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George Bass
@georgebas5.bsky.social
Bouncer. Security guard. Sometimes write for @theguardian.com @washingtonpost.com @timeshighered.bsky.social @nytimes.com @financialtimes.com @newscientist.com Mostly at work opening doors and stopping fights.
New Strictly hosts confirmed.
November 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Love that sticker. Hope you’ve got some backups with Saints Preserve Us across them.
November 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Roy Hatty
November 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Thank you! I’ve clearly been a good boy this year. Fingers crossed for a solid Al. He’s the real hero: www.theguardian.com/film/filmblo...
Why I'd like to be … Reginald VelJohnson in Die Hard
George Bass: John Wayne he ain't, but Die Hard's deskbound cop, Sgt Al Powell, offers the perfect protection during McClane's fantasy rampage – and sees off some demons of his own
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I want to see Christmas musicals based on under-the-radar festive movies. L.A. Confidential. In Bruges. Just imagine Die Hard on the West End. “My wife got a new job and I missed her/This terrorist’s feet are smaller than my sister.”
November 7, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Kettlebell-bottoms 👍🏻
November 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Fellow security guard says good effort 👍🏻 The idea of a 13% pay rise seems like a mirage. It would put my shift-mates and me on close to £30K per year …
November 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Can’t Understand the Need for Trade. You can abbreviate it.
November 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
From Dr Lin Pascoe herself: ‘Apart from being a brilliant ghost story, what it was really saying was: “Be very careful what you watch, question everything, and do not allow yourself to be manipulated.”’ www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
How we made: BBC mockumentary Ghostwatch
‘Our producer received a letter from a woman asking for compensation to buy new trousers for her husband, as he had soiled the ones he was wearing’
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Trick or sweat
October 31, 2025 at 7:47 PM
“It is time for the English to ally with the hard men”
October 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
For 11 months of the year my job pays just above minimum wage. Every April the minimum figure gets raised and becomes our pay, and a load of my shift-mates leave to find easier jobs on the same rate. Trying to think of a buzzword to describe the process; best I can come up with is air-fried frog.
October 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
“You either die a Secretary of State for Defence, or live long enough to see yourself become the voice of reason.”
October 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
So not Threads 2.0?
October 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
It’s amazing: never seen people shoot themselves in their feet this badly. And I used to work on a gun range.
October 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Five quid says Pochin accidentally streamed Desmond’s and thought it was a true crime documentary.
October 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
As a door supervisor, the idea of a load of white identical faces coming towards me would make me think I’ve left England and gone to the planet of the Autons.
October 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Does this mean we’re finally getting a Rest Is Soundtracks podcast? First guests: Wendy Carlos and Simon Goff.
October 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM