Matt Rees
@mattrees.bsky.social
Award-winning crime novelist. “Master of the genre”—Le Figaro. Www.mattrees.net.
Trump says it « didn’t bother » him that Hamas murdered Gazans it accuses of « collaboration ». My first novel « The Collaborator of Bethlehem » would show him why it should bother him very much.
www.thetimes.com/article/1c47...
www.thetimes.com/article/1c47...
Trump vows to disarm Hamas as it executes enemies on Gaza streets
Dozens of suspected collaborators are killed by the militant group after Israeli forces withdraw
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October 15, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Trump says it « didn’t bother » him that Hamas murdered Gazans it accuses of « collaboration ». My first novel « The Collaborator of Bethlehem » would show him why it should bother him very much.
www.thetimes.com/article/1c47...
www.thetimes.com/article/1c47...
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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In a woodcut released today the Guild of Thieves and Cutpurses declared that enforcement of regulations against Thieving and Pursecutting would ‘devastate a growth industry’ and damage the economy.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 9:03 AM
In a woodcut released today the Guild of Thieves and Cutpurses declared that enforcement of regulations against Thieving and Pursecutting would ‘devastate a growth industry’ and damage the economy.
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Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
September 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
Updated Trump Administration FCC Guidelines for Late-Night TV Hosts www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/upd...
Updated Trump Administration FCC Guidelines for Late-Night TV Hosts
“ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel off air for Charlie Kirk comments after FCC pressure.” — New York Times
- - -The FCC has long held that “the public interes...
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September 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Updated Trump Administration FCC Guidelines for Late-Night TV Hosts www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/upd...
My favourite podcast. Well, I’ll just have to listen to them all again…
Melvyn Bragg calls it a day after 1,000 In Our Time episodes
www.thetimes.com/article/4f09...
Melvyn Bragg calls it a day after 1,000 In Our Time episodes
www.thetimes.com/article/4f09...
Melvyn Bragg calls it a day after 1,000 In Our Time episodes
Veteran Radio 4 presenter announces he is stepping down — but will return to the airwaves with a new BBC programme
www.thetimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:16 AM
My favourite podcast. Well, I’ll just have to listen to them all again…
Melvyn Bragg calls it a day after 1,000 In Our Time episodes
www.thetimes.com/article/4f09...
Melvyn Bragg calls it a day after 1,000 In Our Time episodes
www.thetimes.com/article/4f09...
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Pourquoi les vins sont-ils de plus en plus alcoolisés ?
Pourquoi les vins sont-ils de plus en plus alcoolisés ? | Le Grand Continent
L'augmentation de la teneur en alcool des vins, due au réchauffement climatique, incite de plus en plus de consommateurs à se tourner vers des alternatives moins alcoolisées. Cette tendance s'ajoute à une évolution déjà marquée : la consommation mondiale de vin est en baisse et est revenue à son niveau de la fin des années 1990 en 2023.
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August 8, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Pourquoi les vins sont-ils de plus en plus alcoolisés ?
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I'm proud of my little middle-grade book series: Montgomery Schnauzer P.I.!
Ideal read for ages 8-10, but enjoyable by all ages. Also very well received by reluctant readers.
Please check me out at montgomeryschnauzer.com
Ideal read for ages 8-10, but enjoyable by all ages. Also very well received by reluctant readers.
Please check me out at montgomeryschnauzer.com
November 1, 2024 at 11:26 PM
I'm proud of my little middle-grade book series: Montgomery Schnauzer P.I.!
Ideal read for ages 8-10, but enjoyable by all ages. Also very well received by reluctant readers.
Please check me out at montgomeryschnauzer.com
Ideal read for ages 8-10, but enjoyable by all ages. Also very well received by reluctant readers.
Please check me out at montgomeryschnauzer.com
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The difficult balance of intimacy and independence – Kahlil Gibran on the secret to lasting love www.themarginalian.org/2016/09/27/k...
August 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The difficult balance of intimacy and independence – Kahlil Gibran on the secret to lasting love www.themarginalian.org/2016/09/27/k...
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Today in 1184 Henry VI of Germany was having a strategy meeting when the wooden second storey floor collapsed. Most of the courtiers fell through into the latrine cesspit below the ground floor, where more than 50 drowned in liquid excrement.
July 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Today in 1184 Henry VI of Germany was having a strategy meeting when the wooden second storey floor collapsed. Most of the courtiers fell through into the latrine cesspit below the ground floor, where more than 50 drowned in liquid excrement.
Until now, the best living crime writer. The voice he created in his Renko books bears comparison with Chandler. My favourite has always been « Wolves Eat Dogs ».
Martin Cruz Smith obituary: author of acclaimed thriller Gorky Park
www.thetimes.com/article/ec5c...
Martin Cruz Smith obituary: author of acclaimed thriller Gorky Park
www.thetimes.com/article/ec5c...
Martin Cruz Smith obituary: author of acclaimed thriller Gorky Park
Novelist whose bestselling 1981 work made Moscow accessible to western readers at the end of the Brezhnev era dies aged 82
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July 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Until now, the best living crime writer. The voice he created in his Renko books bears comparison with Chandler. My favourite has always been « Wolves Eat Dogs ».
Martin Cruz Smith obituary: author of acclaimed thriller Gorky Park
www.thetimes.com/article/ec5c...
Martin Cruz Smith obituary: author of acclaimed thriller Gorky Park
www.thetimes.com/article/ec5c...
Some hilarious comfort from @devorahblachor.bsky.social
Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein: A Quiz www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/don...
Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein: A Quiz www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/don...
Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein: A Quiz
1. Were Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein friends?
A. I don’t know.
B. If by “friends” you mean that the two men partied together at Mar-a-Lago, tha...
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July 19, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Some hilarious comfort from @devorahblachor.bsky.social
Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein: A Quiz www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/don...
Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein: A Quiz www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/don...
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Enjoyed listening to this podcast about a tall, fat, vain leader who betrayed everyone, blamed others for his failures, manipulated the media, facilitated the rise of the far right, and listened to the advice of a notably stupid son.
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www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
In Our Time - Paul von Hindenburg - BBC Sounds
How the cult of personality around this German WWI figurehead helped usher in Hitler.
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May 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Enjoyed listening to this podcast about a tall, fat, vain leader who betrayed everyone, blamed others for his failures, manipulated the media, facilitated the rise of the far right, and listened to the advice of a notably stupid son.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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"INTJ: 'The Nerd Emperor' - Instead of taking the Myers-Briggs test, you’ll write a lengthy Medium post explaining why you refuse to take the Myers-Briggs test."
What Your Myers-Briggs Type Says About Whether You’ll Take the Myers-Briggs Test
KEY: I/E: Introvert / Extrovert N/S: Intuitive / Sensing F/T: Feeling / Thinking P/J: Perceiving / Judging - - - INTJ: “The Nerd Emperor” – Inste...
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May 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
"INTJ: 'The Nerd Emperor' - Instead of taking the Myers-Briggs test, you’ll write a lengthy Medium post explaining why you refuse to take the Myers-Briggs test."
I invented this concept for my novel China Strike in 2017. Nice to see tech catching up with me.
Embedded Chinese tech ‘could freeze cars and traffic lights’
www.thetimes.com/article/a17e...
Embedded Chinese tech ‘could freeze cars and traffic lights’
www.thetimes.com/article/a17e...
Embedded Chinese tech ‘could freeze cars and traffic lights’
The former head of MI6 has warned MPs that Chinese-made microchips in UK infrastructure could be exploited to cause blackouts and ‘immobilise London’
www.thetimes.com
May 14, 2025 at 6:46 AM
I invented this concept for my novel China Strike in 2017. Nice to see tech catching up with me.
Embedded Chinese tech ‘could freeze cars and traffic lights’
www.thetimes.com/article/a17e...
Embedded Chinese tech ‘could freeze cars and traffic lights’
www.thetimes.com/article/a17e...
A different kind of ghost writer…
AI Agatha Christie adds suspense to BBC crime-writing course
www.thetimes.com/article/315c...
AI Agatha Christie adds suspense to BBC crime-writing course
www.thetimes.com/article/315c...
AI Agatha Christie adds suspense to BBC crime-writing course
The concept will draw on the processes the multibillion-selling author used to write her 66 detective novels
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May 1, 2025 at 5:50 AM
A different kind of ghost writer…
AI Agatha Christie adds suspense to BBC crime-writing course
www.thetimes.com/article/315c...
AI Agatha Christie adds suspense to BBC crime-writing course
www.thetimes.com/article/315c...
Would You Like Us to Spend Your Tax Dollars on Meals on Wheels or a Billionaire’s Yacht? www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wou...
Would You Like Us to Spend Your Tax Dollars on Meals on Wheels or a Billionaire’s Yacht?
Please take a few moments to let us know how you’d like your tax dollars spent by the Trump administration.
1. It’s important to me that my money s...
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April 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Would You Like Us to Spend Your Tax Dollars on Meals on Wheels or a Billionaire’s Yacht? www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wou...
As if the Crown hasn’t already done enough to Indians generally… Go and eat at Veeraswamy’s while you still can. It’s the best Indian food in London.
UK’s oldest Indian restaurant could close in row with Crown Estate
www.thetimes.com/article/3168...
UK’s oldest Indian restaurant could close in row with Crown Estate
www.thetimes.com/article/3168...
UK’s oldest Indian restaurant could close in row with Crown Estate
Veeraswamy has been a fixture on Regent Street since 1926, but it has been told its lease will not be renewed amid a planned renovation of Victory House
www.thetimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:08 AM
As if the Crown hasn’t already done enough to Indians generally… Go and eat at Veeraswamy’s while you still can. It’s the best Indian food in London.
UK’s oldest Indian restaurant could close in row with Crown Estate
www.thetimes.com/article/3168...
UK’s oldest Indian restaurant could close in row with Crown Estate
www.thetimes.com/article/3168...
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Just when my cholesterol has gone up and I’m told to lay off the fromage…
Holy Cow film review — French cheesemaking drama is the good stuff
Holy Cow film review — French cheesemaking drama is the good stuff
Louise Courvoisier’s debut feature is a boisterous piece of rural realism — with a cast of enthusiastic, extremely convincing non-professionals
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April 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Just when my cholesterol has gone up and I’m told to lay off the fromage…
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So much of what passes for comment in Britain is just liquid garbage. These people should not be allowed to pollute the common weal in this sickening and deliberate manner.
April 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
So much of what passes for comment in Britain is just liquid garbage. These people should not be allowed to pollute the common weal in this sickening and deliberate manner.
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Adolescence. Will these dangerous teenage boys all end up in cells?
The new Private Eye is out now
The new Private Eye is out now
April 2, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Adolescence. Will these dangerous teenage boys all end up in cells?
The new Private Eye is out now
The new Private Eye is out now
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March 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM