Brad Gray
@bradleygray.bsky.social
Production Editor, Newsletters @ The Observer | Previously Tortoise + Reach plc's sites in the south east | Indie trash | All views my own etc | He/him
Love it! Get it at every station.
October 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Love it! Get it at every station.
Love seeing the changing of the guard out in the wild.
October 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Love seeing the changing of the guard out in the wild.
Utterly obsessed with the newest Billie Marten album Dog Eared. She's been stellar for years but this is leaps and bounds more captivating than anything else I've heard this year.
August 21, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Utterly obsessed with the newest Billie Marten album Dog Eared. She's been stellar for years but this is leaps and bounds more captivating than anything else I've heard this year.
Round the corner from my childhood home, and still there today!
Such fun! Here's a photo of it these days, and also of the standalone Watermill pub shortly after opening (in the distance). Also just a cracking bit of local journalism.
Such fun! Here's a photo of it these days, and also of the standalone Watermill pub shortly after opening (in the distance). Also just a cracking bit of local journalism.
July 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Round the corner from my childhood home, and still there today!
Such fun! Here's a photo of it these days, and also of the standalone Watermill pub shortly after opening (in the distance). Also just a cracking bit of local journalism.
Such fun! Here's a photo of it these days, and also of the standalone Watermill pub shortly after opening (in the distance). Also just a cracking bit of local journalism.
Yeah the internet is in a great, great state.
July 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Yeah the internet is in a great, great state.
If your eulogy begins like this, you really made it
June 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
If your eulogy begins like this, you really made it
My favourite Brian Wilson story
June 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
My favourite Brian Wilson story
New Tube map means new "ewwww" moments.
Tottenham Court Road and Goodge Street now look like they're both labelled to the dash on the Northern Line.
And where is Oxford Circus now? I can't tell what it's supposed to be linked to.
As always information is more important that aesthetics - but jeez.
Tottenham Court Road and Goodge Street now look like they're both labelled to the dash on the Northern Line.
And where is Oxford Circus now? I can't tell what it's supposed to be linked to.
As always information is more important that aesthetics - but jeez.
June 3, 2025 at 8:27 AM
New Tube map means new "ewwww" moments.
Tottenham Court Road and Goodge Street now look like they're both labelled to the dash on the Northern Line.
And where is Oxford Circus now? I can't tell what it's supposed to be linked to.
As always information is more important that aesthetics - but jeez.
Tottenham Court Road and Goodge Street now look like they're both labelled to the dash on the Northern Line.
And where is Oxford Circus now? I can't tell what it's supposed to be linked to.
As always information is more important that aesthetics - but jeez.
All that transparently naff "it's going away" marketing just for this weak redesign? Genuinely upset.
May 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
All that transparently naff "it's going away" marketing just for this weak redesign? Genuinely upset.
This club just does not know when it, is, beaten.
May 15, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This club just does not know when it, is, beaten.
If anyone is worrying about how I'm handling such an important Southend match with the Snooker final - please don't!
Snooker on telly - muted. Speaker playing the BBC Essex commentary on BBC Sounds.
Snooker on telly - muted. Speaker playing the BBC Essex commentary on BBC Sounds.
May 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
If anyone is worrying about how I'm handling such an important Southend match with the Snooker final - please don't!
Snooker on telly - muted. Speaker playing the BBC Essex commentary on BBC Sounds.
Snooker on telly - muted. Speaker playing the BBC Essex commentary on BBC Sounds.
The Snooker World Championship Final has begun!
I have words about it and the state of snooker in today's Observer - grab a copy to read!
I have words about it and the state of snooker in today's Observer - grab a copy to read!
May 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The Snooker World Championship Final has begun!
I have words about it and the state of snooker in today's Observer - grab a copy to read!
I have words about it and the state of snooker in today's Observer - grab a copy to read!
The lights around the advertising hoardings on the Elizabeth line can change colour to fit certain adverts - this is very fun! I wonder how much extra it costs.
April 7, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The lights around the advertising hoardings on the Elizabeth line can change colour to fit certain adverts - this is very fun! I wonder how much extra it costs.
Dreamland part 2. What a showman.
February 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Dreamland part 2. What a showman.
This was my 10th time seeing Frank Turner.
I've never seen him play my favourite song of his.
He closed with it tonight.
I'm seeing him tomorrow night too for his 3000th show.
Bliss.
I've never seen him play my favourite song of his.
He closed with it tonight.
I'm seeing him tomorrow night too for his 3000th show.
Bliss.
February 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This was my 10th time seeing Frank Turner.
I've never seen him play my favourite song of his.
He closed with it tonight.
I'm seeing him tomorrow night too for his 3000th show.
Bliss.
I've never seen him play my favourite song of his.
He closed with it tonight.
I'm seeing him tomorrow night too for his 3000th show.
Bliss.
As the meme goes: "If I had a nickel for every time I wrote about marketing burgers, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it's happened twice."
Also, in doing this piece, I discovered that in the "Not for Girls" days, Yorkies in MoD ration packs had these unique wrappers.
Also, in doing this piece, I discovered that in the "Not for Girls" days, Yorkies in MoD ration packs had these unique wrappers.
February 7, 2025 at 9:56 AM
As the meme goes: "If I had a nickel for every time I wrote about marketing burgers, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it's happened twice."
Also, in doing this piece, I discovered that in the "Not for Girls" days, Yorkies in MoD ration packs had these unique wrappers.
Also, in doing this piece, I discovered that in the "Not for Girls" days, Yorkies in MoD ration packs had these unique wrappers.
Name another piece of stunning early 1900s design, used for industry for decades, then brought back to life so you can walk around for free (okay yes the Tate, but still!). There's still an intense respect for the history of the place. If this is the price we pay for conservation, let's pay it.
January 22, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Name another piece of stunning early 1900s design, used for industry for decades, then brought back to life so you can walk around for free (okay yes the Tate, but still!). There's still an intense respect for the history of the place. If this is the price we pay for conservation, let's pay it.
I love Battersea Power Station. I have art of it on my wall. When it reopened a few years ago, I was there on the first weekend. I've been to lectures on how they rebuilt the chimneys. I've paid for a tour around (meaning I've seen the illusive Control Room A). It's an absolutely stellar place.
January 22, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I love Battersea Power Station. I have art of it on my wall. When it reopened a few years ago, I was there on the first weekend. I've been to lectures on how they rebuilt the chimneys. I've paid for a tour around (meaning I've seen the illusive Control Room A). It's an absolutely stellar place.
This album is 11 now and that makes me very sad. It's starting big school.
January 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This album is 11 now and that makes me very sad. It's starting big school.
While Meta rowing back on factchecking in favour of "free speech" is undoubtedly *not good*, it's not like Facebook and Instagram are currently bastions of fact-based discussions.
AI slop like this is rampant and becoming more common in every corner of the internet. It's all terribly depressing.
AI slop like this is rampant and becoming more common in every corner of the internet. It's all terribly depressing.
January 8, 2025 at 8:58 AM
While Meta rowing back on factchecking in favour of "free speech" is undoubtedly *not good*, it's not like Facebook and Instagram are currently bastions of fact-based discussions.
AI slop like this is rampant and becoming more common in every corner of the internet. It's all terribly depressing.
AI slop like this is rampant and becoming more common in every corner of the internet. It's all terribly depressing.