
Theatre too incredibly. Once leant forward during a performance of His Girl Friday at the National Theatre to ask a young couple to stfu. Wasn’t looking forward to the interval but they sloped off without eye contact or comment.
October 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Theatre too incredibly. Once leant forward during a performance of His Girl Friday at the National Theatre to ask a young couple to stfu. Wasn’t looking forward to the interval but they sloped off without eye contact or comment.
Looking forward to picking up my copy on Saturday.
October 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Looking forward to picking up my copy on Saturday.
They don’t seem to have had much success with the promised “deep, structural change” in councils. Why would anyone believe this schtick?
October 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
They don’t seem to have had much success with the promised “deep, structural change” in councils. Why would anyone believe this schtick?
He was such a lovely Director General at the BBC.
October 27, 2025 at 8:07 AM
He was such a lovely Director General at the BBC.
And then covered on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg and then followed by a piece on the BBC news website. So, not ignored by BBC News.
October 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
And then covered on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg and then followed by a piece on the BBC news website. So, not ignored by BBC News.
It was covered on BBC Radio bulletins last night with a report by the political correspondent Helen Katz.
October 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
It was covered on BBC Radio bulletins last night with a report by the political correspondent Helen Katz.
Some men are the problem.
October 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Some men are the problem.
(a)any deposits which are small enough or of such a temporary nature that they may be so excluded;
(b)any means of treatment or disposal which are innocuous enough to be so excluded
(b)any means of treatment or disposal which are innocuous enough to be so excluded
October 22, 2025 at 7:43 AM
(a)any deposits which are small enough or of such a temporary nature that they may be so excluded;
(b)any means of treatment or disposal which are innocuous enough to be so excluded
(b)any means of treatment or disposal which are innocuous enough to be so excluded
Think this might be worth pointing out to the council from the Act. “The Secretary of State… shall have regard in particular to the expediency of excluding from [F9the prohibitions in subsection (1)]—
October 22, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Think this might be worth pointing out to the council from the Act. “The Secretary of State… shall have regard in particular to the expediency of excluding from [F9the prohibitions in subsection (1)]—
Lower Third rises to new heights.
October 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Lower Third rises to new heights.
The woman in their adverts is bloody scary. Wouldn’t want her turning up.
October 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The woman in their adverts is bloody scary. Wouldn’t want her turning up.
It is a very sad story.
October 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
It is a very sad story.