Ed Gillett
@ehgillett.bsky.social
Writer for higher. Freelance journalist covering music and politics, author of "Party Lines: Dance Music and the Making of Modern Britain"
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Only ever said *in public*
I'm in Manchester for the Conservative conference, where some of the views on show are likely to be fairly extreme. As one example, these quotes from a Kemi Badenoch interview in the Telegraph are the sorts of things which not very long ago would have only *ever* been said by the racist far right.
October 5, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Only ever said *in public*
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A great pice by @ehgillett.bsky.social that captures the bittersweet nature of the moment. It is OK to celebrate the fact Corsica goes out on a high, and I hope Adrian gets to enjoy the pressure being off for a bit. Mission accomplished indeed.
‘We can leave knowing we left a mark’: how Corsica Studios transformed London nightlife – and why it’s closing
The beloved south London club has announced it will shut next year as redevelopment of the site goes ahead. Founder Adrian Jones, DJs and promoters look back
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
A great pice by @ehgillett.bsky.social that captures the bittersweet nature of the moment. It is OK to celebrate the fact Corsica goes out on a high, and I hope Adrian gets to enjoy the pressure being off for a bit. Mission accomplished indeed.
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In all honesty, it’s not rhetoric any more. It’s not narrative. I’ve experienced more racism in the last 4 months than I can ever remember. The wheels are off in the UK and it’s being led by 3 political parties.
October 2, 2025 at 6:42 AM
In all honesty, it’s not rhetoric any more. It’s not narrative. I’ve experienced more racism in the last 4 months than I can ever remember. The wheels are off in the UK and it’s being led by 3 political parties.
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This is the biggest, toughest article I’ve done about so-called “AI psychosis.” It’s the story of a man who committed a horrific crime in his youth but served his time and against all odds found love and a new life—one that completely unraveled after he started talking to Google’s Gemini chatbot.
He Grew Obsessed With an AI Chatbot. Then He Vanished in the Ozarks
Jon Ganz committed a terrible crime in his youth, but he survived prison, fell in love, and started over. His new life unraveled in a way nobody could have predicted.
www.rollingstone.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
This is the biggest, toughest article I’ve done about so-called “AI psychosis.” It’s the story of a man who committed a horrific crime in his youth but served his time and against all odds found love and a new life—one that completely unraveled after he started talking to Google’s Gemini chatbot.
Whenever anyone asks me about my favourite clubs in London, Corsica Studios is my go-to answer. It’s given me some of the best nights of my life, I’m gutted to see it close, and I’m very grateful to them for trusting me to tell the full story in the Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
‘We can leave knowing we left a mark’: how Corsica Studios transformed London nightlife – and why it’s closing
The beloved south London club has announced it will shut next year as redevelopment of the site goes ahead. Founder Adrian Jones, DJs and promoters look back
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Whenever anyone asks me about my favourite clubs in London, Corsica Studios is my go-to answer. It’s given me some of the best nights of my life, I’m gutted to see it close, and I’m very grateful to them for trusting me to tell the full story in the Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
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Oasis' reunion has been the musical event of '25 (never knew I had so many pals into them *Larry David Stare*), thanks to @ehgillett.bsky.social for a thoughtful essay on how they fit into the current British political landscape and what aspects they helped usher in:
thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
Why Oasis' Reunion is the Perfect Soundtrack to Britain in 2025 | The Quietus
It’s high summer in the middle of the decade. An increasingly unpopular and authoritarian government languishes in the polls, England put four past the Netherlands in the group stage of the Euros, and...
thequietus.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Oasis' reunion has been the musical event of '25 (never knew I had so many pals into them *Larry David Stare*), thanks to @ehgillett.bsky.social for a thoughtful essay on how they fit into the current British political landscape and what aspects they helped usher in:
thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
Oasis reflect both the best and worst aspects of modern Britain, which makes the wholly uncritical response to their reunion quietly unsettling. I’ve tried digging into the knottier realities of their legacy for @thequietus.com.
thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
Why Oasis' Reunion is the Perfect Soundtrack to Britain in 2025 | The Quietus
It’s high summer in the middle of the decade. An increasingly unpopular and authoritarian government languishes in the polls, England put four past the Netherlands in the group stage of the Euros, and...
thequietus.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Oasis reflect both the best and worst aspects of modern Britain, which makes the wholly uncritical response to their reunion quietly unsettling. I’ve tried digging into the knottier realities of their legacy for @thequietus.com.
thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
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Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
September 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
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last night as i was trying to wind down for bed i had a unified theory of what the fuck just happened, and i wrote it down, and filed it under "well, i can't talk about this on main without sounding insane until and unless the perp gets caught and is provably a groyper"
anyways, great news! (1/X)
anyways, great news! (1/X)
September 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
last night as i was trying to wind down for bed i had a unified theory of what the fuck just happened, and i wrote it down, and filed it under "well, i can't talk about this on main without sounding insane until and unless the perp gets caught and is provably a groyper"
anyways, great news! (1/X)
anyways, great news! (1/X)
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I know jumping to politically-advantageous conclusions is just what we do now, but its still striking how many right wing folks have immediately jumped to "violent leftist," as if there hasn't been a sustained, decadelong hate campaign against Charlie Kirk from those to his right.
September 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I know jumping to politically-advantageous conclusions is just what we do now, but its still striking how many right wing folks have immediately jumped to "violent leftist," as if there hasn't been a sustained, decadelong hate campaign against Charlie Kirk from those to his right.
Those “credible policy commitments” in full: mandatory flag-shagging twice a week, refugees and trans people can go fuck themselves, more austerity, every other big decision ducked. And they wonder why people seek out alternatives!
September 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Those “credible policy commitments” in full: mandatory flag-shagging twice a week, refugees and trans people can go fuck themselves, more austerity, every other big decision ducked. And they wonder why people seek out alternatives!
This is both correct, and not radical enough: we should ban 99% of all privately-owned cars from inner cities. Blue badge holders, emergency services, finite number of permits for commercial deliveries, buses, bikes, and that’s it. No able-bodied person in Zone 1 actually needs a Land Rover, sorry.
My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
There is no possible justification for limiting e-bikes to 15mph but not cars.
August 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This is both correct, and not radical enough: we should ban 99% of all privately-owned cars from inner cities. Blue badge holders, emergency services, finite number of permits for commercial deliveries, buses, bikes, and that’s it. No able-bodied person in Zone 1 actually needs a Land Rover, sorry.
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Three stunning and shaming paragraphs, by Rachel Wolf of Public First, in @theobserveruk.bsky.social
July 20, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Three stunning and shaming paragraphs, by Rachel Wolf of Public First, in @theobserveruk.bsky.social
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Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters
July 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters
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Police in Canterbury today informed a protestor that the phrase "Israel is committing genocide in Gaza" could be considered a declaration of support for Palestine Action and therefore a terrorism offence.
July 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Police in Canterbury today informed a protestor that the phrase "Israel is committing genocide in Gaza" could be considered a declaration of support for Palestine Action and therefore a terrorism offence.
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A data breach by the Ministry of Defence put up to 100,000 lives at risk and sparked the largest covert peacetime evacuation in British history – then was kept secret for almost two years by an unprecedented superinjunction gagging the British press, it can be revealed today.
MoD data leak that put up to 100,000 lives at risk revealed as superinjunction lifted
More than 16,000 Afghans were secretly brought to the UK in largest covert peacetime evacuation after MoD put them in danger of being targeted by the Taliban. Social affairs correspondent Holly Bancro...
www.independent.co.uk
July 15, 2025 at 11:09 AM
A data breach by the Ministry of Defence put up to 100,000 lives at risk and sparked the largest covert peacetime evacuation in British history – then was kept secret for almost two years by an unprecedented superinjunction gagging the British press, it can be revealed today.
Can you imagine if all this ends up with Raynor Winn so horrifically indebted to her publisher and movie studio that she ends up actually having to sell her house.
A nice donation from Penguin to a CBD charity wouldn't surprise me.
The cost of any refunds or retrospective action will most certainly be charged against the author, although how the author might pay this would be open to question.
The cost of any refunds or retrospective action will most certainly be charged against the author, although how the author might pay this would be open to question.
July 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Can you imagine if all this ends up with Raynor Winn so horrifically indebted to her publisher and movie studio that she ends up actually having to sell her house.
Anyone who knows me knows this is a particular bugbear of mine, having seen how stuff works firsthand. A couple of years ago I helped pitch a brilliant feature doc with a huge global artist - billion-plus streams, multiple Grammies - which the BBC turned down because they “weren’t big enough”.
it would be cool if there was some potential for interesting music coverage on BBC television outside of one weekend a year
July 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Anyone who knows me knows this is a particular bugbear of mine, having seen how stuff works firsthand. A couple of years ago I helped pitch a brilliant feature doc with a huge global artist - billion-plus streams, multiple Grammies - which the BBC turned down because they “weren’t big enough”.
It is mad to me that you can sign up to volunteer with the IDF, fly out to Palestine, commit (or at the very least facilitate) unspeakable, genocidal atrocities and be let back into the UK no questions asked. But criticise that state of affairs, and it suddenly becomes a police matter.
June 29, 2025 at 10:42 AM
It is mad to me that you can sign up to volunteer with the IDF, fly out to Palestine, commit (or at the very least facilitate) unspeakable, genocidal atrocities and be let back into the UK no questions asked. But criticise that state of affairs, and it suddenly becomes a police matter.
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Broadcast Kneecap from Glastonbury, but voiced by an actor
June 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Broadcast Kneecap from Glastonbury, but voiced by an actor
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It's notable that the only student speech frequently shut down on university campuses is a) pro-Palestine b) pro-trans-rights. The OfS seems *deeply* unconcerned about that speech being limited. In fact, they want academics who oppose those positions to have the right to 'shock and offend' students.
'He added that students should be able to express any view, no matter how offensive it is to others, as long as it is not outside what is generally allowed by law, such as harassment or unlawful discrimination.'
This part just sounds like an arsehole's charter, a licence to be a nightmare.
This part just sounds like an arsehole's charter, a licence to be a nightmare.
June 19, 2025 at 9:34 AM
It's notable that the only student speech frequently shut down on university campuses is a) pro-Palestine b) pro-trans-rights. The OfS seems *deeply* unconcerned about that speech being limited. In fact, they want academics who oppose those positions to have the right to 'shock and offend' students.
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fantastic evisceration of a widely celebrated, posh gentleman farmer polemic by @lucythraves.bsky.social for Tribune, with perceptive reflections about the Right to Roam campaign
A new book by a former Shooting Times editor argues that large landowners are given a hard time, and that campaigns to increase public access to the countryside are wrong. Surprisingly enough, the establishment loves it.
Solidarity of the Ruling Class
A new book by a former <i>Shooting Times</i> editor argues that large landowners are given a hard time, and that campaigns to increase public access to the countryside are wrong. Surprisingly enough,…
tribunemag.co.uk
June 13, 2025 at 8:52 AM
fantastic evisceration of a widely celebrated, posh gentleman farmer polemic by @lucythraves.bsky.social for Tribune, with perceptive reflections about the Right to Roam campaign
Extremely sobering and informative thread, clarifying the extent to which UK public services have cratered post-2010.
Tomorrow is the big day: Rachel Reeves announces how much gov departments have to spend over the next 3 years. This is a critical moment for public services like the NHS, police & schools. But what's the *starting point* for services? Team IfG takes a look at performance and it's not pretty: 🧵
June 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Extremely sobering and informative thread, clarifying the extent to which UK public services have cratered post-2010.
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The world of London's music promoters/clubs/festival organisers is a tiny cliquey world, full of people doing business with each other.
So it's telling that when @ehgillett.bsky.social was asked to write about a major promoter, the outlet spiked his piece. partylines.substack.com/p/the-battle...
So it's telling that when @ehgillett.bsky.social was asked to write about a major promoter, the outlet spiked his piece. partylines.substack.com/p/the-battle...
The “Battle of Brockwell Park” isn’t over.
This year's festivals may have gone ahead, but between boycotts, lawsuits, insider discontent and publications shutting down their own reporting, the underlying issues aren't going away.
partylines.substack.com
June 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The world of London's music promoters/clubs/festival organisers is a tiny cliquey world, full of people doing business with each other.
So it's telling that when @ehgillett.bsky.social was asked to write about a major promoter, the outlet spiked his piece. partylines.substack.com/p/the-battle...
So it's telling that when @ehgillett.bsky.social was asked to write about a major promoter, the outlet spiked his piece. partylines.substack.com/p/the-battle...
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Wooooow.
Unbound/Boundless didn't have enough cash to pay their authors, but they did have enough to throw thousands at a Tory's leadership campaign.
Unbound/Boundless didn't have enough cash to pay their authors, but they did have enough to throw thousands at a Tory's leadership campaign.
I spotted it around the time on the Commons register of interest.
Here’s the archive publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmregm...
And extrapolated from
Here’s the archive publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmregm...
And extrapolated from
June 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Wooooow.
Unbound/Boundless didn't have enough cash to pay their authors, but they did have enough to throw thousands at a Tory's leadership campaign.
Unbound/Boundless didn't have enough cash to pay their authors, but they did have enough to throw thousands at a Tory's leadership campaign.