Sean Flinn
@seanflinn.bsky.social
Writer, human, uncle, recuperative multi-generic hybrid, obliterated romantic, scribbling, managing crap health stuff, steps and swims at a time. Saw the NBA fall, in another life. London. Home is a WIP, with Shelves, No Commercial Value. It hurts. Always.
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Jacques Henri Lartigue, My cousin Bichonnade. 40, Rue Cortambert, París, 1905
November 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Jacques Henri Lartigue, My cousin Bichonnade. 40, Rue Cortambert, París, 1905
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Jackdaw linoprint by my mum.
October 21, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Jackdaw linoprint by my mum.
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So in the end, the man who Davie (ironically considered a Tory) appointed in 2022 to stop the next crisis ended up causing his demise.
Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
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Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
So in the end, the man who Davie (ironically considered a Tory) appointed in 2022 to stop the next crisis ended up causing his demise.
Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
🧵3/3
Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
🧵3/3
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One, ex-Sunday Times political editor turned lobbyist Michael Prescott, had worked at PR firm Hanover. While at the BBC, Prescott raised internal concerns about editorial standards - but after leaving this summer, he went to his old media contacts with a list of the BBC’s failings.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
One, ex-Sunday Times political editor turned lobbyist Michael Prescott, had worked at PR firm Hanover. While at the BBC, Prescott raised internal concerns about editorial standards - but after leaving this summer, he went to his old media contacts with a list of the BBC’s failings.
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What made that odd was that Pauline Kael seemed to agree with him.
November 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
What made that odd was that Pauline Kael seemed to agree with him.
I think Ray Bradbury insisted it was Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
November 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I think Ray Bradbury insisted it was Close Encounters of the Third Kind.