Paul Simpson
@paulsimpsonjourno.bsky.social
Journalist, author, editor
Why does Trump think Putin has all the cards? Possibly because he gave them all to him?
November 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Why does Trump think Putin has all the cards? Possibly because he gave them all to him?
‘News’ from the Scottish Daily Record about Rasputin. Must admit I’d been wondering what he’d been up to lately.
November 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
‘News’ from the Scottish Daily Record about Rasputin. Must admit I’d been wondering what he’d been up to lately.
Love this NewYorker cartoon.
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Love this NewYorker cartoon.
I always try and read something in memory of the fallen around this time of year and Nicholas Murray’s book on the World War I poets is moving, nuanced and brilliant.
November 5, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I always try and read something in memory of the fallen around this time of year and Nicholas Murray’s book on the World War I poets is moving, nuanced and brilliant.
This is the cover for the Spanish edition of my book The Colour Code which is nice.
October 31, 2025 at 7:51 AM
This is the cover for the Spanish edition of my book The Colour Code which is nice.
One of many highlights on today’s charity book shift…
October 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
One of many highlights on today’s charity book shift…
Simply trying to research an article on cities of the future and this is what the US Development Agency website says. It’s so far from normal, it’s virtually totalitarian.
October 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Simply trying to research an article on cities of the future and this is what the US Development Agency website says. It’s so far from normal, it’s virtually totalitarian.
Presumably he means Amorim is staying away?
September 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Presumably he means Amorim is staying away?
Gianni Infantino reacts to Trump’s latest World Cup whim; apple.news/A_ZJoSOlHSv6aJ…
September 26, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Gianni Infantino reacts to Trump’s latest World Cup whim; apple.news/A_ZJoSOlHSv6aJ…
I have absolutely no idea what this means…
September 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I have absolutely no idea what this means…
RIP Robert Redford. Obviously there are the iconic roles but he also had the guts to make riskier films like Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here, Downhill Racer and The Candidate. And he is one of the few stars who could have made Jeremiah Johnson a commercial hit.
September 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
RIP Robert Redford. Obviously there are the iconic roles but he also had the guts to make riskier films like Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here, Downhill Racer and The Candidate. And he is one of the few stars who could have made Jeremiah Johnson a commercial hit.
This deluded individual has clearly never watched a single Eurovision vote in his life…
September 16, 2025 at 9:06 AM
This deluded individual has clearly never watched a single Eurovision vote in his life…
Geoff Dyer’s memoir Homework is a master class in using specific details - creosote, Babycham, conkers - to tell a universal story. He really makes you feel as if his childhood is yours. Genius.
August 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Geoff Dyer’s memoir Homework is a master class in using specific details - creosote, Babycham, conkers - to tell a universal story. He really makes you feel as if his childhood is yours. Genius.
From Our Dumb Century, one of my favourite books…
August 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
From Our Dumb Century, one of my favourite books…
What a picture! Salvador Dali using Laurence Olivier as a model on the set of Richard III, Shepperton Studios, 1955
August 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
What a picture! Salvador Dali using Laurence Olivier as a model on the set of Richard III, Shepperton Studios, 1955
Jack Kerouac’s essay Alone On Mountaintop, in his anthology Lonesome Traveler, strongly reminds me of the mystic, quite possibly drug induced, finale of Norman Mailer’s The Deer Park.
August 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Jack Kerouac’s essay Alone On Mountaintop, in his anthology Lonesome Traveler, strongly reminds me of the mystic, quite possibly drug induced, finale of Norman Mailer’s The Deer Park.
This must be one of the most pointless, boring and popular themes in sports ‘journalism’ at the moment…
August 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This must be one of the most pointless, boring and popular themes in sports ‘journalism’ at the moment…
There is absolutely no connection between the statements in this abysmal headline.
July 30, 2025 at 11:17 AM
There is absolutely no connection between the statements in this abysmal headline.
Pathetic stuff from The Times. Surely not being ‘in’ with Trump is a virtue for Starmer.
July 29, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Pathetic stuff from The Times. Surely not being ‘in’ with Trump is a virtue for Starmer.
Visited Orford Ness in Suffolk today, a deserted spit and former military base, with a landscape that feels both post apocalyptic and the perfect backdrop for a spaghetti western. Eerie and unforgettable.
July 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Visited Orford Ness in Suffolk today, a deserted spit and former military base, with a landscape that feels both post apocalyptic and the perfect backdrop for a spaghetti western. Eerie and unforgettable.
Just got my first Panini sticker for the 2026 World Cup: Gianni Infantino.
July 16, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Just got my first Panini sticker for the 2026 World Cup: Gianni Infantino.
Jeremiah Johnson is one of those movies that seems to unfold like life itself. Much underrated.
July 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Jeremiah Johnson is one of those movies that seems to unfold like life itself. Much underrated.
Great @royalacademy Summer Exhibition this year. A fair sprinkling of sheds and this, The Boxer on TV by Jake Garfield.
July 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Great @royalacademy Summer Exhibition this year. A fair sprinkling of sheds and this, The Boxer on TV by Jake Garfield.
That trusted - actually rusted - journalistic stand by ‘If ‘x’ were held today, ‘y’ would happen - except it won’t because ‘x’ is years away. As Bob Dylan so nearly said, ‘The Times it is a changing - for the worse’.
June 26, 2025 at 10:34 AM
That trusted - actually rusted - journalistic stand by ‘If ‘x’ were held today, ‘y’ would happen - except it won’t because ‘x’ is years away. As Bob Dylan so nearly said, ‘The Times it is a changing - for the worse’.
I always wondered what Jon Pertwee did when he wasn’t a Time Lord or a scarecrow, but I didn’t expect to record ‘Three Little Fishes’ for the B-side of a single for children
Charity shop find of the day for me.
Charity shop find of the day for me.
June 20, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I always wondered what Jon Pertwee did when he wasn’t a Time Lord or a scarecrow, but I didn’t expect to record ‘Three Little Fishes’ for the B-side of a single for children
Charity shop find of the day for me.
Charity shop find of the day for me.