Chris Stewart
@grumpychrisstewart.bsky.social
Former BBC correspondent. Now retired and, while susceptible to occasional grumpiness, I'm also a loving granddad and excellent husband. Based in NE England.
June 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
June 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I was today years old when it finally tumbled that Quink - which I still use (ask your grandparents, kids) - is short for quick-drying ink. #quink #fountainpens
June 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I was today years old when it finally tumbled that Quink - which I still use (ask your grandparents, kids) - is short for quick-drying ink. #quink #fountainpens
If you haven't been to the @thefirestation.bsky.social in Sunderland yet, I urge you to go. Fantastic venue - and another great show there last with Mark Steel.
May 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
If you haven't been to the @thefirestation.bsky.social in Sunderland yet, I urge you to go. Fantastic venue - and another great show there last with Mark Steel.
Today (and I'm not kidding), I listened as the Radio Newcastle #NUFC commentator asked if Jordan Pickford of #EFC would be interested in signing for Newcastle United. The eyebrows of both NUFC and #SAFC supporters must have shot over to the back of their heads. Utterly ridiculous.
May 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I don't like to boast, but I think my jerk chicken is better than anything you can get in any UK restaurant. There. I said it.
May 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I don't like to boast, but I think my jerk chicken is better than anything you can get in any UK restaurant. There. I said it.
After some consideration, I would like #fionahill to run the country.
May 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
After some consideration, I would like #fionahill to run the country.
@spennymoortown.bsky.social Commiserations. But, hey, you've had a good season at Spenny. Onwards and upwards.
May 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
@spennymoortown.bsky.social Commiserations. But, hey, you've had a good season at Spenny. Onwards and upwards.
Dear the ITV,
Northumbria ceased to exist many, many, centuries ago. It's Northumberland these days. Your Londoncentricity is shaming. @itvnews.bsky.social
Northumbria ceased to exist many, many, centuries ago. It's Northumberland these days. Your Londoncentricity is shaming. @itvnews.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Dear the ITV,
Northumbria ceased to exist many, many, centuries ago. It's Northumberland these days. Your Londoncentricity is shaming. @itvnews.bsky.social
Northumbria ceased to exist many, many, centuries ago. It's Northumberland these days. Your Londoncentricity is shaming. @itvnews.bsky.social
If you would like to vomit, then have a look at Jacob Rees-Mogg on Channel 4 news talking about "Nigel". The wealthy prat sucking up to the stealthy tw*t. And selling decency and compassion down the river. #reformuk #localelections
May 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
If you would like to vomit, then have a look at Jacob Rees-Mogg on Channel 4 news talking about "Nigel". The wealthy prat sucking up to the stealthy tw*t. And selling decency and compassion down the river. #reformuk #localelections
April 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"Crash". Really ? Who is writing this rubbish ? And he didn't watch her die. She died four days later. Shocking lack of standards, accuracy, precision and writing skills. BBC News - Tributes paid to 'beautiful wife' after Little Aston golf club crash - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tributes paid to 'beautiful wife' after Little Aston golf club crash
The husband of Suzanne Cherry says golf
www.bbc.co.uk
April 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"Crash". Really ? Who is writing this rubbish ? And he didn't watch her die. She died four days later. Shocking lack of standards, accuracy, precision and writing skills. BBC News - Tributes paid to 'beautiful wife' after Little Aston golf club crash - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
On the telly is "An evening with Elton John", which sounds like a threat.
April 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
On the telly is "An evening with Elton John", which sounds like a threat.
We need to think about horse races like the Grand National. Deaths seem commonplace. I find it very upsetting. #grandnational #horseracing
April 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
We need to think about horse races like the Grand National. Deaths seem commonplace. I find it very upsetting. #grandnational #horseracing
If you have ever seen a worse #BBC programme than #hypothetical ... well, you haven't. Truly awful and stupid.
April 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
If you have ever seen a worse #BBC programme than #hypothetical ... well, you haven't. Truly awful and stupid.
Early cherry blossom and cherry trees at sunset.
March 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Early cherry blossom and cherry trees at sunset.
Fantastic. Please listen. A thinking, honorable, American. Unlike the idiotic and cowardly Vance. #vance
The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account:
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
March 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Fantastic. Please listen. A thinking, honorable, American. Unlike the idiotic and cowardly Vance. #vance
March 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM