Phil Hogan
@philhogan.bsky.social
Ret Observer journalist, currently struggling with piano (playing not carrying). Don’t read too much into the picture
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In today’s @theobserveruk.bsky.social New Review section, my story of one man’s obsession with the film The Wicker Man that cost him all his money and almost his marriage, family and sanity.
observer.co.uk/culture/film...
observer.co.uk/culture/film...
May 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
In today’s @theobserveruk.bsky.social New Review section, my story of one man’s obsession with the film The Wicker Man that cost him all his money and almost his marriage, family and sanity.
observer.co.uk/culture/film...
observer.co.uk/culture/film...
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Sean O’Hagan talks to #Bono about Trump, mortality, Gaza and U2’s next album observer.co.uk/culture/inte...
Bono: ‘I might go to my grave thinking there was that one song I let go of’ | The Observer
Has Bono’s activism been at the expense of his art? How has a brush with death changed him? And what does a friend of George W Bush make of Trump? The U2 singer tells all
observer.co.uk
May 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Sean O’Hagan talks to #Bono about Trump, mortality, Gaza and U2’s next album observer.co.uk/culture/inte...
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Wallflowers NFI, Vanessa Thorpe on Cecil Beaton’s garden parties observer.co.uk/style/fashio...
Review: Cecil Beaton’s garden party | The Observer
A new exhibition reveals how the fashion photographer's stage outfits, which mesmerised the West End for half a century, were inspired by his perennials
observer.co.uk
May 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Wallflowers NFI, Vanessa Thorpe on Cecil Beaton’s garden parties observer.co.uk/style/fashio...
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Amidst much darkness in the news, the warmth that European nations have shown each other and Ukraine has been a true bright spot.
There seems to be real rapport between the leaders. NYT reporting that Macron & Zelensky in particular have become close friends.
Some scenes from today.
There seems to be real rapport between the leaders. NYT reporting that Macron & Zelensky in particular have become close friends.
Some scenes from today.
May 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Amidst much darkness in the news, the warmth that European nations have shown each other and Ukraine has been a true bright spot.
There seems to be real rapport between the leaders. NYT reporting that Macron & Zelensky in particular have become close friends.
Some scenes from today.
There seems to be real rapport between the leaders. NYT reporting that Macron & Zelensky in particular have become close friends.
Some scenes from today.
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Love this from Denmark
February 25, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Love this from Denmark
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NEW. Anne Applebaum.
“That you take control of state institutions and make them work for you personally...every illiberal leader does...But [what's happening in the US] is more radical than anything any [contemporary] European far-right party has done.”
youtu.be/WsBKxgOFSLg?...
“That you take control of state institutions and make them work for you personally...every illiberal leader does...But [what's happening in the US] is more radical than anything any [contemporary] European far-right party has done.”
youtu.be/WsBKxgOFSLg?...
Anne Applebaum on Ukraine, Europe, and the US
YouTube video by Conversations with Bill Kristol
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February 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
NEW. Anne Applebaum.
“That you take control of state institutions and make them work for you personally...every illiberal leader does...But [what's happening in the US] is more radical than anything any [contemporary] European far-right party has done.”
youtu.be/WsBKxgOFSLg?...
“That you take control of state institutions and make them work for you personally...every illiberal leader does...But [what's happening in the US] is more radical than anything any [contemporary] European far-right party has done.”
youtu.be/WsBKxgOFSLg?...
This is definitely the funniest review I’ve seen on A Complete Unknown
I wrote a review of A COMPLETE UNKNOWN: the brand new Bob Dylan bio pic. And I guarantee you it is totally unlike any other critique of the film that you are ever going to run in to. merrillmarkoe.substack.com/p/a-complete...
'A Complete Unknown': The Ballad of TOSHI
And INTRODUCING 'THE TOSHI AWARDS!'
merrillmarkoe.substack.com
January 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This is definitely the funniest review I’ve seen on A Complete Unknown
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The Guardian is pushing ahead with its 'sale' of the Observer.
But the journalism continues...
If you value the Guardian or Observer, I urge you to read this. It's my attempt to investigate 'the money behind the money'.
Who is 'buying' us? And why?
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
But the journalism continues...
If you value the Guardian or Observer, I urge you to read this. It's my attempt to investigate 'the money behind the money'.
Who is 'buying' us? And why?
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Who is 'the money behind the money?'
As the Guardian announces the 'sale' of the 233-year-old Observer to Tortoise Media, I wave hello to my new bosses (hi!) with an investigation of their finances.
open.substack.com
December 18, 2024 at 6:03 PM
The Guardian is pushing ahead with its 'sale' of the Observer.
But the journalism continues...
If you value the Guardian or Observer, I urge you to read this. It's my attempt to investigate 'the money behind the money'.
Who is 'buying' us? And why?
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
But the journalism continues...
If you value the Guardian or Observer, I urge you to read this. It's my attempt to investigate 'the money behind the money'.
Who is 'buying' us? And why?
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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This is sort of fascinating because if you were to turn on pretty much any talk radio station or pick up any tabloid, you'd be forgiven for thinking it was the inverse.
December 11, 2024 at 8:26 AM
This is sort of fascinating because if you were to turn on pretty much any talk radio station or pick up any tabloid, you'd be forgiven for thinking it was the inverse.
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David: *plays secret chord*
The Lord: “nice.”
The Lord: “nice.”
November 10, 2024 at 10:19 PM
David: *plays secret chord*
The Lord: “nice.”
The Lord: “nice.”
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For anyone still on X, do have a read of this blistering 🧵 by the Observer’s outgoing editor Paul Webster - puts the whole case against the 🐢 sale beautifully:
November 21, 2024 at 6:40 PM
For anyone still on X, do have a read of this blistering 🧵 by the Observer’s outgoing editor Paul Webster - puts the whole case against the 🐢 sale beautifully: