Harry Wallop
@harrywallop.co.uk
Consumer journalist | Feature writer | Columnist for Times Business | Make TV progs, chats on radio | Host conferences, panels etc.
Agent: Knight Ayton
Agent: Knight Ayton
Any sponsors of the The O2 / music industry bods who have x2 spare tickets to #Radiohead in London this week…I will pay full cover price + admin etc!
November 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Any sponsors of the The O2 / music industry bods who have x2 spare tickets to #Radiohead in London this week…I will pay full cover price + admin etc!
🧑💼🖥️Meetings. How did they take over many office workers' lives. And how can we do them better?
I'm trying to track down a few people who feel they spend *all day* in meetings. Who have, say, 15+hrs of meetings a week. And are willing to talk to me for an article...
Can be anonymous.
Get in touch!
I'm trying to track down a few people who feel they spend *all day* in meetings. Who have, say, 15+hrs of meetings a week. And are willing to talk to me for an article...
Can be anonymous.
Get in touch!
November 17, 2025 at 10:47 AM
🧑💼🖥️Meetings. How did they take over many office workers' lives. And how can we do them better?
I'm trying to track down a few people who feel they spend *all day* in meetings. Who have, say, 15+hrs of meetings a week. And are willing to talk to me for an article...
Can be anonymous.
Get in touch!
I'm trying to track down a few people who feel they spend *all day* in meetings. Who have, say, 15+hrs of meetings a week. And are willing to talk to me for an article...
Can be anonymous.
Get in touch!
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Here is my piece in Sunday Times Magazine on indoor salmon farming. And why keeping 60,000 fish inside indoor tanks might be a better option.
Explaining why the likes of Abel & Cole and – possibly soon – Rick Stein’s Restaurants think it’s the future 🧵/ends
www.thetimes.com/article/f512...
Explaining why the likes of Abel & Cole and – possibly soon – Rick Stein’s Restaurants think it’s the future 🧵/ends
www.thetimes.com/article/f512...
Salmon farming on land? It’s the future of the fish supper
Britain eats £1.5 billion of farmed salmon a year — but it’s a system blighted by disease, pollution and daring escapees. In Iceland, Harry Wallop witnesses a radical solution in action
www.thetimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Here is my piece in Sunday Times Magazine on indoor salmon farming. And why keeping 60,000 fish inside indoor tanks might be a better option.
Explaining why the likes of Abel & Cole and – possibly soon – Rick Stein’s Restaurants think it’s the future 🧵/ends
www.thetimes.com/article/f512...
Explaining why the likes of Abel & Cole and – possibly soon – Rick Stein’s Restaurants think it’s the future 🧵/ends
www.thetimes.com/article/f512...
Reposted by Harry Wallop
So we need to farm it better. The Icelandic indoor farm says mortality rates are 3% or less. They can’t escape. The filters stop any pollution. The fish are healthier
Is it really the future. And are the fish happy indoors?
I investigated for the Sunday Times Magazine 5/🧵
Is it really the future. And are the fish happy indoors?
I investigated for the Sunday Times Magazine 5/🧵
November 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
So we need to farm it better. The Icelandic indoor farm says mortality rates are 3% or less. They can’t escape. The filters stop any pollution. The fish are healthier
Is it really the future. And are the fish happy indoors?
I investigated for the Sunday Times Magazine 5/🧵
Is it really the future. And are the fish happy indoors?
I investigated for the Sunday Times Magazine 5/🧵
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🍣🇯🇵We could switch to wild Pacific salmon. Not endangered. But – oddly – we’ve learnt to love farmed salmon more than wild.
Salmon was not eaten as sushi in Japan until 1980s – but took off thanks to Norwegian marketing.
We now love fattier & milder farmed salmon. 4/6🧵
Salmon was not eaten as sushi in Japan until 1980s – but took off thanks to Norwegian marketing.
We now love fattier & milder farmed salmon. 4/6🧵
November 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
🍣🇯🇵We could switch to wild Pacific salmon. Not endangered. But – oddly – we’ve learnt to love farmed salmon more than wild.
Salmon was not eaten as sushi in Japan until 1980s – but took off thanks to Norwegian marketing.
We now love fattier & milder farmed salmon. 4/6🧵
Salmon was not eaten as sushi in Japan until 1980s – but took off thanks to Norwegian marketing.
We now love fattier & milder farmed salmon. 4/6🧵
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Farmed salmon
a) can escape & breed with wild salmon – diluting wild 🐟 genes
b) cause pollution. Their 💩 damage lochs & fjords
c) on av. about 20% of farmed salmon die every year. On some farms it’s as high as 80%.
We could stop eating salmon. But it’s nutritious protein 3/🧵
a) can escape & breed with wild salmon – diluting wild 🐟 genes
b) cause pollution. Their 💩 damage lochs & fjords
c) on av. about 20% of farmed salmon die every year. On some farms it’s as high as 80%.
We could stop eating salmon. But it’s nutritious protein 3/🧵
November 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Farmed salmon
a) can escape & breed with wild salmon – diluting wild 🐟 genes
b) cause pollution. Their 💩 damage lochs & fjords
c) on av. about 20% of farmed salmon die every year. On some farms it’s as high as 80%.
We could stop eating salmon. But it’s nutritious protein 3/🧵
a) can escape & breed with wild salmon – diluting wild 🐟 genes
b) cause pollution. Their 💩 damage lochs & fjords
c) on av. about 20% of farmed salmon die every year. On some farms it’s as high as 80%.
We could stop eating salmon. But it’s nutritious protein 3/🧵
Reposted by Harry Wallop
Why indoors? 1st Let’s look at the huge 📈 in salmon farming & consumption.
Salmon were 1st farmed commercially in early 1970s.
In 1974 av UK adult ate just 2g of salmon a week. Now it’s UK’s most popular fish. By far. We eat £1.5bn it p.a.
But it’s causing huge problems
2/6🧵
Salmon were 1st farmed commercially in early 1970s.
In 1974 av UK adult ate just 2g of salmon a week. Now it’s UK’s most popular fish. By far. We eat £1.5bn it p.a.
But it’s causing huge problems
2/6🧵
November 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Why indoors? 1st Let’s look at the huge 📈 in salmon farming & consumption.
Salmon were 1st farmed commercially in early 1970s.
In 1974 av UK adult ate just 2g of salmon a week. Now it’s UK’s most popular fish. By far. We eat £1.5bn it p.a.
But it’s causing huge problems
2/6🧵
Salmon were 1st farmed commercially in early 1970s.
In 1974 av UK adult ate just 2g of salmon a week. Now it’s UK’s most popular fish. By far. We eat £1.5bn it p.a.
But it’s causing huge problems
2/6🧵
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🍣 🇮🇸 This is an indoor salmon farm in Iceland. A tank the size of x1.5 Olympic swimming pool.
It contains 60,000 adult salmon.
Indoor salmon farming is championed as the future. Better for fish & the environment.
I investigated these claims for Sunday Times Magazine…🧵1/6
It contains 60,000 adult salmon.
Indoor salmon farming is championed as the future. Better for fish & the environment.
I investigated these claims for Sunday Times Magazine…🧵1/6
November 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
🍣 🇮🇸 This is an indoor salmon farm in Iceland. A tank the size of x1.5 Olympic swimming pool.
It contains 60,000 adult salmon.
Indoor salmon farming is championed as the future. Better for fish & the environment.
I investigated these claims for Sunday Times Magazine…🧵1/6
It contains 60,000 adult salmon.
Indoor salmon farming is championed as the future. Better for fish & the environment.
I investigated these claims for Sunday Times Magazine…🧵1/6
🍣 🇮🇸 This is an indoor salmon farm in Iceland. A tank the size of x1.5 Olympic swimming pool.
It contains 60,000 adult salmon.
Indoor salmon farming is championed as the future. Better for fish & the environment.
I investigated these claims for Sunday Times Magazine…🧵1/6
It contains 60,000 adult salmon.
Indoor salmon farming is championed as the future. Better for fish & the environment.
I investigated these claims for Sunday Times Magazine…🧵1/6
November 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
🍣 🇮🇸 This is an indoor salmon farm in Iceland. A tank the size of x1.5 Olympic swimming pool.
It contains 60,000 adult salmon.
Indoor salmon farming is championed as the future. Better for fish & the environment.
I investigated these claims for Sunday Times Magazine…🧵1/6
It contains 60,000 adult salmon.
Indoor salmon farming is championed as the future. Better for fish & the environment.
I investigated these claims for Sunday Times Magazine…🧵1/6
In 1965, the average US chief executive was paid x21 the average worker.
In 2023 this was x290.
Is Warren Buffett – once the world’s richest man – right when he says this has been driven by “envy and greed”?
In 2023 this was x290.
Is Warren Buffett – once the world’s richest man – right when he says this has been driven by “envy and greed”?
a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a sign that says " fortune "
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a sign that says " fortune "
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:05 AM
In 1965, the average US chief executive was paid x21 the average worker.
In 2023 this was x290.
Is Warren Buffett – once the world’s richest man – right when he says this has been driven by “envy and greed”?
In 2023 this was x290.
Is Warren Buffett – once the world’s richest man – right when he says this has been driven by “envy and greed”?
🍞In the 1940s, UK households ate around 1.6kg of bread per person per week (two whole standard sliced loaves). In 2024, it was 446g.
Bread consumption has halved since 1989.
Interesting fact from latest
Defra / ONS Family Food Survey.
A few more to come...
Bread consumption has halved since 1989.
Interesting fact from latest
Defra / ONS Family Food Survey.
A few more to come...
November 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
🍞In the 1940s, UK households ate around 1.6kg of bread per person per week (two whole standard sliced loaves). In 2024, it was 446g.
Bread consumption has halved since 1989.
Interesting fact from latest
Defra / ONS Family Food Survey.
A few more to come...
Bread consumption has halved since 1989.
Interesting fact from latest
Defra / ONS Family Food Survey.
A few more to come...
Waitrose Christmas ad. A romcom staring Joe Wilkinson & Keira Knightley. I think it’s fab.
www.waitrose.com/ecom/content...
www.waitrose.com/ecom/content...
www.waitrose.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Waitrose Christmas ad. A romcom staring Joe Wilkinson & Keira Knightley. I think it’s fab.
www.waitrose.com/ecom/content...
www.waitrose.com/ecom/content...
🏉👖🩳 Fabulous Joe Marler interview in @thetimes.com Including this gem about his hatred of trousers…
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🏉👖🩳 Fabulous Joe Marler interview in @thetimes.com Including this gem about his hatred of trousers…
🎄📺 I’ve been to see Waitrose’s Christmas advert. In a cinema.
I’m not allowed to say anything yet, but…
A) it’s genuinely very good & fun
B) if you search Wed TV schedules you’ll see they’ve paid for a broadcast slot.
You’ll have to wait to see if it’s worth this hoopla
I’m not allowed to say anything yet, but…
A) it’s genuinely very good & fun
B) if you search Wed TV schedules you’ll see they’ve paid for a broadcast slot.
You’ll have to wait to see if it’s worth this hoopla
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
🎄📺 I’ve been to see Waitrose’s Christmas advert. In a cinema.
I’m not allowed to say anything yet, but…
A) it’s genuinely very good & fun
B) if you search Wed TV schedules you’ll see they’ve paid for a broadcast slot.
You’ll have to wait to see if it’s worth this hoopla
I’m not allowed to say anything yet, but…
A) it’s genuinely very good & fun
B) if you search Wed TV schedules you’ll see they’ve paid for a broadcast slot.
You’ll have to wait to see if it’s worth this hoopla
I regret to inform you that Wagamama has committed a Christmas crime. As bad as @sainsburys.bsky.social mince pie wrap? That would be hard.
But I give you the Wagamama chicken cranberry katsu...
But I give you the Wagamama chicken cranberry katsu...
November 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I regret to inform you that Wagamama has committed a Christmas crime. As bad as @sainsburys.bsky.social mince pie wrap? That would be hard.
But I give you the Wagamama chicken cranberry katsu...
But I give you the Wagamama chicken cranberry katsu...
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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
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"They're looking for someone with a thick skin and recent experience of flagship BBC news programming."
November 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"They're looking for someone with a thick skin and recent experience of flagship BBC news programming."
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Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
📻 I’m back presenting @listentotimesradio.bsky.social 1pm-4pm today.
We’ll be chatting the amazing success of Siberian tigers being saved from brink of extinction, doctors strikes and much more.
Do tune in!
We’ll be chatting the amazing success of Siberian tigers being saved from brink of extinction, doctors strikes and much more.
Do tune in!
November 9, 2025 at 9:11 AM
📻 I’m back presenting @listentotimesradio.bsky.social 1pm-4pm today.
We’ll be chatting the amazing success of Siberian tigers being saved from brink of extinction, doctors strikes and much more.
Do tune in!
We’ll be chatting the amazing success of Siberian tigers being saved from brink of extinction, doctors strikes and much more.
Do tune in!
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🍣 You can read all about these amazing, strange sushi facts and why UK supermarket sushi is booming here.
By me for D.Mail.
🧵/ends
www.dailymail.co.uk/lifestyle/fo...
By me for D.Mail.
🧵/ends
www.dailymail.co.uk/lifestyle/fo...
Fishy truth on supermarket sushi: HARRY WALLOP finds out what goes in
Marks & Spencer sells more sushi than salads and pasta combined as a lunch option. With supermarket sales of the Japanese favourite booming, an eyepopping look at what's actually in it!
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 7:54 AM
🍣 You can read all about these amazing, strange sushi facts and why UK supermarket sushi is booming here.
By me for D.Mail.
🧵/ends
www.dailymail.co.uk/lifestyle/fo...
By me for D.Mail.
🧵/ends
www.dailymail.co.uk/lifestyle/fo...
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🍣🫑 🥒 🐓
In fact (after rice) the biggest ingredient isn’t even chicken – even though one of M&S’s most popular sushi lines is ‘Chicken Caesar dragon roll’.
Top ingredient at Ichiban? Peppers. Cheap and colourful.
🧵4/5
In fact (after rice) the biggest ingredient isn’t even chicken – even though one of M&S’s most popular sushi lines is ‘Chicken Caesar dragon roll’.
Top ingredient at Ichiban? Peppers. Cheap and colourful.
🧵4/5
November 8, 2025 at 7:53 AM
🍣🫑 🥒 🐓
In fact (after rice) the biggest ingredient isn’t even chicken – even though one of M&S’s most popular sushi lines is ‘Chicken Caesar dragon roll’.
Top ingredient at Ichiban? Peppers. Cheap and colourful.
🧵4/5
In fact (after rice) the biggest ingredient isn’t even chicken – even though one of M&S’s most popular sushi lines is ‘Chicken Caesar dragon roll’.
Top ingredient at Ichiban? Peppers. Cheap and colourful.
🧵4/5
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🍣 But here’s another fascinating fact about UK supermarket sushi. Hardly any of it is raw. Nearly all salmon is either cured or smoked.
Why? It’s complicated. But most Brits don’t like raw fish.
The biggest ingredient by weight is chicken, not salmon 🧵3/5
Why? It’s complicated. But most Brits don’t like raw fish.
The biggest ingredient by weight is chicken, not salmon 🧵3/5
November 8, 2025 at 7:53 AM
🍣 But here’s another fascinating fact about UK supermarket sushi. Hardly any of it is raw. Nearly all salmon is either cured or smoked.
Why? It’s complicated. But most Brits don’t like raw fish.
The biggest ingredient by weight is chicken, not salmon 🧵3/5
Why? It’s complicated. But most Brits don’t like raw fish.
The biggest ingredient by weight is chicken, not salmon 🧵3/5
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❄️🍣 All supermarket sushi salmon is frozen. Why?
A) food safety laws. Freezing kills pathogens
B) frozen fish is easier to cut.
Here’s the machine which ensures every salmon slice for nigiri is 7g 🧵2/5
A) food safety laws. Freezing kills pathogens
B) frozen fish is easier to cut.
Here’s the machine which ensures every salmon slice for nigiri is 7g 🧵2/5
November 8, 2025 at 7:52 AM
❄️🍣 All supermarket sushi salmon is frozen. Why?
A) food safety laws. Freezing kills pathogens
B) frozen fish is easier to cut.
Here’s the machine which ensures every salmon slice for nigiri is 7g 🧵2/5
A) food safety laws. Freezing kills pathogens
B) frozen fish is easier to cut.
Here’s the machine which ensures every salmon slice for nigiri is 7g 🧵2/5
Reposted by Harry Wallop
🍣 I visited the factory in Stowmarket, Suffolk which makes all of Tesco’s sushi.
And discovered some fascinating facts about UK supermarket sushi.
The biggest ingredient is obviously rice. But all of it comes from Australia. High quality & cheap 🇦🇺 🧵1/5
And discovered some fascinating facts about UK supermarket sushi.
The biggest ingredient is obviously rice. But all of it comes from Australia. High quality & cheap 🇦🇺 🧵1/5
November 8, 2025 at 7:50 AM
🍣 I visited the factory in Stowmarket, Suffolk which makes all of Tesco’s sushi.
And discovered some fascinating facts about UK supermarket sushi.
The biggest ingredient is obviously rice. But all of it comes from Australia. High quality & cheap 🇦🇺 🧵1/5
And discovered some fascinating facts about UK supermarket sushi.
The biggest ingredient is obviously rice. But all of it comes from Australia. High quality & cheap 🇦🇺 🧵1/5