Giles Wilson
@gillis49.bsky.social
Editor at longform/immersive specialist harpoon.productions. Creator of BBC News Magazine in days of yore. Chair @wansteadfringe.bsky.social “One of the most impressive beards I've ever seen” - forensic psychologist Sohom Das
Just watched first Netflix Sesame Street — seems 100% authentic and true to its values and also reinvented once again. Really those guys are the finest. Now they just need to get off Xitter and come to this new place.
November 15, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Just watched first Netflix Sesame Street — seems 100% authentic and true to its values and also reinvented once again. Really those guys are the finest. Now they just need to get off Xitter and come to this new place.
Good line from this Obs leader: "Davie and Turness were Faithfuls." observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...
The Observer view: political interference at the BBC | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Good line from this Obs leader: "Davie and Turness were Faithfuls." observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...
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Everything on our news agenda is being driven by a corrupted disinformation machine, run by a billionaire who sponsors Tommy Robinson and who keeps trying to foment civil war in the UK.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Everything on our news agenda is being driven by a corrupted disinformation machine, run by a billionaire who sponsors Tommy Robinson and who keeps trying to foment civil war in the UK.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
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The alternative Ode to Joy lyrics @billybragg.bsky.social mentioned on Jools’ @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social programme www.reddit.com/r/europe/com...
"Though by history divided, reconciled in Unison" - Billy Bragg's lyrics to Ode to Joy makes a powerful european anthem.
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May 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The alternative Ode to Joy lyrics @billybragg.bsky.social mentioned on Jools’ @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social programme www.reddit.com/r/europe/com...
He’s incredibly destructive for someone who calls themselves a builder
November 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
He’s incredibly destructive for someone who calls themselves a builder
Hey BBC News pals. You know Traitors isn’t actually the news, right?
October 17, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Hey BBC News pals. You know Traitors isn’t actually the news, right?
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Excellent beard action!
September 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Excellent beard action!
The best party of the 2025 @wansteadfringe.bsky.social book festival was chatting with the great @alanconnor.bsky.social about crosswords, quizzing, Monty Python, Bach, suits, and 100 other things.
September 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The best party of the 2025 @wansteadfringe.bsky.social book festival was chatting with the great @alanconnor.bsky.social about crosswords, quizzing, Monty Python, Bach, suits, and 100 other things.
The finale of the @wansteadfringe.bsky.social book festival — an uncommonly pleasant evening talking Bazball with @nickhoultcricket.bsky.social and @boothcricket.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The finale of the @wansteadfringe.bsky.social book festival — an uncommonly pleasant evening talking Bazball with @nickhoultcricket.bsky.social and @boothcricket.bsky.social
@billybragg.bsky.social Thanks for Saturday night Billy, was very moving —and a magical moment when BBC News flashed above your head. Best ever Great Leap Forwards. Regards from Wanstead.
September 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
@billybragg.bsky.social Thanks for Saturday night Billy, was very moving —and a magical moment when BBC News flashed above your head. Best ever Great Leap Forwards. Regards from Wanstead.
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Went for a walk to where the fires raged this summer in Wanstead Flats. Happy to see new growth: toadflax, ragwort and yarrow, which together sound like a line from an olde English fairy tale.
#wansteadflats #afterthefires #regeneration #toadflax #ragwort #yarrow #autumn #transition
#wansteadflats #afterthefires #regeneration #toadflax #ragwort #yarrow #autumn #transition
September 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Went for a walk to where the fires raged this summer in Wanstead Flats. Happy to see new growth: toadflax, ragwort and yarrow, which together sound like a line from an olde English fairy tale.
#wansteadflats #afterthefires #regeneration #toadflax #ragwort #yarrow #autumn #transition
#wansteadflats #afterthefires #regeneration #toadflax #ragwort #yarrow #autumn #transition
Excellent to spend the evening with my old friend @rorycj.bsky.social for @wansteadfringe.bsky.social chatting about #sophiefromromania, Parkinson’s, and that other place
September 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Excellent to spend the evening with my old friend @rorycj.bsky.social for @wansteadfringe.bsky.social chatting about #sophiefromromania, Parkinson’s, and that other place
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This!
“You don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone.”
“You don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone.”
Look the @theguardian.com and @nytimes.com are far from perfect but if like me you can afford to get a subscription and were too cheapskate to do it, now is the time… Political speech is still free but journalism costs money…
September 18, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This!
“You don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone.”
“You don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone.”
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CHANGE OF VENUE FOR WANSTEAD BOOK FESTIVAL EVENT!
I will be in conversation with the wonderful writer, film-maker, walker John Rogers @thelostbyway.bsky.social upstairs at the Bull at 129 Wanstead High Street (close to Wanstead underground station) this Sunday.
I will be in conversation with the wonderful writer, film-maker, walker John Rogers @thelostbyway.bsky.social upstairs at the Bull at 129 Wanstead High Street (close to Wanstead underground station) this Sunday.
Wanstead Book Festival presents: Joanna Pocock in conversation with John Rogers – WANSTEAD FRINGE
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September 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
CHANGE OF VENUE FOR WANSTEAD BOOK FESTIVAL EVENT!
I will be in conversation with the wonderful writer, film-maker, walker John Rogers @thelostbyway.bsky.social upstairs at the Bull at 129 Wanstead High Street (close to Wanstead underground station) this Sunday.
I will be in conversation with the wonderful writer, film-maker, walker John Rogers @thelostbyway.bsky.social upstairs at the Bull at 129 Wanstead High Street (close to Wanstead underground station) this Sunday.
Just read VJ Day as JD Vance
August 15, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Just read VJ Day as JD Vance
I’ve only just realised the Oval Invincibles logo is an oval.
August 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I’ve only just realised the Oval Invincibles logo is an oval.
@stephencollins.bsky.social Hey Collilo thank you for today’s Guardian cartoon. It’s a new tyranny.
August 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
@stephencollins.bsky.social Hey Collilo thank you for today’s Guardian cartoon. It’s a new tyranny.
Read the room, Brewdog
July 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Read the room, Brewdog
Weird, huh (for UK readers): a week dominated by Maxwell and Murdoch.
July 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Weird, huh (for UK readers): a week dominated by Maxwell and Murdoch.
Amazing. Every word counts.
Heil to the chief! It's Donald Trump's vanity parade.
My latest filing for the PNG Courier.
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My latest filing for the PNG Courier.
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
The PNG Courier on Donald Trump's vanity parade
Heil to the chief
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June 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Amazing. Every word counts.
@dauntbooks.bsky.social Got to love a bookshop that files this under Italy :
June 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
@dauntbooks.bsky.social Got to love a bookshop that files this under Italy :
What a weekend for old Baxters. Stanley, still with us at 99. And Biddy, 92 tomorrow.
May 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
What a weekend for old Baxters. Stanley, still with us at 99. And Biddy, 92 tomorrow.
The alternative Ode to Joy lyrics @billybragg.bsky.social mentioned on Jools’ @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social programme www.reddit.com/r/europe/com...
"Though by history divided, reconciled in Unison" - Billy Bragg's lyrics to Ode to Joy makes a powerful european anthem.
www.reddit.com
May 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The alternative Ode to Joy lyrics @billybragg.bsky.social mentioned on Jools’ @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social programme www.reddit.com/r/europe/com...