Robin Jarossi
@robinjarossi.bsky.social
Author of The Hunt for the 60s' Ripper, Murder by the Sea and The Real Ted Hastings
What has happened to the Observer’s football coverage? Only one men’s and women’s game report and the table stats are out of date. Why bother?
September 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
What has happened to the Observer’s football coverage? Only one men’s and women’s game report and the table stats are out of date. Why bother?
Incredible that this guy had his sentence for two rapes reduced on appeal on the basis that he 'sexually frustrated' by his 'demanding' wife… www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Man, 92, convicted of raping and murdering Bristol woman in 1967
Ryland Headley found guilty of killing Louisa Dunne after DNA breakthrough in cold case review
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Incredible that this guy had his sentence for two rapes reduced on appeal on the basis that he 'sexually frustrated' by his 'demanding' wife… www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Just a reminder that this is one of the companies bidding to take over Thames Water as it faces collapse.
How on earth is a firm like Castle Water, owned by Tory mega donor via an opaque offshore network, a better solution than nationalisation? 🤷♀️
goodlawproject.org/tory-treasur...
How on earth is a firm like Castle Water, owned by Tory mega donor via an opaque offshore network, a better solution than nationalisation? 🤷♀️
goodlawproject.org/tory-treasur...
Tory treasurer’s offshore water company bagged £1.2m contract with the taxman | Good Law Project
Lucrative deals between the government and a water company owned by Tory treasurer and mega-donor Graham Edwards are under the spotlight.
goodlawproject.org
June 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Just a reminder that this is one of the companies bidding to take over Thames Water as it faces collapse.
How on earth is a firm like Castle Water, owned by Tory mega donor via an opaque offshore network, a better solution than nationalisation? 🤷♀️
goodlawproject.org/tory-treasur...
How on earth is a firm like Castle Water, owned by Tory mega donor via an opaque offshore network, a better solution than nationalisation? 🤷♀️
goodlawproject.org/tory-treasur...
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Announcing the shortlist for the ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction!
May 29, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Announcing the shortlist for the ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction!
Not a great week for UK justice – first Peter Sullivan found innocent after 38 years in jail, now this... www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The convictions of Lucy Letby: should they be overturned?
When the former nurse was found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others, a 1980s research paper was key to the prosecution’s case. But the author of the paper himself be...
www.theguardian.com
May 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Not a great week for UK justice – first Peter Sullivan found innocent after 38 years in jail, now this... www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
I've signed the ALCS petition to protect authors' copyright from being stolen by tech bros… chng.it/sDSgVQdWLK
We Can Make an Impact.
Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training
chng.it
April 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I've signed the ALCS petition to protect authors' copyright from being stolen by tech bros… chng.it/sDSgVQdWLK
Privatisation has been an epic scam on the British public…
5 ways to end Awful April:
💧Take water into public ownership
💡Take energy into public ownership
🚌Take buses into public ownership
🚄Take rail into public ownership
📮Take Royal Mail into public ownership
You can't "shop around" in natural monopolies
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubrn...
💧Take water into public ownership
💡Take energy into public ownership
🚌Take buses into public ownership
🚄Take rail into public ownership
📮Take Royal Mail into public ownership
You can't "shop around" in natural monopolies
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubrn...
Awful April is a political choice - it wasn't inevitable
YouTube video by We Own It
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April 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Privatisation has been an epic scam on the British public…
One of Kubrick's less lauded films, but Barry Lyndon – 50 years old! – makes glorious and emotional viewing… youtu.be/XjPSGuJskxM
Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon (New Trailer 2016) - In cinemas 29 July | BFI release
YouTube video by BFI
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April 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
One of Kubrick's less lauded films, but Barry Lyndon – 50 years old! – makes glorious and emotional viewing… youtu.be/XjPSGuJskxM
Labour Party keeps emailing asking me for donations, forgetting I'm one of the approx 170k members who left – in my case because Starmer reneged on so many promises to grab the leadership. Donations? No chance…
March 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Labour Party keeps emailing asking me for donations, forgetting I'm one of the approx 170k members who left – in my case because Starmer reneged on so many promises to grab the leadership. Donations? No chance…
Revisiting London's unsolved serial-killer case… bit.ly/3Dfgd0V
Sixty years on – will the identity of London's Hammersmith serial killer remain a secret forever?
The body of Bridie O'Hara was found in 1965, but Scotland Yard's investigation never got close to trapping the man who killed her and five other women
bit.ly
February 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Revisiting London's unsolved serial-killer case… bit.ly/3Dfgd0V
Frozen park in Stoke Newington, London, this morning. Looking forward to the chill ending this week, if the forecasters know what they're talking about…
February 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Frozen park in Stoke Newington, London, this morning. Looking forward to the chill ending this week, if the forecasters know what they're talking about…
Sambre, on BBC iPlayer, is one of the most powerful true-crime dramas I've seen for a long time… open.substack.com/pub/robinjar...
Sambre – a shocking case
This French TV drama shows how police apathy allowed a serial predator to terrorise women living along the Sambre river for decades
open.substack.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Sambre, on BBC iPlayer, is one of the most powerful true-crime dramas I've seen for a long time… open.substack.com/pub/robinjar...
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'A government spokesperson said: “Current uncertainty about how copyright law applies to AI is holding back the creative industries and AI sector from realising their full potential."'
I notice the government are not sugesting the power companies give the AI sector their electricity for free.
I notice the government are not sugesting the power companies give the AI sector their electricity for free.
British novelists criticise government over AI ‘theft’
Richard Osman and Kate Mosse say plan to mine artistic works for data would destroy creative fields
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
'A government spokesperson said: “Current uncertainty about how copyright law applies to AI is holding back the creative industries and AI sector from realising their full potential."'
I notice the government are not sugesting the power companies give the AI sector their electricity for free.
I notice the government are not sugesting the power companies give the AI sector their electricity for free.
Are we now seeing the real reason for the Observer takeover? Ex-Israeli spy involved in Observer takeover open.substack.com/pub/paddyfre...
Ex-Israeli spy involved in Observer takeover
A FORMER Israeli spy is a senior executive in one of the companies funding the takeover of the Observer.
open.substack.com
January 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Are we now seeing the real reason for the Observer takeover? Ex-Israeli spy involved in Observer takeover open.substack.com/pub/paddyfre...
Watched Sambre – Anatomy of a Crime bbc.in/40y7PCw Powerful, heartbreaking French drama about how official indifference allowed serial rapist to get away with his crimes for 30 years
Sambre - Anatomy of a Crime
One road, countless victims and a predator unpunished for 30 years. The searing, powerful story of France's most notorious serial rapist - and a justice system blind to his crimes.
bbc.in
January 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Watched Sambre – Anatomy of a Crime bbc.in/40y7PCw Powerful, heartbreaking French drama about how official indifference allowed serial rapist to get away with his crimes for 30 years
The English FA and the whole international football community should play a blinder and condemn this bid being waved through… www.theguardian.com/football/202...
FA warned to avoid protest at meeting unless boycotting Saudi Arabia World Cup
The Football Association board has been warned to avoid protesting at the meeting that will confirm Saudi Arabia as host of the 2034 men’s World Cup
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2024 at 11:27 AM
The English FA and the whole international football community should play a blinder and condemn this bid being waved through… www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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I'm on strike today and tomorrow with hundreds of my Guardian colleagues over the proposed sale of the Observer. Much of the brilliant journalism you enjoy for free on the Guardian website over the weekend is Observer journalism... cont'd www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
Journalists strike over proposed sale of Observer to Tortoise Media
Forty-eight-hour strike, first at Guardian in more than 50 years, to take place on Wednesday and Thursday
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2024 at 7:52 AM
I'm on strike today and tomorrow with hundreds of my Guardian colleagues over the proposed sale of the Observer. Much of the brilliant journalism you enjoy for free on the Guardian website over the weekend is Observer journalism... cont'd www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
I'll be cancelling my Observer subscription the moment it is flogged… www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
Journalists strike over proposed sale of Observer to Tortoise Media
Forty-eight-hour strike, first at Guardian in more than 50 years, to take place on Wednesday and Thursday
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2024 at 6:04 PM
I'll be cancelling my Observer subscription the moment it is flogged… www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
I've found using the Chrome extension Sky Follower Bridge is a quick way to find your former Twitter followers here and follow them again… bit.ly/3UZL9rC
Sky Follower Bridge - Chrome Web Store
Instantly find and follow the same users from your Twitter follows on Bluesky.
bit.ly
November 20, 2024 at 6:12 PM
I've found using the Chrome extension Sky Follower Bridge is a quick way to find your former Twitter followers here and follow them again… bit.ly/3UZL9rC
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,815,773!
September 18, 2024 at 10:39 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,815,773!
@sarahbaxhorton.bsky.social nice to see you here, Sarah
November 13, 2024 at 6:51 PM
@sarahbaxhorton.bsky.social nice to see you here, Sarah
I'm 100 today! Come and join me on Substack www.personsunknown.net
October 11, 2024 at 5:25 PM
I'm 100 today! Come and join me on Substack www.personsunknown.net
Looking forward to CrimeCon in London on Saturday. Some interesting former detectives, documentary makers, authors and experts lined up – Colin Sutton, Katherine Schweit, Prof Patricia Wiltshire… Check it out here www.crimecon.co.uk/schedule-2024
www.crimecon.co.uk
September 18, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Looking forward to CrimeCon in London on Saturday. Some interesting former detectives, documentary makers, authors and experts lined up – Colin Sutton, Katherine Schweit, Prof Patricia Wiltshire… Check it out here www.crimecon.co.uk/schedule-2024
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,815,773!
September 18, 2024 at 10:39 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,815,773!
As subs and production staff are relentlessly cut from newspaper/magazine budgets, so the mistakes get bigger. This week my local paper printed the same review twice…
September 13, 2024 at 11:10 AM
As subs and production staff are relentlessly cut from newspaper/magazine budgets, so the mistakes get bigger. This week my local paper printed the same review twice…