Jim Larkin
@jim-larkin.bsky.social
Journalist.
Absolutely prolific on social media.
Absolutely prolific on social media.
These are all very well but this is an actual series that exists in the world
October 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
These are all very well but this is an actual series that exists in the world
The weirdest thing has just happened. Got in touch with my GP surgery at 10am and they gave me an appointment two hours later.
Feel like #Labour should be getting WAY more credit for this but, alas, everyone's shouting about flags and boats instead.
Feel like #Labour should be getting WAY more credit for this but, alas, everyone's shouting about flags and boats instead.
October 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The weirdest thing has just happened. Got in touch with my GP surgery at 10am and they gave me an appointment two hours later.
Feel like #Labour should be getting WAY more credit for this but, alas, everyone's shouting about flags and boats instead.
Feel like #Labour should be getting WAY more credit for this but, alas, everyone's shouting about flags and boats instead.
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"I hear again and again that the Israelis – the Jews – had it coming. Knowing allusions to Jewish influence, Jewish power. Stereotypes of Jewish cruelty."
Written before today's attack on a Manchester synagogue. It's the kind of piece I never thought I'd write.
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
Written before today's attack on a Manchester synagogue. It's the kind of piece I never thought I'd write.
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
The 7 October attacks changed what it means to be Jewish in Britain
The war in Gaza has exposed a level of anti-Semitism I didn’t realise was there
www.newstatesman.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"I hear again and again that the Israelis – the Jews – had it coming. Knowing allusions to Jewish influence, Jewish power. Stereotypes of Jewish cruelty."
Written before today's attack on a Manchester synagogue. It's the kind of piece I never thought I'd write.
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
Written before today's attack on a Manchester synagogue. It's the kind of piece I never thought I'd write.
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
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Rayner is absolute class. She's been a bit silly in organising her taxes, but that's not why they hate her. They hate her because she did not know her place.
September 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Rayner is absolute class. She's been a bit silly in organising her taxes, but that's not why they hate her. They hate her because she did not know her place.
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Baby voice: Things can be good without being perfect. You must learn to grasp this fact. If you are unable to do so, you will have a very thankless life, politically and personally.
July 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Baby voice: Things can be good without being perfect. You must learn to grasp this fact. If you are unable to do so, you will have a very thankless life, politically and personally.
Twitter is now carrying advertising for Britain First. What a fucking cess pit.
July 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Twitter is now carrying advertising for Britain First. What a fucking cess pit.
Her best work since Chained To The Rhythm
something's happening
June 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Her best work since Chained To The Rhythm
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So then Elon goes "Kill the Bill!" and Trump goes "Elon has TDS!" so Elon goes "I'm the reason Trump won!" so Trump goes "we waste billions on Elon!" so Elon goes "Epstein!" and a corpulent flunkie goes "Deport Elon!" and Elon goes "Impeach!"
And THAT'S why women are too emotional to be President.
And THAT'S why women are too emotional to be President.
June 6, 2025 at 3:33 AM
So then Elon goes "Kill the Bill!" and Trump goes "Elon has TDS!" so Elon goes "I'm the reason Trump won!" so Trump goes "we waste billions on Elon!" so Elon goes "Epstein!" and a corpulent flunkie goes "Deport Elon!" and Elon goes "Impeach!"
And THAT'S why women are too emotional to be President.
And THAT'S why women are too emotional to be President.
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Newspaper journalists realising they can stir up the brexit shitpot again
May 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Newspaper journalists realising they can stir up the brexit shitpot again
What are you doing with your life this week? If it's not "going to Manchester to see this" then you're doing it very, very wrong. It's so good!
#shakespeare #hamlet #radiohead #factoryinternational
factoryinternational.org/whats-on/ham...
#shakespeare #hamlet #radiohead #factoryinternational
factoryinternational.org/whats-on/ham...
Hamlet Hail to the Thief | Aviva Studios | Manchester
A frenetic adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet haunted by Radiohead’s Hail to the Thief
factoryinternational.org
May 12, 2025 at 6:46 AM
What are you doing with your life this week? If it's not "going to Manchester to see this" then you're doing it very, very wrong. It's so good!
#shakespeare #hamlet #radiohead #factoryinternational
factoryinternational.org/whats-on/ham...
#shakespeare #hamlet #radiohead #factoryinternational
factoryinternational.org/whats-on/ham...
I remember when the ban was going through parliament and people were seriously arguing it would spell the end of the live music industry. Just imagine if they tried to un-ban it now...
probably even starker for people even a smidge older than me but I do think a lot about how much the world has changed on that front in my lifetime, isn't it mad that I remember smoking in bars and at gigs, and being able to smoke in all flats/houses by default
Once widespread, smoking is now uncommon in Great Britain 🧵
April 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I remember when the ban was going through parliament and people were seriously arguing it would spell the end of the live music industry. Just imagine if they tried to un-ban it now...
Don't mean to sound like one of those things-were-better-in-my-day bores but I'm sure there was a time when the news was less... insane.
Olden days baddies were basically Jerry Leadbetter and we never knew how good we had it.
Olden days baddies were basically Jerry Leadbetter and we never knew how good we had it.
where a billionaire is given carte blanche to sack the government officials regulating his own business
April 12, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Don't mean to sound like one of those things-were-better-in-my-day bores but I'm sure there was a time when the news was less... insane.
Olden days baddies were basically Jerry Leadbetter and we never knew how good we had it.
Olden days baddies were basically Jerry Leadbetter and we never knew how good we had it.
Amazed no pop star has ever chosen the name ‘Billy-O’ given its obvious association with speed and excess. Have to make do with William Orbit I suppose.
March 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Amazed no pop star has ever chosen the name ‘Billy-O’ given its obvious association with speed and excess. Have to make do with William Orbit I suppose.
I don't know if this is a 'me' thing but this winter has felt like an absolute fucker. Cannot describe the absolute joy of the first sight of daffodils.
February 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I don't know if this is a 'me' thing but this winter has felt like an absolute fucker. Cannot describe the absolute joy of the first sight of daffodils.
Wait hang on which one of you decided to 'sex-up' Cluedo?
November 29, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Wait hang on which one of you decided to 'sex-up' Cluedo?