David Roberts
@drdavidroberts.bsky.social
Security, politics, int affairs. Gulf, MENA & beyond.
Reader @KingsCollegeLon
Commissioning editor @CambridgeUP
Adjunct Faculty @PSIASciencesPo
Book: Security Politics in the Gulf Monarchies https://cup.columbia.edu/book/security-politics-in-the-gulf
Reader @KingsCollegeLon
Commissioning editor @CambridgeUP
Adjunct Faculty @PSIASciencesPo
Book: Security Politics in the Gulf Monarchies https://cup.columbia.edu/book/security-politics-in-the-gulf
14.2° in the water, 14° out. #Elie this PM #StillHere
July 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
14.2° in the water, 14° out. #Elie this PM #StillHere
A whole year since Finny died. We miss him terribly. But we are still here.
Wrote about the anniversary in @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/article/8f9a...
Wrote about the anniversary in @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/article/8f9a...
A year without my son — I’ve finally opened his bedroom door
David Roberts’s two-year-old son Finny died this time last year after being discharged from hospital. Here, he writes about this bitter anniversary
www.thetimes.com
July 12, 2025 at 6:21 AM
A whole year since Finny died. We miss him terribly. But we are still here.
Wrote about the anniversary in @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/article/8f9a...
Wrote about the anniversary in @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/article/8f9a...
Spoke to @BeccaBarry of @itvnews this afternoon about the tragic loss of our beautiful little boy Finlay at the Whittington Hospital and the @NHSuk failures that led to his death at just two years old.
youtu.be/DrqNVzIpH9g?si…
youtu.be/DrqNVzIpH9g?si…
'A&E nightmare robbed our son of a chance’: Parents say NHS needs radical change | ITV News
YouTube video by ITV News
https://youtu.be/DrqNVzIpH9g?si…
July 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Spoke to @BeccaBarry of @itvnews this afternoon about the tragic loss of our beautiful little boy Finlay at the Whittington Hospital and the @NHSuk failures that led to his death at just two years old.
youtu.be/DrqNVzIpH9g?si…
youtu.be/DrqNVzIpH9g?si…
I wrote for The Sunday Times about losing our Finny and the ghastly and useless inquest process.
"I sat through an inquest into my toddler’s avoidable death"
Raising money for charity #SUDC at www.ForFinny.com
www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...
@ncmd.bsky.social
@criminographer.bsky.social
"I sat through an inquest into my toddler’s avoidable death"
Raising money for charity #SUDC at www.ForFinny.com
www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...
@ncmd.bsky.social
@criminographer.bsky.social
I sat through an inquest into my toddler’s avoidable death
My son had a tummy ache. The next day he died after being discharged from a London hospital
www.thetimes.com
June 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I wrote for The Sunday Times about losing our Finny and the ghastly and useless inquest process.
"I sat through an inquest into my toddler’s avoidable death"
Raising money for charity #SUDC at www.ForFinny.com
www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...
@ncmd.bsky.social
@criminographer.bsky.social
"I sat through an inquest into my toddler’s avoidable death"
Raising money for charity #SUDC at www.ForFinny.com
www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...
@ncmd.bsky.social
@criminographer.bsky.social
Wrote for the Sunday Times about losing Finny and the UK's awful colonial processes.
ForFinny.com has a link where we're raising money for SUDC UK.
www.thetimes.com/article/5d25...
ForFinny.com has a link where we're raising money for SUDC UK.
www.thetimes.com/article/5d25...
I sat through an inquest into my toddler’s avoidable death
My son had a tummy ache. The next day he died after being discharged from a London hospital
www.thetimes.com
June 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Wrote for the Sunday Times about losing Finny and the UK's awful colonial processes.
ForFinny.com has a link where we're raising money for SUDC UK.
www.thetimes.com/article/5d25...
ForFinny.com has a link where we're raising money for SUDC UK.
www.thetimes.com/article/5d25...
18.8° in the water, 13° out. #Hackney this AM #StillAtIt
June 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
18.8° in the water, 13° out. #Hackney this AM #StillAtIt
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12° in the water, 7.5° out. #Hackney this AM #SummeryStill
April 8, 2025 at 7:15 AM
12° in the water, 7.5° out. #Hackney this AM #SummeryStill
April 7, 2025 at 7:38 AM
11.9° in the water, 20.5° out. #Hackney this PM #DoubleDipping
April 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
11.9° in the water, 20.5° out. #Hackney this PM #DoubleDipping
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