Isabelle Roughol
@isabelleroughol.com
Journalist + immigrant. Telling stories & building media orgs where people love to work. World affairs & women’s history nerd. 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 - understandably mistaken for 🇺🇸 - once 🇦🇺 & 🇰🇭 - forever MIZ 🐯
what this moment is really calling for is a piece of nostalgiacore lifestyle journalism
November 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
what this moment is really calling for is a piece of nostalgiacore lifestyle journalism
what this moment is really calling for is a piece of nostalgiacore lifestyle journalism
November 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
what this moment is really calling for is a piece of nostalgiacore lifestyle journalism
Honestly, newspapers, you can't keep doing this. There are 18 words of the story I came to read on this entire (wide) screen.
November 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Honestly, newspapers, you can't keep doing this. There are 18 words of the story I came to read on this entire (wide) screen.
Editing like this makes me so angry. In the newsletter, it's a point blank affirmation. In the headline, it's actually in quotes. In the lede, it's a statement from a government minister. Read on... and there is zero evidence put forth in the article.
October 20, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Editing like this makes me so angry. In the newsletter, it's a point blank affirmation. In the headline, it's actually in quotes. In the lede, it's a statement from a government minister. Read on... and there is zero evidence put forth in the article.
A lot of libraries only purchase recent scholarship in e-book format. I don't mind it, except interlibrary loans and guest access to other universities do not apply to digital formats. It makes access so much more challenging. 30 libraries have this book I need, only 4 in print.
October 15, 2025 at 10:33 AM
A lot of libraries only purchase recent scholarship in e-book format. I don't mind it, except interlibrary loans and guest access to other universities do not apply to digital formats. It makes access so much more challenging. 30 libraries have this book I need, only 4 in print.
Who knew wirecutter was a hardship post
September 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Who knew wirecutter was a hardship post
5 years in my life today (my relationship with wine is just a tad longer). How did I manage before?
September 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
5 years in my life today (my relationship with wine is just a tad longer). How did I manage before?
Just a little feed cleanser for you. You need it.
September 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Just a little feed cleanser for you. You need it.
Google: can’t give you remotely accurate search results but really convincing as a tween girl
August 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Google: can’t give you remotely accurate search results but really convincing as a tween girl
Breaking: Emma of Normandy, dowager queen of England, is dead at 67 years young.
August 25, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Breaking: Emma of Normandy, dowager queen of England, is dead at 67 years young.
My understanding is it generates a new answer every time you ask so maybe with the law of averages, it’ll be right sometimes, but @jamesrball.com, you’re the expert. Rn it tells me she died young after a long life
August 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
My understanding is it generates a new answer every time you ask so maybe with the law of averages, it’ll be right sometimes, but @jamesrball.com, you’re the expert. Rn it tells me she died young after a long life
England has another queen and she's 1041 years old
August 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
England has another queen and she's 1041 years old
Questions, anyone?
July 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Questions, anyone?
Wait until he decides it’s a tanning lamp
July 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Wait until he decides it’s a tanning lamp
Eurostar terminals at Gare du Nord and St Pancras are extremely undersized but they’re also full of very dumb UX decisions that make the experience all the worse. Found a new one just now.
May 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Eurostar terminals at Gare du Nord and St Pancras are extremely undersized but they’re also full of very dumb UX decisions that make the experience all the worse. Found a new one just now.
There are 3 cats in this picture. (House mine, cats not.)
May 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
There are 3 cats in this picture. (House mine, cats not.)
The way this is worded… There is no loophole to applying for asylum. Every human being is entitled to it. If your claim for asylum is invalid, it will be rejected. If you’re on a student visa and you don’t engage with the course, your visa will be canceled. Just fund the existing systems properly.
May 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The way this is worded… There is no loophole to applying for asylum. Every human being is entitled to it. If your claim for asylum is invalid, it will be rejected. If you’re on a student visa and you don’t engage with the course, your visa will be canceled. Just fund the existing systems properly.
I seem to have missed Adopt a Shelter Pet Day. Oh well… Anna, born on the streets, longest stayer at the shelter (7 months! as a kitten!) No one wanted her bc of a totally manageable chronic illness (when she takes her damn pills). She melted my heart the minute I saw her online. #AdoptDontShop
May 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I seem to have missed Adopt a Shelter Pet Day. Oh well… Anna, born on the streets, longest stayer at the shelter (7 months! as a kitten!) No one wanted her bc of a totally manageable chronic illness (when she takes her damn pills). She melted my heart the minute I saw her online. #AdoptDontShop
When you listen to all the daily pods, things can get repetitive…
April 22, 2025 at 10:28 AM
When you listen to all the daily pods, things can get repetitive…
Troglir, Croatia has offered two more specimens for my collection of bonkers medieval felines.
April 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Troglir, Croatia has offered two more specimens for my collection of bonkers medieval felines.
For the love of all kitties, please do not feed them raw food. Anna says.
March 31, 2025 at 10:30 PM
For the love of all kitties, please do not feed them raw food. Anna says.
Macron doesn’t want to show his messy bedroom on the zoom call
March 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Macron doesn’t want to show his messy bedroom on the zoom call
I wrote this 5 years ago. That they would destroy even the park service hadn’t occurred to me…
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February 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I wrote this 5 years ago. That they would destroy even the park service hadn’t occurred to me…
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Exact rates of increase for Thames water consumers here
www.thameswater.co.uk/media-librar...
www.thameswater.co.uk/media-librar...
January 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Exact rates of increase for Thames water consumers here
www.thameswater.co.uk/media-librar...
www.thameswater.co.uk/media-librar...
Bit of a shocker in my inbox this morning: water rates going up 40% at once!
January 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Bit of a shocker in my inbox this morning: water rates going up 40% at once!