Ollie Bradfield
@olliebradfield.bsky.social
A shambolic rube. London dweller. Worst stereotype you can imagine.
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This from the Manchester Mill is so incredibly important.
Being not just open and apologetic about when they get it wrong - but also thorough and transparent in their introspection is what makes these outlets so refreshing in the current media landscape
manchestermill.co.uk/a-note-about...
Being not just open and apologetic about when they get it wrong - but also thorough and transparent in their introspection is what makes these outlets so refreshing in the current media landscape
manchestermill.co.uk/a-note-about...
A note about yesterday’s story
What we did and how we got it wrong
manchestermill.co.uk
August 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
This from the Manchester Mill is so incredibly important.
Being not just open and apologetic about when they get it wrong - but also thorough and transparent in their introspection is what makes these outlets so refreshing in the current media landscape
manchestermill.co.uk/a-note-about...
Being not just open and apologetic about when they get it wrong - but also thorough and transparent in their introspection is what makes these outlets so refreshing in the current media landscape
manchestermill.co.uk/a-note-about...
This is niche but the Telegraph are running an ad on the tube for their puzzles with a word circle - the copy says something like "less brain fog, more.." and then the word circle says "brainwave" with the N in the middle
BUT THAT'S NOT HOW WORD CIRCLES WORK
THERE IS NO N IN WAVE
BUT THAT'S NOT HOW WORD CIRCLES WORK
THERE IS NO N IN WAVE
August 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This is niche but the Telegraph are running an ad on the tube for their puzzles with a word circle - the copy says something like "less brain fog, more.." and then the word circle says "brainwave" with the N in the middle
BUT THAT'S NOT HOW WORD CIRCLES WORK
THERE IS NO N IN WAVE
BUT THAT'S NOT HOW WORD CIRCLES WORK
THERE IS NO N IN WAVE
Why has noone invented single serve screw top beer.
I think there's a market for that.
I know Budweiser do one but it's not designed to really reseal.
I think there's a market for that.
I know Budweiser do one but it's not designed to really reseal.
June 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Why has noone invented single serve screw top beer.
I think there's a market for that.
I know Budweiser do one but it's not designed to really reseal.
I think there's a market for that.
I know Budweiser do one but it's not designed to really reseal.
Not sure why 28 years later is getting panned so hard by audiences.
I was blown away a bit by how moving it was. Like a Ken Loach kitchen sink drama with zombies. Really extraordinary stuff.
Yeah the ending is absolutely nuts and tonally a total 180 but I sort of enjoyed that.
I was blown away a bit by how moving it was. Like a Ken Loach kitchen sink drama with zombies. Really extraordinary stuff.
Yeah the ending is absolutely nuts and tonally a total 180 but I sort of enjoyed that.
June 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Not sure why 28 years later is getting panned so hard by audiences.
I was blown away a bit by how moving it was. Like a Ken Loach kitchen sink drama with zombies. Really extraordinary stuff.
Yeah the ending is absolutely nuts and tonally a total 180 but I sort of enjoyed that.
I was blown away a bit by how moving it was. Like a Ken Loach kitchen sink drama with zombies. Really extraordinary stuff.
Yeah the ending is absolutely nuts and tonally a total 180 but I sort of enjoyed that.
Absolutely delighted to report that ChatGPT cannot understand or create new black country/Brummie accent jokes (e.g General: "we didn't come here to die"
Private: "no we came here yesterday")
Private: "no we came here yesterday")
June 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Absolutely delighted to report that ChatGPT cannot understand or create new black country/Brummie accent jokes (e.g General: "we didn't come here to die"
Private: "no we came here yesterday")
Private: "no we came here yesterday")
The new Pulp album is obviously great - but this bit from the Guardian review of it perfectly articulates why I love Pulp so much.
June 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The new Pulp album is obviously great - but this bit from the Guardian review of it perfectly articulates why I love Pulp so much.
Genuine question - the point here about it costing £100bn is not true right? If/when Thames Water collapses, the state can acquire the assets for pennies on the pound?
Still would probably cost a couple billion but imo almost certainly worth it with huge political capital gain?
Still would probably cost a couple billion but imo almost certainly worth it with huge political capital gain?
June 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Genuine question - the point here about it costing £100bn is not true right? If/when Thames Water collapses, the state can acquire the assets for pennies on the pound?
Still would probably cost a couple billion but imo almost certainly worth it with huge political capital gain?
Still would probably cost a couple billion but imo almost certainly worth it with huge political capital gain?
DPD delivered a parcel to the wrong address
No way of doing instant chat if it's already been delivered
Phoned up - they can't tell me where it /has/ been delivered because of GDPR.
Absolute red mist stuff for me. Hate computer says no stuff with the force of a thousand suns.
No way of doing instant chat if it's already been delivered
Phoned up - they can't tell me where it /has/ been delivered because of GDPR.
Absolute red mist stuff for me. Hate computer says no stuff with the force of a thousand suns.
June 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
DPD delivered a parcel to the wrong address
No way of doing instant chat if it's already been delivered
Phoned up - they can't tell me where it /has/ been delivered because of GDPR.
Absolute red mist stuff for me. Hate computer says no stuff with the force of a thousand suns.
No way of doing instant chat if it's already been delivered
Phoned up - they can't tell me where it /has/ been delivered because of GDPR.
Absolute red mist stuff for me. Hate computer says no stuff with the force of a thousand suns.
[Doctor Who spoilers]
I am and will always be the resident Doctor Who apologist.
That episode was...
So much mental stuff happened that would have sent me into a tailspin on their own in previous episodes and I...
I just don't care?
I am and will always be the resident Doctor Who apologist.
That episode was...
So much mental stuff happened that would have sent me into a tailspin on their own in previous episodes and I...
I just don't care?
May 31, 2025 at 7:22 PM
[Doctor Who spoilers]
I am and will always be the resident Doctor Who apologist.
That episode was...
So much mental stuff happened that would have sent me into a tailspin on their own in previous episodes and I...
I just don't care?
I am and will always be the resident Doctor Who apologist.
That episode was...
So much mental stuff happened that would have sent me into a tailspin on their own in previous episodes and I...
I just don't care?
The new Mission Impossible is so brilliant. The beginning exposition is a bit of a mess - but once they've told us what the McGuffin is it goes 0-100 and doesn't let up.
Several moments where I literally gasped and slapped my face - 10/10 film even with the nonsense first bit.
Several moments where I literally gasped and slapped my face - 10/10 film even with the nonsense first bit.
May 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The new Mission Impossible is so brilliant. The beginning exposition is a bit of a mess - but once they've told us what the McGuffin is it goes 0-100 and doesn't let up.
Several moments where I literally gasped and slapped my face - 10/10 film even with the nonsense first bit.
Several moments where I literally gasped and slapped my face - 10/10 film even with the nonsense first bit.
Nathan Fielder's second series of The Rehearsal somehow doesn't miss, again.
Genuinely genius docu-comedy that elevates the genre. Again.
Genuinely genius docu-comedy that elevates the genre. Again.
May 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Nathan Fielder's second series of The Rehearsal somehow doesn't miss, again.
Genuinely genius docu-comedy that elevates the genre. Again.
Genuinely genius docu-comedy that elevates the genre. Again.
Genuinely agog at the Paul Foot award nomination about the lead poisoning scandal
I can't believe this isn't a bigger story
open.spotify.com/episode/4nBh...
I can't believe this isn't a bigger story
open.spotify.com/episode/4nBh...
140: Mini-Series: The Paul Foot Award 2025
Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast · Episode
open.spotify.com
May 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Genuinely agog at the Paul Foot award nomination about the lead poisoning scandal
I can't believe this isn't a bigger story
open.spotify.com/episode/4nBh...
I can't believe this isn't a bigger story
open.spotify.com/episode/4nBh...
This (was) a Red Tractor farm.
This stuff is endemic across the industry, especially factory farms.
You can't trust the labels - just don't buy meat. It's not hard.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This stuff is endemic across the industry, especially factory farms.
You can't trust the labels - just don't buy meat. It's not hard.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Lincolnshire's Cranswick pig farming suspended over abuse claims
Cranswick says it has suspended
www.bbc.co.uk
May 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This (was) a Red Tractor farm.
This stuff is endemic across the industry, especially factory farms.
You can't trust the labels - just don't buy meat. It's not hard.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This stuff is endemic across the industry, especially factory farms.
You can't trust the labels - just don't buy meat. It's not hard.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The question here is what that actually means in practice and if there is an actual policy response that moves this forward.
So much is just a natural inclination of diasporas to gravitate towards eachother - how does policy change this without some dystopic state interference?
So much is just a natural inclination of diasporas to gravitate towards eachother - how does policy change this without some dystopic state interference?
But a proper integration strategy needs proper investment - and stopping seeing it as something 'other people have to do'. The public want to see more efforts to encourage integration - BUT overwhelmingly reject the notion it's something that is just the responsibility of minorities.
May 12, 2025 at 10:16 AM
The question here is what that actually means in practice and if there is an actual policy response that moves this forward.
So much is just a natural inclination of diasporas to gravitate towards eachother - how does policy change this without some dystopic state interference?
So much is just a natural inclination of diasporas to gravitate towards eachother - how does policy change this without some dystopic state interference?
Lol, might I add, lmao
we're so screwed as a country
we're so screwed as a country
If the OBR accept the white paper's projection that the measures will lead to a 100k drop in net migration then that will create an additional £2.5 billion hole in the next forecast.
May 12, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Lol, might I add, lmao
we're so screwed as a country
we're so screwed as a country
The Tepid Bath of Managed Decline Continues***
*Now with fewer forriners
**Decline may or may not accelerate
*Now with fewer forriners
**Decline may or may not accelerate
May 12, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The Tepid Bath of Managed Decline Continues***
*Now with fewer forriners
**Decline may or may not accelerate
*Now with fewer forriners
**Decline may or may not accelerate
The UK spends approx 15 billion a year on housing benefit.
would go some way to filling the black hole if we just made it legal to build housing in this country
would go some way to filling the black hole if we just made it legal to build housing in this country
May 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The UK spends approx 15 billion a year on housing benefit.
would go some way to filling the black hole if we just made it legal to build housing in this country
would go some way to filling the black hole if we just made it legal to build housing in this country
Resident Car Seat Headrest evangelist checking in to make sure you are aware that the new single absolutely SLAPS and the boys are BACK
April 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Resident Car Seat Headrest evangelist checking in to make sure you are aware that the new single absolutely SLAPS and the boys are BACK
Me when the new BCNR album came out: yeah I'm not sure if I'm really feeling their new sound tbh
Also me mere weeks later:
Also me mere weeks later:
April 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Me when the new BCNR album came out: yeah I'm not sure if I'm really feeling their new sound tbh
Also me mere weeks later:
Also me mere weeks later:
There I am, enjoying looking out the window on a beautiful spring afternoon on a a train back to Bristol, beer in hand
And the bloke behind me closes the curtain without a by your leave!
Fuming.
And the bloke behind me closes the curtain without a by your leave!
Fuming.
April 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
There I am, enjoying looking out the window on a beautiful spring afternoon on a a train back to Bristol, beer in hand
And the bloke behind me closes the curtain without a by your leave!
Fuming.
And the bloke behind me closes the curtain without a by your leave!
Fuming.
DID I NOT TELL EVERYONE TO BUY THE DIP
April 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
DID I NOT TELL EVERYONE TO BUY THE DIP
The White Lotus really is the definition of deferred gratification. What a finale.
April 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The White Lotus really is the definition of deferred gratification. What a finale.
A "community hub" with no access to toilets 🤔🤔🤔
April 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
A "community hub" with no access to toilets 🤔🤔🤔
Heating & Hot water with Eon district heating up 43% per unit. Absolutely astonishing behaviour. No option to fix, no option to switch. Not subject to price cap.
Genuinely scandalous behaviour. @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com
Genuinely scandalous behaviour. @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Heating & Hot water with Eon district heating up 43% per unit. Absolutely astonishing behaviour. No option to fix, no option to switch. Not subject to price cap.
Genuinely scandalous behaviour. @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com
Genuinely scandalous behaviour. @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com
La Cocina is genuinely a masterpiece and I'm perplexed at the mixed reviews.
100% a slow burn but it's worth every minute
100% a slow burn but it's worth every minute
March 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
La Cocina is genuinely a masterpiece and I'm perplexed at the mixed reviews.
100% a slow burn but it's worth every minute
100% a slow burn but it's worth every minute