Rachel Williams
@rachjwilliams.bsky.social
Theatre lover. Passionate swearer. Fan of picking up heavy things and putting them down again. Athletics nerd. Increasingly, cycling nerd too. Despairing politico. Backpack aficionado. She/her.
I'm reading this at the moment and it's fabulous.
With the #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2025 winner announced in 2 weeks, we will be releasing six exclusive videos spotlighting each of our shortlisted authors.
First up, in our video spotlight, Helen Castor introduces 'The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV'.
First up, in our video spotlight, Helen Castor introduces 'The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV'.
November 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I'm reading this at the moment and it's fabulous.
Great fun to be an in house public affairs person on days like this, fielding repeated Teams messages from confused colleagues asking what the fuck is going on and equally repeatedly responding with gifs of various people dramatically shrugging
Operation Save Big Dog By Giving His Main Rival A Chance To Show He’s Better At Politics is going well www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Wes Streeting denies plotting to oust Keir Starmer as prime minister
Health secretary dismisses claims as ‘unhelpful’ and ‘self-defeating’ after reports that PM’s job could be under threat
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Great fun to be an in house public affairs person on days like this, fielding repeated Teams messages from confused colleagues asking what the fuck is going on and equally repeatedly responding with gifs of various people dramatically shrugging
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Mary Earps’ book furore illustrates how women’s football fandom can turn toxic | Jonathan Liew
Mary Earps’ book furore illustrates how women’s football fandom can turn toxic | Jonathan Liew
Fallout from the goalkeeper’s autobiography a reminder of the danger inherent in sport becoming a disposable human drama
“Why do you write like you’re running out of time?
Write day and night like you’re running out of time
Every day you fight, like you’re running out of time
Keep on fighting in the meantime …”
Hamilton (2015)
But let’s leave Mary Earps to one side for a moment. Let’s leave Hannah Hampton and Sarina Wiegman and Sonia Bompastor, and who did what, who said it when. Let’s talk about you. How do you feel you’ve conducted yourself during the past few days? How would you rate your words and actions? To what extent do they stack up against your own personal morals and values? Continue reading...
dlvr.it
November 6, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Mary Earps’ book furore illustrates how women’s football fandom can turn toxic | Jonathan Liew
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There is huge market share for the Lib Dem’s to run with the motto of “enough of this American nonsense let’s be sensible British people
Again” and not sure anyone’s weird arguments that specific voters should be chased is needed at all.
Again” and not sure anyone’s weird arguments that specific voters should be chased is needed at all.
September 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
There is huge market share for the Lib Dem’s to run with the motto of “enough of this American nonsense let’s be sensible British people
Again” and not sure anyone’s weird arguments that specific voters should be chased is needed at all.
Again” and not sure anyone’s weird arguments that specific voters should be chased is needed at all.
The first paragraph of this made me laugh in an inappropriate for the office kind of way. And I vigorously agree with the rest of it.
wrote a column about the vuelta protests, the india v pakistan stand-off, and how the sporting battlefield has increasingly come to resemble the real thing
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...
Vuelta chaos shows selling sport as a tool for peace can create its own battlefield | Jonathan Liew
Once teams promote a country, are owned by states or have to reflect government policy, sport becomes a playground for power
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The first paragraph of this made me laugh in an inappropriate for the office kind of way. And I vigorously agree with the rest of it.
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imagine getting qt dunked by ed davey. unrecoverable. you’re furious and he is serenely going down a log flume in bognor regis.
September 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
imagine getting qt dunked by ed davey. unrecoverable. you’re furious and he is serenely going down a log flume in bognor regis.
If someone who doesn’t ride for UAE could win a stage from the break at some point that would increase my ever flagging interest in this race exponentially #lavuelta25
September 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
If someone who doesn’t ride for UAE could win a stage from the break at some point that would increase my ever flagging interest in this race exponentially #lavuelta25
It's far from the main point and miles from its main impact, but there's a huge and lucrative chunk of the podcast market that owes its very existence to In Our Time. I hope it continues.
A huge moment -- Melvyn Bragg steps down from In Our Time after over a quarter of a century. What a programme and what a legacy! Just a model for how to make great, clever, engaging radio, and a twenty-seven-year experiment that proves there's a huge global audience for smart, scholarly programming.
Melvyn Bragg decides to step down from presenting In Our Time
After 26 years on the programme, the legendary presenter bids farewell to the series
www.bbc.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
It's far from the main point and miles from its main impact, but there's a huge and lucrative chunk of the podcast market that owes its very existence to In Our Time. I hope it continues.
Obsessed that they announced this in the middle of a three week Grand Tour that HE IS RIDING FOR THEM
September 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Obsessed that they announced this in the middle of a three week Grand Tour that HE IS RIDING FOR THEM
My favourite thing, of several (and not least my fantasy team), about Jonas winning stages is that we get his relateably boring celebration video #LaVuelta25
🏁 Stage 9️⃣ | Etapa 9️⃣
🏆 Jonas Vingegaard - @teamvismaleaseabike.com 🏆
💥 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐃𝐄𝐙𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐘 𝐓𝐎 𝐌𝐀𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐃
Cofidis Likes Ciclismo | #LaVuelta25
🏆 Jonas Vingegaard - @teamvismaleaseabike.com 🏆
💥 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐃𝐄𝐙𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐘 𝐓𝐎 𝐌𝐀𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐃
Cofidis Likes Ciclismo | #LaVuelta25
August 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
My favourite thing, of several (and not least my fantasy team), about Jonas winning stages is that we get his relateably boring celebration video #LaVuelta25
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August 28, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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We're not talking enough about how hard the Lotto @lavuelta.bsky.social kits slaps #lavuelta
August 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We're not talking enough about how hard the Lotto @lavuelta.bsky.social kits slaps #lavuelta
Whether it's objectively good or I just associate it with like 90% of my happiest childhood memories I can't honestly say but: Orlando International
Actually, you know what? Let’s stop complaining for a second. QT this with a GOOD airport. Defend that title as much or as little as you like. But let’s hear about airports that don’t suck.
August 14, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Whether it's objectively good or I just associate it with like 90% of my happiest childhood memories I can't honestly say but: Orlando International
There’s nothing about this kid that I don’t love
🇬🇧 Mathew Brennan post-stage at the 🇵🇱 Tour de Pologne
"To be honest, I think it was a bit of a stupid move. But once you commit to something like that, you’ve just got to go. I kicked and then I saw the 300m to go sign, and I thought ‘Ah, this is a long way on an uphill finish.’"
Full story 👇
"To be honest, I think it was a bit of a stupid move. But once you commit to something like that, you’ve just got to go. I kicked and then I saw the 300m to go sign, and I thought ‘Ah, this is a long way on an uphill finish.’"
Full story 👇
August 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
There’s nothing about this kid that I don’t love
I love watching Matty Brennan sprint so much #TourdePologne
August 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I love watching Matty Brennan sprint so much #TourdePologne
No one cares about women's sport...
France TV reports record viewership for Tour de France Femmes 🇫🇷📺
An average of 2.7 million tuned in per stage - with the final stage peaking at 7.7 million as Pauline Ferrand-Prévot sealed yellow on home soil.
Full story on Domestique 👇
📷 A.S.O./Thomas Maheux
An average of 2.7 million tuned in per stage - with the final stage peaking at 7.7 million as Pauline Ferrand-Prévot sealed yellow on home soil.
Full story on Domestique 👇
📷 A.S.O./Thomas Maheux
August 5, 2025 at 9:56 AM
No one cares about women's sport...
Cannot stop thinking about the sheer chutzpah of saying 'yeah, I'm gonna win the Tour in my first season on the road in years, why not' and then actually doing it
>returns to road cycling
>wins Paris-Roubaix
>refuses to elaborate
>wins Tour de France
>wins Paris-Roubaix
>refuses to elaborate
>wins Tour de France
August 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Cannot stop thinking about the sheer chutzpah of saying 'yeah, I'm gonna win the Tour in my first season on the road in years, why not' and then actually doing it
Wish I had 10% of the commitment to my job that Chris Woakes evidently has to his. Cricket: an objectively totally mad sport.
August 4, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Wish I had 10% of the commitment to my job that Chris Woakes evidently has to his. Cricket: an objectively totally mad sport.
Interesting to me that all of this nonsense is linked to two men's egos whilst their female teams just crack on. Maybe men are just too emotional for sport?
Visma and FDJ tried to clear the air, but FDJ manager Delcourt reignited tensions at 🇫🇷 #TDFF2025:
“When I talked about a lack of respect, I wasn’t just referring to the crash. It’s not the first time Van Emden talks like this. For him, it’s all a game. I think he’s a stupid man.”
Full story👇
“When I talked about a lack of respect, I wasn’t just referring to the crash. It’s not the first time Van Emden talks like this. For him, it’s all a game. I think he’s a stupid man.”
Full story👇
July 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Interesting to me that all of this nonsense is linked to two men's egos whilst their female teams just crack on. Maybe men are just too emotional for sport?
Wout winning, G crossing the finish line for a last time, trying to keep one eye on the football - I’m exhausted
July 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Wout winning, G crossing the finish line for a last time, trying to keep one eye on the football - I’m exhausted
Me, a Wout fan, before stage 21: this has been the worst Tour I’ve watched.
Me, a Wout fan, after stage 21: THIS IS THE GREATEST TOUR I’VE WATCHED
#TDF2025
Me, a Wout fan, after stage 21: THIS IS THE GREATEST TOUR I’VE WATCHED
#TDF2025
July 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Me, a Wout fan, before stage 21: this has been the worst Tour I’ve watched.
Me, a Wout fan, after stage 21: THIS IS THE GREATEST TOUR I’VE WATCHED
#TDF2025
Me, a Wout fan, after stage 21: THIS IS THE GREATEST TOUR I’VE WATCHED
#TDF2025
My entirely self centred take on Mavi Garcia winning that stage is that I’m hugely in favour of people older than me winning things in sport (also: she’s amazing and another incredible stage) #TDFF2025
July 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
My entirely self centred take on Mavi Garcia winning that stage is that I’m hugely in favour of people older than me winning things in sport (also: she’s amazing and another incredible stage) #TDFF2025
Imagine how people would react if there was only full coverage of seven stages of the men’s Tour
Was lulled into a false sense of security yesterday - thought we'd have full coverage for all of the #TDFF2025 but alas... only 3/9 stages. Not good enough.
July 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Imagine how people would react if there was only full coverage of seven stages of the men’s Tour