Simon Hinde
@simonhinde.bsky.social
Academic, Journalist, director of journalism and publishing programme London College of Communication, University of the Arts London. Co-chair Scarabeus Aerial Theatre
“These days, if you say you’re English…”
August 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
“These days, if you say you’re English…”
The elaborate prudishness of the New York Times.
July 24, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The elaborate prudishness of the New York Times.
Reach come in for a lot of justified criticism so congrats to this reporter and to Reach for vocally backing him up. Just a shame the article is largely obscured by ad. It’s not a pop-up either, it’s just squatting over the text.
July 23, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Reach come in for a lot of justified criticism so congrats to this reporter and to Reach for vocally backing him up. Just a shame the article is largely obscured by ad. It’s not a pop-up either, it’s just squatting over the text.
In the Telegraph boilerplate ‘London has fallen’ piece, I have some scepticism about the author’s claim to have interviewed ‘several’ and ‘many’ homeless people, all of whom told her an identical tale that conveniently fits her narrative.
July 10, 2025 at 9:45 AM
In the Telegraph boilerplate ‘London has fallen’ piece, I have some scepticism about the author’s claim to have interviewed ‘several’ and ‘many’ homeless people, all of whom told her an identical tale that conveniently fits her narrative.
You just know the ‘punchline’ is going to be ‘send them to Glastonbury’.
June 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
You just know the ‘punchline’ is going to be ‘send them to Glastonbury’.
Whenever the Mail uses “Fury as…” in a headline, there is rarely any real fury in the story - in this case it’s a couple of mildly-expressed complaints culled from social media.
June 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Whenever the Mail uses “Fury as…” in a headline, there is rarely any real fury in the story - in this case it’s a couple of mildly-expressed complaints culled from social media.
From today’s FT mag. The gap between the rich and the rest of us doesn’t get discussed enough or attract the anger it should imv
May 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
From today’s FT mag. The gap between the rich and the rest of us doesn’t get discussed enough or attract the anger it should imv
The Mail is currently tapping a deep vein of 'life after death' stories. I guess that what an ageing readership is looking for.
May 15, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The Mail is currently tapping a deep vein of 'life after death' stories. I guess that what an ageing readership is looking for.
The dire wolf story is a case study in journalistic rigour. Do you:
1 Reprint the press release because it makes a good headline?
2 introduce a note of caution (a ‘claim’ not a fact)
3 critically assess the claim and debunk it?
1 Reprint the press release because it makes a good headline?
2 introduce a note of caution (a ‘claim’ not a fact)
3 critically assess the claim and debunk it?
April 8, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The dire wolf story is a case study in journalistic rigour. Do you:
1 Reprint the press release because it makes a good headline?
2 introduce a note of caution (a ‘claim’ not a fact)
3 critically assess the claim and debunk it?
1 Reprint the press release because it makes a good headline?
2 introduce a note of caution (a ‘claim’ not a fact)
3 critically assess the claim and debunk it?
Congratulations to my old friend @stuartgillespie.bsky.social on the publication of his book Food Fight and a great launch event at the Conduit Club in Covent Garden
April 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Congratulations to my old friend @stuartgillespie.bsky.social on the publication of his book Food Fight and a great launch event at the Conduit Club in Covent Garden
BBC lunchtime news, Brass eye-style
April 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
BBC lunchtime news, Brass eye-style
1 This is one of those stacked-noun headlines (“mushroom picking alarms forager”) that is hard to get the meaning out of
2 Louise Gather is an excellent name for a forager.
2 Louise Gather is an excellent name for a forager.
March 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
1 This is one of those stacked-noun headlines (“mushroom picking alarms forager”) that is hard to get the meaning out of
2 Louise Gather is an excellent name for a forager.
2 Louise Gather is an excellent name for a forager.
The BBC unashamedly adopting the language and politics of the Sun and the Mail in this headline.
March 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The BBC unashamedly adopting the language and politics of the Sun and the Mail in this headline.
They’ve put a tent over that damaged Paddington statue, as if it was a murder scene.
March 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
They’ve put a tent over that damaged Paddington statue, as if it was a murder scene.
I wonder if the Telegraph realises or cares how demented this sort of thing makes it look.
March 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I wonder if the Telegraph realises or cares how demented this sort of thing makes it look.
“Speculation might not be very helpful..”
*speculates for hundreds of words*
*speculates for hundreds of words*
March 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“Speculation might not be very helpful..”
*speculates for hundreds of words*
*speculates for hundreds of words*
She has her own thought police now?
March 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
She has her own thought police now?
Every Friday evening of late the underground car park at Sainsbury’s Nine Elms becomes an impromptu roller-skating rink. Probably a couple of hundred skaters this evening.
February 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Every Friday evening of late the underground car park at Sainsbury’s Nine Elms becomes an impromptu roller-skating rink. Probably a couple of hundred skaters this evening.
I was wondering which Telegraph pundit would be first to call for capital punishment but I didn’t expect it to be their recipe writer.
January 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I was wondering which Telegraph pundit would be first to call for capital punishment but I didn’t expect it to be their recipe writer.
You’ve probably seen the Royal Parks NYE advice for Primrose Hill
December 31, 2024 at 9:49 AM
You’ve probably seen the Royal Parks NYE advice for Primrose Hill
Enjoying the new issue of @thefence.bsky.social in Bruno’s sandwich bar on Wardour St.
December 20, 2024 at 3:01 PM
Enjoying the new issue of @thefence.bsky.social in Bruno’s sandwich bar on Wardour St.
Aren’t they supposed to be a bit more discreet than this?
December 15, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Aren’t they supposed to be a bit more discreet than this?
