Andy Neather
@hernehillandy.bsky.social
Freelance wine journalist. Co-author of Rooted in Change: The Stories Behind Sustainable Wine. Check out my blog: https://aviewfrommytable.substack.com/ and my podcast with Telegraph wine critic Victoria Moore https://bit.ly/3XweQ4m
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The latest edition of Get Yourself a Glass podcast is out! I and Telegraph wine critic Victoria Moore talk Christmas champagne; the hard question of children in pubs; and after the Budget, the taxes helping drive up the cost of your bottle of #wine. Plus booze books. bit.ly/48Dt60A or bit.ly/48Oc1Ce
December 4, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The latest edition of Get Yourself a Glass podcast is out! I and Telegraph wine critic Victoria Moore talk Christmas champagne; the hard question of children in pubs; and after the Budget, the taxes helping drive up the cost of your bottle of #wine. Plus booze books. bit.ly/48Dt60A or bit.ly/48Oc1Ce
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New from me in The Drinks Business: anger as UK #wine importers hit by EPR payments chaos www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/12/wine...
Wine importers hit by payment chaos in new EPR scheme
Drinks businesses say confidence in the UK Government’s packaging levy has been badly shaken after hundreds of companies were charged multiple times. Industry leaders warn the system is “fundamentally...
www.thedrinksbusiness.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
New from me in The Drinks Business: anger as UK #wine importers hit by EPR payments chaos www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/12/wine...
Brilliant @jamesmeek.bsky.social piece in @lrb.co.uk on the failure of British industrial strategy - indeed of British industrial capitalism - and how that collides with the rise of reform in North East rustbelt town Blyth www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
James Meek · Ten-Foot Chopsticks: The North-East Transition
The ghost of the industrial revolution haunts Britain. The language of today’s politicians, of unlocking and...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Brilliant @jamesmeek.bsky.social piece in @lrb.co.uk on the failure of British industrial strategy - indeed of British industrial capitalism - and how that collides with the rise of reform in North East rustbelt town Blyth www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
New from me in The Drinks Business: anger as UK #wine importers hit by EPR payments chaos www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/12/wine...
Wine importers hit by payment chaos in new EPR scheme
Drinks businesses say confidence in the UK Government’s packaging levy has been badly shaken after hundreds of companies were charged multiple times. Industry leaders warn the system is “fundamentally...
www.thedrinksbusiness.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
New from me in The Drinks Business: anger as UK #wine importers hit by EPR payments chaos www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/12/wine...
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"Why is anti-semitism tolerated in the UK?" asks Suella Braverman, shortly before defending man accused of saying "Hitler was right" and telling Jewish people they should be sent to the gas chamber
December 4, 2025 at 9:06 AM
"Why is anti-semitism tolerated in the UK?" asks Suella Braverman, shortly before defending man accused of saying "Hitler was right" and telling Jewish people they should be sent to the gas chamber
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I do admire Rob’s ability to stare day after day at the singularity of stupidity, incompetence and malice that is British politics… and to still be able to laugh and to make us laugh too.
I do sometimes wonder if I'm losing my mind. thecritic.co.uk/full...
December 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I do admire Rob’s ability to stare day after day at the singularity of stupidity, incompetence and malice that is British politics… and to still be able to laugh and to make us laugh too.
The latest edition of Get Yourself a Glass podcast is out! I and Telegraph wine critic Victoria Moore talk Christmas champagne; the hard question of children in pubs; and after the Budget, the taxes helping drive up the cost of your bottle of #wine. Plus booze books. bit.ly/48Dt60A or bit.ly/48Oc1Ce
December 4, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The latest edition of Get Yourself a Glass podcast is out! I and Telegraph wine critic Victoria Moore talk Christmas champagne; the hard question of children in pubs; and after the Budget, the taxes helping drive up the cost of your bottle of #wine. Plus booze books. bit.ly/48Dt60A or bit.ly/48Oc1Ce
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Doesn't say anything for the political instincts of Number 10 that they were surprised by a positive response to a positive EU agenda.
Doesn't say much for their diplomatic instincts that this came 12 months too late to make a difference to negotiations. www.politico.eu/article/brex...
Doesn't say much for their diplomatic instincts that this came 12 months too late to make a difference to negotiations. www.politico.eu/article/brex...
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Doesn't say anything for the political instincts of Number 10 that they were surprised by a positive response to a positive EU agenda.
Doesn't say much for their diplomatic instincts that this came 12 months too late to make a difference to negotiations. www.politico.eu/article/brex...
Doesn't say much for their diplomatic instincts that this came 12 months too late to make a difference to negotiations. www.politico.eu/article/brex...
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“A necessary conversation starter about what's on the horizon for the #wine world, and a roadmap for drinkers who want to align their values with their purchasing”: more plaudits for my/Jane Masters MW’s Rooted in Change: The Stories Behind Sustainable Wine, this time in @forbes.com bit.ly/3KCl7ZC
9 Essential 2025 Wine And Spirits Reads For The Curious Drinker
From deep dives into California and Beaujolais to sustainability, food pairing, agave spirits, and an indie love letter to Italy, this year’s annual roundup delivers smart, giftable reads for every wi...
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December 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
“A necessary conversation starter about what's on the horizon for the #wine world, and a roadmap for drinkers who want to align their values with their purchasing”: more plaudits for my/Jane Masters MW’s Rooted in Change: The Stories Behind Sustainable Wine, this time in @forbes.com bit.ly/3KCl7ZC
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My blog is out: London pubs for escaping winter's chill: Winter is officially here. But while the city's #pubs are under commercial pressure, there's still no better place to drink on a cold evening. Plus: what (#wine) I've been drinking this week aviewfrommytable.substack.com/p/london-pub...
London pubs for escaping winter's chill
Winter is officially here. But while the city's pubs are under commercial pressure, there's still no better place to drink on a cold evening. Plus: what I've been drinking this week
aviewfrommytable.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:31 AM
My blog is out: London pubs for escaping winter's chill: Winter is officially here. But while the city's #pubs are under commercial pressure, there's still no better place to drink on a cold evening. Plus: what (#wine) I've been drinking this week aviewfrommytable.substack.com/p/london-pub...
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Our leader of Staffordshire County Council.
Reform UK’s Cllr Ian Cooper has posted dozens of racist and bigoted posts to YouTube and X/Twitter under his personal accounts.
@hopenothate.org.uk
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Revealed: The Online Activity of Staffordshire Council Leader Ian Cooper – HOPE not hate
Reform UK’s Cllr Ian Cooper has posted dozens of racist and bigoted posts to YouTube and X/Twitter under his personal accounts. When it comes to...
hopenothate.org.uk
December 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Our leader of Staffordshire County Council.
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Putin knows he's got lucky and is briefly ahead and wants to cash in his chips while he's got a strong hand.
A better player would take him to the cleaners.
Trump isn't that man.
A better player would take him to the cleaners.
Trump isn't that man.
Trump:
‘Putin wants the war to end — that’s the impression Whitkof and Kushner got after their meeting. I think he wants to return to a more normal life; he wants to return to trading with the U.S.instead of losing thousands of soldiers every week…He very much wants to reach a peace agreement.’
‘Putin wants the war to end — that’s the impression Whitkof and Kushner got after their meeting. I think he wants to return to a more normal life; he wants to return to trading with the U.S.instead of losing thousands of soldiers every week…He very much wants to reach a peace agreement.’
December 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Putin knows he's got lucky and is briefly ahead and wants to cash in his chips while he's got a strong hand.
A better player would take him to the cleaners.
Trump isn't that man.
A better player would take him to the cleaners.
Trump isn't that man.
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Thames Water boss addressing shareholders on its half year profits of £400 million
December 3, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Thames Water boss addressing shareholders on its half year profits of £400 million
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"Yes dear, I know. But apart from all that, are you happy?"
December 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"Yes dear, I know. But apart from all that, are you happy?"
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Acute analysis, including this neat observation: "Starmer and his shadow chancellor bound themselves with pledges best suited to help Neil Kinnock beat John Major in a hypothetical rerun of an election 32 years previously"
Column. British politicians do a lot claiming to face the world as it is, while their actions speak of yearning for the world as it was. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Fear of facing the future has British politics stuck in the past | Rafael Behr
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves claim to be dealing with the world as it is, but seem to yearn for a world that has disappeared, says the Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Acute analysis, including this neat observation: "Starmer and his shadow chancellor bound themselves with pledges best suited to help Neil Kinnock beat John Major in a hypothetical rerun of an election 32 years previously"
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
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“Put bluntly, net migration fell because 400,000 fewer foreigners arrived, and 200,000 more foreigners left the UK. This is precisely what Reform, the Mail, and the new, nastier Tory Party have claimed – again and again – they wanted to happen. And now that it has, they have ignored it entirely.”
The crazy right will never be satisfied about migration
Keir Starmer slashed net migration as the Mail and Farage demanded - and still got hammered for it
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 10:54 AM
“Put bluntly, net migration fell because 400,000 fewer foreigners arrived, and 200,000 more foreigners left the UK. This is precisely what Reform, the Mail, and the new, nastier Tory Party have claimed – again and again – they wanted to happen. And now that it has, they have ignored it entirely.”
“A necessary conversation starter about what's on the horizon for the #wine world, and a roadmap for drinkers who want to align their values with their purchasing”: more plaudits for my/Jane Masters MW’s Rooted in Change: The Stories Behind Sustainable Wine, this time in @forbes.com bit.ly/3KCl7ZC
9 Essential 2025 Wine And Spirits Reads For The Curious Drinker
From deep dives into California and Beaujolais to sustainability, food pairing, agave spirits, and an indie love letter to Italy, this year’s annual roundup delivers smart, giftable reads for every wi...
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
“A necessary conversation starter about what's on the horizon for the #wine world, and a roadmap for drinkers who want to align their values with their purchasing”: more plaudits for my/Jane Masters MW’s Rooted in Change: The Stories Behind Sustainable Wine, this time in @forbes.com bit.ly/3KCl7ZC
My blog is out: London pubs for escaping winter's chill: Winter is officially here. But while the city's #pubs are under commercial pressure, there's still no better place to drink on a cold evening. Plus: what (#wine) I've been drinking this week aviewfrommytable.substack.com/p/london-pub...
London pubs for escaping winter's chill
Winter is officially here. But while the city's pubs are under commercial pressure, there's still no better place to drink on a cold evening. Plus: what I've been drinking this week
aviewfrommytable.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:31 AM
My blog is out: London pubs for escaping winter's chill: Winter is officially here. But while the city's #pubs are under commercial pressure, there's still no better place to drink on a cold evening. Plus: what (#wine) I've been drinking this week aviewfrommytable.substack.com/p/london-pub...
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‘What do you do when you’ve freed speech but all anyone wants to talk about is Tommy Robinson?’
@morganj0nes.bsky.social at the Battle of Ideas, from the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
@morganj0nes.bsky.social at the Battle of Ideas, from the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
Morgan Jones | At the Battle of Ideas
In The Impact of Labour, Maurice Cowling wrote that politics in the 1920s was ‘fifty or sixty people’ in tension...
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December 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
‘What do you do when you’ve freed speech but all anyone wants to talk about is Tommy Robinson?’
@morganj0nes.bsky.social at the Battle of Ideas, from the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
@morganj0nes.bsky.social at the Battle of Ideas, from the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
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Nova Scotia looks to get rid of its remaining inventory of U.S. alcohol worth $14 million before it expires; all proceeds go to charity. New Brunswick is also selling its remaining $3.4 million worth of U.S. alcohol in storage at discounted prices. Quebec donated it.
globalnews.ca/news/1154636...
globalnews.ca/news/1154636...
Nova Scotia to sell last of U.S. booze pulled from shelves, giving profits to charity | Globalnews.ca
The premier says Nova Scotia is 'committed to a Team Canada approach to tariffs and trade' and will not order any more alcohol from the United States once this inventory is gone.
globalnews.ca
December 2, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Nova Scotia looks to get rid of its remaining inventory of U.S. alcohol worth $14 million before it expires; all proceeds go to charity. New Brunswick is also selling its remaining $3.4 million worth of U.S. alcohol in storage at discounted prices. Quebec donated it.
globalnews.ca/news/1154636...
globalnews.ca/news/1154636...
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I'm really not sure the Conservatives have thought this through. thecritic.co.uk/gove...
December 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I'm really not sure the Conservatives have thought this through. thecritic.co.uk/gove...
New from me in Vinosity magazine: Can #wine adapt to climate change? With increasingly severe drought and heatwaves, climate change is already hitting vineyards around the world. I investigate what winemakers are doing to adapt: academieduvinlibrary.com/blogs/vinosi...
Can wine adapt to climate change?
Climate change is already reshaping vineyards as droughts and heatwaves intensify. Here’s how winemakers are adapting.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
New from me in Vinosity magazine: Can #wine adapt to climate change? With increasingly severe drought and heatwaves, climate change is already hitting vineyards around the world. I investigate what winemakers are doing to adapt: academieduvinlibrary.com/blogs/vinosi...
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Lying in politics is wrong and should never be rewarded, says newspaper which pays Boris Johnson £1 million a year to be its star columnist
November 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Lying in politics is wrong and should never be rewarded, says newspaper which pays Boris Johnson £1 million a year to be its star columnist
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He’s taking a battering.
France’s far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack
French far-right leader hit on the head with an egg
Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, was hit on the head with an egg Saturday, just days after another incident in which a protester threw flour at him.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 30, 2025 at 7:15 AM
He’s taking a battering.