William French
@wtfrench76.bsky.social
Head of Communications at @theelders.bsky.social. Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before. 🇬🇧🇩🇪🇪🇺
"The language, chants, and antics were - at times - less than well-mannered. But it was largely good-natured fun."
October 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
"The language, chants, and antics were - at times - less than well-mannered. But it was largely good-natured fun."
European Fascists, form an orderly queue. We'll pack your bags for you if that'll speed things up.
October 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
European Fascists, form an orderly queue. We'll pack your bags for you if that'll speed things up.
Happy 60th Birthday, Post Office Tower! Love the bit in @stuartmaconie.bsky.social's Welfare State book about him interviewing Tony Benn there and some PR spotty Herbert keeps trying to get them to use the current brand name without success. Surely now's the time to reopen the rotating restaurant?
October 9, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Happy 60th Birthday, Post Office Tower! Love the bit in @stuartmaconie.bsky.social's Welfare State book about him interviewing Tony Benn there and some PR spotty Herbert keeps trying to get them to use the current brand name without success. Surely now's the time to reopen the rotating restaurant?
Unintentional light relief here - but how long before the Mail, Farage, Jenrick et al declare these racist thugs to be "political prisoners"?
October 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Unintentional light relief here - but how long before the Mail, Farage, Jenrick et al declare these racist thugs to be "political prisoners"?
Ah! RIP. The first Claudius I saw, but really for me he'll always be Mordrin from Knights Of God.
October 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Ah! RIP. The first Claudius I saw, but really for me he'll always be Mordrin from Knights Of God.
Last four albums etc.
October 5, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Last four albums etc.
"What became of the people we used to be?"
September 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"What became of the people we used to be?"
Echoes of this classic from the Dubya (and Piers Morgan?) era.
September 16, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Echoes of this classic from the Dubya (and Piers Morgan?) era.
Mot du jour: bus à impériale = double-decker. Thus making the front seat on the top deck le trône impérial?
September 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Mot du jour: bus à impériale = double-decker. Thus making the front seat on the top deck le trône impérial?
What an utterly dismal way to frame the issue. One expects better from @theguardian.com. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
August 30, 2025 at 9:46 AM
What an utterly dismal way to frame the issue. One expects better from @theguardian.com. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Who'll play Sir Humphrey, Bernard, Margot, Tom and Barbara?
August 19, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Who'll play Sir Humphrey, Bernard, Margot, Tom and Barbara?
"Jeremy Corbyn is a Fabian Society Demon": the Haringey comrades' mood can best be described as fractious. Heart of stone not to laugh etc.
August 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"Jeremy Corbyn is a Fabian Society Demon": the Haringey comrades' mood can best be described as fractious. Heart of stone not to laugh etc.
Surely this is the moment for Mr. Dogg to be reacquainted with that great Australian icon, the emu?
August 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Surely this is the moment for Mr. Dogg to be reacquainted with that great Australian icon, the emu?
First trip to the @britishmuseum.bsky.social for ages, but never seen a queue like this before. Thanks, Just Stop Oil.
August 5, 2025 at 10:46 AM
First trip to the @britishmuseum.bsky.social for ages, but never seen a queue like this before. Thanks, Just Stop Oil.
An impossibly bleak quote in @julianborger.bsky.social and Malak Tantesh's latest on #Gaza famine. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
August 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
An impossibly bleak quote in @julianborger.bsky.social and Malak Tantesh's latest on #Gaza famine. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Bien dit, M. le Président. Over to you, M. le Premier-Ministre?
July 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Bien dit, M. le Président. Over to you, M. le Premier-Ministre?
He's no Robert Mitchum.
July 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
He's no Robert Mitchum.
Call off the search, the worst article in the history of @theguardian.com has been written. The sound you can hear is Walter Benjamin and William Caxton weeping.
July 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Call off the search, the worst article in the history of @theguardian.com has been written. The sound you can hear is Walter Benjamin and William Caxton weeping.
Signs your neighbourhood is getting gentrified: a new Gail's, an arthouse cinema and now an RCP recruitment drive. The struggle takes many forms.
July 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Signs your neighbourhood is getting gentrified: a new Gail's, an arthouse cinema and now an RCP recruitment drive. The struggle takes many forms.
That sound you can hear is Alistair Cooke turning in his grave.
July 19, 2025 at 7:09 AM
That sound you can hear is Alistair Cooke turning in his grave.
Except, of course...
July 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Except, of course...
